New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-08
'THODIST EPISCOPAL CONFER-
ENCES.


THE NEW-YORK CONFERENCE.
OPENING; OF THE FiGaTY-FIFTH ANNUAL SESSION
AT POCGHKEEPsIE-THg APPOINTMENT OF COM
MIrIEEs AND PRELIMINARY wORK-QUEsTiONs
or INTEREST TO BE SETTLED BY THE CONFEh-
ENCE.
tPRoM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRfbuSE'I
PorGuKEEP.IE, y. l., April THE New
York Conference Of the Methodist Episcopal C1urch De-
gan sJtn annual session here. in tie WASHINGTON
Street NJ. r. Church at L. to-day Tne session WIZ
CONTINUE for about week good deal OF Interest
attaches 10 ;hs Of the Conference because INC
question Of consolidating the six districts 10"
composing Il Into four Will be dlscusheu'
This measure urged By many "Ao
think that there il necessity FOR having SIX ds''
since the coald Ice effectively done WIFI '''
number and the heavy expense Of maintaining t"o
more Presiding Elders than are Eeeded woa'o oe
avoided. Their regular three years term having "a
uired many pastors ~ also lie changed b. the CONFER
ence from one church to another. The SIX dsirics no"
composing the Conference arc those OF Ne"-i0'
Pdughkee psie, Rhinebcck Prattsye, E.lenfiNe' anu
Newburga.
The Conference controls 375 churches, having to'''
membership OF ,Slo and an aggregate value "i s'''
7cO There IN the Conference 273 preachefs' i'' "
preachers, and .sG3 prObationers.
The lrs, session was opened at a. NJ. to-day b"op
T. T. Amos of Baltimore. Nd. presding The l!'n anu
2Oth cha piers OF the Egise 10 Timothy we're resu ny
II shop W l. Harris Of Chicago, H.. and The Opening
hynu No aoG, Let Zon's waiehmen all awake "aS
sung Prayer was then offered by tho Rev Paui L.
Brown and the Rev. Seq nour Van Deusen after "nch
the Conference was declared open for business Ine
roll OF members OF the Conference was called DY He
Secretary, and 1873 answered to their names
The Rev. A. Mclean was made Secretary ana tne
Pow T. q O,bop the Rev. A. o ,trauder, and the Rev
T. T. Richmond Assistant Secretaries. The Rev A Il.
Sanford Presiding Elder OF The Prattsye District read
the ia, O. standing NIT ses, which was adopted
A resolution then passed to appoint = coui"it'o
of one from each OF the Conference TO examine
and report upon the appropriate fields OF Work 10 10
occupied by domestic missions. G. D. Foss OF new
York D. Trull OF Sing slDg. T. II Kelly OF Monticello
Y;G. ". Knapp OF Ciayerack. A. ". Osb0n VI 'e"-
burrb and l. r Vandewatcr Of Margaretville, N y.
were appointed ~ such committees OF one. j. d.
Wakelev John Y Gorse. W. c. Braning, j. N. Burgher
W Chadwick and G.. d. Townsend were ut the same
time appointed a committee audit the missionary
accounts OF lie presiding elders.
The order Of exercises TO be followed durng the CON-
ference was mex. up IL decided 70 open the
Conference every morning with prayer-meeGng a. y
o'clock The regular business session was fIsi from
A. H. TO ~ N. At p IN. prlyer-meesngs VIII be heu'
and lectures and sermons will be delivered Ill the even
ing TIE order OF the devotional e1eTcises was eis ~
a committee. Memorial services in memory Oh the
meinDers Of the Conference VINO have died dNins 'ne
year appointed TO be held on FRIDAY at II d. 10.
This afternoon ut o'clock tlere was IarKen
attended PRAYER ee.iUg and this evening at II O'CLOCK
Bishop Harris OF Chicago addressed the members OF the
Conference before lar.e audience Foreign Missions,
n subject with which his experience abroad has made
him familiar After tho lecture the members OF the
Conference we're entertained the Of the Young
Nam, Christian Association.