Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-03-06
BALTIMORE n. 4 CoNrERExCk.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES YEsrERpAY.

RELIGIOUS SERVICES YESTERDAY.
~ festerd ds morning, ,S ct the Mstrope,itan
more Annual Conference was held. Bishop
Bowman preached I'm the morning from the
text, James, vie, The efFectuai. fervent
prayer OF . righteous man availeth much"
He delivered an eloquent discourse on the
power OF prayer; after which he ordained the
candidates for deacon's orders.
In the McKendree church. in the afternoon,
Rev. DR.. cleveland preached on the theme,
"Christian zeal" after which Bishop Bow
man ordained eleven ministers. elders. In
the Evangelical churches OF the District gen.
orally the Methodist ministers attending
this conference officiated yesterday.
The missionary society connected with the
meeting last evening at the Metropolitan
church. Bishop Bowman presided. Rev. ].
m. Reid. general secretary Of the society, de-
missionary work of the church, and the
Buell. family were in attendance and sang
several hymns.
The Conference reassembled at 9 o'clock
this morning, and was opened with devO-
tional exercises. Bishop Bowman announced
that F. w. Shriner and VIM. Jenkins had
J. c. starr, a. r. Savage. W. McHammack,
g. NJ. Afford. ii. c. Smith. G. E. Young, B.
F. Cronise, E. WI Crowl, ]. L. Hayghe, and
The tenth questionable characters of min
isters-was called, and those ola large num-
Der were passed.
hcN M. Ebccu, corresponding StCT6bdry
OF the mil sionary society, addressed the con-
ference.
DIR. Newman presented to each member of
the conference complimentary card from
the President aud Mrs. Grant to attend q
social entertainment at the Executive Man
sion, at O'Clock this evening
Dr.. Myers made a brief address in behalf
OF the Preachers Fund Society.
The consideration of the tenth question
was resumed. Rev. G. Cleaver was trans
IeIrsn from an ehective to q supernnmerary
relation on account of i'll health. When
THE WARRINGTON DISTRICT
was taken up Rev. Mr.. Speake, presiding
elder: stated that the churches in this Dis
professed conversion, and most of these had
joined the church. He regretted a debt on the
churches in the district amounting in the
aggregate to $40 ,000 upon which they were
paying both taxes and interest, stating that
were the embaTTassments removed their coll
lectOns for benevolent objects would he
greater The collections were greater during
the present than the past year.
The pastors of the Washington district
were passed, Rev. c. II. Mytinger being
granted supernumerary relation with an
appointment.
The secretary read an interesting commu-
n1catlon from Rev. Julius Soper, missionary
from the conference to Japan. The secretary
was directed to respond, and the communi-
cation was ordered to be published in the
Journal.
Al IL O'Clock the special order was
THE CENTENNIAL SERMON,
by Dr. j; A. McCauley, president OF Dickin-
son college. The Buell. family, before DR..
McCauley preached, sang hymn. DIR. Nc
Cauley pTefaced his address by prayer, and
then delivered a centennial address, elo-
quent. and full ofpatriotic ferver and graft
tude to God.
Bishop Ames offered a fervent prayer. and
after song by the Buell. family, the confer
ence adjourned until three o'clock.