The daily gazette., 1876-03-15
FIRST EDITION
Wilmington NJ E. Conference,
9th Annual Session.
Opening Services by Bishop Scott.

ENCE-OPENlNG RELIGl GUS SERVICES
REV. t. e. MARTINDALE APPoi NTED
sECRETARY-LIsT CT STANDING COM
MITTEEs-REsoLUTIo &c.
The eighth annual session of the
Wilmington NJ. L. Conference opened
in Union church, Fifth and Washing
ton streets, at 0 o'clock this morning,
with full attendance of ministers and
laymen.
Bishop Levi Scott, of Odessa, DEL,
presided and opened the proceedings by
reading the twelfth chapter of First
Corinthians.
The 217th hymn was next sung by
the congregation, accompanied by
Prof. Allen on the organ.
Prayers were then made by Rev. j.
Humphries, and Rev. Geo. Barton, the
blind minister, between which one
verse Of the hymn "Re1ning fire 60
through my heart" was sung.
Business was opened by the calling
OF the roll by the Secretary, Rev. T.
Il. Martindale. Ninety-nine members
answered roll call, with 25 absent.
On motion ofRev. J. b. Quigg, Rev.
T. E. Martindale was reappeinted Sec
retary. He nominated Revs. ]. d.
Rigg, d. @. Ridgway, and z. F. Mel
son as his assistants.
Nine o'clock, q. M, was fixed upon
as the time for daily meeting and u
o'clock, m, as the time for adjourn
ment.
The third window from the pulpit,
rear end, was fixed upon as the bar or
dividing line between the conference
and the audience.
The Standing Committees were an
nounced by the Secretary, as follows:
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Public Worship-Presiding Elder of
Wilmington District and Pastors of City
Churches.
Publication of minutes-T The Secretar-
les.
Education-AW w Milby, F A Ellis, w
p Davis, + Richards, J w Pierson, j L
Elligood, r w Todd and G II Baker
Bible cause-T ii Haynes, p II Rawl-
ins, o Sypherd, L 2 Aldick.
Sunday Schools Il Ragan, John E
Smith, Ii Ii Bodine, G w Burke.
Tract Cause-J L Cooper, Conner, w
W Warner, j Il Kidney.
Tempernnce-A ID Davis, + e White,
] Shilling, w B Gregg.
General Statistics-G w WilcoI, w It
Tull. L w Layfeld, E Hinson.
| Missionary Statistics-T L Tompinson,
R c Jones, w r McFailane. w F Tilbut.
Finance-W II Hutchin, T B Hunter,
7 o Ayers, w Duhadaway.
Address of Local Preachers-A Stengle
} w Poole, H Sanders, E Davis.
Missions-Th Presiding Elders.
Necesitious Cases-The Board of Stew
ards.
Post Ofices-G W Conaway, W W Red.
man, A j. Crozier, I b Klliam.
Ladies' and Pastors Christian Union
V-W d England, Z G Irwin, W Weston
j T Van Burkalow.
Woman's Foreign Mission Society,"
II Caldwell, w j Balm, Z B Newman, E
Stubbs.
Freedman's Aid Society," B Mann,
wv j O'Neil, S I Gardner, L G Matlack.
Rev. l.. G, Matlack offered reso lu
ton providing for the appointment oi
IA commmittee of nine ON memorials
and resolutions to whom may be refer
red all memorials and other papers fol
the consideration of tho General Con
l ference, with instructions to report or
the same at some day to be hereafter
fixed, The resolution was discussed
L and ameuded on motion of DR.. Phoe
bus, so as to refer to the committed
without debate. 1t was then adopted
| The rules governing the last session
kwere adopted for the present session
| A draft for $50 was ordered to b.
drawn on the chartered fund, ant
Iplaced in proper hands for disburse
1 lment
1 A paper was offered by Revs. l.. c
Matlack and T. L. Martindale, relativ,
to the promised but uncollected sub
scriptions to the Conference Academy
(which were reported last year. 1t con
tanned q resolution providing that al
of these subscriptions since received
shall be recognized as payments on th'
amounts pledged by ministers at tn,
Smyrna Conference, last year. Tht
paper was laid over for consideration
The Board of Conference Steward
was elected, as follows: Wilmington
l District, Chas. Hill; Easton, Robt. w
Todd; Dover,T. II, Haynes; Salisbury
~. A. Brindlc.
The call of the Board of Stewards
, | was fixed for Thursday morning, at II
| O'clock, and the call of the Financ
Committee for the same time.
II On motion of FL. Celclazer com
mittee on National Centennial was ap
! pointed, as follows Reys. ii. ColclazeI
~. II. Caldwell, G. A, Phoebus, 7. Z
: Martindale, j, b. Quigg.
In regard to the Sixth Question
"Who are the Deacons of the Firs
Classl" favorable examinations wer
reported upon F.lC. McSorley, T. h
Creamcr, Robt. Roe, Newton McQuay
VIM. RI. Green, l. N. Forman, an
they were continued.
Deacons of the Second Class-J. i
Kemp, John E. Smith, G. w. Wilcox
I'D, W. q. McIntire, r. II. Adams, H
lC. Jones, were reported ashaving pa
sed favorable examinations and weI
= continued.
e Eighth Questlon-"Who are supe
= numerariesP' The supernumerar
3 | relations of J. Hubbard, 1. T. Cooper
Geo. Barton,J. Esgate, j. Humphris
and T. l., Taft were continued.
,el Also those of Revs. III. Sutton and .
J. L, Houston.
Rev. j. B. .Quigg read the report O