The Morning herald., 1876-03-21
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MLsSIONl1X ANNIvEBSARY.s
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Asssto and A ddresses,

Mssstc 0ssd A ddresses.
The eighth annual anniversary Of the
Wilmington Conference Missionary Society,
was held last evening In the Grand Opera
House, and notwithstanding tho incleosat
weather about fifteen hundred persons were
present. The seating capacity Of the addi-
torium was entirely occupied, while nearly
two hundred people, . large number Of
whom were ministers, had seats upon the
stage. The meeting was presided over BY
F. A. Ellis, and opened with -
voluntary by the choir, which
was composed of portions Of the
different Methodist church choirs Of the
city. Solos were sung by Messrs. G.. B.
Rhoades and H. F. Pickels, which were re-
ceived with loud applause by the audience.
Hymn No. ooh! for Thousand
Tongues" was next sung, when Rev. Dr..
Cooper led in prayer. More singing, By
the audience, followed, after which the
Treasurer OF the Society, Geo. w. Sparks,
read the annual report, which showed the
collections for the past year from the dif-
ferent districts, as follows: Saulsbnry,
$1,317.s2; Dover 81 $3.50 81; Easton. 39,36l.-
16; Wilmington, 5,0O6.99; total, $40, ,06S.S.
This amount is about &S4 less than that Of
of last year. i..4
The exercises continued with voluntary
by the choir, and Miss Eva L. Crouch,
sang solo. Rev. ]. s. Willis was then In
troduced by the President, and entertained
the audience for about three quarters OF Al
hour with very interesting address, In
which he spoke of the work ofthe minister,
that to exert his influence for the salvation
of souls IA man." he said, who saves
but one soul, rears for himself . pyramid
far more lasting than any Of the monu-.
ments of human art" Hymn, No. 1OS
"Watchman, Tell of the Night" was sung
by the audience, when the speaker ha d
concluded. Mr.. Ellis then announced that
Rev. DR.. j. M. Reid, Missionary Secretary,
would deliver an address. - ~
Mr.. Reed confined his remvrks chiefly to
the Missionary Cause. He said that its his
tory, however, dated back to the most an
cient times, but he wished to allude more
particularly TO the work done by the country
and the Methodist church. He spoke ofthe
increasing interest in the cause, and $50
that fifty years ago there were only four mis-
sionary SOCIETIES engaged In trying to con-
vert the heather to Christ. He said that
since that time the number Of missionary
societies had very much increased, and al
though the harvest was always great, the
labors were rapidly multiplying and there
were young men everywhere willing and
waiting to be sent to heathcn lands. The
Doctor spoke for nearly an hour and quar-
ter, and several times was warmly applaud
cd. GAN Hail the Power of Jesus Name,"
a hymn, was sung by the congregation.
when an election for officers took place with
the following result:
President, F A Ellis; First Vice-Presf-
dent, II Colclazer; Second Vice President,
W H Thompson; Secretary, X W Todd;
Treasurer, Geo W Sparks.
Managers. Ministerial-Revs. j s Coop
er, B Merit, H Colclazer, r w TODD, 7
L Tomkinson, G A Phebus, ] L Caldwell,
l. C Mattuck, E B Newman.
Laymen-Mcssrs. A Ellis, George w
Sparks, Mathews, w 8 Smith, Gift
ford, A Cowgirl, W H Thompson, T Van
eman, Chas Moore, P T Causey.
The doxology was then sung and Rev.
DR.. McCaulley pronounced the benediction.
The affair was highly gratifying through
out, and was much enjoyed by the large
audience. The singing was under the charge
of Mr. H. :. Pickel; and the organ was pre-
sided over by Mr.. f. Fullmer and Miss
Anna Pickles, all of whom deserve much
credit.