The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-05-01
Closing Work of the Conference at Farm
ington.

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The Board of Stewards reported through its
chairman. s. F. Wetherbee. The claims on
| the conference funds amount to $5,078.00. To
meet these claims 81 .524.OO have been received
| and that amount was distributed to the worn
out preachers and widows of the conference.
| Ira G. Sprague was granted a superannuated
| relation.
| Under the I'd questi on the following were re-
| commended and admitted into full connection
Alfred T. Hillman, Gardiner D. Holmes, Geo.
L. Burbank, William Harper, Everett S. Stack
pole.
The Bishop was requested to appoint DIR.
| Stephen Allen as Superintendent of the Girls
Industrial School at Hallowel, and William
Harper as Professor in the Normal School at
| Pennington.
The memorial service being the order Of the
day for 10 O'clock was called. Caleb Fuller,
chairman of the committee. read memoirs of
Jonathan Fairbanks, Reuel f. French, James
Armstrong and Noah Hobart, members OF the
| conference who have departed this life since
the last session. Appreciative remarks by K.
| Atkinson, f. w. Smith, A. S. Ladd and others
followed the reading of the memoirs. Charles
W. Morse offered fervent prayer for the sur
viving friends of the deceased and for the con-
ference which suffers by the loss of its faithful
members.
The following were elected Triers of Appeals
Stephen Allen, Hezekiah B. Mitchell, Enos T.
| Adams, Charles G. Gone, Willard B. Bartlett,
| Benj Freeman, q. B. Wardwell.
j. M. Woodbury. and M. G. Palmer were ap-
pointed railroad committee for the ensuing
year.
AFTERNOON.
| At 2 o'clock an open meeting was held and
| at o'clock the conference convened according
| TO adjournment. The statistical tables were
| presented and ordered published.
Customary resolutions Of thanks were voted
| to the Bishop, secretaries, railroad agent, sc.
After an appropriate address by the Bishop,
the appointments were read and the conference
adjourned.
The following resolutions relating to temper.
ance were adopted:
| Whereas, we more than ever feel impressed with
the importance of an unequlvocal testimony on the
part of the church concerning all moral movements
and especially the question of intemperance, and
whereas we deem the church with her open Bible.
the legitimate standard of conscience on these ques
| tions, therefore
RESOLVED, That as a church organization we hold
|
liquors and cider, except prescribed by regular
| practitioner OF medicine, as concord of Christ
| with Belial, and the temple OF God with Idols"
ReS0JUed That in every possible way, by voice and
| vote, by prayer and exhortation we will do all in
our power to extrpae the traffic in intoxicating liq-
uors, properly stigmatized the "Ggantic Crime OF
| Crimes.'
RESOLVED, That we hail with qualification the ex-
isence of all the philanthropc Organizations having
tor their object the reform and salvation of the ne-
briate and that tender to all such our united co.
operation, and bid them in their work a hearty God
speed.
ReSoIred, That the Maine Law should be SO
amended to make the penalty for its violation i'm
prsonmen for the first conviction under its proyis-
| ions.
RESOLVED, That the use of fermented wine in the
| observance OF the sacrament of the Lords Supper
| should come under the apprehension of the church
| and the administrator be deemed deserving of cen.
| sure.
RESOLVED, That the pledge of total abstinence
should prevail everywhere, but no where more than
| among the membership of our church. and that all
members in good standing should be enrolled
| thereon
Resolved, That in the light of the Maine Law and
| modern reform the buying and selling Intoxicating
| liquors beverage is too gross a misdemeanor to
| be classified un mere "Imprudent Cond uct" al
in paragraph 227 of our book Of discipline and that
| we desire to seek through the proper channel the
transference of this offence to the 217th paragraph
entitled Immoral Conduct as we believe it de-
serves.