The Portland daily press., 1881-04-29
THE METHODISTS.
The Fifty-Seventh Annual Confer
ence.
SECOND DAYS. PROCEEDINGS.

The conference met at $50 a. M yesterday
Bishop Peck in the chair.
The opening religious exercises were CON
Quoted by Isaac Lord.
The 10Th question was taken UP and thu
characters of effective elders in the Portland
district examined and passed.
Parker Jaques, the Presiding Elder, pre-,
sented report of the work in his district He
mas been exceptionally faithful and efficient in
the discharge of the duties of his position dur
ing four years past and retires at this time by
the law of the church.
Az the conclusion of the reading Of the re-
port G. W. Bradlee in we'll chosen terms, ex-
pressed the appreciation and affection of the
preachers of Portland district for this faithful
officer and in their behalf presented him with
an album containing photographs of the
preachers and their wives. to which Mr..
Jacques fittingly and feellngly responded.
Joseph Colby was granted a supernumerary
relation at his own request, and resolutions of
sympathy were adopted by the conference.
G. Roscoe Wilkins was granted supernum-
erary relation with an appointment A collec-
ton was ordered and taken in his behalf
G. G. Mason, Presiding Elder of the Lewis
ton district, presented written report of his
district
W. F. Warren, d. D., President of Boston
University, B. X. Pierce, d. D., editor of the
Times Herald, d. 9, Babcocs, D. D., of New
Hamshire Conference, and j. M. Lowden of
the f. w. Baptist church, were introduced
and each addressed the conference briefly.
The following was adopted:
ReSolced, That we have received with pleas
ure the fraternal greetings of our brethren of
the Maine Western Yearly Meeting of the
Free Will Baptist church presented by
their officially appointed delegate Rev. J. NJ
convey the greetings of this conference to the
next yearly meeting of that body.
The Bishop appropriately responded to the
address of Rev. Mr. Lowden.
Stephen Allen, Presiding Elder of the Read
field district, presented his report and the
characters of the effective elders on his district
were examined and passed.
AFTERNOON.
AT 2.3O p m. the Sunday School anniver-
sary was held. w. w Baldwin presided and
conducted the Introductory exercises. Very
earnest and interesting addresses were deliver
ed by Doctors B. K Pierce, B. f. Tetft and D.
G. Babcock.
EVENING.
The anniversary of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society occurred at 73O D. m. Mrs.
NJ. j. Leavitt presided. The 24Sth and 930th
hymns were sung. A-Scripture lesson was
read by Mrs. E. I. Adams of Bath and fer
vent prayer was offered by Mrs. j. N Marsh.
Mrs. G. W. Keyes of Pennington, Secretary
of the Conference Society, presented her an
nual report
Mrs. DIR. Butler was then introduced. This
lady, the wife of DIR. VIM. Butler, has, with
her husband, been nine years engaged in the
missionary work in India and six years in
Mexico. Her address was replete with Incl
dents of her personal experience during those
years, and held the attention of the large con-
gregation for more than an hour. Her hear
ers manifested their approval by frequent ap-
plause.
Mrs. Butler will address the friends of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Sunday
evening, at Chestnut street church.
The Bishop will deliver his address to the
candidates for admission this morning at about
10 o'clock.
90. M, Conference business.
2.30 p. M, Anniversaries of Preachers Aid
Society and the Maine Conference Missionary
Society; addresses by Rev. S. F. Wetherbee,
Rev. G. j. Clark, Rev. I. Luce and Rev S.
Allen.
7.30 p. M, anniversary of the Church Extern
sion Society; address By Rev. G. C. McCabe.