Smyrna times., 1882-03-15
M. E. Conference.
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL SESSION AT MID
DLETOWN.
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The committee on Rev. J. Nick. Brew I
ington reported his withdrawal from the I
Conference. S. X. Pilchard's character
was passed and he was elected to deacon's j
order.
Rev. II. Colclazier offered the following
resolutions; That Il committee of five,
consisting of two ministers and thre9 lay
men, be appointed to inquire into the state
Of the laws Of Delaware concerning the in
! corporation of religious societies, to ascer-
tain whether any additional legislation is
necessary, and if 50. to obtain such legisla
tiOn from the next session of the Legisla-
ture, and to report at our next session.
The resolution was adopted and the fol-
lowing committee appointed; Hon. f.
Salisbury. n. b. Smithers. l.. J. Nalcott,
Drs Caldwell and Il. J. Cooper. The
characters Of Revs. Q. s. Walton, Charles
A. Gricc Julius Dodd, J. Morris Lindaie
and Alfred Smith were passed. and they
were elected dcacOns Of the second class.
The secretary read Il report from DR..
Kidder concerning the board Of Education.
The receipts reached the sum Of S9.236,86.
equal 10 an advance OF more than 300 per
cent.
Rev J. NJ. Freeman addressed the Con-
ference in behalf of Sunday schools and
the tract cause.
Revs. J. IestOn Wiley. Edward l..
Hubbard. Charles A. Hill, W. s Robinson
and Il. X. Stephenson, travelling deacOns
! of the second class were elected to elder :
orders. Revs. f. J. Cochran and |. ID.
Johnson were continued on trial and also
elected to deacon's orders Rcvs. l.. i.
Cochran and c. :. Baker were continued
, on trial. Rev. A. S. Hunt, Of the Bible
Society, addressed the Conference in behalf
Of the Bible cause
The Board OfStewards made thcrrepOrt.
: hot bn of 81
been raised for the worn-out preachers,
, their widows and tn il children, an adj
vance of $292 40 over last year. The fol-
lowing appropriations were announced:
J. l.. Houston, $3.50; \. \. Fisher, S275;
p, George Barton, $3.50; John Allen. 5000;
w. W. Redman, $500; James lEsgate, 500;
: Hester a. Henderson. SID: DrucilIa
/ Willcts. $50; Carrie b. Dennison, 500;
Martha Z. Purner, $lJ0; Hebctra NJ.
Brandreth, S275; Ann Sutton. SO; Laura
y f.. Weston. $3.50; Mary 5. Thomas, $500 ;
!; Annie Irwin. $500: Annie ID. Chatham,
a $500 Rebecca +. Hough, 800; Sallic f..
, Williams, 800; Sadie B. Balm, $500: F..
= w. Thompson. sips; Cutharinc i. Miller,
$50: Annie Uric, 500; Elizabeth Picrson.
K 5000; Emma Quigley. 5000: Emma Pretty
;. man, 1925; Y. Gray. $225.
=. la the afternoon the Conference held
memorial services as follows The ReVs.
Elijah Miller John w. Pierson, F. b.
Quigley, Thomas }. Prettyman, Mrs. S. c.
IL Curtis and Mary Hazard The services
Is were presided over by Rev. c. Hill.
1t lnthe evening Il temperance anniversary
% was held in the town Hall The audience
was very large. The speakers were Revs
IL F. G. McSorley and Or. J. II. Caldwell.
st DR.. Caldwell made a lengthy and clio
in Quent address. 1t was devoted to the loCa
,t aspect of the temperance question. and the
interest with which it was listened to wa
~ greatly increased by the speaker tOuchim;
ps rather fully on Senator Bayard' letter tn,
es local option" bill, which caused DR.
l., BabcOck' unbridled criticism in Confer
ence last Friday.
y The audience was enthusiastic upoI
ce Senator Bayard as well as upon the tenn
perance question. In opening the DIR. sal
he was present for a two-fOld object
ce First. to trace the history of recent legislG
20 ton and attempted legislation: second. /
- give his opinion as to what the friends {
W temperance in Delaware should do in tn
'rc fnture. Tie then proceeded to sketch tn
is organization Of the State TcmpCranC
mr.. Alliance and OF the work of getting signi
49,, lures tOpetitiOns to the Legislature. The,
oiH petitions were sent out under very uni;
zee vOrably circumstances. bat we had III;
in jOrity of the voters of the State, calliu
nle upon the Legislature for the suppressi0
49, of intemperance. He urged that the ne,
"' time the petitions for local option shOul
vas be doubled and said he was in favor
q prohibition, q constitutional amendmel
,ut and penal statute for drunkenness d
\. Caldwell's plea for prohibition was partic
"'' larly able. lie was disposed to respect Il
er- opinion that Senator Bayard had expires
ing ed and said that greater and more speed
the good could he accomplished by having
,on outright prohibition law enacted by Il
Legislature. 1t was really better al
ON surer than local option law and he urg
all friends of temperance to use their e
deavOrs to this effect.
itor FIFTH DAY-sUNDAY.
on Bishop Hurst preached in the church
dly the morning and Rev NJ. A. Richards
the Presbyterian church. At night, Re
oo,, G.. w. Miller preached in the NJ. L. churC
r V. Geo. r. BristOr in the town hall al
IhS DIR. McCaully, of Dickinson College, at t
'ow, Presbyterian church. Such chur
nty, going was never known in Niddletown'
=, the morning the following ministers we
NJ ordained elders; c. A. Hill, j. II. Will,
top f. l.. Hubbard, r. X. Stephenson and
ives, S. Robinson, and the close of the Rev.
he w. Millers sermon in the evening t
Revs. F. J. Co hiram and ]. ID. Johns
"Ve" were ordained deacons.
SIXTH DAY-NONDAY
= . After devotional exercises the busn
!. e. of the Wilmington Conference was resn
t to ed this morning. Rev. DR.. Phoebus of
mont ed a resolution thanking Bishop Hu
for the efficient manner in which he p
sided over the sessions of the conferen
has and his valuable contributions to chu
ce is literature, which was adopted.
nro- On motion it was decided 10 h"ld
next conference ut Cambridge, Md
DR.. Phoebus presented the report of
been Conference board of church extension.
D, Of DR.. HartZall, of the Freedmens
9th Society. then addressed the conference
Ex-senator Salisbury, repres eating
trustees of the Wilmington COnfere
VIII Academy, at Dover, was introduced ;
lrt of read the eleventh annual report.
ID IN Rev. G. A. Shepperd presented the
.o,to,, port of Drew Seminary.
Rev. Benjamin Warren, OF FELTON,
hday cult; A. p Prettyman, of Bridgeville
cult; c. H. Williams, of Denton circ
g on all of the Dover district. were admitted
trial.
=. A collection amounting to $54 was ia
citi- up to pay for copies of minutes given.
on a Rev. Il. r. Creamer, statistical seer
ry, read his report showing the t.
nb;o number of Sunday-SchoOls III the con
'P'''''' ence to be 334 number of officers
teachers, 3,638 number of scholars OF
ages, 29,354; number of library bo
with 46, 1902; number of converts, II ,2ll: IL
IT St. ber of known members at end of this v
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