The daily gazette., 1882-03-09
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MIDDLETowN, Del March 6th, 1882
The preliminary exercises Of the four
teeth annual session Of the Wilmington
CoLfsrence OF the NJ. e. Church, took
place last evouiDR In the NJ. L. Church,
In Midd!etoWn, The exercises consisting
Of singing, praying and . tempe rance
sTmon, delivered BY Rev. W. W. W.
Wilson.
The conference ls composed Of about
160 members, which includes lay %
we'll as ministerial delegates. The dis
trlcts connected With the body are four
and are known as Wilmington, Easton,
Dover and Salisbury. Last yesr there
we're 306 chuI ches 10 the Conference
bonds, 9Th meml ership Of 26,734 and
and 5,6lO probatieners on the roll. The
Sunday schools numbtr 329, having
1895 teachers and officers and 1850
acb0lars. The church property is valued
at $I,l7l,I2b. In addition TO tho reRu.
lar pastors, there are 1873 local preachers
connecled with the Conference.
Mrs.. X. b. Sleveis aud Mrs. g. r.
Keen are here IS reprt ssntatIves or the
Wnmen's Foie Missionary Society.
The fourteenth annual session of the
Col Lferance commenced this morning, In
the Mechodist Church IN this place.
fhe delegates numbered $50, and these
with tue citizens Of this town, fled eve
ry part OF the church. Previous To the
business the LORDS supper was celebra-
ted, Bishop Hurst presiding, and the
Pres ding Elders connected with the
Conference ass sted the Bishop. Many
members Of different denomination par
ticlpatsd In the solemn services.
At the close OF these ceremonies, the
Bishop introduced Rev. DR.. Buckley, OF
New York, editor OF the Christian Ad-
vocate; Rev Or. Alexander, pastor Of
the MiddletoWn Presbyterian Church;
and Rev. DR.. Kennedy, also OF this
plaoe. Rev. j. ID. Riggs WIS elected
Secretary.
The B shop. after . trief Introductory
speech. In which he referred to his early
religious experiences, announced the
standing commit o. Il. among which were
Oh E iuoaIion-C r. Sheppard, Henry
Clayton, }. r. Vanbuckalew, q L..
Townsend, J. II. Caldwell, q. r. Rich
ards, @. w. Townsend, T. g. Hods IN.
On Sunday Schoo 81. c. Andrews,
@. @. FOSnocht, D. Ayrss, g. 8. CASE
ner.
On Temperanos-A. sLengle, j. B.
Merritt, K. y. Jones and e. Ii. Hyn-
son.
Womsn's Foreign Missionary Society
John ShilliOR, Il. II. Adams, j. 8.
Willis, l.. k. Barrett.
Freedman's Aid-J. e. Bryan, w. b.
Walton, "a. Uolclazer and W.. O'NeilI.
Reports from the Presiding Elders
were lied for. Rev. l.. u. Matlaok, OF
the WILMINGTON District, was the tirSt to
report, stating In detail the improve
m0nts N ade t1 CHURCHES 10 bis district
during the year and the erection OF q
new one at Northeast, Md. The cbAra :
ters OF the ministers In this district were
reported favoIably upon by the Prtsid-
tng Elders. The missionary cole ctlons
In the district amounted to S6228 96.
Rev. M. A. Richards, OF b Paul M.
e. Church, presented the following let
ter:
WILMINGTON, Del, March 8, 1882
To the Bishops and members OF the VIII
mington Annual Conference M. K.
Church: respectfully transmit TO the
Conference herewith my ordination
parchments Is deacon and elder, hnding
myself no longer In accord IN creed or
practice with The vows taken by me up
on which they were obtained at the
hands OF the Philadelphia Annual Con-
ference OF the NJ. E church.
j. M. MoOARTRR.
This afternoon there Was brief sss-
sion ofthe Conference for the purpose
of receiving detailed statements OF col
lectiops made during the year. These
wore referred to the appropriate COM
itiee for tabulatinR.
THIS evening large au Hence assem-
bled IN the Town HalIto participate IN
tho exercises connected with the cause
OF education. Eloquent and forcible
addresses we're delivered by Reys. j. r.
. Is, A. w. Milby and Il. L. II abbard.