Daily Republican., 1882-03-14
MISSIONARY MEETING.

llCu IL it'csS Ndo VfshSH hhtil y 'AoSh
i'll the evening.
MISSIONARY MEETING.
In the evening the fourteenth annual
Missionary anniversary OF the Confer
ence was held III the Town Hall, f. a.
ElEiss Esq, OF Elkton, President of the
Board of Managers, presiding The
hall was filled 10 its utmost capacity
ana many went away unable to obtain
admission.
The exercises were opened by a vol.
untary from the excellent CHOIR, after
which the hymn commencing with
Jesus shall rel III where e'cr the sun, y
was sung aud Rev. N. A. Richards led
in "A tervent prayer,
Rev, j. NJ. Reed then delivered an
interesting and enthusiastic address,
complmenting the Conference upon its
splendid financial showing This was
the third Conference he had attended
during the last week. and one
other of these showed even a larger in-
crease in missionary money than the
Wilmington Conference, and he regret.
ted that the third did not aso show an
increase. Mr.. Reed show ed that well
as the Conference had done, the contri-
buttons We're not up to the collections
of 1872, when tho mem bership Of the
Conference was smaller than now.
Alfred q Cox, Treasurer of The Mis-
sionary Board read his report of
the Missionary contributions OF each
appointment nearly all showing in
creased contributions and all but one
Of the Districts had exceeded the ap.
portloMlnenr The following were the
amounts received from uh,5 districts:
Easton, S2G76 90; Salisbury, Slj63 Is;
Dover, S22ll.7O: Wilmington, S64Gl 70.
Total Sl2,S22 l3.
The increase over the preceding year
was l24l.72.
EVENING CONFERENCE SESSION.
Conference at $50 o'clock re-assem.
bled, Bishop HursL in the chair.
Rev. Mr.. Mowbray offered resolution
of thanks to tue citlZeas of MlddletO%r
tor their hospitality, 10 the Trustees o.
the church, " the Trustees Of the town
hall, 10 Rev. Mr.. Murray, to tho Blsh-
ops, to the choir, to the Railroad com,
panies and TO The Secretaries, all of
which were adopted.
Rev. j. S. Willis started collection
for the sexton, which amounted to
$50 Ga.
Kevs. Todd, Hoti'ecker, Ayers and
Carroll to make arrangements ter hold.
ing the anniversaries Of the next Con.
ference.
Rev. r. W. Todd, in few appropri-
ate remarks, presented Bishop Hurst
with an ivory headed cane, made from
a pine log in Barrett Chapel.
The Bishop tacetiously y received the
present, saying that he would take the
cane tc his Iowa home, whore it would
be curiosity, birch being used consid-
erably in that State. He hoped that
none Of the members OF the Whining
ton Conference would ever be compelled
to nse "A cane.
The SlGth hymn was then sung, and
DR.. Caldwell led in prayer. Bishop
Hurst then delivered his closing ad.
dress to the Conference. He compli-
meIted the Conference on the good t-"l-
ing that characterised it. He lad not
heard harsh word spoken anu cacn
menu Der seemed to consider that others
We're to be considered as well as them.
selves in the appointments, He did
noJ suppose that all would be suited
but they had done the best they could.
THE APPOINTMENTS.
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, l.. G. MAT
LACK, P. E Bethel and Glasgow, II.
Colclazer; Charleston, Md; j. W.
Hammersly; Cherry Hill, Il L.
White; Chesapeake City, f. j. Coch.
ran; Chester, l.. W. Laydeid; Clay
mont, David Dodd; Christana, D. Il.
Waddell; Delaware City, 4. B. Hun
ter; Elk5on and Crouch's Chapel, W.
Il. Avery; Elk Neck, G. S. Conaway;
MI. Lebanon, l.. E. Andrews; Mt.
Pleasant. W. B. Gregg; Newark and
Wesley, W. II. Hutcnin; New Castle, ,
N. M. Browne; Newport; j. Il, O'Brien
North East, 9. f. Sheppard. Port De-
poslt, H. G. Jones; Red Lion, julius
Dodd; Rising Sun, Md. j. y. Kemp;
81. Georges and Sum nit, G. A. Pln.
bus, d. D.; Wilmington, Asbury, G.
Hill; Brandywine, Joho Shilling; Ep-
worth, To be supplied; Grace. &. W.
Miller; Madeley, 7. A. Fl. OBrien; Mt.
Salem, T. Il. Tomkinson; Scott, r. r.
Creamer; St. Paul's, NJ. a. Richards,
Union, Adam Ster gle; Zion, j. France;
Wesleyan Female College, j. NJ. Will
liams, mem Der of Grace Quarterly
Conference; A. L. Scott, Professor in
Wesleyan Female College, member of