National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-03-13
BALTIMORE CONFERENCE.
Proceedings OF the Fourth Days Session
Tho Term of Presiding Elders.

Special TO THE REPUBLICAN.
BALTIMORE, Nd, March 12,-The Rev. s. NJ.
Hartsock, Of Washington city, conducted the re.
ligious exercises, reading portion of the thirty.
seventh psalm and eight hundred and twenty
second hymn, which was sung, after which he
made invocation TO the Throne of Grace. The
minutes were read some corrections being made,
and they were approved. The Rev. j. II. Dashiell
was excused from the committee on poygamy,
and the Rev Professor Hartman, ID. D., was ap-
pointed in his place. The board of stewards made
general report of the claims of certain ministers
upon the conference fund, which was recommitted
until dividend was declared. The following
ministers-viz,: Revs l.. b. Wilson, c.
Il. House, I. L. Peters, and l.. l.. Brown
having passed the usual examination, were
elected to elders orders In the regular work.
Revs L. H. Cole, William Lambright, and Caleb
H. Greenfield were recommended by their re-
spective quarterly conferences for local deecons'
gard TO the preaching ability of Rev. Caleb ii.
Greenfield, which was not thought to be of a very
high order. The presiding elder was requested
by the Conference 10 withdraw his name and It
was ordered. The Revs. l.. II. Cole and W. Ii.
Lambright were elected to local dcacOns' orders,
having passed creditable examinations. Rev.
Edward Smith was recommended by the quarterly
conference of Smithburg, Md, for local elders or.
der He passed an examination, and was elected
10 the eldership by the Conference. The
Rev.. NJ. Reid, d, D., the corresponding secretary
of the Missionary Society of the NJ. +, Church,
REMARKS ON THE MISSIONARY CAUSE
He stated there were 9S foreign missionaries In
the field and $1,000 members, who raised $4,000
for their support and 5000 for the missionary
fund, There are 1000 sunday scholars in the for
egn mission Sunday schools. In India district
300 miles long, not much larger than the State Of
New York, there arc 100 day schools with i,l77
pupils, theological school, / high school and an
orphanage with 500 inmates, l72 Sunday schools
with, 1901 scholars, missionaries and their
families, 8 female missionaries, 90 native male
missionaries, and rs native female missionaries.
The special order set for this morning, which was
~ reference TO the term of the presiding elder and
the desrabilty Of changing his district during his
term, was then taken up. The matter was dis
cnssed by Revs, w. s, Edwards, Job a. Price, J. 49,
Van Meter j. NJ. Brown, j. Nick. Reilly, A, j. gill;
J. II. Lanahan, J. ii. Dashiell, and A, II. Ames and
under the previous question the paper which had
been submitted by the committee on cpiseOpRcy 10
the elect that the same man shall not be kent I'm
the Office of presiding elder for more than four
years conseoutiycly, with the following amend
ment was adopted;
While we recognize 4 as u principle OF our church
economy that the presiding elders are TO be appointed
by the bishops in the exercise OF their cody ildg-
nIent, and while further we shall accept Ohpd6ntiy
and trustluly the decision Of the bishop now presd-
ing over the session. that In view Of the act In the
general conference, we do respectfully request the
presiding bishop not 20 appoint any presiding elder
who has been In ouice four consecutive years past.