National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-03-09
M. E. CONFERENCE.
ANNUAL SESSION
Convened In Baltimore Tesiorda5-The First Days
Proceedlngs-Lar Number or ministers
Proscnt-DlstrIct ClersymsR
In Attendance.
Special dispatch to rur nrrvpIoAS.

speolai dispatch 10 TItE RErunLIoAS.
BALTIMORE, March S,The ninety eighth session
OF the old Baltimore Conference convened at the
Broadway N. E. Church, of this city, at nine p.
m, the Rev. Bishop l. W. Wiley In the chair The
devotional exercises were conducted by tho
Bishop, who read portion Of the third chapter Of
i. Corinthians The 79slh hymn, And are We yet
alive" wns then sung. The Rev. Mayberry CO.
hoen made all earnest invocation to the Throne Of
Grace, which was followed by singing the soul.
stirring Hymn 40: II love Thy kingdom,
Lord" Another prayer was offered by the
Row. Joseph Franco. in which n feeling allusion
was made to the deaths of Rcvs. J, II, C. Dosh and
George Hildt. The bishop addressed the Confer
ence, abiding to the fact of having been born
within the bounds Of tbeiBaltimore Conference,
when Its territory embraced large portion of tho
State OF Pennsylvania. The Revs Mayberry
Goheen and Thomas Myers, members ofthe present
Conference wore pastors Of the charge with which
he was connected. This was his FIRST appearance
in an official any other capacity before the Bal
timore Conference, AS he was not personally nc.
qnainted with but n few of It's ministers he could
not be preludiced against any nor have any In ex.
ceSSiyc favor, and he could act impartinly in APP
pointing the ministers to their work TWAS MS.
tonishing however, what wonderful amount OF
Information bishop acquired during the session
OF a conference. But he always found, in wha,-
ever part Of the country he might be, the same
methods OF action prevailed SO that he did noteX-
but hoped TO have pleasant time In meeting the
Conference.
THE ROLL OF THE CONFERENCE WAS THEN CALLED,
and 1872 min listers answered TO their names. The
were nominated for secretary. The tenth question
Of general minutes was asked viz; WAS the
character of each preacher examiner The Rev.
W. $. Edwards, D. d., the presiding elder of the
Baltimore district gave an Interesting account of
the work be had in charge, There had been $50
conversions during the year; 40 probationers had
united with the church. and 800 had been re;
eeiyed into full membership. There had
been considerable increase of interest
in the Sundays school department, and many of
the schools, which once continued during the
summer only, were now conducted through the
winter majority of the converts at the revlvals
are those who have been trained in our Sabbath
schools. The class meetings hud been better at
tended than usual The missionary collections
amounted to $1,000, all advance on last years.
The debts upon churches and parsonages had been
very much decreased Mount Vernon Place and
Hanover Street were the only churches in which
any debts Of any moment existed. aud they were
oil provided for.
THE CHARACTERS OF THE FOLLOWING PREACHERS
Of this district were examined and passed The
Gouoher, ]. f. 0ckerman, II. II. Naylor, W. B.
Edwards G. W. Baldwin, Z. II. smith, W II.
kfa AMOS heS' ssvSs ~ G' sosRs + G G&
son, d, b. Winstead William Rogers John
Edwards, J. +. Gladden.. :. n; Rawlings, E. o.
roll. j. a. McCauley, aud J. b. Van Meter. The
key. J.; n Rawlings was compelled by reason OF
domestic nl0lcuOn 10 ask u lOCutlOn WnlCn WIS
granted, Aflor three ballots the Rev. W. i. Ward,
of Foundry Church, Washington city, was elected
secretary. The assistant secretaries nominated
and elected were Revs. q. O. Baker and J. g.
Webster. Rev. W. II. Chapman, the presiding
elder of East Baltimore district, stated that the
work under his supervision has greatly prospered.
There had been about one thousand conversions
during the year. The congregations were good,
aud had increased in many places. In Hartford
and carried BY 5000 votes the ministers in their
efforts lad contributed to the success of the cleo
ton; churches had been built and others were in
progress. Upon the whole 1t had been
ONE OF THE BEST YEARS IN HIS MINISTRY.
The characters of tho following ministers OF his
district were examined and passed, viz: Revs,
VT Tx Ii wseGh' RG MSTi,d Norris R Young f.
Wheeler, Thomas Dougheriy A.; NJ. Coprteney,
Brown, j. n Davis, G. T. House E. Richardson &.
W. Feesmyer. II, McNemar C. A. Jones, J. W.
Cornelius, II. G. McDanisl, J. D. Moore e. G.
man. and Charles McElfresh The Rev. L. f. Nor
gan, d. d., presented the annual report of the Bal.
tmore Bank Depository, which was referred to the
was Sil,0S5.l9; gross profits, Sill ,22OO3 expenses,
s5,9SO99 aud the net profits OH the business were
s5,239Oi accounts receivable, Sl565S9l; stock on
hand, $1,000; cash on hand and in bank, 81, 50293
total, S56,56lS4. Rev. DIR. Dashell offered the
following paper, which was adopted:
Inasmuch as we have heard of the calamity 10 the
keeny the severity of the loss inSonvenence 10 the
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ResOirGd, That we extend to those sufferers our
most sincere sympathy. and greved as fellow
abOrers in the sacred work of the church that the
fruits of many years toll have been so suddenly
Resolved, That we shall feel 1t a duty and privilege
to aid our Brother Wilson In Ie'equipping himself
with library and the circuit in securing new par
sOnRge.
committee of one from each district was ap-
pointed to solicit subscriptions for the above OBJ
jeCt consisting of the Revs. G. f. Dudsear, II.
Mice, S. V. Leech, W. NJ. Hammack, and A. Bic
laski The Revs, Drs. Strong, of Drew Seminary
NJ. Y. Rdder corresponding secretary of the Board
of Education; Mr.. BGardSly, of Colorado Confer
encc, and DR.. Hunl0n, of Pennington Seminary,
were introduced to the Conference, The usual
| committees
TO PREPARE BUSINESS FOR THE CONFERENCE
| were appointed. The Rev. w. II. Chapman made
II statement TO the conference of the condition OF
! had been decided in the county and supreme
courts in favor of the church. lie desired to have
| II committee appointed to decide the validity of a
| claim OF 81, 600 which cannot be claimed legally,
| yet was thought to be due on the grounds OF
equity. The motion made for that purpose was
| Withdrawn, and the matter postponed for future
| consideration. The conference adjourned to meet
| at half-past three D. IN. at the First Methodist
Church. TO attend the obsequics of the Rev. George
| Hildt, who died in Washington city on Tuesday.
| Tho venerable form of this man of God, who has
never failed to attend single session of the Con-
| ference since 1925, will never more appear among
| us. His happy manner and genial countenancC
| will be greatly missed, perhaps more so than auy
other man in our midst. MY.
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