Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-03-16

Conference met at 9 o'clock this morn
ing, aud was opened by Rev. NJ. d. Kurtz
who read the 9th Psalm. Conferenc,
sang the 6S4th hymn and Mr.. Kurtz led il
prayer.
The minutes of yesterday were read
corrected and adopted.
Several communications were received
and referred.
A letter from Rev. Isaac r. Merrill, OF
Philadelphia a supernumerary in ill health,
was read.
On motion of w. L. Mcdowell, the gen.
eral statistics presented to conference were
returned to the committee Oh statistics for
correction.
A communication from Frank Saylor,
photographer, asking permission to take a
photograph Of the conference, grouped on
the steps in front of the court house, was
read, and on motion of T. A. Fernly a
committee of two was appointed to confer
with Mr.. Saylor as to the time best suited
to take to take the picture. Messrs.
Fernly and Turner were appointed said
committee.
Passing the E'reachers' Characters.
The report of the North Philadelphia
district WAS called for. The character of
passed. He read his report, which showed
the district to bs in a generally prosper
GUS condition. The names of the preachers
in charge of the several churches in the
district were called and their characters
passed, until the name of jeremiah Pas
torfield, of Port Richmond, was reached
when Elder HinsOn presented a paper
signed by Bonaparte Shew, charging Mr..
Pastorfield with NAL administration. in
that he refused to bring to trial Fran els
Shubert accused of immoral practices.
Mr.. T. B. Nicely said the charge here
made against Brother Pastorfield was the
same that had been made and finally
passed upon by conference last year. He
moved that conference refuse to entertain
the complaint.
w. j. Paxson said the charge was not
the same made before last conference.
The wisest course would be to refer the
matter to committee.
Elder HinsOn declared the charge pre-
clsely the same that was settled last year.
He hoped it would not be entertained.
Mr.. w. L. Gray, j. B. Dobbins, Pennel
COombe and s. w. Thomas argued on
the same side.
Messrs. Geo. Cummings and Jacob Todd
agreed with Paxson that the matter should
be referred to a committee.
Elder Hinson said that the substance of
this case was first tried in the civil courts,
and the complainant failing there, this
action was iuaugurated. gennel Coombe,
then in charge Of the church, called around
him his official advisors-his stewards and
trustees. Their united judgment was
that no action should be taken. Then the
matter was brought before the last con.
ference. You know its action !; the::con-
ference tabled the committees report
recommending that the charges be enter
tanned. Last year it was Brother COombe
that was in charge, this year Brother
Pastorfeld. Pastor6eld had placed himself
behind the action taken by conference. It
is. therefore, impossible to censure. him
without censuring majority of the con-
ference. If we are ready to say that the
last conference was foolish one and thus
censure ourselves, we can do SO but to be
consistent we must stand by the action Of
the last conference.
Mr.. Pastorfield arose and said he be-
lieved he had some interest in the mater
under discussion, and there were some
points he wished to present to conference
in justification of his coulse in. the matter.
Fist the action Of la14 oonfeEsnce. $50.