Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-03-19

work in which it is engaged. Tho society
has no paid officers to organize the work
and obtain funds, and consequently the
work has fallen on few women. She
called upon all Christian people, without
regard to sect, to extend a helping hand.
DUKE sTkEET OHURch.
Ordination OF Deacons ana Elders.
The Duke street church was densely
crowded yesterday-morning, afternoon
and evening-as il was there the most in
teresting services connected with the
annual conference were held. The first
meeting was at 0 o'clock a. M, when
there was Methodist love feast. Bread
and water were distributed among those
present, and a number of the brethren
related their religious Experience" a
feature that created great interest among
those present. The regular service COM
menced at 1880, opening with an
anthem by the choir, after which
Bishop Bowman, president of the
conference led in prayer and preached a
sermon from the last clause of the 10th
verse of the LIST chapter of Romans. In
announcing his text the bishop took oc.
casion to say that twenty. seven years ago
when conference met in this city, he
preached sermon from the first clause of
the same verse, which reads as follows
L" For am not ashamed of the gospel of
Christ 4: for it is the power of God unto
salvation 70 every one that believeth /; the
Jew first, and also to the Greek" The
sermon was delivered in the bishops forci.
chile style and every word listened to with
the closest attention, the brethren empbaz.
ing its striking points by CALCULATIONS of
amen, -" praise the Lord" ' HalIelu-
jah," sc. At the close of the sermon, the
following named deacons elected in con.
ference on Saturday were ordained in
form as laid down in the church ritual
Robert 8. De Bow, Henry r. Robinson,
VIM. Redheffer, Christian L. GauI, Chas.
s. Mervine, Benjamin T. Callen, Jabez B.
BickertoD, Frank B. Lynch. The service
was highly interesting and solemnly i'm
pressive. After the close of the ordlna-
tion the services closed in tho usual
form.
Local Deacons-Geo. w. DUNCAN, VIM.
Mullineaux, Arthur Oakes, john r. Wat
kins.
In the afternoon John Bell Emanuel H.
TOland, George Gaul, VIM. H. Smith, VIM.
L u
son, were ordained elders by Bishop
Bowman. assisted by the four presiding
elders Of tho conference, Rsvs. J. NJ. Hin
son, w. Swindells, J. Dickerson aud J. S.
]. Mcconnell. The ordination sermon was
preached by Rev. DR.. Crooks of the theo.
logical seminary at Madison, N. J.
In the evening at 7:15 a thrilling sermon
was preached by Rev. DR.. J. Todd, to an
audience that packed every foot of sitting
and standing room in the church.
At Other Churches.
The programme previously arranged was
carried out at the other protestant churches.
In most of them members of the confer
ence occupied the pulpit and preached i'm
pressive sermons to large congregations.
In the Moravian church, where Rev.
Frank Moore preached, there was bap-
tismal service in the morning. followed by
the confirmation, by Rev. J. Max Hart,
of class of three young people, and the
reception into the church by certificate
of two members from other churches.
The sermons preached by the members
of conference in the different pulpits to
which they had been assigned, were heard
by large audiences and with great satisfac
tiOn by the congregations to whom they
ministered. The appointments were so
numerous that it is impossible to report in
detail the services and sermons. At the
college chapel, where Rev. T. B. Neely
preached, the attendance was immensely
large including the venerable ex-presi-
dent of the institution and dis
tinguished theologian Rev. DR.. J. w.
Nevin. The preacher of the occasion dis
coursed of the interview Of Christ with
the Samaritan woman at jacobs well, and
faculty and students speak in praise of the
scholarly treatment of the theme. Presi
dent Apple conducted tho opening and
closing services. In the presbyterian
church in the morning, besides the regu-
lar congregation, there were present
quite number of the members
of conference to hear Rev. j.
II. Hargis preach. His text was
" Only let your conversation be as it be-.
cometh the gospel of Christ that whether
come and see you, or else be absent,
may hear Of your affairs, that ye stand
fast in one spirit, with one mind striving
together for the faith of the gospel, !"
from I'd PHILIPPIANS j, 28. Mr.. Hargis said
in opening that the words had been
blessed to the uses of his sermon on the
preceding Sabbath when speaking farewell
to his own congregation and he felt their
appropriateness on this occasion of hail
and farewell. His exposition of the text
Was scholarly, eloquent and practical and
from beginning to conclusion he held tho
fixed attention of his audience while he
presented the Christian conception of a
life worthy of the gospel of Christ. Among
his hearers was Rev. J. L. Hughes, of the
DeKalb street, N. E. church, of Norris
tom, who on last Sunday preached fare
we'll sermon to his congregation on the
same text. In the evening Rev. DR.. Rit-
tenhouse preached to the Presbyterians
profound and interesting sermon The
other engagements of the conference mem
bers in and out of the city were filed to
the eminent satisfaction of the local pas
tors and their people.
TU.DAY's SESSION.
Ministerial ReDattons-DIokiDsou college
ProAibttofy Legislation.
Conference was called to order at 8
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