Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-09-28
Findlay, Sept. 20, 1883.
CENTRAL OHIO CONFERENCE.

FIEDLAY, Sept. 10, 1883.
Precisely at Q o'clock Bishop Randolph s.
Foster took the chair to open the 2sth annual
Central Ohio Conference. The bishop 10 a we'll
preserved man of fine commanding appearance,
hair of snowy whiteness, form erect, neat and
tas.ily dressed. He is near TO years of age
and has just completed tour Of Episcopal Wis
itation around the world, which has taken IL
years to accomplish.
Rev. d. d. Mather, d. D., of Fremont, con-
Quoted the devotional exercises. Professor W
q. Williams was elected Secretary with f. s.
Dunham. L. l.. Beiler and P. P. Pope assistants.
Nearly all tue members Of the Conf erence
esponded to their names.
The Bishop briefly addressed the Conference
and hoped the entire session would be marked
by spirituality and order. and requested all the
ministers to unite with him iu one half hours
devotion and prayer for the divine blessing
every morning.
AFTERNOON.
DR.. Newton, Presiding Elder of Delaware
District, re1ortsd the condition of his feld Of
labor. Also Rev. Joseph Ayers, OF the Belle :
fontaine District, from which reports It appears
that near ! 900 members had been added to the
churches under their supervision and the other
| interests OF the church correspondingly ad-
vanced.
DIR. Walden, of The Cincinnati Book Concern,
made avery favorable showing of its workings.
THURSDAY MORNING. sEPr. 20.
After the deyotional exercises Rev. T. r..
Henderson reported the state of matters in the
Findlay Distrct, on which more than 900
members had been taken in,o fniI connection
during The wear three nav ehuroh dedicated
and Sc verai others in process OF erection, and
general prosperity all along bis lines.
| Rev. Jas. IL. Scott Withdrew from the church.
processing 'osoe NO longer III harmony WIN hs
ooG'IIhes'
hev. " lease repoI'ea az cons,deTao'e leqg'h
.ne result oi .ne year ,aooi ~ ,ne hen.oh Dis'
tsc., ,o''owsh oy nev. n. NJ. Alp ight ioI LlmA
| DA.,'ot, oo'h showing consueFao'e @aVAnce iu
| al tue interests OF me chnreh' =,
| Dr. waters, Tor To'edo District, reported ~
onaIRes, ~ pars'naKes nnu " '"u'o"es' ANU
geneIaI prosperity. ~ "
~ 'he evening Dr. rowier, o. NJ +, delivered
nHss'onery socIev, whcn was pronounced :, te
oe u,e oes. .n'ps VI ue s'5a ever uearo. Io'
m,ss.ons'y s.S "oneS 'o''eo'ea oo eacn coarge wal
rePof'ea' =,
FhtpAY MORNING, shrr. 2'
Tho first business OF the day after the devo
uons, exercises was the ELECTION OF delegates u
had ,o ha s,sc,sd r,,"r;:., ,nd Ia. ,ha Snns
| NV The mnis,ers ~ a latter hv d.iegatss from
each charge in The Confereoce. Tbe i,sv dele
| gstss ms, In tha Cona,eaa,jnnaI chnrok az,
made ehoics of ii n Wipders of Fndiax snS
l., " jrown Of Wauseon' Tbe Ministeria
| daleoates alec,ed w ere Rey n A Raj, n n
RevND Ru,ledg. ID ~ md Rev w a Wa,
ara. ID d. Rsvs' a Lease and / n Hendsr
son were ehcsen alternates
In lie eysning Rev. 8. l. Keller of Toledo
preached tie animal mis,,onery ssrmon
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SATURDAY ssfT' zz'
According to arrangements made yesterday
the first business to-day after the devotioni
was the visitation OF tbs Lay delegates to th'
Conference, in which fraternal greetings wer,
exchanged, and an address by Bishop Foster
which was full of encouragement aud hope as Il
", ..e ,esun ~ .n's no" 'ea'u'e 10 tue e'ono'n,
| MANY of the commiitees reported to.day. on,
| of ihe most impor,ant of which was The onmm;l
| lac 10 examine candidates for The ministry. CIy,
rus B. Austin Rudolph R. Bryan. Mortia,e
Gsscoigne, Alya @. Thomas and Christian W
Wolff, were IA yorably reporled by tLe commit