The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1883-06-21
DEL. THURSDAY, JUNE FL. /
DELAWARE CONFERENCE.
The Annual Session Opened In this Cit,
Yesterday-COnference Committees Ap
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The Annual Session Opened In this CITY
| Observation-Disclosures Committees An
| pointed.
! The Twentieth annual session of the Del
aware Conference OF the NJ. E. Church con-
vened yesterday afternoon at O'Clock in
Ezion M. E. Church, Ninth and French
streets, Bishop E. G. Andrews, DID, LII d.
presiding. The session was opened with re-
| ligioue services and the administration of
the Lords supper after which SO ministers
and about as many Laymen answered to
their names at roll call. The deaths of Revs.
l. Hinson and George II. Waters were re-
ported. The following officers were then
elected: Secretary, A. X. Shockley of
Haven Chapel, Philadelphia; Assistant Sec
retary, 81. A. Monroe; Statistical Secretaries
l. II. White, d. Ridout, Joseph r. Waters,
John II. Nutter; Recording Secretary,
James A. Scott.
The following conference committees were
then appointed:
Webb and the Revs. W. j. Parker and W.
+. Butler; Missions, Presiding Elders j. E.
Webb, Lewis Z. Coke, John H. Holland and
the Revs. J. d. Elbert, H. Jolley and A.
Brown; Conference Stewards, the Revs.
Brinckley, ID. j. Waters and N. Young:
Sunday Schools, the Revs. d. A. Ridout, x.
Lowber and c. A. Horsey; Temperance, the
Revs. j. D. Ebert, E. E. Parker and j. Ii,
Nutter; Education, the Revs. William
Thomas, w. f. Butler and M H.
Horsey; Tracts, the Revs. j. Fl.
Mason, j. 81. Winter and Ed. Lee; Epis
copal Fund, the Revs. W. H. johnson, A.
Brown and H. Jolley; Auditing the Presid-
ing Elders Accounts, the Revs. N. Morris,
II. Washington and P. Burrows; Church
Extension, the Revs. j. w. Stevenson, G.
W. LaudiD and e. H. Webb; Freedmans'
Aid, the Revs. w. F. Butler, w. @. Dicker-
son and ]. R: Waters; Memoirs, the Revs.
t. b. II. Colman, d. r. Dunn and j, II,
White; Post Office Address, the Revs. j. E.
A. d. Grigsby, j. n. Willis and E. Webb,
Women's Foreign Missions, the Revs. G. FL.
Ash, G. H. Hutchins and G. W. Young; Bible
Cause, the Revs. I. NJ. Hubbard, 4. E
Sabbath, the Revs. G. Wing, j. G. Carroll
and Il. Rich; Sustenation Fund, the Revs.
j. 8. Holley, a. w. Hamilton and X. ].
Waters; Minutes Money, the Revs. j. X.
Adams, A. Grinnage and A. Handy; Col
lecting the Accounts of the Publishing
House, the Revs. j. H. Pierce, s. E. Adams
and D. Brittingham; State of Church, the
Revs. W. II. Thomas, G. II. Washington
AID J. X. Waters; Resolutions, the Revs. w.
M. Webb, E. E. Parker and H. Jolley.
1t was decided that the sessions, begin
nlhk W uaJ, shoulu open dG o'oV a. m. ana
IL m. The Rev. Charles Hill, Presiding
Elder of the Wilmington District; the Rev.
j. j. Campbell, of the A. NJ. E. Church,
Philadelphia, the Revs. G. A. Hill, T. R.
Creamer, T. A. II. o. Brien, Julius Dodd, |
). I. Gardner and Carl Carson, OF the VIII |
mington Conference, and the Rev. DR.. Dill |
lon, of the Oregon Conference, were pre-
sented to the Delaware Conference. Alter |
the Rev. w. j. Parker had delivered an ad- |
dress a communication from the Secretary |
Dt the Board of Bishops was read and re- |
lerred to the Presiding Elder. Charles H.
of Eadsville, Kent county, Md,
preached to very large congregation in the |
evening.