Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-03-17
TO-DAY's SESSION.

SW8ylng mass OF QumanlCY 6Cr0ggl00 out
of the court house.
TO-DAY's SESSION.
Candidates Admitted to Orders,
Conference met at 0 o'clock and was
called to order by Bishop Bowman.
Rev. Anthony Atwood read the 9th
chapter of Corinthians and offered prayer.
Hymn 542 was sung by the conference.
The minutes Of last meeting were read
and adopted.
George w. Ddngan, VIM. Millineaux,
Arthur Oakes, John r. Watkins, local
preachers. were elects to deacoas' Orders.
VIM. Vanderherchen nominated for
deacons' orders was not elected, the vote
in his case being SO to 48. Mr.. Wander
herchen's character and capacity were
endorsed by all, but certain domestic diff :
culties made his election an unwise act in
the judgment of the majority of confer
ence.
The following named applicants were
elected to elders orders John Bell,
Emanuel Fl. Toland.
The following travelling preachers were
admitted into full connection and elected
deacons after they we're addressed and
catechised by Bishop Bowman Robert
8. De Bow, Henry r. Robinson, William
Redheffer, Christian L. Gaul Charles s.
Mervine, Benjamin T. Callen, Jabaz B.
Bickerton, Frank B. Lynch.
Tne Blshop's Address.
The bishops address to the class was
full of wisdom and admonition. He laid
especial stress upon the importance not
only of being godly in every particular,
h,k IF oonIuntinn thovnco1vno
that even the appearance of evil
is on constant watch to detect and make
public anything to the discredit of preach.
ers and especially Methodist preachers.
who leave unreported all the good things
everything Of sensational character and
occur among members.
When the bishop catechised the class
all the questions laid down in the book of
descriptive were answered affirmatively by
the candidates except one. Robert s.
De Bow declined to say that he would
abstain from the use of tobacco. His ply
sician advised him to continue its use as a
medicine, and until they said he could
safely do without it, he would continue to
use it. This answer created little breeze
in conference. Some of the straight laced
brethren thought Do Bow should not be
elected, but the committees who had ex.
amined him, his presiding elder, DR..
HinsOn and several other prominent mem
bers of conference made strong speeches
in his favor and he was elected by " large
majority" there being but two or three
dissenting voters.
Deacons Kawamura Kcichiro and Mat
sumoto Sogo, of the Troy conference, were
received into the Philadelphia conference.
Bishop Bowman introduced to the con-
ference Rev. DR.. McCauley, of Dickinson
college Rev. DR.. Kidder of the Children's
board of education, and Rev. DR.. T. Hanlon
Rev. DR.. Gerhard and Rev. F. A. Cast, OF
Franklin and Marshall college Rev. J. G
Peters, of the First Reformed. chulc
Rev. G Riemensnyder Rev. w. r.
Norris, of the colored church, and Mrs.
Rust, of tho WOmen's Homo missionary
society.
DR.. Kidder made speech, thanking
conference for the aid extended to the
work in which he is engaged, and asking
for continued support, and Mrs. Rusi
made an address in behalf of home mis-
sions.
G. B. Mccullough announced to confer
ence that he had received from Charles
Scott check for $500 to be used in behalf
of worn out preachers, and another from
George T. McCreary for sS6.3S for the
preachers aid society
The following named candidates were
placed in nomination to fill two vacancies
in the board of trustees of the educational
fund Revs. A. Rittenhouse, J. F.
Crouch, D. w. Gordon and A. Longacre
The ballot was taken, but as the time
to adjourn had almost arrived, the vote
was not announced, the tellers being in
structed to report the result at the morr.
| ing session on Monday.
On motion of George Cummins, the
time for the memorial service was fixed at
24 o'clock p. m, on Tuesday.
Rev. W. G.. Robinson, of the Duke
street church, then announced the ap-
pointments for services in the several
churches to morrow, which will be found
below.
The doxology was sung and conference
dismissed with a benediction by Rev. DR..
McCauley.