Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-12
Conference Appointments.

1 Another Year-A Preachers Wtfe's Da- l kota Divorce Discussed. t
 At Tuesdays session of the New York East M. E. conference, Galen c. Spencer
 was admitted on trial. MT: Spencers wife
 has obtained a divorce from him, and this
 fact caused an hours debate. The Rev. Dr. Roche reminded the ministers that John Wesley's wife went away from him, and yet Wesley continued to be Christian minister. The facts about Mir. Spencer's divorce, he
 said, were that the Perfectionists persuaded
 Mrs Spencer that she could not live perfect life while a married woman Sho left her husband, went to Dakota, and there obtained divorce from her husband. Mir. Spencer lives with his mother and does not recognize the divorce Yet no one breathed word
 against his reputation.
 The Rev. A. s. Graves said that Mir. Spen- cer's divorce would prejudice the people against him if the conference set him to
 preaching.
 families have high notions about family rela- tions, and especially about ministers relations to women, and however pure minister may be, his situation as 8 travelling preacher is such that his character may be hurt by ru- mors.
 A brother In the rear or LQ6 cOQ1Sr01C6 said We should think of our influence on
 one of the most important questions of the day. I mean the question of divorce. Re member that this is legal divorce, and the fact of our taking Mir. Spencer as 6 preacher
 will be accepted as an endorsement of divorce on other than Scriptural grounds ''No, no, just the opposite, cried score of voices.
 ''It will be so regarded by the world, :" said the brother in the rear.
 vote was demanded by two-thirds of the
 ministers, and MT. Spencer was admitted by
 vote of 87 to 37. The appointments were
 made. Those for Connecticut are
 New Haven Misunderstanding Elder, G. A. Hubben. New Haven-First Church, c.
 H. Buck; St. John Street, O. E. Harris East Pearl Street, s. M. Hammond; George Street, 0. B. Ford Trinity church, D. A. GoodselI; Dixwell avenue, w. R. Rogers Howard avenue, A. H. Mead.
 Ansonia, G. Cunningham; BakersVille, 0. Lathbury; Beacon Falls, J. J. Moffit; Berlin, G. F. Elliott; Bethlehem, B. c. Pillsbury; Birmingham, G. l.. Thompson; Bloomfield, R. s. Eldridge; Bristol, A. c. Eggleston; Cheshire, A. V. R. Abbott; Clinton, B. War riner; Colebrook River and Hartland, to be supplied; Copper Hill, D. Nash; Cromwell. to be supplied; Durham and Rockland, B. Pills
 bury; East Berlin, to be supplied; Essex, F. Saunders; Forestvills, J. M. Carroll Gull ford, to bs supplied by o. J. Range; Hauden, N. l.. Porter.
 Hartford-First Church. R. s. Pardington
 South Park, M. D. Buell.; Windsor Avenue, B. Fl. Loomis.
 Higgannm and Haddam, to be supplied; Kensington, B. L. Bray Madison, w. F. Markwith; Meriden, J. s. Breckenridge Middlebury, William Wake; Middlefeld,
 Joseph Smith Middletown, A. H. Wyatt
 wards; New Britain, W. HI. Wardell; North Canton and Washington Hill, J. s Hough; Plainville and Pennington, supplied by c.
 W. Mooney; Pleasant Valley and Riverton, supplied by W. W. Hurd; Rocky Hill, to be supplied; seybrook. Seymour and Great A. Cooper; simsbury, H. M. Liv- ingston; South Britain and Southbury, Hen ry ScofeId Southington, Joseph Vinton; Thomaston, W. H. Burton; Torrington, C.. W. Lyon; Unionville and Burlington, D. N. Griffin Wallingford, to be supplied by J. town, G. B. Dusinberre WatervilIe and Brooklyn, to be supplied Westbroek, sup piled by A. R. Eagau; West Granby, to be supplied; West Haddam and Killingworth, supplied by s. o. Curtiss; West Haven, B. Kidder; West Rocky Hill, to be supplied; West sufaeld. Alex, McAlIister West vile, S. K. Smith; West Winsted, J. E. Smith; Wethersield and Winsted, to be SUD- piled; Windsor Locks, William H. Stebbins; Woodbury, Arthur M. D. Nicholl; Yalesville and South Meriden, to be supplied.
 J. W. Beach, president of Wesleyan Uni versity w. N. Rice, professor of Wesleyan University M. l.. Taft, missionary to China; Abupdio Tovar, Pedro F. Valderrama and Emilio Fuentes, missionaries to Mexico William R. Webster, agent of La Teche Seminary.
 New York East District-Presiding Elder, W. T. Hill; Bethel, M. l. Scudder Bridge port, First church, w. w. Clark; Washing ton Park, c. s. Wing; North Main Street, E. c. Hoag; Cornwall Bridge and Ellsworth, R. s. Crawford; DanburBs R. Pegg; Darie n cult, Albert Booth East Village and Zoar Bridge, supplied by E. s. Dykman; George town and Zion's Hill, c. M. -Pegg; Greenwich, King Street church, Henry Ashton; Glenville and Litchield, to be supplied; Mamaroneck, M. B. Chap man; Mianus, to be suppled New Canaan, w. P. Estes; New Milford, w. T. Gilbert; Newtown and Southville, to be supplied; Nichols and Long Hill, A. H. Goodnough; | North Wilton, South Wilton and Vista, James Robinson; Norwalk, W. H. Thomas; Red ding and Long Ridge, J. O. Munson; Ridge l field, G. l.. Taylor; Round Hill, to I be Ssuppied; Rowayton, w. J. White; | Roxbury, Hunting Ridge and Great 1 Hill, J. w. La Cour; Roxbury | and Washington, W. l.. Douglass Sauga- | walk, Arza Hill; Southport, J. ". Horne Stamford, I. J. Lansing; Stepney, to be | supplied Stratford, T. J. Watt West Go shen and Cornwall Center, to be supplied | Westport, L P. Perry; West Stratford and Newfelds, William Bro VII; /; Woodville and | Warren, to be supplied