Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-03-15

sias advocate, was introduoed and made Z
voey witty address in behalf of the papel
be represents.
.Dr. ]. C. Hartzell, of the Freedman'a
aid society. was next introduced and made
m address detailing the work done in the
South.
DR.. e. II. Payne, ofthe Ohio university,
and Rev. j. Max Hark, Of tbs M0raviar
church, this city, aud Rev. DR.. Mitchell, ol
the Presbyterian church, this city, were
introduced to the conference
The report of the Drew theological
seminary was presented and referred to
the educational committee.
Tho places Of meeting OF the several
committees were announced, and the con-
ference adjourned after singing the doxo-
logy, and a benediction by Rev. DR..
Mitchell, of the Presbyterian church.
This afternoon at 3 o'clock the anniver-
sary of the Women's foreign missionary
society was held in the Dake street
church. An address was made by Mrs. S.
L. Keen.
The anniversary of the conference tract
society will take place in the court house
at 7:30 this evening, Rev. COulston Heis-
kell presiding. Addresses will be made by
Revs. VIM. SwindeIls and G. D. Carrow,
d. d.
Preparations For the Qua.ircnnial session
Philadelphia Evening News.
The year has been marked by very con-
siderable revival interest," particularly in
this city, and the roll of accessions will be
unusually large. Tho benevolent contri-
buttons are believed to be in excess of
those of last year. Four leading!ministers
will leave the conference.-the.
Tiffany and Todd and Revs Boyle
and Hargis. All are men OF ability and
are rated as superior to those who viii
take their places. DIR. Tiffany has lad a
very succ ,ssful pastorate of three years at
the Arch street church, and goes to the
new Madison avenue church, New York
DR.. Todd has filled a full term, also, at
Green street church, and goes to Broad
street, Newark. Rev. Mr.. Boyle goes
to Wilmington and Mr.. Hargis to Jersey
City. The conference session will last
about week. TIE conference of next
year will be held in Philadelphia, and
will be specially important as being the
one Immediately preceding the general
conference which meets quadrennially.
1t will also be held in this city in May,
1884. Delegates, clerical and lay, will be
selected next spring, and as this is the
legislative body of the church, it will com
mand profound and general interest
Much that will be preliminary to next year
willibe accomplished at the conference at
Lancaster.
THE sUUDEKsBUKG CONFERENCE.
The Seventeenth Session There In 1904.
At the meeting of the Philadelphia con.
ference of the NJ. E. church in Souders-
burg, this county, in 1904, Bishop Asbury
presided and among those in attendance
was tho Rev. Henry Boehm, the noted
revivalist who died lately at an advanced
age, and who, it will be remembered, was
born in tins county, about six miles below
Lancaster. In the chapel which bears
Boehm's name and which was the noted
Methodist church of this region, of the
country, Bishop Asbury preached on the
Sunday before the assembling of the
Soudersburg conference.
The conference is thus referred to in
AsLury's Journal: "On the Sabbath,
(May 27, 1S04,) we crossed the Susqus.
hanna at McCall's ferry, and came to
Martin Boehm's. l preached at Boehm's
chapel, and then came away to Souders-
burg. Tho conference Opsned on Monday
morning, %. We had great order. We
sat five days and half. There were one
hundred and twenty five preachers present,
whose characters and experiences were
brought before us. preached twice Sat
urday, June g. rode through the rain
to the Valley, tWenty-eight miles,"
To this conferences Rev. Henry Boehm
refers in his "Reminiscences :" ''The Phil
adelphia conference of 1904 was held at
Soudersburg, commencing on May %. At
the adjournment OF the general conference
in Baltimore, Bishop Asbury has
tened on to my fathers, and on
Sabbath preached in Boehm's chapel.
The place was called Soudersburg from
BENJAMIN and Jacob Souders, the proprie-
tors. They were both Methodists, BeDja-
min being local preacher. Methodlsm
was introduced here in 1901, and a house
of worship was built in 1901. The confer
ence was held in private room at the
house Of Benjamin Souders, that the
meeting house might bc used fer
preaching, which was done three times
a day, except on the first day. There
were 120 preachers present, and the ut
most order and harmony prevailed. My
soul exuited at the idea of Methodist
conference in my native county it was
an era in the history of Methodism in that
region. Bishop Asbury preached twice
during the session. The influence of the
conference was beneficial in all that re-
gion. There were some strong men at the
conference and some very powerful preach
ing"
Methodist Personals.
Rev. Jesse Bowman Young and family,
of Altoona. have gone to Philadelphia to
reside.
&Rev. DR.. Everett, private secretary Of
the governor, has received an invitation
to make the annual address, before the
Washington and Lee University alumni at
Lexington, Va, next June, DR.. Everett
made the address in 1880.
Dr.. Tiffany who lecturod at thu Ship