Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-03-20
THE CONFERENCE
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There was . missionary meeting yester.
day afternoon in tho Duke street II. i.
church. The attendance was very large.
every seat in the church being occupied.
Rev. j. Cummins presided and opened
the service. A hymn Was sung By the
choir. Rev. DR.. Carrow led in prayer
and Rev. j. Morrow read portion Of the
Scriptures, after which Rev. T. Satchell
was introduced ana preached IN eloqusut
sermon from the 11th verse OF tho 1st
chapter Of Malichi F" For from the rising
of the sun even unto the going down Of
the same, my name shall be great among
the Gentiles; and in every place
incense shall be offered unto my
name, and q pure offering; for
my name shall be great among tho
heather, saith the Lord Of h0sts." Mr..
Satchell's sermon was listened to with
more than usual attention, a it is gener
ally understood that he will be tho next
pastor Of the Duke street church. He
made . very favorable impression upon
pulpit orator, and will, no doubt, be an
acceptable successor to the able and excel
lent pastor who now serves the church.
At the Court mouse.
If it were possible to crowd moro peo-
pie into the court house than were in It on
Friday evening last, they were crowded in
last evening and enthusiastic as the vast
assemblage was on Friday evening under
the inspiration of DR.. Kynett and Chap
lain McCabe, it was even more enthusias.
tic last evening under the burning elo-
quence of Revs. w. H. Shaffer, John Y.
Dobbins, DR.. o. H. Tiffany and DIR. Fow-
ler, the orators OF the evening. So
dense was the crowd and SO COM
pletely closed up all avenues to tho
court room THAT late cOmers had no chance
of admittance. In anticipation of great
thr0ng tickets of admission were issued,
but holders who came late were in as bad
fix as those who were without them.
The reporter of the INTELLIaENCER
could scarcely get his nose inside the
court room, and he hasn't a very big nose,
either. To take notes was impossible.
The reporters desks were occupied by
early corners, and they could not be
beaten off. All that cOuld he done was to
stand on tip toe at the back door and
listen and not hear much.
President G. Heiskell occupied the chair.
The hymn Assembled at Thy great
command" was sung by the choir, and
prayer was offered by Rev. George r.
Crooks, D. D., of Drew theological COL
lege, N. J. The hymn "BehOld the
Heather waits" was next sung, and the
report of the treasurer, L. D. Brown, was
read. 1t shows that the total amount COL
lected from the several charges during the
past year was $49. .411.38, an excess over
last year of $2,326 90 The increase in
the North Philadelphia district was
H. DA: InI-
district, S1,O39.5O; South Philadelphia
delphia there was a decrease OF S155.78.
Rev. VIM. Shaffer, of Landsdale, was
introduced and took upon himself the task
of proving that all that was worth any
thing in civilization was to be credited to
Christianity, and that the church was ono
great missionary society whose work would
not be accomplished until the gospel Of
Christ had been proclaimed and estab.
lisbed to the utterm0st ends of the earth.
Rev. John Y. Dobbins. of Trenton,
N. j., presented Jesus as the perfect man,
the mediator between God and man, the
one being who had died and lived again,
and who had opened the way to eternal
life for all believers.
Both Revs. Shaffer and DObbins were
listened to with marked interest and re-
ceived loud plaudits from the vast assem-
blage, but it was not until DR.. O. II.
Tiffany was presented, and by an array of
facts and figures that were overwhelming
and conclusive, showed that the gift of
tongues and baptism with fire with which
the apostles were endowed at Pentecost
were nothing to compare with theOut-
pouring of the spirit with which the
church is now blessed, that the audience
fairly boiled over with enthusiasm. As DR..
Tiffany presented statistics, gathered from
the most reliable sources, showing the
wonderful increase in the circulation Of the
scriptures, the gigantic strides made by
Protestants in general, and the Methodist
church in particular, and the immense and
constantly increasing sums of money laid
at the foot of the altar and devoted to the
furtherance of Christ's kingdom, and
showed how meagre all former numbers,
and all former contributions to the church
then in unsurpassed eIoquence pictured
the glory of the church as it is to be after
the barriers, which now separate it into
sects, shall have been broken down, the
multitude became inspired, shouted in ap.
prOval, and when the orator took his seat
olapped their hands aud stamped their
canes and umbrellas on the floor for SOW
eral minutes in succession.
At the conclusion of DR.. Tifany's ad.
dress. DR.. Fowler, of the missionary
society, was introduced and made .
telling speech, after which the following
officers of the society were elected
President-COlsOn Hieekell.
Vice President-ThOmas Greenbank.
Secretary George Perkinpine.
Treasurer-L. D. Brown.
During the evening the choir of the
Duke street church sang a number of
missionary hymns.
The vast audience was dismissed with q
benedictiOn alter the doxology had been
sung.
TUESDAY MOkNlN0'S SESSION.
Discussion Over the Young msu.
Conference was called to order ct Q o'clock
by Bishop Bowman. The 46th psalm was
read by I. A. Fernley, after which hymn
248 was sung by conference, and Mr..
Fernley led in prayer.
s. NJ. Vernon, Of the Southwest Indiana
conference. was received by certificate of
transfer into the Philadelphia conference.
The third question, +" Who remain ON
trial ?" was next taken up. The follow
ing were named and continued on trial
Charles w. Green, now in Japan, Joseph
II. Smith, John ID. Martin, Arthur Oakes,
Z. Edgar Adamson, G.. w. DUNCAN, Harry
Hess, Albert N. Miltison, Alfred Huebner,