Daily Republican., 1884-03-06
FIT tn EDITION,
SECOND DAYS PROVEyn,x..
Thas nerninx's sesss,,D .,
Methe dat (onf..., III

This mOrni0g's SEBASTIAN =,
Met"s dist Conf.reu.. "
Conference resumed proce,dln,
morning at9 O'Clock, with JaT' 'Ai
services conducted by c. r Sbnoa'l,
after which the roll was caIyaJ I4ephn
was agreed that 1t should not w. aa aar
again during the session, TIL. , naa
ance Of visitors is large, and III. 'T ven
part Of the church was hlI.a ,,i Gss
number in the galleries "HA !
The journal Of yesterday, ,,,,..,
ings was read, and with soma r'o 't
corrections approved. j. b. Oujps ,a w
that he would like TO know if as s@
could inform him what had haassa v,
the charter of the WESLEYAN ssmiu u'a
and In reply II was stated tb,, '!
charter was not revoked, and on ,ro,F
of Mr.. Quigg the matter WA, ,a a'ua
to the Educational Commune "' nss
instructions to appoint a srscjsl 'a wa
mittee to look into the matter dnr4
the coming year. On motion Ns"
Todd, Price and Phpbus ws,s .''a
pointed q committee to ArraDys Y
memorial service. "
Bishop Harris presented paper y,
ting TO the Freedmen, and IL wa,
ferred to the Committee on Freejm,,.
Aid.
He also presented II commitment,
on filling vacancies in the Board !
Trustees OF the Confere CO Acadpn,
aud on motion special committee n,
sistiDg OF Messrs Murray, Hv,eIn,
and Caldwell was apponted to at,,I
to the matter
The Rev. ID. p. Kidder, d. b. TN
introduced by Bishop Harris. aud .ts
reading q report ON chl drpn', d1
spoke of the increase in the col s,n,
that had been received for tduca,iMI
purposes last year, in comparison va !
the other years. He said that there A,
now about two million Sunday sM
scholars and teachers ia the CDj,a
States, aud he proposed to make chi.
dren's day In this Centenary Of Aus,
can Methodism the greatest that hi
ever been celebrated.
He thought that the chilirens iu
movement assisted every orle, dens
ment OF the church, and he was ot
firmed in this by the reports Of the l.
ficers Of those departments They nv
pose this year for every dollar ilt
scribed where it is required 10 pre4i
the Centenary medal.
The Rev. j. Milley, d, D., Protest.
of Systematic Theology in Drew Th.
logical Seminary, was introduced al
made a brief address in the inte,utd
that institution, after which the Cald
the Stewards was made, aud the anOaf
collected from each charge for uecS
tous cases report ed.
On motion, the case OF Rev, JON
Shilling was referred to the Board
Stewards. Revs. W. &. Robinson ui
Charles Hudson, Of the PhiIadtrll
Conference, and..Protessor h. H. Stt
ner, principal Of the Wilmington Ch
ference Academy, with the Rev NJ
Melvin, Of the Methodist 'rotefsE
church, were introduced by the BsAq
aud welcomed by the Conference
The report Of r. 4. MartDdae, pr
siding elder of the Ess'on Dls'na
v az read and showed that it Is u
a furnishing condition, with u
increased interest shown ID TO
Sabbath school cause, thr aeHe
attendance at the schools during !s
year being $500. Children DAY VA
observed in all but six OF the ct'Iss
and good collections made fo'ihs cause
of education. The names Of Aep'saFnl
ers in this district were then caAsiR
the amount raised by each for Cas
ence purposes REL erred.
The total amount collected Nn
Eastou district was S3,ool.
A. W. Milby, presiding e.der@I
Dover District, presented BIS FelM
the past year, showing that duFinsa'
period there had been six ne" cHG't'
and two parsOnages built At Gov
Sl4, 800. In addition to TINS wa
churches have been repaired anu
proved. There are SO churches III
district, served by 30 mlnIslerA
from the amount OF WORK de'"N1
upon them, the elder vas OF the opa
that while they might burn OUT, M~
out, there was no danger OF theI! w.
| ing out. The collections IN ms !'s'
amounted to 81, AT. 81 for the COne'
year. ur
j. A. d. Wilson. presiding eas
the Salisbury District, made Do ny I,
for the year. During that ','n l'I. 4
have been two new churches bun1
several hers remodeled aud imps,
There are now nineteen paVsonakp,
this district. The report dra' :
with canp-meetings, and Sa'a IL . .T
to them "The modern calntihWN
with all Its concomitants Oh '' i..I
appeared among us six tiule' O1
the year, and If the evil one IVA n,
satisfied with the amount Of e'i isd
he must be a very unrtasV ha1Iestd
To morrow morning at ~ cI Ss,,p
fixed AZ the time for electing uI nh
to the General Conference. lhe In
said that he hoped that the csIu W
" no are eligible to be admll1el ..s,
Conference, would be presen' ' snl
morrow morning, 10 that they ,u min
admitted, and have the oppoF'uD'
vote. and
The com ittees were called ~ AI N
time for meeting appointed p vi
we'll was requested by the p ,n",at
open Conference tO.morro" .nnrp
after which the doxology was ''''
the session adjourned.