Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-20
M. +. CONFERENCE.
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CnEtossrd much oi tho attention of tho
| Methodist Episcopal conference WVdnea
DAY morning, The committee on temper
| ance presented resolutions cnndcmuiup tho
| sale OF intoNiuants, declaring IN favor of
! total prohibition and approving tho apita-
| ton Tor constitutional amendment
restricting the traffic 40 as to make IL
! Illegal u manufacture or ecll liquors as "A
beverage. Tho resolutions were an
| proved.
Tho presentation Of resolution by Row.
! Il |. ID. Pepper, cailiug upon tho momhers
Oi tho conference TO abstain altogether
| from tho uso ot tobacco, created an ami.
| mated discussion ON this subject. After
Considerable debate tho resolution was
adopted aud then Bishop Warren said IL
was'nIten tho case that most fault was
! found with those who were doing tho best.
| lie said the Methodist church had donn
moro than any othor in tho way of CRYING
down the use of tobacco and stil tho
newspapers published statements which
would lead tho public to belicve anything
but this fact A member of tho conferspce
said 10 response To this that the newspaper
publications wero merely TrpurtA oI
speeches made on tho floor OF the confer.
ouce, aud IL they wcro not correct tho
speakers and not the papcga should be
Consurcd,
|
tho pastors aud trustees Of churches to aid
the Twenty ninth street church in reducing
It's mortgage dobt of $40 900.
kcv. William SwindeilB then suggested
that . collection bn taken for the sexton of
the church, AID ho hoped IL would b, n
liberal ono. Five and ten cent oontribu.
tions would not accomplish tho object, he
said.
Rev. Samuel Barnes, pastor Of tho
church, said that tho b.etlran should d,
careful as 10 who were entrusted with tho
collection, as on ono occasion Quo of ths
baskets had disappeared. Tho collection
ncttod sl30.
The following wero admitted on trial
Franklin +. Bond, 4. A. Thompson,
Amos A.. Arthur, Abraham NJ Wren,
William ii. E"Cizlg, Bcniamin VI. Ns,lI,
Alpha q. kyuett aud James :. MoKiulay.
Tho following wcTo announced as tho
Supcranuuated preachers Rows. A. At
wood. p. Hallowell, j ID. Long John
Cnmmins, \. NJ, Cooper, J. \. Watson, j.
Shields, w. Cooper aud w. MoCOmbs.
Bishop Warren stated that during tho
year 1888 there were 600 probationers
and that in 1884 there were q, GG3. The
full members IN 1888 wero a., 334, aud IN
1891, &c, G,2S9, an increase OF OgJ
, The ballot for two reserve delegates to
| the general conference resulted IN the
election Of Presiding Eldcr j. : J Mo
. COnncll and Rev. Samuel ), lloiucr. Tue
complete list is as follows
Miuistcrial-Roys. Z. B NseIy, Joseph
2 WEIGH, William SwindoliS William j.
PaxsOn, j. NJ. Hinson and J. B. MCCui-
Tough, ID. ID.
Reserves-Roys 5. J. Mcconnell aud
( 5. A. Heiner.
, Lay--Governor Robert E. Pattison and
K. G.. McNeal.
| Reservcs-llon. James Black aud Rov.
3 J. Nannote.
Appointments were then madn for the
North Philadelphia, North west rhllaiol
Y phia, West Philadelphia aud South Phila
T dslpha districts by Bishop Warren.
Following arc the appointments in tho
, West Philadelphia district IN which
Lancaster is situated
. West PEiIadelphis ~ tIot
Jacob Dickerson, presiding elder ;
/ Atglen and Mount Pleasant. \ Oikcs !;
! BerrysbuTg, 10 be supplied Bethesda, d.
T. Smyth Bud-n Hand, l.. d. McClin
took Bryu Mawr, J. ID. Martin !;
CharIestown, A. W. Quimby Church.
town, w. w. Cookmau Coatcsville, 4.
" l.. Wilson Cornwall, r. NJ. Jackson :;
, Coventryyille,J A, Cooper ; Dauphin, W.
= IL. Asperill DownIngtDHu, @. I. Hur-
lock Georgetown aud Gap, ]. W. Brad
10y Glen Moore, Z. Devine 4; GooivtlIe,
, to be supplied Grove, j. c. Wood Hal.
p fax, Mr.. Redhoilcr ; Hibsrnia, J. Bell !;
. Hopewell, A. J. Colum NummoIstown,
= Geo. A. Alcorn Lancaster, first church,
a J. +. Satchell and w. powiCk ST Pduis,
Geo. Gall Lebanon, w. II. Elliott +;
q Lower Merton, to bo supplied Lykeus
+ and WiconisoO, j. Il. Bailey and Q. ).
. Gall ; Manadeo and Paxton, to bo sup
= piled Millersburg, T.. q. Yerkes Mount
d Joy, +. Montgomery New Holland, to
DO supplied ; Parke6burg, j. r.
- Gray; Asbury, James Morrow; Bel
! mont. J. Z. Kessler; Centenary, W.
n b. Wood Central, c. G. Parkesham
# Christ Church, Henry Wheoler Emanuel,
, w. d. Jones /; Emory, Samuel Erwin
n Epworth, to DO supplied Fletcher, 4. l..
{, Urban ; Fortieth street, q. ID. C.uow
- Green street, w. a. Richards Had iiEg
- ton, 9. Hudson ; Nazareth, q. +. Turner;
~ Nineteenth street, ID. w. Gordon Spring
" Garden street, G. w. Miller Twelfth
a. street, J. f. Crouch Western, w. G.
"a Robinson Pine Grove, s. ID. Grove
- Radnor, g. Roads Salem aud Berwyn,
i; w. f. Townsend Springfield, J. O'NeilI
|, Swartara, to be supplied Tower City, tc
"a te supplied fremont, W. IL Pickett ,
70 Waymcsburg, J. ) Lane WrIiamstowu,
i K \. Mcliwain g. j. Litll's, professor
b in Dickinson College j. I. Ashton,
moral instructor sstern pouitenttary.
soGth Philadelphia DiSuiCt.
}. s. J. Mcconnell, presiding elder
AvOndalo and Chatham, s. W. Smith
b Baiubridge, J. Il. Grauley Bethlehem
4 w. &. Gran ; Chcster--Madison street.
IN Theodore Stevens Trinity, T, Kelly
n South Chester, J. NJ Gable Clifton, NJ
n Turner Coohranyile, A. N. Nilsson
s. Columbia, Il Humphries Cro1'ryllr, L.
4 Smith I; Darby and Sharon Hill, Alfred g.
n Kynett Fernwood and West End, n
< W. Clark Fulton, to be supplied Ked
# ron, @. f.. Adamson Konuott Square,
ia }, $. Mckinley; Lima and Howellsylle
v to be supplied Marcus Hook, w. *
n MoNeal Marietta, w. McLary Mar
n shaltown, J. Durgan Meda-Firs'
v church, r. NJ Griffith South
ia Media, to bo supplied Middle
is town, l.. b. Brown; Mount Hope,
w. Rink Mount Nebo, X. Q. Wood
:. New London, Ephraim Potts ; Noting
"a ham circuit to be supplied Oxford, VIM
rs Banford Arch Street, Andrcw Longacre
! Bethany, Q. NJ, Bosworth Broad Street,
n j. b. Dobbins (; Christian Street, A. j.
q Anthem Ebenezar, q. B. Buoy Eigh
= :. teenth Street, J. w. Ilarkins Eleventh
y, Street, G. $ Broadbont Fitzwater Street
" IL. Franklin Mariners Bethel II. A.