The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-04-03
THE MErHoDIsTs.
Annual Meeting of the New England Cen
ference.


LYNN, April 1.-The New England Mathod;st
conference met with the old Common street society
in this city at $50 this moIning. After devo-
ionai services Bishop Foster called the conference
10 order. Holy communion was observed and par
ucipaTed in by large number of clergy and laity.
after which the roll of members was called by Rev.
u A. M AIMING, secretary. Three have died during
The conference organization followed with the
cnOlce Il Rev. e. a. Manning secretary, and N 4.
Whitas err and L. Bosworth ASSISTANTS Stand
ing committee were then up ointed.
Coi'fereuce ordered a committee on the Mormon
problem to BE- appointed at some future session. w
a. Daniels, Albert Hallen, James Nudge William
Ferguson and John a. Cass we're announced as
having been transferred t. this conteI ence, Mr.
Nudge e Il ON the Meth Indis GoPtsEHasSSs rlSi
East Ohio, j. A. Cess from New York east oon-
The hour of meeting and adjourni were fixed at
81 and IL O'Clock respectively. A Committee
ION tne wesleyan Home tor orphans and destituts
caildrsn was ordered COMMITTEES on CORE ton
Oh tendencies TO caste in the church Was appointed
1 Ty tue chair as follows: H j Fox, d. Sherm D.
w. Il. Clark, g. Prentice, B. K. Pierce.
DR.. Mallslieu esidi 2 elder of the Bost ON
DisricL read the report of The condition of his dis
trlct, he was f'equeutly interrupted by applause
during 8 reading.
TIE committee on the Mormon problem ia thus
Sonstlt1 ed: c; r. Lyford, j. d. Twombly, c. N.
Smi b, ID. Steele V. A. Cooper.
The memorial service was changed from wednes-
day to saturday morning 10 O'clock Frid.y, at
the same hour, was for electing he general CON
terence deleg ttes. The lay electoral inference
The New York Conference,
NEW YORK, April 1.-The New York Confer
enee Of the Methodist Episcopal Church began its
session here TODAY. John Paul Cook OF France
who came to the United States as fratrrnal dele
gate to the General Conference to be held in Pbiia
uelphia on May lst. made address. He said that
the work OF the church in France was progressing
finely.
The New York East Confer encc.
The thirty sixth session Of the New York East
conference was begun today in Brooklyn. Bishop
John +. Hurst presided Rev. DIR. Steele, president
OF the Wilbraham Seminary, Massachusetts, ad-
dressed the conference in regard tn the progress
the Institute Bishop Hurst also made an address
calling the attention of the body TO the importance
of the work before them.
Vermont HIeth0dists.
BURLINGTON. VT, April 2-The Methodist
Boundary Commission b. gan its sessions here to-
day. The commission is composed of five members
OF the Vermont Conference. The object of the
hearing was to decide whether The we.tern half
OF the States sh ,uld belong to the Vermont Con
ference, to which it was annexed three years ago,
or shall be put back into the Troy Conference, TO
which 1t belonged for many years. There is great
interest IN The matter, and prominent Methodists
from all parts of the State here to appear be-
fore the Commission.
At the meeting Of the Commission the Vermont
members insisted on a secret meeting which the
Troy rembers acceded to under protest. The Com
mission to * vote tonight which stood five TO five
they then adjourned sine die The matter will
now be settled by the General Conference.