Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-02-07

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This City-The Ministers who Are
to be Moved.
From the Elkton y hig.
he Wilmington Annual Conference of
tle Me;Lodist Episcopal Church will oom
,nenee its 10th session at Asbury M. X
Church, Wilmington, March 9th. Preps-
ra,ions are already being mad. for the
meeting, and the various churches of the
denomination in Wilmington have ap.
pointed committees of entertain msnt to
provide accommoda ations for the members
Of the conference and visitors while In
the city. Bishop Harris will preside.
Delegates to the general conference will
be elected at this session.
Three years is the maximum limit,
under the pol1ty Of the NJ. &. church, OF
the pastoral relation between a preacher
and his people. As matter CT fact,
many of the pastors remain but two
years on a charge. The final quarterly
conferences are now being held through
out the conference. At these, It is GUS
tomary for the official boards to signify to
the presiding elders whom they desire,
when there is change of ministers to
be made, and when there is preference.
In the whole conference there are but
IL preachers now serving a third year on
any charge. These are T. o. Ayers, East
New Market, James e. Bryan, Newport;
J. H. Caldwell, d. D., Dover; I. N. Fore
man, Lincoln; ]. W. Hsmmerslsy Charles.
town; John D. Nov bray, ST.. Miohaels;
E. H. Nelson, fredericksburg; T. A. H.
Smyrna; William B. Walton, Church
Il
W. Wilson, Frederick.
All these must be sent elsewhere, and
these IL appointments supplied mutually
from this number or from the two-year
men. OF these there are At, viz Louis
4. Andrew, Mt. Lebanon &. G. Atkins,
Leipsic l.. K. Barrett, Still Pond W.
L. P. Bowen, Bethel James A. Brindle,
Camden N. NJ. Browne, New Castle
George W. Burke, Hillsborough ; James
Carroll, Beokwith; Henry Cololszer, Chesa-
peake City;J. NJ. Collins, Westover; james
Conner, Parsonsburg; L. P. Corkran, Kings
Creek; R. Creamsr, Wilmington; A. D.
Davis, Denton Edward Davis, Newark,
Md F.; julius Dodd, Red Lion; ". ]. Du-
hsdaway, Frankford; l. G. Fosnooht,
Onanoook; John France, Zion William
B. Gregg, Wilmington Charles A, Grioe,
Berlin John D. c. Hanna, Salisbury
E. L. Hubbard, Clisfeld Thomas B.
Hunter, Delaware City; &. H. Hynson,
Roxsnns; R. C. Jones, Port Deposit +; j.
K Kidney, Talbot; l.. W. Lsyfield, Clay
mont e. c. &cNlohol, Pomona; W. R.
MoFarlane, Tangier; Newton McQusy,
Marydel; James B. Merritt, Cecil
ton; W. J. O'Neill, Princess
Anne; J. P. Otis, Odessa; A. P Pretty
man, Millsborough; J. Quigg, Laurel;
P. Fl. Rawlins, Georg W. s. Robin
son, Bridgeville; Robert Roe, Sharptown;
]. o. 5ypherd, Sudlersville; W. F. Tai
bot, Westover; Thomas Z. Terry, Centre.
Vile; James T. Van Burkslow, Smyrna
Circuit; George W. Wilcox, Delmar; ].
H. Wiley. Snow Hill, aud Jonathan
Willis, Milford.
Some one of these have been asked for
by the quarterly conferences, and will be
returned for the third year. Many OF
them will doubtless be moved.
A presiding elders term is four years.
OF the four presiding elders of the Will
mington conference, Charles Hill of the
Wilmington district is serving his first
year; T. z. Martindsle of the Esston
district his fourth year; A. W. Milby of
the Dover district his first year, and ].
A. B. Wilson Of the Salisbury district his
first year.