The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-05-10
NJ. E. GENERAL CONFERENCE.


Candidates for Ei>hop-Syn"psis OF the Pro-
ccedin&s Up t. Thursday.
| The fourth days session of the Cen
eral Conference of the Methodist Episco-
pal Caurch was held on Monday, in AS
ISOLATION HUI, Philadelphia. The re-
naming Standing Committees were Or
gained. \ number of resolutions were
presented and referred to the appropri-
ate committees, as were also reports from
| the Freedmen : Aid, Tract, Book Church
Extension and other societies. A motion
| that the Conference 90 into an election
for Bishops and Conference officers on
Tuesday, caused an animated discussion,
ana at it's conclusion the matter was re-
ferred to the Committee on Episcopacy
| for report. Tie order of the day was
the reading of the bishop address, which
then took place. Among other things it
set forth that the number of travel
| ing preachers was II, $40; local preachers
| - 02G: members and pr"bationers, |, 169,-
o:5i: accesSionS to member ship. l5S, 1877;
number of churches, IS. Al; parsonages,
9>l5: total value, so, 23S.0S5. 1t was
/ also stated that there were 10 Theologi.
! cal institutions, 40 colleges, 60 Semna-
/ lieS 5 female schools and 10 schools
! chiefly for foreign missions. The value
| of these was fixed at -, OIL 11j. Atteu-
| ton was called to the terrible crime of
polygamy' and the increase of divorce.
! 1t was decided that the address should
be printed i'll the official journals, and
that 5000 copies be printed separately
for distribution. The subject of poly
gamy was referred to the COmmitte on
the State of the Church.
| The fifth days session of the General
! Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
| Church took place on Tuesday. A large
number of resolutions were presented
and referred to the appropriate commit
| tees, among them being one declaring
| that i'll the Judgment of the General Con-
| ference the Blair Educational bill, now
| before Congress, to extend National aid
| to the common schools of the various
| States, the distribution to be made on
| the basis of the number of illiterates in
each state, is IA wise, philanthropic and
patriotic measure. The treasurer of the
Episcopal Fund stated that the receipts
| for the four years were 1921, 964 50. The
Expenditures were for salaries of Bishops
and widows of deceased Bishops. SlJ2,-
| 129 1G; for house rent. 81. 80: for
travelling expenses, S2l ,OSO.I.
CANDIDATES FOR BISHOP.
The angry debate on Monday ever
| Chaplain McCabe's resolution to proceed
to the election of Bishops on Tuesday
had the effect OF exciting even more
| than usual interest in the matter and a
number of new candidates Tor Episcopal
honors have sprung up. Among those
more prominently mentioned are Rev.
DR.. J. NJ. Walden, agent of the Cincin-
natl Book Concern; Rev. DIR. c \. Fow.
Ter, missionary secretary, whose office is
in New York: Rev. DR.. w. " Ninde,
president of the Garrett Biblical Institute
at Evanston, H.: Rev. DR.. w. F. MALTA
lieu, presiding elder of the Boston dis
trict in the New England Conference:
Rev Dir. J. II. Vincent, secretary of the
Sunday School Board: Rev. DR.. w. III.
DIN, presiding cloer of the Binghamton,
New York Conference, and a prominent
member of the New York Legislature,
and Rev. DR.. A. ]. kynett, of PhIladel-
phia, secretary of the Church Extension
Society. All of these are delegates to
lnc 'oHlcGcUCt. L our plsHopS VIII ploU-
ably be chosen, though the fixing of the
number lies with the Conference. The
resolution to hold the election on Tues
day morning was referred to the commit
tee on episcopaCy, who are expected to
make no report whatever on Tuesday,
and when they do they will probably
recommend some day next week for the
election.
At the session of the General Confer
cnce of the Methodist Episcopal Church
on Thursday, a resolution directing an
order to be issued that the "Methodist
IIymnal' was the only authorized hymn
nal of the church, was referred to the
Committee of Itinerancy. A number of
resolutions and petitions were presented
and referred to the appropriate Com
mittees. The report of the Trustees of
the Chartered Fund set forth that the
amount invested was SAG, 2S4 20, an in
crease of $9I4.l II.