Morning journal and courier., 1884-05-07
PENNSYLVANIA.

The Methodist COnfsrence-A Batch Oi
Interesting RepOrts-some Changes In
the Discipline Suggested
PHILADELPHIA, May 6.-When the Genera
conference of the Methodist Episcopal church
assembled this morning the report OF the
Woman's Foreign Missionary society wa
presented by Bishop Harris. 1t showed that
the past four years had been the most sac
cessful period in the history of the society.
Missionary leaflets have been distributed
among the women of the church and in aux
iliary societies. The number OF pages cireu-
lated during the past four years was over
2, SOC, 900; there are 1926 auxiliaries connect
ed with the society. The receipts during
the past four years were $504 ,5s4.54. The
report was referred to the committee on
missions.
On motion of the Rev. T. @. Caster, Of the
Central Tennessee conference, the matter of
a change in the discipline Sc as to read ''Ths
Holy Catholic and Universal Church" was
referred to the committee on revisals.
The Rev. T. B. Nicely, of the Philadelphia
conference, moved the reference to the Gem
mittee on itineracy of series of preambles
and a resolution offered by him referring to
the need of aexibiIity in the term of minis
terial service, and asking that the committee
be instructed to take the subject of limitation
or non-lmitasion into consideration, and re-
port what changes if any should be made.
So referred.
The report of the treasurer shows the re-
eeipts and expenditures each year since the
last General conference. The expenditures
for 1880 exceeded the receipts by 1904 TO-
This amount was loaned to the treasurer by
the book concerns at New York and Oinein-
natl From the receipts of the last three
years this loan has been paid to the book
concerns as directed by the action of the
General conference of 1876. This still left q
balance of So, 4O4 83 in the treasury on the
31st day of December, 1888.
The report OF the Methodist Episcopal
book concern shows that it has enjoyed un-
interrupted financial prosperity during the
last fosr years, notwithstanding the competi-
ton of private houses which according to the
report are endeavorinR to deprive the church
of her legitimate Office of teaching her own
children. The report of the secretsr
of the women's missionary society
states that the work of the year
furnishes very encouraging results. Many
new conference organizations and auxiliary
societies have been formed indicating an in
creased interest in home missions and reason
able expectations for an enlarged revenue
The treasurer's report shows the total re-
ceipts to have been $17, 1916 so. while the
expenditures were $15,785. At. The re-
port of the committee on church extension
shows that the total receipts are given as
So, 373. O43 Sc, while the expenditures were
So, 269. 669 26. The net profit from the sale
of architectural plans for churches was ST.
94S So Rev. William Taylor offered the
following resolution, which was referred to
the committee on resolutions:
That the rule under which young ministers may be
foreign work the beginning instead Of
the eGd OF their probation be mads to
DIR. Buckley moved that the conference ad-
journ because of no business being ready and
the conference adjourned at 11:45 a. m.