The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-04-19
THE METHoDIsTs.
sixtieth Session of the Maine Conference
Second and Third Days Proceedings.
Especial to the Press.)
SECOND DAY.

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Foreign Missionary Society held their annual
meeting. Mrs. Leavitt, corresponding secre-
tary, read a report showing much progress
during the year. after which DIR, Parker and
| wife, returned missionaries from India, adj
| dressed the meeting, and the closing address
was by Bishop Foster who has recently spent
several month 10 IRdia. The services were
deeply interesting. Twenty millions of
| Pagans are within the province Of our mis-
sionary work there.
THURSDAY MORNING
| The conference opened at 9 o'clock. The
| list of effective elders was called.
The Presiding Elder of Portland District
| gave very encouraging report of the work
| under his charge showing great spiritual and
temporal prosperity. The names of the elders
| on Portland District were called and their
characters passed.
The order of the day was taken up and the
| conference proceeded to fix the seat of the next
| conference. Invitations were received from
| Hallowell, Bridgton and Biddeford, and it was
| unanimously voted that it be held in Bidde-
| ford.
The Bishop requested the secretary to
| furnish him an exact roll of the members of
| the conference in order to determine the num-
| Der OF delegates to send to the General Con-
| ference.
Voted, That all papers be referred without
| action to the committees.
| Papers from the book concern and book COM
| mittee were read and referred
| The amount assessed on the Maine Con-
| ference for the Episcopal Fand for the en-
suing year was reported as $685..
Resolutions for the centennial celebration
were read and referred to the centenary COM
| mittee.
| The conference ordered draft on the book
| concern for $165 and for $50 on the chartered
fund for conference claimants.
| Rsy. j; w. Hamilton, d. D., was intro
| duced and asked the Maine; Conference to
| unite with the other New England conference
| in inviting the General Conference in 1888 to
meet in the peoples Church. in Boston,
| aud it was voted to accept the invitation.
A motion to request the coming General
| Conference to authorize women as preachers
and exhorters was referred to a special com.
| mittee.
G. F. Allen, D. D., Presiding Elder of Lewis
| ton District, reported the work on his district
| in prosperous condition spiritually and fnaG-
| cially.
| The elders names were called They report
| ed their collections and the characters passed.
The secretary reported 118 members in the
| conference and six to be received tomorrow
| The Bishop announced the conference entitled
to the delegates to the General Conference.
| Rev. A. w. Pottle, Presiding Elder of
the Augusta District. reported peace and
| prosperity on the district under his charge.
Charles f. Parsons, Charles S. Cummings,
| Herbert G. Foss and Walter Canaan, candi-
| dates for orders, were called forward and ad-
| dressed by the Bishop in a very searching aud
| impressive manner and after answering the
| questions proposed, in a satisfactory manner,
| they were elected to deacons orders and by
| vote received as members of the conference.
| The Bishop announced the transfer of r. E.
| Bisbee to the Columbia Conference.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
| The conference met at o'clock for a memo
| rial service for ministers and ministers wives
who have died during the year. Tt was con-
| Quoted by Rev. d. B. Randall, who, after the
| opening hymn, followed by prayer and scrip
| ture selections, gave brief notice of the death
of the following persons connected with the
| conference:
Daniel Waterhouse died May %, 1888, aged IS
6. G. coyel died July 6, 1888, aged Y years.
| Thomas Hillman died August 3, 1888, aged SO
Charles Andrews died Dec, 8, 1888, aged 70
years.
F. A. Robinson died Jan. z, 1884, aged Sc years.
E. H. McKenney died Feb 6, 1884 aged AZ years
Mrs. C. W. Morse died October 1888, aged 70
Mrs. Simeon W. Pierce died December S.aged
Mrs. Ruel French died April, 1888, aged 40
Mrs. John Mitchell died Sept. IA, 1888.
As these names were called brief remarks
were made by friends in relation to their
Christian life and death. The meeting closed
with benedction.
EVENING.
In the evening in spite of the storm, dark
ness and mud the church was packed to listen
to DR.. Vincent's celebrated lecture "Our
Minister" which took the place of our usual
Sunday School anniversary. The congregation
gave marked demonstration of delight and ap-
proval.
THIRD DAY.
BATH, April IS.
At 9 o'clock the Conference orened with de-
votional exercises as usual. j. M. Frost was
elected recording secretary. S. f. Wetherbee
reported for the stewards the basis of claims
on the Conference funds. The centennial
committee also reported. The several reports
were accepted.
DIR. Hunt, of the New York Book Concern,
was introduced and addressed the Conference
in the interest of Methodist literature and the
Episcopal fund.- showing their interests to be
in very fourishing condition.
On motion 1t was voted to take up the order
of the day, which was the election of hree
delegates to the General Conference. Tellers
were appointed, and the secretary reported as
the result the election of @. j. CLARK, A. w.
Pottle and W. s. Jones. Roscoe Sanderson
and G. ID. Lindsay were elected lay delegates
Or. Fox of New England Conference, was
| introduced to the Conference.
DIR Fowler was introduced, aud addressed
| the Conference in behalf of the interests of
missionary work. He reported that all the
conferences which have thus far reported have
| advanced from the points previously reached
| in every respect. The outlook is cheering, be-
| yond anything in our experiences in the past.
The speaker eloquentiy urged a contribution
| this year from every member of the church
Dr. Foster addressed the Confere nee, trying
to show the superior qualities and claims of
his literary works, consisting mostly OF prose
and poetic selections, scrap books, etc.
Dr. Fisk, fer nearly forty years pastor of the
Winter street Congregational church in Bath,
now feeble with age, was introduced and ad-
| dressed the Conference with words that fell
| upon us like benediction.
DR.. Morrison, of New jersey, Bros. Brag-
| don and Springer were introduced.
The Conference voted draft of 1888 in favor
| of the East Maine Conference.
The relation OF supernumerary ministers was
taken up, and the names of @. Fuller, @. g.
Gone, n. Clifford, john Mitchell, j. a.
Strout, S. W. Emerson, j. Colby, 1. Lord, T.
W. Smith, j. Hawkes. and j. P. Cole were
| called and their relation was continued. ii. f.
| A. Patterson's relation was changed to effect
| i've. d. Perry was transferred to the Troy
| Conference. j. Nixon was transferred to CO.
| lumbus Conference. The relation OF P. Jaques
and S. Allen was changed to supernumerary
| with work.
| On motion it was voted to reconsider the
vote of the Conference in regard to the place of
holding its next session, the vote having been
discovered to be illegal. A second vote was
taken, which resulted in Biddeford being chos-
! en- as the seat of the next Conference.
The relation of the superannuated preachers
| was taken up, and the names of D. B. Randall
| and John Allen were reported.
Voted, That the Bishop be invited to address
words OF welcome to the board of lay delegates
Adjourned.
| AFTERNOON.
The conference met at 2 o'clock. The lay1
| mems convention being in session in Central
church to elect delegates to the General Con-
| ference were invited to meet the conference
| in joint convention. The laymen came in and
| were introduced to the conference by Hon.
Enoch Cousens of Kenn ebunkport in few
| graceful and appropriate remarks. The
| Bishop responded in words of welcome and
| gave an address of much power and point on
| the mutual relations and responsibilities of the
| ministry and the society.
AS the lay delegates retired the Bishop took
them by the hand as they passed ont.
The lay delegates chosen to attend the Gen.
| eral Conference May LIST are Hon. II. K. Baker
| of al nd -