Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-05-18
A. NJ. {. Conference.
SIDERABLE BUsIN BSs TRANS
ACTED-DIVlDED

THE THIRD DAYS sESslON-CON
sIDERABLE BUsIN BSs TRANS
ACTED-DIVlDED
INTO SEVEN DISTRICTS,
The Rev. b. T. Tanner opened th.
thirds day's session of the A. M. u
Con ference On Saturday, with divotion
al exercises. The chair was then taker
by Bishop Gain, who announced tn,
serious Hines Of Bishop Brown, at hil
home IN Washington, and a telegram Of
sympathy and coincidence was sent OIL
behalf os the conference by the Revs
j. s. Thompson and L. j. Coppin.
Five minutes we're then devoted tC
earnest prayer for the afflicted Biehop
John NJ. Proctor, Joseph Dufiin and
Ishmael TIL were reported by the com.
|mittee oR second years studies al
fully prepared to receive 0eacon's or
fders that Thomas s. Houston was ere.
pared for elders orders, and tba,
II inson Brics and Burr w. Bolton had
failed to pas the examination.
The same committee recommended
the reinstatement of Solomon G. Cog
gins.
On motion of the Rev. Theodore
Gould, Hinson Brice, Burr w. Bolton,
and John w. Taylor were admitted to
tho deaconary. Similar petitions in
regard to Santes Burch and George w.
Gibbs were lost, but were carried in
the cases Of CHARLES Farera and Asbury
Woodlyn. The committee appointed
on Friday TO consider the present sys.
lem Of electing elders, reported in favor
of re-districting the confines of the
conference As follows
First d district-tO be composed of the
Bethel and Wesley churches and Zion
Mission, in Philadelphia, and Chester,
South Chester, w est Chester and Med la
SecoDd-Union and Morris Brown
churches and A lien chapel, in Phila.
delpAia, and Mount Pisgah, Darby,
Csntreville and Phwnixville TMrd-
Frankford, Bristol, Bensalim, German.
town, Norristown and Langhorne
Fourth Lancaster, Mt. Joy, Beading,
Pottsville, Columbia, WriRhtsvills and
Atgle Fifth-Harrisburg. SAelton,
Mechanicsburg, Carlisle, Cham bers-
burg and Greenaastle Sixth-Wil.
mington, oxford, Thornbury, Middle
town. Smyrna, Mount Friendship and
M ilford Seventh-Dover, Frederick.
Georgetown, Lewes, Camden. laurel,
Seaford and Milford.
The committee also embodied in the
report q plan for the appointipe est of
presiding elders for the different dis
tricts, but on motion Of the Rev. T. G.
Steward it WAS stricken out, anA the 70.
mainder of the report adopted.
The Rev. W. q. Morsell, who with
his wife have for the past eight years
been engaged In missionary work Tor the
A. M. e. Church in Hayti, was intro.
duced and gave lengthy acc01nt oi
his labors, from which it was learned
that he was the first missionary b Hayti
from his. people who could conJ srse in
French.
AS this Is the language in GENERAL use
by the Haytiens, he attributed much OF
his success to this fact. He ascribed
the prosecutions of last Septe, b.r tc
the jeAlousy Of the Catholic priests al
Port Au Prince, and deprecated the re-
call Of United States Minister, John M
Langston.
When Mr. Morseu concluded, the
Rev. G. f. Herbert presented resolu
tions complimenting him dor his zeal
ous labors, and his excellent address
and they were unanimously adopted
The address on education, that was u
have been delivered by the Rev. S. T
Mitchell, President of Wilberforoe Uni
versity, was, on account Of the latenesi
of the hour, post poned until this even
ing, when a special session will be heli
l for the purpose. The morning session
then adjourned.
Bishop Shorter presided at the after
noon session, and an election of officer
of the. Conference Missionary Societ,
resulted as follows:
President, Bishop r. Fl. Cain ; vice
president, the. Rev. l.. j. Coppin
treasurer, the Rev. l.. G. Chambe
secretary, the Rev. j. w. Beckett
Board of Managers, the Revs. John FL
Bean, William II. Davis, Tbeodor
Gould, M. +. Sluby and Amos Wilson
The Rev. L, G. Steward was on motiol
Iof the Rev. j. M. Townsend, elected q
a special representative of the societ,
to assist in the work, and it was decid
ed to hold district meeting on tn
second Friday in October, to conside
mission work, at Bethel Church, Phila
delphia.
1, The Rev. j. &. Embry, reported tha
l, 800 copies of the minutes Of last year
conference had been printed and dis
tributed. The Rev. G. G. Feltz move
that each congregation be required t
pay for all copies received, and tn
motion was carried. 1t was decided I
have an equal number of copies of thi
years proceedings published ,andSecrt
tary Steward was instructed to compil
the minutes.
The Rev l.. G. Chambers, treasurer c
: the Conference Missionary Society, re
ported the sum of $1SS.1 received b
, him and S1i9.75 disbursed. The com
mittee appointed to consider the chal
acter of the Rev. S. l.. Hamilton, com
posed of the Revs. Thomas A. Cuff, w
II. and j. w. Norris, W. fl, Hopkin
!, and Amos Wilson, reported that aite
carefully investigating the findings G
|, the committee that condemned hin
they deemed him innocent. Consider
able opposition TO I'D acceptance OF tn
, report being developed, ,on motion of th
Rev. Theodore Gould, the conferenc
went into secret session as con
mittee of the whole on the case, an
the remainder of the session was thu
!, occupied.
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