Daily Republican., 1886-02-24
N. E. CONFERENCE.
ITS NEXT SESSION AT RLKTON
MARCH FOURTH.
Bishop mallalieu to Preside-Examina.
hons in Conference Studies M arch 1.
Thirteen t. Apply for Admission.

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tions in Conference Studies March L.
1hirteen t. Apply for Admission,
The next session OF the WtlmIn gton
Nj. 4. Conference will meet in Elktou
on Thursday, March 4.h. Bishop w.
I. Mallalieu, ID D., will preside, and
the csuEcil OF Presiding & ders will
consist Of the Rsv. Charles Hill. VIII
miDgton district Rev. John France.
Easton district Rev. Arthur W Milby.
Dover district Rev. j. A. B. Wilson.
Salisbury district. The Conference
Stewards are the Rev. John France and
Alexander Kelley, Wilmington dis
trict Rev. Adam Stengle and T. e.
Hurn, Easton district Rev. p. 81.
Rawlins and T. B. Ooursey, Dover dis
trict Rev. W. b. Walton and T. H.
Williams, Salisbury district.
The trustees Of the Conference Acad-
envy, consisting of United States Sena-
tor Ell Salisbury, president; G. II. B.
Day and K. M. Stevenson, secretary
and treasurer, will attend. Examina-
lions in conference studies will begin
at 80 p. m. on Tuesday, March 1. A
class Of about thirteen will apply for
admission on trial. Anong these are
w. W. Sharp and Asbury Burke Of
Wilmington. On Wednesday, March
3, at z so p. m, temperance anniver-
sary will bs held In tue M. E. Church.
The Rev. j. K. Bryan will preside, and
the Revs. r. W. Todd and e. II. Hyn.
son will deliver addresses
Conference will open at 0 q. m. on
March 4, with the administration of the
Lords supper. The secretary Of the
last Conference will then call the roll,
and the organization will be perfected.
At 80 p. m. the anniversary of the
Historical Society will bs held. Its
principal feature will be semi-centen-
NAL sermon by the Rev. B. f. Price,
pastor of ths Madely NJ. E. Chapel of
Wilmington. The anniversary of the
Freedmen's Aid Society will be held at
7.30 p. m, with Rev. W. 8. Robinson in
the chair. Addresses will be delivered
by Rev. W. M. Frysinger, D. D., presi-
dent Of the Centenary Biblical Institute
OF Baltimore and the Rev. j. M. Lin.
dale.
Oa Friday, March s, devotional exer.
cises will be held at 8 30 q. M, and they
every day Of the session, except Sun
day. Business sessions will begin
every day at 9 a. IN At 2.30 D. m.
March the anniversary of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society will be
held, with W. FL. Thompson in the
chair. Addresses will be delivered by
Mrs. Julia Lore McGrew, lately q mis-
sionary In India; Mrs. e. b. Stevens, Of
Wilmington, and Rev. T. e. Terry.
The educational anniversary will be
held at Z 80 p. M, with Rev. Adam
Stsngls In the chair. Addresses by Rev.
ID. P. Kidder, d. D., Secretary of the.
Board of Education, aud RsVs. Adam
Stengle and W. w. W. Wilson.
On Saturday, March 8. the anniver-
sary OF the W0man's Home Missionary
Society " i'll be held at 80 p. M, Rev.
Alfred Smith to preside. Bishop NAL
lslieu, Miss Martha Van Morter, of
New York, and Mrs. @. Wesley Weldin :,
Wilmington, will deliver addresses.
The anniversary Of the B oard of Church
Ex Sension will be held at 7.30 d. m.
The Rsv. j. B, Q1igg will preside, and
addresses will be- made by the Rev. A.
j. X nett, D. D, secrstary OF the B >ard
OF Church Extension, and Rev. K. II.
Adams.
At9a. m. Sunday, March z, love-
FEAST, to be conducted by Rev. A. d.
Davis. Bishop Mallalieu will preach
at 10 30 m. Ordinations of deacons
will follow the sermon. IG 10 expected
that the Rev. j. A. Macauley, d. D.,
President of Dickinson College, will
preach In the M. E. church ut 2 80 D.
m, and an ordination of elders will
follow. At the same hour q Sunday
school mass meeting will bs held in the
Presbyterian church, over which the
Rev. j. W. Beers, pastor, will preside.
Revs. W. H.. Hutchins and w. e.
Avery, K. M. Stevenson and others are
to spea'. Francis A. e lis will preside
at the anniversary of the Parent Mis-
sionsry Society in the NJ e. church ct
7.30 p IN. Treasurer A. &. Cox will
report the collections of the year. and
the Rev. Chaplain G G McCabe, d. d..
Secretary of the Missionary Society,
aud the Rsv H. s. Thompson will de.
liver addresses.
Memoirs of several ministers wives,
who have died during the last year, will
be read az 2 p. N on Monday, March 8.
The Stewards Anniversary will be held
at 2 80 p m. The R,v. A Brindle
will preside, and L ~. F. G. McSorley
will deliver the address. At 80 D. m.
the Rev. W. II. Hutehin will preside at
the anniversary of tbs Sunday School
U 1ion and Trust Society. The Reys.
O. W. Pretty man and j. M. freeman,
ID. D., one of the seer staries of the above
organizations, will deliver addresses.
Although the above program me may
be varied by the vote OF Co ference and
the force of circumstances, 1t is not
probable 1t will be materially changed.
1t is quite likely that thu business ses-.
sions will continue on Tuesday, March
3, but not beyo ond that aase.