Smyrna times., 1886-02-24
WHOLE NO. 1896.
Next Conference.
PROGRAMME LAID DOWN FOR THE
WEEK,


WEEK.
The next session of the Wilmington
NJ. E. Conference will be held at Elk
ton, Md, on March 4th. Bishop w.
T. Mallalieu, D. D., will preside, and
the council of presiding elders will con-
sist of the Rev. Charles Hill, Whining
ton district; the Rev. John France,
EastOn district; the Rev. Arthur w.
Milby, Dover district; the Rev. ]. A.
B. Wilson, Salisbury district. The
conference stewards are: the Rev.
John France and Alexander Kelley,
Wilmington district; the Rev. Adam
Stengle and T. E. Hurn, Easton dis
trict the Rev P. H. Rawlins and T.
B. Coursey, Dover district; the Rev.
w. B. Walton and T. II. Williams, Sal
isbury district.
The trustees of the Conference
Academy, consisting of United States
Senator Eli Salisbury, president; c.
H. B. Day and E. M. Stevenson, secre-
tary and treasurer, will attend. Ex-
aminatiOns in conference studies will
begin at 7.30 P. NJ, on Tuesday, March
2. A class of about thirteen will apply
for admission on trial. On Wednes-
day, March Sd, at 80 P. M, a temper
ance anniversary will be held in the
NJ. E. Church. The Rev. J. E. Bryan
will preside and the Revs. r. w. Todd
and E. H. Hynson will deliver ad-
dresses.
Conference will open at 9A. NJ, on
March 4th. with the administration of
1.-THE Lords Supper" Next the sec
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the roll, and the organization will be
perfected. At 2.30 P. M, the anniver-
sary of the Historical Society will be
held. Its principal features will be
semi-centennial sermon by the Rev. B.
F. Price. The anniversary of the
Freedmen's aid Society will be held at
7.30 P. NJ, with the Rev. w. S. Robin
son in the chair. Addresses will be de-
livered by the Rev. w. NJ. Frysinger,
d. D., president of the Centenary Bib
lical Institute of Baltimore, and the
Rev. J. NJ. Lindale.
On Friday, March 5th, devotional
exercises will be held at $50 A. NJ, and
they will be continued at the same
hour every day of the session except
Sunday. Business sessions will begin
every day at 8 A. NJ. At 2.30 P. NJ,
March 5th, the anniversary of the
WOmen's Foreign Missionary Society
will be held, with w. Il. Thompson in
the chair. Addresses will be delivered
by Mrs. Julia Lore McGrew, lately
missionary in India Mrs. E. B. Stevens,
of Wilmington, and the Rev. T. E.
| Terry. The Educational anniversary
will be held at 7.3O P. NJ, with the
Rev. Adam Stengle in the chair. Ad-
| dresses will delivered by the Rev. d.
P. Kidder, D. D., secretary of the
Board of Education, and the Revs.
Adam Stengle and w. w. W. Wilson.
On Saturday, March 9Th, the ami
versary of the Women's Home Mis-
sionary Society will be held at 2S0 P.
NJ, with the Rev. Alfred Smith in the
chair. Bishop Mallalieu, Miss Martha
VanMOrter, of New York, and Mrs. C.
Wesley Weldin, of Wilmington, will
! deliver addresses. The anniversary of
! the Board of Church Extension will be
held at 7.30 P. NJ. The Rev. J. B.
! Quigg will preside, and addresses will
be made by the Rev. A. j. Kynett,
D. D., secretary of the Board of Church
Extension, ann the Rev. r. H. Adams.
At 9 A. NJ, on Sunday, March 7th,
love feast will be conducted by the
Rev. A. D. Davis. Bishop Mallalieu
will preach at 1890 A. NJ. Ordina-
tions of deacons will follow the sermon.
1t is expected that the Rev. J. A.
McAuley, D. D., president of Dickin
son College, will preach in the NJ. E.
Church, at 2.30 P. NJ, and an ordina-
tion of elders will follow. At the same
hour a Sunday school mass meeting
will be held in the Presbyterian
Church, over which the Rev. J. w.
Beers, pastor, will preside. The Revs.
w. H. Hutchin and W. E. Avery, +.
NJ. Stevenson and others are to speak.
Frank A. Ellis will preside at the an
niversary of the Parent Missionary So
ciety in the NJ. E. Church at 7.30 P. NJ.
Treasurer A. G. Cox will report the
collections of the year, and the Rev.
Chaplain C. c. McCabe, d. D., secre-
tary of the Missionary Society, and the
Rev. H. S. Thompson will deliver ad-
dresses.
Memoirs of several ministers wives
who have died during the last year
will be read at P. NJ, on Monday,
March 8th. The stewards anniver-
sary will be held at 2.30 P. NJ. The
Rev. ]. A. Brindle will preside and the
Rev. F. c. McSorley will deliver the
address. At 7.3O P. NJ. the Rev. W. H.
Hutchid will preside at the anniver-
sary of the Sunday School Union and
Trust Society. The Revs. G. w.
Prettyman and ]. NJ. Freeman, D. D.,
one of the secretaries of the above or
CARNATIONS, will deliver addresses.
Although the above programme may
be varied by the vote of conference and
the force of circumstances, it is not
probable it will be materially changed.
1t is qnite likely that the business ses-
sions will continue on Tuesday, March
9th, but not beyond that date.-MOrn-
ing NelCs.