The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-02-20
THE VI. f. CONFERENCE
PROGRAM LAID DOW y
FOR THE WEEK.

PROGRAMME LAID DOW \
FOR THE WEEK.
Business to Occupy the Morn
ing Hours and Anniversaries
the Afternoons and Even
ings.
The next session of the Wilmington
VI. f. Conference will meet in this town
on Thursday, March /. Bishop W. T.
Mallalieu, d. d, will preside, and the
council of Presiding Elders VIII consist
of the Rev. Charles Hill, Wilmington
district; Rav. John France. EaSton dis
trict; Rev. Arthur W. MILKY, Dover
district: Rev !. \. b. Wilson, Salisbury
diStric,. The Conference Stewards are
the Rev. John France and Alexander
Kelley, Wilmington district; Rev. Adam
Rev. p. II. Rlwlins and 7. 3. Coursey,
Dover district: Rev. w Il. Walton and
| +. II. Williams Salisbury district.
The Trustees of the Conference Acad-
envy, consisting of uited States Senator
| Eli Salisbury, president: { II. i. Day
and f. NJ Stevenson, secretary aud trea-
surer, will attend. Examinations in Con.
! ference studies will begin at I'D p m
on Tuesday, March > y class Of about
thirteen i'll apply for admission on trial
Among these are W. ". Sharpe and As
bury Il II Ike, of Wilmington Ga Wednes-
day. March ;, at 40 p. m, a temperance
anniversary will be held in the VI. Z.
Church. The J. E. Bryan will preside
and the Revs. r. w. Todd and + II.
IIynson will deliver addresses.
Conference will open az 9 a. m. on
March with the administration of the
Lords Supper. 'Tae Secretary of the
last Conference will then call the roll,
and the organization will be perfected.
At 2:30 p. IN the anniversary of the His
torical Society will be held. Its principal
feature will be a semi centennial sermon
by the Rev. 3. F. Price, pastor eff the
Madely NJ. f Chapel, of Wilmington.
The anniversary of the Precinct 5 Md
Society will be held at 30 p. H.. with
Rev. W. ). Robinson in the chair. Adj
dresses will be delivered by the Rev. W
NJ. FrySinger, ID. d., President of the
Centenary Biblical Institute of Balt:-
more, and the Rev. !. VI. Lndale.
On Friday, March ), devotional cxeI-
cises vii, be held at $50 a. m, and they
will be continued at the same hour every
day of the session, except Sunday. Busi, |
ness sessions VIII begin every day At ,.
IN. At 2:30 p. m. March ) the anniver- !
Sary of the Woman Foreign Missionary
Society will be held, with W. II. Taomr- |
livered by Mrs. Julia Lore McGrew, |
lately missionary in India; Mrs. L. b. |
Stevens, of Wilmington, and Rev. T. L /.
Terry. The educational anniversary viii /
be held at 80 p. m, with Rev. Adam |
>tengle in the chair. ADDRESSES by Rev. |
d. p. kidder, d. d., Secretary of tile /
Board of Education, and Rcvs Adam +
Stengle and W. W. W. Wilson
Gu Saturday, March i, the anniversary /
of the Womaa'S Home Missionary 50 /
ciety will be held at 2:30 p. m, Rev. Al I
fred Smith to preside Bishop Nallalieu, (
Miss Martha Van Morter, of New York, /
and Mrs. c. Wesley Weldin, Whining
ton, will deliver addresses. TIe ami /
versary of the Board of Church EXten-
sion will be held at 40 p. m The Rev. I
J. b. Quigg will preside, and addresses
will be made by the Rev. \. J. kynett,
d. D., Secretary of the b Dard of Church |
Extension and Rev. X. H. Adams.
At a. m. Sunday, March :, lovcfcast,
to be conducted 10y Rev 4, D. Davis.
Bishop Mallalicu will preach at 1880 a.
m. O dinat:ons of deacons will follow
the ser..on. 1t is expected that the Rev. /
J. y. Macaulcy, d. d., President OF |
Dickinson College, will preach III the VI.
f. Church at 2:}0 p. m, and an orlina-
tion of elders will follow. At the same |
hour sunday school mass meeting viii |
be held in the Presbyterian Church, over |
which the Rev. J. W. Beers, pastor. VIII |
preside. Ravs. W. II. Hutchius aud W. |
L, Avery, Z. VI. Stevenson and others
are to speak. Francis y. Ellis will pre-
side at the anniversary of the Parent .
Missionary Society in the NJ. i. Church .
at 80 p. m. Treasurer A. G. Cox will /
report the collections OF the year aud |
the Rev. Chaplain {. c. McCabe, ID. D., /
Secretary of the Missionary Society, and |
addresses.
Memoirs of several ministers wives |
who have died during the last year will |
be read at p. m. On Monday, March $.
The Stewards anniversary VIII be held !
at a:3" y. IN. The Rev. !. \. E.indlc |
will preside, and Rev. +. {. McNor'ey |
will deliver the address. A 40 p m.
the Rev. W. II. Hutchin will preside at |.
the anniversary Of the Sunday School |.
Union and Trust Society. The Reys. {. /
w. Prettyman and !. VI. freeman. Il. 7.
D., one of the secretaries of the above |
organizations, viii deliver addresses.
Although the above programme may
be varied 10y the vote of Conference and |
the force of circumstances, II is not prob |
able it viii DE M tterially changed. 1t is
quite likely that the business sessions |
will continue on Tuesday, March ., but |
not beyond that date.
WHERE THE PREACHERS WILL STAY.
\ List of Those Who VIII Entertain the
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