The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-12-11
METHODIST MINISTER'S.
When Their Present Changes Expire Ana
Where They VIII Probably G"-Other
Interest ing Facts.

| ] ltNtul CndIStS
The ministers whose three ears past"
rate are expiring are the Rcvs. f l. Hub
bard and b. f Price, of Wilmington. ..nC
the Revs. |. n. Fureman,o of Nassau, j. ID
! G. Ii anna, OF D-al's Island; ]. w. Ham
mersIy. of Bellevue; George f. Hopkins.
of lIurlncks: r. f. MartindaIe. of ID ,ver;
of Bethel; + IL. Miller, OF sharp OWL;
! E. IL. Nelson. of Newport; I. y. III.
| OBJ len. OF Chesapeake City; w. j.
NELL OF Church Hill; }. b. Qligg, of
Smyrna; W lIiam B. Walton, of Salisbur! ;
William NJ. Warner, of Wyoming, ard
w. W. w. Wilson, of Cristield.
Already States are being fixed aud the
work will continue until March. 1t is =
Sc tiled fact that the Rev. E. I. Iiubbal d
will go to New Castle, the Rev. 7. +.
Terry to Dover, the Rev I. +. MARTINI
dale TO Easton. and the Rev +. G. Nc
Sorlry to North East.
Tue nineteenth annual session of the
Wilmington Conference will be held in
Crislie Id during the month ot March and
will be presided over by Bishop Henry
White Warren, ID. d., OF Denver.
The coming session of conference will
be awaited with interest, because Two,
and probably three. presiding elders are
to be appointed, and an effort will be
made to have the conference re -dlstric!ed.
There are HOW four dist lets, but soon
there may be tive. In that event, Bishop
Warren will have to appoint three pre-
sidil g elders.
The presiding elder ships are the plums.
Those of the Wilmington and salisbury
districts, held respectively by the Revs.
Charles Hill and j. A. B. Wilson, are to
be supplied by new men, Messrs. Hill and
Viii on having been presiding elders for
four years.
For the p'esiding eldersIip of tie Will
mington district the asplranis are said to
be the Rvs CIV. Prett, man. of Newark:
W. l.. 5. Murray. OF S.. Paul's Church;
J f. Byran. of Asbury; n. NJ. B~owue,
of Scott. and r. G.. Jones. of Mt. Salem,
while Tor that OF the Salisbury district
the Res. A. d. Davis, and w. w. W
Wilson. the latter IA brother of The pres
ent presiding elder, are mentioned.
ihe Raw. John France, presiding elder
OF tie Eastcn district, has two more years
to serve. The Rev. A. w. MiIby, WHO
died since the last session of conference,
I'd entered on his fourth year as presid
ing elder of the d ,ver district. TIE Rev
I. O. Avrss, who is complete ng the late
Mr.. MIlDy's unexpired term. will most
probably be leapponte6.
About redistrlctiug the conference.
The members of the conference are un-
derstood To be about equally divided on
the subj ct aud when the question CONF
up tor final disposition the opp' sition
Will most likely make things warm. The
following plan of redistrlctlng has been
sugg-sted: Take the appointments lying
W.T.. S-.s"eA cou.l!, ".UA pos-io.y the
addition of some Others, and form them
into a SUSSEX District" There are now
~ appointments, with 80 churches, Va lut d
at 81 ,015, 800, aud having membership
of ), III. These appointments are Gree IL
wood, Bridgevile, Caunou's Crossir z,
Seatord, Laurel, Delmar, Shortley, Ellen
dale, Lincoln, Georgetown, n assau, Lewis,
MIlsooro, Fraukiord, Solbyvllle, Cum
boro, Ro1an4 and Milton To these
could be added the following in Maryland
and Virginia: Berlin, Newark, Snow Hill,
Girde Tree, Corners, Stockton and Chin
colleague. making district of 25 appoint
ments. This arrangement would relieve
the two districts having possibly the
most undeveloped territory of some of
their appointments and give the presd
ing elders of those districts the oppor-
tuulty of concentrating their efforts upon
the undevelopcd territory remaining. 1t
would be a compact work, all of the APP
p ,intments excepting Berlin and those
below it being within drive OF y miles
from Georgetown, the presiding elders
home. Being composed largely of one
county, there would be social, political
and financial interests which would help
to weld them into an ecclesiastical COM
munity.
Few Hethodi,ts know how long their
pastors have been i'll the ministry Some
information on this point may be inter-
esting. The Rev. J. L. Houston. the OIL
dest minister IN the conference, is on the
superanu .ted list and has spent SO years
in the ministry. The Rev. Geo. Barton,
also on the superanuated list, has been a
minister for 80 years, as has also he Rev.
| b. F. Price, who is completing the third
year of his pIstorate at Madeley Chapel
! The Rows. Valentine Gray and Johu AL
len, also superanuated, have been minis
ters for A and Al years, respectively.
| Presiding Elder Hill ard the Rev. DR..
| Caldw have each spent Al years in the
ministry.
The conference has l51 appointments,
| l04 elders, 9superDumerary ministers, 9
superanuated ministers, Il deacons and
- probatiobsrs.- Wilmington STIR.
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| bat Use DIR. Sige'S Cttarrh Remedy and