Middletown transcript., 1886-03-12
Condensed from Everv Eyentno.

or Condensed from Epery EUening.
ic Wilmington Conference.
The preachers were all pleased with tn
l. bishop. It being his first visit TO thi
: conference he was an entire stranger t.
most of them, but he is easily accessible
?, and one of the hand-shaking kind. He il
it pleasant both as presiding officer and al
brother clergyman.
+ In the afternoon Of Thursday the his
3 torical anniversary was held over which
DR.. j. 81. Caldwell, of Delaware college
r presided. Rev. b. F. Price, of Madeley
: Chapel, Wilmington, preached the ser.
] mon which was lengthy and lasted over
an hour and half. The difference be-
! tween church work in the early days and
at present was dwelt on. The vintage,
he said, was larger now and there were
also more sour grapes. He related how
at one charge his salary was behind S34
and how the trustees of the church 40
years later sent him tho amount with in
terest when he was in want. He also
told how he was placed on the superan-
nury list about q years ago, being
troubled with hemorrhage of the lungs,
but recovered in few months sufficiently
to resume his pastoral work and had only
missed three Sundays on account of ILL
ness since. He had been present at every
conference since he was admitted answer
ing so yearly roll calls. The so years of
his ministry had been spent as follows:
Seven in Pennsylvania, 13 in Delaware
and 30 in Maryland. OF the 19 young
men who entered the conference at the
same time as himself, he is the only one
now in active work
The evening session was the occasion of
the Freedman's Aid Society. Rev. w.
s. Robinson presided and Rev. j. M.
Lindale made the address. He thought
it was generally admitted in the south
that emancipation had been good thing.
There was marked difference between
the education of the colored people in the
border. states and the extreme south.
The colored man, however, was better
treated now than formerly. He under
stood that he was permitted to travel in
the same car with the whites in South |
Carolina. George w. Cable was quoted |
as to the condition of the negro. If poll
tics is in the way of the education of the |
colored race, politics must get out of the |
way or get run over. He was not one of
those, however, that would have the
colored people the social equal of the
n j., aFI
good feeling. This is second Monroe
Epoch He spoke of General Grants
dying words for peace and harmony.
We have good chief magistrate, man
OF sense and character. He may have
made certain blunders which it was I'M
possible not to make; but who can i'm
peach his inotives2 Cleveland was then
quoted on the negro question. The white
people OF the south do not object to the
peaceful agency Of the church. The
negro has come to the conclusion that in
order to be respected he must do some
thing.
The address of Mr. Lindale, who is a
young man, was we'll received, DR.. Frys-
niger of Baltimore, president of the Cen
:enary Biblical Institute, was then in
reduced. He said If he were to give his
address a name it would be " A dark race
With bright prospects," He believed that
he fact that the negro Was darker skinned ,
han the Caucasian was, owing to climatic t
influence. This is the only reason COM '
,atible with scripture. A mans color l
lad no more to do with his manhood than s
dogs color had to do with his doghood. Ii
Ie thought the colored people would !:
realty better their condition. If the COL r
red man can't succeed in the United a
tates he cant succeed anywhere. q
The singing at the evening anniversary
7as very fine, choir of about 25 voices d
endering familiar hymns in good style. n
he church was crowded. !
On Friday afternoon the Woman's For a
ign Missionary Society anniversary was t!
cid. Rev. W. H. Thompson presided. Y
.evs. Bartlett, and Terry delivered ad-
resses on the subject of missions and s
7ere followed by Mrs. Julia Lore Nc I
trew, NJ. D., formerly missionary in
ndia. She appealed to the ladies of the VI
congregation and related the trials and r.
roubles of the women of India. Out of :
,O00, 900 women in India, $4,000 widows y
1ere treated worse than dogs. While in
ndia she. found only one women who
ared speak her husbands name. The =
peaker's appeal was not in vain, and a
beral collection was taken up. DR.. d.
). Kidder and Mrs. E. B. Stevens of Will a,
nington also delivered addresses. In the !,
vening the church was crowded on the
ccasion of the educational anniversary =
nd Rev. A. Stengle of Middletown pre- !
ided. The chairman made short ad-
ress and was followed by Rev. W. " ". +.
v. Wilson who read paper entitled ?
Our Educational Benefciaries and How II
lest to Aid Them" Rev. DR.. Kidder spoke
considerable length. Ignorance, he said q
ras foe to God and an enemy to man. d
The report of Saturdays proceedings Il
overed the morning session. A special q
sssion was held in the afternoon. The +
.ustees of the board of domestic missions
,ere reelected for the ensuing year by n
Albert Thatcher and J. P. Edes were =
Omitted TO local deacon's orders. w. w. !
aylor and J. r. Dill were admitted to
lder's orders. A. p. Prettyrnan, Charles P
I. williams, Benjamin G. Warren and I
-aughn 8. Collins were elected TO elders Q
rders.
The following licentiates were elected {
, deacon's orders: W. A. Wise, w. M. z
lawson, Wilmer Jaggard, Daniel McFaul, p
,merson P. Roberts, e. Fl. Derrickson
nd Isaac Wood.
The anniversary of the Woman's Home e
Missionary Society OF the Wilmington A
Conference was held at three o'clock and A
ras opened by Rev. T. E. Martindale.
he socity has been organized one year.
Mrs C. Wesley Weldin of Wilmington,
ead her report. The society has 16 mis-
ionaries in the field. There are four aux r
iary societies, three of which are in Will d
1ington and one at Snow Hill. Mrs. Il