The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-04-04
THE MErHoDIsrs AT WABASH
Interesting Proceedings of the NJ. L. Church
Conference of Markham Indiana

diana conference opened at the methodist
episcopal church in this city this morning,
Bishop Stephen n. Merrill of Chicago in
the chair.
At $50 o'clock a communion service,
participated In by nearly all of the 206
| ministers and the 200 lay delegates, began
in the auditorium.
The bishop calling for nominations for
committees, the following gentlemen were
| appointed:
stewsrds-T. stabler, J. W. WEIGH. C. E.
Educahon-R. D. Robinson, W. F. Yocum.
]. X. Watts, c. King, ID. C. WOolpert, C. IL.
| Brown ]. Norris, s l., Bowman
Temperanee-H. J. Lacy, C. U. Wade, 4. NJ g.
/ Barnes.
Sunday schOol-The officers of the Sunday
Tract CsuEe-w. s. Boston, R. S. Reed, w. R.
| NOnes
New York Book Accouuts-J. B. earns.
Missions-The presiding elders.
Postofices and Conference DepOsitory--J. T..
Fetro.
Freedmen's Aid Society,". L. Ramsey, d.
On Conferences RELATIONSHIP Mahin, l.
| Robinson, G. K. DisbrO NJ. II smith, G.. F..
| White, T. II c. Besu, c. o. Wade, J. II Jack
son, L. A. Rstts, J. d. Ford, ]. X. Waits, n.
] S1sdener.
PTeHiding Elder Lynch reported his
| district in a fOurishing condition. A new
! nineteen-thousand dollar church building
is 10 be erected at Huntington next year
| another costing 81 700 has been built at
| Ossian; an addition to the church ct Gar
! rett was also constructed, and q thirty-fiFe-
| hundred dollar building wRs erected In the
east end Of the city Of Fort Wayne There
| were received 10 probation 937 members;
there were 56S conversions. An increase
OF 200 fun members is reported. The pas
tors reported 500 pastoral visits, the calls
being upon 300 families
at this juncture the bishop in a pleasant
little speech, on behalf of the ministers,
presented Presiding Elder Lynch ar ele'
CANT gold watch,
The character OF +. T. Simpson, pre-
siding elder of the Gotheu district, was
passed. lie reported as follows: There
are thirty six charges il the district. TIE
Improvements on the Charges during the
year smouDteC TO s. 900 a new parson.
ange bss been erected at Leesburg 81 a
cost Of 81 200. The church at Waterloo
was destroyed by fire few months ago.
Within six mOntbG the new church was
completed st q cost OF s. 600 An
elegant church building at Is
grange is being erected at g cost
OF $40 COO. at Goshen ne mission church
is being constructed. a new church and
parsonage sre also in process Of erection
at North ElkDaTt. During the year e. 643
have been paid on old Indebtedness, leav-
ing an Indebtedness Of s. 0G7. There were
400 copies Of the various AdyQcaies snd 500
Sunday School journals taken during the
year. The missionary collections during
.the year were about 81 eco. Fhere were
5000 pastoral calls reported and 900 fam.
lilies visited during 1887. There are twsn-
tysthree Local preachers and about 5O00
full members in the district.
J. f, ErVins' character ss presiding der
OF the Kokomo district Ess passed. sad rs
report Hss tB follows "rhera are seven
stations tnd seventeen circuits. 01Nov.
- the Rev II. J. Meek, who re-
moved from kOkomO 10 LCganspOrt, died
and E. Il Small OF Wheatlapd st, L7gans-
port, passed away Feb. %. lie was
succeeded by the Rev Ross C9hriug
During 1887 So, 500 church building vas
eTtcteC and paid for at Nenia. At MOBILES
vile s. Gao parsonage was excited"
The characteT OF Presiding Elder B. a
Kemp OF the Muncie district, was passed.
There are tgeDty.one stations and four
circuits, A rev church bulldog hiss
been erected at Summitville costing s., 800.
A new church, the finest in the confer
ence, will shortly he erected at Muncie
An elegant church is now in process OF
erection at Winchester.
The report OF the visitors of DePauw
university was referred to the committee
on education,
a resolution against granting the petition
OIL the northwest Indiana conference look
iI2 30 the change OF the boundary lines OF
the north Indiana conference, yielding
some of the territory OF the conference to
the northwest and also to the southeast
conference, was read by the secretary, The
resolution instructed the delegates to the
ure vigorously in that body, but gave con-
sent to any charge or charges desiring
transfer to the conferences named.
The Rev. Mr.. Mecdenhal opposed the last
provision respecting the charges wishing
TO leave the conference, and il was stricken
oEt, after which the resolution was unani-
mously adopted,
The following resolution respecting ad'
mission of candidates was adopted:
Resolved, That hereafter We will receive no
person on trial, or into full connection, or
advance any one IN any of the classes who does
not reach an average grade of seven on scale
Of ten and, in the case OF any person falling be,
low psr cent. in any breach OF the prescribed
course of study, he shall be required to bring II
up be fore his election to deacons or elders
orders, as the case may be.
WABASH, March 90 Especial The ssc-
ond days session of the conference was
held to-day.
The following members of committees
on Sunday were reported Fort Wayne,
F. g. Brown; Goshen, A. ]. Carey; Koko'
mo, ]. B. TIE finger; Muncie, J. w Lew
ellen; Richmond, r. N. Barnes; War>aw,
w. s. Boston.
The third question, "Who remain on
trial?" was then taken mp, W. ID. Parr,
chairman on first year, reported, and the
characters OF the following we're passed:
Asher s. Preston, B. s. Hollopeter, Msla-
chi Cooper, William Il. Murray, Charles ..
Merics, Henry A. Davis, James .. Bulls,
Sherman Powell, Daniel w. Tracy. Will
lam B. Randolph, George Wilson, William
], Gamble, Avery G., Mckee, Joseph M.
Hainee, Sherman A. Ross.
The thirteenth question, Who Are the
Travelling Deacons Of the Second Class.
was then taken up, and the characters OF
the subjoined ministers were passed:
James A. Beatty, Leroy M. krider, q. 5.
V. Howard, William w. Brown.
The fourteenth question, "What travel
ing deacons have been elected elders!
was taken up. and the following were
elected to elders orders: Albert A. Pit,
tenger, Henry Bridge, E. Neal, Samuel
Johnson.
The fifth question, who are admitted
to full connection" was called and the
following gentlemen presented themselves
| for the address of the bishop to the class:
| Eli Davis, A. I. Briggs, Theodore Frsck,
A. L. Lsmport, N. Brsndeberry, Il. +.
Albertson, Louis Reeves, Alfred 4 Sarah,
| James NJ. Lewis. Charles II Beechgoos,
| Louis A. Sevits, George b. M. Rogers.
DR.. J. II. Vincent was then introduced,
and subsequently Delegate Hill OF the So
| ciety OF Friends, representing the worlds
meeting of orthodox Quakers, spoke,