The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-10
MINISTER'S IN CONGRESS
The Twantieth Annual Sesss .on of the Will
E'inEton NJ. r.. Conference Held i'm
Winning ton-Procredngs.


niuEton NJ. r.. Conference Held in
WIimin@ton-Procred
The twentieth aunuA -essou of the
Wilmington Annual Conference of the
Nj. r. Church convened at Union Church
at O'Clock, "Wednesday morning last,
Bishop Cyrs ID. Foss, of st. Paul, Mimi.
presiding. President j. II. Caldwell, ID.
d., of Delaware College. occupied seat
upon the platform.
The exercises began oy Bishop Foss
giving ont the hymn And are we yet
alive" alter the singing OF wacl h a,
read selections from Psalms c, and limo
thy II 2 when pra er Was offered l'y D
Caldwell. After singing the hymn
Jesus lover OF my soul" Bishop Foss
addressed the conference. He said that
when, over eight years ago, he journeyed
through 2ut Indiana, Illinois and Pennsyl-
vania, performing The duties of his epis-
copate, he was oppressed with feeling
of its responsibilities lie telt his duties
would he am"hg strangers. This feeling
came upon him as u pail he crossed
the parties ,t lrdIana. But as confer
cnce met and the introductory services
were over the speaker felt at home. He
was among Methodist preachers with
| whom lie is always at home. Bishop
Foss then made slight pei onal alluson,
for which ne asked plrtIon of the audi
eBce, tn his own early life. He is the 500
Or a Methodist circuit preacher whose
aunLal salary was never more than $500.
The speaker continued: | was brought up
| in Il home where il was impossible to
think of the Christian religion without
personal behei in it. In the sterile region
where | was raised, in the Two story
house, aud 80 acre farm, almost nothing
bat stones. and which appea, ed like stone
to the bottom Of the earth, my greatest
| pleasure 5 a Young man was upon the
| occasion of the visit of the circuit
preachers, after | had ridden the holy
mans frsky horse ~ water, t" sit in the
chimney corner in company with my
father and his visitor and listen to their
Cody conversation.
| Tue speaker said his early training
precluded the possibility of his forget
ting the rationale of Methodism. With
out high state of Christian life no
Christian standard can exist. Ia referring
to the mission of Wesley, Bishop Foss
said that the institution that came TO him
was not of him but of the Spirit. The
iutineracy was not contrived. it cane o.
| God. Preachi-g by laymen was an
Accumulation i'll the sight OF the Church
of Eugland. 1t must be remembered
that Wesley was no obsure looking, i'll
dressed SLOUGH. He was very fine gen.
punct ilous manners The commence
ment of Methodlsm in this world was
when Wesley told Thomas Maxwell to
go on in his local preaching. The
speaker referred to the class revival meet
ings as one of the spontaneous develop.
ments of Methodism.
! After the singing the secretary, the
Rev. j. d. Rig2, read the conference roll.
Election of conference officers being in
order, Rev. j. D. Rgg aud j. P. Otis
were nominated for the position of scre-
tary. Mr.. Rigg was re elected for the
sixth time receiving so votes to 40 for
MIR. Otis. Rev. Z Il. Nelson was elected
assistant secretary and Rev. J. d. G.
Hanna statistical secretary. Mr.. Hanna
| -,
mingtop district, Revs Julius Dodd, AS
bury Burke aud Harvey W. Ewing; Eas-
ton district, Revs. E. &. Atkins, E. P.
Roberts and William r. Mowbray; Dover
district, john H. Howard w. T. Valiant
and E. II. Hynson; Salisbury district, O.
s Walton. L II. Webster and John
Eas!sy
Tue following ministerial members of
the board of stewards were cleo ed: Will
mington. Rev. G. w. Prettyman; Easton,
William B. Walton Dover, P. H. Raw
ius; Salisbury, F.. G. McSorley Virginia.
w. l.. 7. Bowen.
Presiding Elder John France announced
the following standing committees:
Public Worship-W. l.. S. Murray, A.
Stengle, ]. E. Bryan, c. Hill, N. NJ.
Browne.
Publication of Minutes-The secre-
tarits.
L iucatiou-J. II. Wiley, w. S. Robin
son, j. P OTIS. T. E. Martindale, S. J.
Morris D. Sudler, Prof. Reynolds, DIR.
R. J. Price, W. II. Dashiel, J. T. Kenuey.
Bloie-E. Z. Mace, j. n. Lindale, D.
F. McFaul, I. B. Hunter, W. L. P. Bow
man.
Sunday School,. W. f: sley, L. 4.
Barrett, T. II. Hardin, &. w. Townsend.
r Re.
Temperament. D. Kemp, a. Smith,
w. b. Gnthre, L. V. Layiield, Il. |.
Watkins.
Wnr..el,'s Foreign Missionary Society
r. Watt, b F. Price, |. u. Fosnocbt, Z.
Z n Il. sou. W. FL. Galloway.
Tracts-D. Fl. Co:kran, f. E. White,
J. Carroll, w. B. Gregg. W. l.. Z. Bowen
FreeduGau's Aids. j. Morris, l. Jewell,
A T. Melvin, w. T. Valiant, J. d. Reese.
Missionary Statistics-j N, Collins, J.
Dodd, G. r. Wood, f II. Delickson, j.
| II. Connolly.
Fiuance--C. A. Grice r. X Steven
i SOD, " s Collius. G. w. Wilcox, l.. A.
G. Gerry, L. H. Nelson.
Address of Local Preachers-W. r
Mowbrsy, c T Wyatt, W. a Wise, 6.
| W Bowman. = A Leatherby.
| Postotfisss and Express Oftices-J. T.
! Van Burkalow, W. VI. Green, w. n.
j hnson. w. W Sharp. Il. I. Watkins
Womcn's Home Missionary Society,".
I Conner n. McQIay, X. McFarlape, I.
! A. II. O. Brien, w. l. P Bowen
Missions Tue presiding elders.
| Necessitous Gases Board of stewards
Dr.. g. X. Crooks. of Drew Theological
| Seminary, next addressed confe: euce.
! He said that Drew's prospects we're most
! hatteriug, the present number of pupils
being the largest in the history of the
| seminary. The speaker made All appeal
for the better education of the young
ministers
DIR. w. A. Spencer next addressed con
ference Gu the pant Of the Church Ex-
tension Association Every chaIg in the
| Wilmington Conference bad sent aid. Il
was need"d TO build three churches each
| d1y ant 81 600 WAS yu;,,,riinntpent ,f ths