The Portland daily press., 1889-04-25
MAINE METHODlSTS AT LEWISTON.
The SIxty-flfth Annual Conference
Opened by Bishop Hurst.
What the Bishop Said In His inter-
estIng Opening Address.
Officers and Committees Appointed
at the Business Session.
TSpecial 10 the Press.l

church. conducted by Rev. w. S. Mclntire,
pastor Of the Park street church. The
church was well filed and the service was
deeply interesting, nearly 40 ministers being
present. A prayer meeting will be held
every morning at $50 o'clock.
This morning at 9o'clock the Maine Meth
odist Conference commenced its Goth session
in Park street church. Bishop John f.
Hurst, d. d.. LII. D., presiding. The Bish-
op introduced the services by reading the
scripture lesson.
Prayer was offered by Rev. G. +. Allen.
The bishop. assisted by the pastor Of the
church and the presiding elder, then
administered the Holy supper to about one
hundred and sixty communists.
The business session commenced with the
roll call of the conference by Geo. c..
Andrews, secretary of last year. Seventy
answered to their names. When the names
of c. j. Clark, John Rice, Ezekial Martin
and Cyrus Stone were called there was no
response; deep, sad silence fell on the .con-
ference The bishop then addressed the
conference.
The Bishop talked familiarity and candidly
giving in opening some Impressions Of his
short acquaintance with Maine and this con-
ference. he said among other things that
he thought that there is no place where
Methodist ministers have to make greater
sacrifices than in Maine. They have not the
tide Of emigration that flows elsewhere and
the conferences must be losing members
every year. Necessarily this has to be met
by counter currents constantly for Metho-
dism in Maine has been furnishing ministers
to all parts of the country. This" contin-
ued Bishop Hurst, sis worthy end, but it
depletes our forces in your state. Then,
too, you salaries are not large and you must
make sacrifices, but / never heard any COM
plants and when the conference is over we
are not going to hear any complaints. Folks
who don't complain beforehand will not
complain afterwards | don't believe any
one can find any happier faces or happier
workers than here in Maine. Let it be our
care that this continues. Our church has
had good years success throughout the
world. Nothing like that we ought to have
and nothing such as will make US puffed up,
but just such as will make us humble and
thankful Our mission work has been
grand" Bishop Hurst spoke particularly OF
the work of the missions In India. 'In the
West we are expanding. The new towns
are springing up everywhere. The saloon
gets there first but it don't Istay long, the
vote in Massachusetts Notwithstanding, for
/ say that with all the votes in Massaehu-
setts in support Of 1t, the saloon has got to
die."
Bishop Hurst told a good story of the
Methodist minister who got into new town
first by riding on the cowcateher.
The Lord is blessing the church Just as
senally in the frontier missions as He is In
the realms of India. In expressive terms
Bishop Hurst congratulated the church on
its future and its past. We Methodist min
Ia "a OF rrc hat
we have conference that we can look back
on in future years feeling that God has
blessed us. Bishop Hurst asked for renewed
confidence and trust in God and pleaded for
conservation daily and hourly to the grand
work Of the spread of the gospel. He closed
after a brief address Of about 10 minutes
length.
Presiding Elder Adams nominated the list
of standing committees as follows:
Public Worship--E. 7. Adams, W. s. McIntire,
Stewards-S. F. Wetherbee, r. sanderson, J. p.
Lapham, o. S. Pillsbury. M. Z. King.
Observation-Disclosures K. Bass, Henry p Torsey
Edgar NJ. Smith, Wilbur f. Holiness
Methodist Lterature=C. II. Allen, +. A. Brag-
don, j, Nixon, 7. Chandler. III Z; Foss.
Admission to Conference-Charles 4. Springer,
George r: Palmer, Charles 4. Bisbee, Irue P.
Adams w. +. Berry.
Conference Relations -Gersham f. Cobb, Fran
els GrOvenor Loring L. Hanseom Asbury q.
Trafton, James A. Corey.
Fraternal Relations-N. I. Whitaker, William
LOotCAB uOhh NoAAAhS, u. NohiiioS ". f. dkoOuo
Temperance..A. $. Ladd, +. 9. Haddock, A. W.
Pottle, w. S. McIntire, III. b. Mitchell.
Marriage and Divorce-U. s. Pilsbury, d. Pratt,
G. ID. Holmes, NJ. Q. Pendexter j. p. Kobie.
. Observance Of the sabbath Luce, T: w.
Bible Caused. B. Holt Z. 7. Allen, A. r.
Sylvester, R. II; Kimball, J. II: York.
Sunday School and Tracts-H. Hewitt, w. Can
ham, w. b. Bartlett, II. f. A. Patterson, s. ID.
Brown.
Church Extenson-,K.. Atkinson, H. HoItt. J.
W. Smith. G. l.. Southland, 8. 7. Record.
Freedman's Aid and Southern Education Soce-
ty-S. Hooper, J. Gibson, G. w. Barber, o. III.
Stevens, A. e: Parlin.
Freeman, J. X. Masterman, John Cobb.
Church Aldo. Munger, w. +. Marshall ID. r.
Frost, III. Crockett, A. Hamilton.
MemoirS-R. Sanderson, A. 5. Ladd, A. w. Pot
tie.
Publishing Of Minutes-w. F. Berry, I. F.
Resolution-G. r. Palmer, P. Chandler, l. Luce.
Resolutions of Sympathy-C. +. Allen, A. s.
Ladd s. f. Wetherbee.
The following officers were elected for the
ensuing year:
Secretary-w -wilber f. Berry.
Assistant Secretary-Herbert Z. Foss.
Statistical Secretary-J. +. Jones.
Recording Secretary-J. NJ. Frost.
Financial Secretary-C. L. Btsbee.
Eight o'clock a. m. was fixed as the hour
of meeting, and II. AS as the time Of closing
each session, the first hour OF the session to
be spent in devotional service.
Drafts were ordered on the charter fund
for $50, and on the Book concern for 1881
for the Preachers Aid Society.
A claim on Sthe Maine Conference for
$115 was presented for unpaid expenses of
the last General Conference, and was referred
to the presiding elders.
DR.. G. S. Payne. agent for the Methodist
Educational Society, was introduced and ad-
dressed the Conference on educational inter
ests.
Dr. Foster of the New York Conference
was introduced and addressed the confer
ence in reference to certain books of which
he was the author and publisher.
The minutes were read and corrected and
the conference adjourned.
At the afternoon session the roll call
showed 160 members present. Special reviy-
al exercises were held, followed by sermon
by Rev. i. Whiteside. At the close of the
session the conference adjourned to evening.
when educational anniversary services were
led by Rev. DIR. Payne Of Ohio.