The Newtown bee., 1889-04-12
Wednesday,.

GeOfSe T.. MalnS or BrOOklyn secretary.
 Wednesday.
 Rev Dr c. N. Sims of Syracuse Uni versity spoke of the sound financial basis of that institution and the excellent work which is being carried forward there. Many of the members of this conference were educated there. They have now about 600 students and fresh recruits are being sent into the field each year. In the past three years, three beautiful buildings have been erected. Their chap el will seat l600 people and it's organ is the largest in the State.
 It was announced to the conference that Rev Duncan McGregor was i'll, with a threatened attack of pneumonia and a message of sympathy was dispatched to him at his Brooklyn home. Several of the clergy, in fitting remarks, also paid beautiful tribute to the memory of the late lamented Jacob Sleeper, an eminent layman of Boston. Bishop Foster also testified of his sterling character and said "In my knowledge of Methodism for the past 50 years, have never known a more perfect man. l knew him well and esteemed him highly. No man could be more serious loss to this conference than he." A letter of condolence was sent to the widow of the deceased. The Bishop called the roll of clergy connected with the Brooklyn district. Presiding Elder B. NJ. Adams of that district responded to the call and all were reported to be in good standing. Each pastor, as his name was called, an- nounced what money had been raised by his church for the missionary society, in sums of $5 to $500.
 Of the nine trustees of the conference, the terms of Arza Hill, James NJ. Buck | ley and Charles H. Buck expired, this | year and each was reelected for another term.
 THE AFTERNOON
 | Session, devoted to the work of the Wo- mans Foreign missionary society, Rev T. H. Burch presiding, was called to or der at 3 o'clock. Mrs Nash sang &C., ceptably,
 | Beautiful threads of gold"
 Mrs Asbury Lowry, secretary of the society for this conference, made her re- port and said: ''This report is not merely a summary of the doings of the New York East conference in respect to the missionary society, but, being the goth anniversary of it's birth, the report is necessarily varied. The minutes of this conference show 28l churches and 251 pastors. Of these churches, 15l, little more than half, contribute to the work of our society in sums of $1 to $400. | The grand total of the conference, last year, was $7,644, of which about S2,000 was raised in Connecticut. By gener- | ous gift of $500 from Mrs k. N. Glover of Brooklyn, we have the honor to be, this year, the banner society in the New York branch. Of 150 contributing churches, we haze auxiliaries organized in 120. Some churches contribute with out organization and in many instances the pastor gives from his own pocket the amount credited to his charge, rather than have his church represented as not sustaining the society. We have now 120 organized auxiliaries with member ship of 39l7; II young ladies' societies and IS mission bands. The history of our society is a grand one. In 1852, Rev Dr Durbin was elected it's secretary. At that time, the NJ. E. church had but three small missions; one in South America, supported by the American and English residents at Buenos Ayres; one in Africa and one at Foo Chow, China. Tn 1852, $100,000 was disbursed by the society $72,000 being used in the home land (South America), s21, ,00o in Africa and $7000 in China. In 1860, the society was regularly organized. The work having enlarged, another secretary was chosen with Dr Durbin and it became a living, growing thing. In 1870, we had in the treasury 4,546 4s. In 1888, $206,30S 69. During the past 20 years, we have dis bursed S1 ,sS6,62I 37. We have built hospitals, medical dispcnsaries, school buildings, orphanages, until our real es- tate is now valued at S277, ,1g0, in India ss2, 2,seo, China $55,s5o, Japan se0, 100,