Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-05

"a tut tiiht VI lut SECOND cav OF tne
Methodist conference was wasted today. for the
exercises opened at $50 O'Clock this morning
with religious service. Nine o clock was the
time for the regular business session to com
mence. There were not many Of the members
at Hamline Church when Rev. W. l. Mckinney
began the opening services with PRAYER and
Scripture reading. but within the hour most of
the ministers in attendance had come in, and
conference got right down to work in q very
business-like way.
The minutes OF yesterdays meetings were
read and approved. and the secretary read a
communication from the board Of conference
Claimants IN Chicago. The matter of allow
anees TO be made by conference to super
numerary ministers. widows. children and
other pensioners upon the bounty of confer
ence was taken up and the different claims
were taken up, discussed and acted upon or
referred to the proper committee. The COM
mlttee on the tabulation of the vote Of the
ialty on the question of admitting women to
asked for instructions. The report of the book
depository for the year was read showing a net
profit of s3.06l.57 DIR. Lanahan was appointed
agent OF the depository in Baltimore.
CREDIT ASKED FOR WASHINGTON.
DIR. Naylor asked on behalf of the ministers
of Washington that some credit be given to
this city in the minutes of conference for the
contributions made TO the new Methodist Uni
yerslty. and it was voted to set aside column
IN the minutes for that purpose. Rev. ]. Me-
hendree Kelley. presiding elder of Washington.
reported the condition and progress of the
different churches here and in the suburbs
The report OF the trustees of the education
showed that the assets amount to s15l. 6i3.74
the interest on which sum is devoted TO the
support Of Dickinson College.
BY 10 o'clock Hamline Church was well
nlled and the greatest interest was taken in
the business of the day. The galleries were
occupied by women, who are well Represented
IN the audience attending the sessions of con-
ference.
BUSINESS RAPIDLY TRANSACTED.
The different ministers in Washington and
vicinity read the reports of their assessments
and payments. W. S. Edwards, presiding
elder of the Baltimore district, read the report
for his district. The conference concurred in
the nomination of DIR. J. +. Goucher as presi-
dent of the Woman's College in Baltimore.
DIR. Goucher was the pastor of the First
Methodist Church of Baltimore, has been a
large contributor to the institution and has
been an interested worker for it as we'll
DIR. j. NJ. Buckley. editor of the Christian
Adrocdte, made an address in the interest of
the paper he represents. His talk was witty
and bright He has been editor of the paper
for 5l1 weeks, and he said this morning that
he was glad to announce that never in all that
time had an issue appeared that gave satisfac-
ton TO all the subscribers. He then went on
to talk entertainingly the subject Of the
necessity for church papers and the dyantages
that accrue from them.
AN ATTACK on THE SECULAR PRESS
In the course of his remarks DIR. Buckley
made an entirely uncslled for and prejudiced
attack upon the secular press in order to show
the advantages of tine religious papers, He
read extracts from the account of Yesterday
meeting in a morning paper. criticising it para
graph by paragraph AMI characterizing a re-
porters efforts to give fair and unbiased
account OF a meeting. in answer to a
written request from the secretary of the con-
ference TO do 30. as an attempt on the part of
the secular press to run the affairs of Method |
Ism. The secular press, he supposed, did as
well as could be expected of them in dealing
with 80 complicated "A machine the govern
ment Of the Methodist church. but their efforts
fall far short of the success that crowns the re-
ligious papers, more especially his, and now Is
the time to subscribe.
THE METHODIST UNIVERSITY.
Bishop John +. Hurst was introduced to the
conference and made pleasant little speech on
the Methodist University, saying that the order
to extend Massachusetts avenue would bring ii
directly to the site of the university He |
thanked the brethren for the interest the BaIti-
more conference had taken in the great move |
ment for the new university. He said that over
pa. men 60 i ba .tia e @na, ana ne ex-
connie of weeks that tbe e,,;ra s',, 90 S,nn 900
had been raised. He invited ali the members
to make visit 10 the site and stated tbat IL any
such arrangement could be made he wouId a.
his best to make their visit a satisfactory one
II desirable he would give a LITTLE tall befora
the adjournment of Conference ON the nIsns
and prospects of the university.
The reading of reports from the different |
churches was continued. Bisbon Hurst nras;a
ing in the absence of Bishop Joyce Who mas
called away- Geo a RaLer nresid;m,- go
of the Frederick district, made the -, 81
his charge. and j. Edwin Amos for ~, w,
Baltimore district " o WON
Al ArfhAL foh RAILROAD MEN.
Rev. Mr.. Coffin made an earnest appeal for |
the interest of the conference in the physical
and sniritu.l weIfara of the 7oo ooo 81,
80, of ,,. -. '''' '"A'i oso
men S vi lne county,
"; BRUSH OF the Methodist University at 1
a'cHen' %. -, lnaoe an appeal Tor pecuniary /
ana ior that institution, whose needs and /
straitehed circumstances ne described.
resoiut,on was adopted, presented by Rev. /
=. r. wright, strohgiy approving the work
Oh ereatihe nstiohaI university IN the city Of
" ashingtoh' as Haagurateo py BISHOP Jno. Il.
hurs.
AIter numpe, OF announcements the session
aolourheo WIN Ihe doxoiogy and the benedic-
uon ny Dishop hurst.
METHoDTsM IN THIS CITY.
Rev. ]. McKendree Kelley. presiding elder of
the Washington a;str;,, - IA. -. -
:-..'s Az ns rePor' .nis
o,nins seeu enat the advance OF Methodism