Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-01
METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH.

Maryland Conference Begun Today-Large
Delegation Of Clerical and Lay Members.
| This morning the Maryland conference Of
the Methodist Protestant church began its an
nusl session in the Lafayette Avenue Church,
Baltimore. Rev. VIM. Strayer presided. He is
now serving his second term as president and
will probably be reelected, ~ ii il the custom
to elect the presiding officer for three terms.
THE CLERICAL DELEGATES.
The clerical and lay delegates are rs follows:
Clerical-D. w. Austine, c. s. Arnett, g. q.
Bacchus, ]. W. Balderson, D. W. Bates, L. W.
Bates, A. S. Became. L. Bennett, B. F. Benson,
+. i. Benson, L. W. Bergman, c. r. Blades, j.
>. Bowers, s. F. Cassen. j. W. Charlton, 4. Z.
Coulbourn, W. A. Grouse, I. o. Grouse, II. c.
pa ynHs D az b. nisE E T. b9iS s
B. A. DUNN, L. R. Dyott, q D. Edmonston.
Hugh L. Elderdice, J. H Ellegood, J. w.
Everist, j. T. Il. Ewell, J. H. >. EEell, T. 0.
Ewing, G. F. Earring, W. j Floyd, J. w. For
J. w. Gray. d. l.. Greenfield, G. ". Haddaway,
W. s. Hammond. A. A Harryman, s. A. Hob
litzell, G. r. Hodge, N Holmes, G..
Holmes. b. +. Jester, H. s. johnson, II. w. ID.
johnson, J. B. Jones, J. L. Kilyore, b W. Kind
ley, j. D. Kinzer, j ". Kirk, +. c Klein. j. L.
Lassell, r. L. Lewis, 7. II. Lewis, W. d. Lit
singer, +. I. Little, C. Fl. Lttletcn. W. j. D.
Lucas, J. E. Msloy, A. W. Mather, C. W. Nc
Callister, G. Il. McCready, q. Z. Mccullough.
E. R. McGregor; 4; D. Melvin, j. L; Mills, 9.
7. Murray, s. r. Murray, W. J. Ncepier. J. X.
Nichols, J. R. Nichols, J. f. Nicholson, J. ".
Norris Il. s. Norris, S. C. 0hrum, j. w Paris,
W. s. Phillips, W. M. Poisal, X. 3. Rowe, J. NJ.
Sheridan, Jesse Shreeve, Elmer Simpson, g. J.
Smith, S. ]. Smith, J. b; Switzerland. W. II.
Stone, J. L. Straughn, ". ii. Strayer, J. g.
Trout, B. P. Truitt, T. D. Valiant, Z. H. Van
Dyke, A. ]. Walter J. T. Ward, L. A. Warfield,
J.. A: Wiegand, W. W. White. K. $. Williamson,
David Wilson, ]. F. Wooden, J. NJ. finsling
Lay members-John c. Wingato, James E.
Blackstone, A. F. Anderson, Robert Middle
ton, George Topham, p. j. Williams +. II.
Wright. j. r. Cation, G. J. Stake. J. D. Payne,
Chapman, E. Webb, C. A. Benjoirer, ]. H.
Erdman. W. Abbot W. J. Jackson, II. II.
Joice, L. NJ. Peerman, j. A. Wright Oliver
Cromwell, Thomas kendy, Thomas Edwards,
Richard IOwles, Z. =. higgins, {. ". Buttos,
Z. c. Lord, 5. Myers, G. Il. DisharoOn. W. W.
Dorney. A. Todd, H. S. Brewinston, Samuel
Vannort, W. L. Stevens, s. - Ewell, W. II.
Hauck, B. +. H. Caulk, Peter Donoway. ]. C.
Parsons, Jesse +. Shreeve, William Coving-
ton, Charles J. Stall. wm- I. Joyce, James Nc
Csuley, John W. Baker, o. II. Pearre, Joseph
Phillip. A. j. kinney, J. W. Stanley, j. b.
Mitchell. Jesse Ehinehart, J. W. Narfield.
!. j. Rafeld, f. l.. Hyatt, ]. 7. Ratheh,
William f. Sheppard, Charles b. Tracy,
InoHlas H. fngrtfn, u W. Taylor, H. D.
Darby. Henry Young, Samuel NJ. Wright,
Thomas Jores. Daniel Baker. John q. Clark,
John I. Blades, Willard +. Burgess, Hiram
Hardinger, F. L. Herring, Marion J. Wood
ford, f. b. Vandyke, j. L. Sweet, J. c. Bar
nick, L. d. Cathell. n o. Gibson, George W.
Dexter, James L. Gemmill. John d. Payne,
Alphonse Robinson. H. +. Mason, ID. l.. Greene,
George \. Savidge, Msrcelius Cole. William L.
Windsor, W. Ill. Rutan. Robert Powell, G. W.
Hobbs, Nelson Mcdowell.
THE CONFERENCE TERRITORY.
The conference territory includes Maryland,
Delaware. the border counties OF Penn sylvania
and Virginia and Newark, Nj. The Methodist
Protestant conferences are composed equally
of ministers and laymen. Within the coufer-
ence are 262 churches and IS parsonages,
valued at I'll EOS, 400, 1874 church members.
20.63s Sunday school pupils taught by 2,9l3
teachers. The conference contributions for
the year 1880 We're: Foreign missions, 80 900;
home missions, -. 400: superannuated preach
ers. sc $40, and ministerial education, SEQ
One OF the important matters that will come
before the conference will be the report of the
general conference committee on the revision
of the churchs Articles of Religion The
Maryland conference will be, with probably
one exception, the first to act on the commit
tees report, and this action is being looked for
by Methodist Protestants all over the country
with great deal of interest.