Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-10-04
THE FOURTH DAY.
TIE PROGRESS OF TIE INTERESTING MEfHO-
DIST CONETRlN0A
The Lay Delegates Report to tbs Conference
Bishop Warren Makes an Interesting Adj
drsss-NO:eS Of the Meeting.


large attendance at the meetings yesterday.
There was no afternoon meeting, yet the
morning session, though largely devoted to
routine proceedings, attracted large
gathering. The meeting was opened with
the usual devotional exercises by Rev. j.
Engel. Upon opening the session Bishop
Warren spoke of the significance OF the
morning lesson, after which the Commit
tee on Examination made its report on the
Rev. William Cox: The candidate was
not present at the time, and the case was
temporarily deferred. The examination
committee reported fayoraDly on Rev. +.
J. Curtis
Bishop Warren introduced number OF
ministers. among whom was the Rev. DR..
Ream. Secretary OF the Board Of Education
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the
Rev. DR.. Chadwick, Secretary OF the
Freedmen's Aid and Southern education
Fund.
The local ministers who were elected to
Deacon's orders were Benson B. Brooks
and John w. Woodruff.
The Committee on Missions submitted
its report IL said the demands for mission
support were so urgent that it recommend
ed the organization of the Sunday schools
into missionary societies. and to make extra
efforts to put forth the literature of the So
cietv everywhere it would do good work.
The report was adopted. The Statistical
Secretary made his regular report for the
year.
After the reading of the statistical report
the Conference proceeded to ballot for the
delegate TO the General Conference.
While the tellers were out Bishop Warren
appointed the following committee to wait
uoon the lay electoral Conference and in
yite il 10 meet the Ministerial Conference:
The Revs. Dr. Cushing, S. Ernest Jones
and DR.. Fullerton. The Lay Conference
soon after went into joint session with the
Ministerial Conference. The report OF the
Law Electoral Conference showed that
the following gentlemen had been elected
as Law delegates to the General Conference
ID. A. Martin, Charleston; II. p. McGregor,
Wheeling. Alternates, b. L. Martin, Graf
ton. and w. Z. Wiley, Morgantown. Al
ter the report had been read, Bishop
Warren gave an address to the
Law delegates, touching upon the .educa-
tional question, particularly in reference
to the West Virginia Conference Seminary.
His remarks were very earnest and inter-
estIng throughout.
AT the conclusion of the Bishops re-
MARKS Iut Lay NOulCLCAOO woo AioAAASSSN
with the doxology.
After.the Law Conference withdrew, the
result of the ballot for ministerial delegate
was announced, and resulted in no cleo
ton. The vote stood: S. Ernest Jones.
40; j. Fullerton, sc; L. II. Jordan, IS. Al
ter the announcement of the vote another
ballot was ordered, and resulted as follows: :
l.. II. Jordon, is: j. A. Fullerton, 10, and
s. Ernest Jones, 81. Dr. Jordon was de-
clared elected.
Tbe committee on local Geacons made its
report, and the following were recommend
ed and elected: o. c. Phillips, Harry g.
Bowdion. George W. White, James M.
Kinder, Vincent A. Nenna, w. w. Work
man, Thomas II. Bunting, James D. Smith.
After the election Of local deacons, Dr.
Chad wick, the Secretary OF the Freedmen
Aid and Southern Educational fund, was
introduced and addressed the Conference.
Dr. Pains, the Secretary OF the Board Oh
Education. was next introduced and spoke
OF the work OF the Board, and continuing
sad: The Board was organized in 1865.
The work it is doing is of TWO kinds, a gen
eral work ana pacific work. III there Is an
heroic band in the whole liz conferences
OF the NJ. T.. Church, the West Virginia
Conference is the greatest. We are taking
into the Methodist ministry every year one
thousand men, who are to De educated In
manly way. We aided last year
nine hundred and two young
men and one hundred and fifty
eight young women. To do this work we
obtained that money collected on Chlldren'S
Day for the purpose. This church mas
$4,000 Sunday school scholars and 26,UOO
Sunday schools. We had an increase OF
5000 last year"
0f Nv. Dnfpofc a1HracC
the Bishop announced the election OF DR..
Jordon as the delegate, and elected the
Revs. 5. Ernest Jones and j. A. Fullerton
the reserve delegates.
The Rev. Dr. Weakly, representing the
DeacOnist Home in Cincinnati, addressed
the Conference on the usefulness OF the new
order of the NJ. r.. Church. The deecon-
esses are divided into two classes, the
nurse and visiting classes. Their duties
are 10 nurse the aick and visit the poor
aud needy. The order was founded In
Germany twenty years ago, in frankfort
on-Lhe-AIain, but owing 70 difficulties the
order was abolished after few years
trial. The work, however, was started
anew fourteen years ago in the same place,
and has grown and spread until now It's
branches are being rooted into Church
WORK wherever the Church is known.
lowing report: Number of probationers,
1881; numoer of full members, IS, $50; num-
OF local preachers, PAS; number OF deaths,
ass; number OF children baptized, GIG; mum
Der of adults DapUZed, l,o3l; number OF
churches, $50; estimated value OF church
buildings, 500, So; number OF parsonageS,
l07; estimated value of parson4ges, $l24,-
S3l, paid for improving ana building
churches and parsonages, S02,6i5; paid on
old Indebtedness on church property, ST.
lis; present Indebtedness on church pro-
perry, So, 33S; current expenses Of cnurcn
property, SOHO; number OF Sunday
schools, 617; nunoer of officers, and
teachers, 5,l4S; number oil scholars,
80, 762 The benevolent collections
were for missions from churches, 81 "a;
from Sunday schools, z.224; Tor Board oil
Church Extension, SiS3; for Sunday
School Union. Sl5g: for Freedmen's Aid
and Southern Educational Society, S452;
for education, SG24; for American Bible
Society, $3.50; for Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary Society, $l,U2l: for Moman's
Home Missionary Society, S21O; for pas
tors, house rent, presiding elders and bish-
OBS. SSO, $50 for Conference claimants,
81 ,ol2; and other benevolent collections,
$l,14l.
rhe decrease FOR the year in the church
DEBT or the Conference was 80, lS1; the
Conference paid 5000 more on tue old
church Indebtedness this year than 1t did
last The increase value of church prop
erty is -, Us; the increase In membership
was o24; the increase OF the benevolent
collections At, 6S7, and the Sunday School
Scholars increased ], 554.
The evening session was devoted largely
to educational work, special stress being
laid on the new Conference Seminary at
Buckhannon. Rev. Z. W. Cushing first ad
dressed the large congregation and made
an earnest plea IN behalf of the institution.
dc clearly showed the value ard import
ance Of such seminary, and wei repre-
sented what would rebound 10 all who
willingly opened their heart 10 support IL.
Following Dr. Cushing came Prof.
Hutchinson, principal Of the Seminary,
-. harm bis rarr,ar.s BIZ gazing mat he