Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-14
METHODIST pRoresrA WIS.


Annual session OF the maryland CONFER
ferencc--The New President.
PocoMoKE Cry, April 6.-The 9th an
nual session of the Maryland Conference
of the Methodist Protestant Church, en-
bracing the whole of Maryland and Della
ware, the border counties of Pennsylvania |
and Virginia, and two appointments in |
New Jersey began in Bethany Church |
this morning. The conference has q
membership of about 225 laymen and
ministers, but the roll-call showed an at
tendance of only 30 ministers and 90 lay
delegates. The members arrived here at
midnight on Tuesday on special train,
and the citizens of the town having been
aroused by an election, met the train at
the station with brass band,
Conference was opened by President
Strayer. During the morning only routine
business was transacted. In the afternoon
officers We're elected. The Rev. John David
Kinzer of Baltimore was chosen president.
OF the 1870 votes cast he received 92. Other
officers elected were: L. Il. Coulbourn,
Secretary, and f. 4. Benson and b. A.
Dunn, Assistants; ID. w. Austin, Confer
ence Steward; G. II. Day. Assistant Stew
ard; b. P. Smith, Home Mission Steward;
]. NJ. Sheridan, Superannuated Fund
Steward; j. w. Balderston, Foreign Mis-
sionary Steward; G. s. Arnett, Steward of
| the Educational Fund, and w. II. Stone,
General Home Missionary Steward.
| The annual report of retiring Presiden
| Strnvnr was road giving n resii,ne of the
affairs az the district for the mast wear.
| The renort savs in s,hstance. iaThe nlan
| az onr work Il ancouraring but NOT what
| II shonld h. nor can he While the confer
ence insists that its president supervise a
tract 400 miles square. Churches have
been built at Parksley, Va, Georgetown
course If construction al Dover Del MANY
Of tho old churches are improving. and
some d;stressing debfs have been Maid
| Never before have the princinles which
,I;stinguish oyrs from other Wethodisms
heen So bigbly anpreciated. Mrs. IT, A.
Reese has nlaced staso in NV hands for the
relief If needy masters
resolution was introduced nv w
Trout condamp;nrr tha ,,rnnosed onor;no
- tbe gaies nf fhe World,e Eair ~, S,,n,
davs and recommending the General J,on.
ference he ,,rged Ia cali 2 national conven.
tion IL eyaneelicnl churches IL condemn
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M exnost;en a ,a,,er ,,.as roFerrnd H.
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silnernumerarv an the surrey circi,it VI
and William Sbenberd ~ Rnfan4y;iln Nd
4 were eulogized
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siiilial " siit.u Mll.eii hu olersi ist yea
~ m,ilSn p.ol,oses 70 ilnlit .he Pastora
~ tle gqiiteIel.yc 5iiliS.eIs 70 i've year
Under me Methodist Protestant COVER
r mem caTh aiilial conference setties sue
Or ,a.'eis ~ os i'seli ny seiield cohYeIiua
i, nclu II i9ot ~ ~ 9onh eHurcl, BAL
~ 1hole, stNilis ~ this aut1,eflty W remoNli
\. tlle s!aeutQrH Pasloral ninlt, leaving Y
lie question OF unit OF no limit wholly 70 u
aiiiiuai pp9 t proyi.illis, however, tnat
l i.i s.iaii pe passed 70 apolish an eihcle
re itineraeF;
in The following year the Maryland Co
he ference, Whlcn hau Deeh worklng under
Id iive.year pastorate limit, which had ST
ceeaed Iour-year unit decided to
nd away with the pastoral limit altogeth
ay ana LOT eignt Vears mas peen gong alo
in without u, rms MT. llnBlng and nui