The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-02-06
Wilmington District.

Wilmington District.
The Rev DR.. w. l.. S. Murray con
tributes to the last issue of the PHiasnlo
| HcthodiSt the following relative to hi,
| late past raj visit III this county:
| The fourth qIartIy conference of Port
/ DEPOSIT was held Jan. %.
/ The various boards, Sunday school Su
perintendent, class leaders, and com
mittees, all with but few exceptions pre-
sented written reports. The pastors
report was full of information; his revie "
reve ting the fact that unusual difficulties
and diseases had followed each other il
rapid succession, to tho encouragement
of the workers aud the detriment OF the
work The strike had greatly injured
business, the diphtherla mad claimed six
of the infant class, scarlet fever had
caused the quarantine Of the parsonage
for part of the time, the Indictment
weather hal greatly imterfered with the
protracted meeting while La Grippe
had claim I'd its vic inns AMI fingered
among the people. la thu midst OF all
number Of Sunday school scholars has
increased during the year. The Supor
iuteudent, Dhn NJ. McClan.han, "a
prince among SI1lty-scnool workers
rejoices with his faithful cD.laborers
believing they will come off more than
conquerers.
The COMMITTEE on music, through it's
chairr an l.. A. G.. Gerry, made some
very wise suggestions, and closed their
reports on music books as follows:
But we believe that the church would
be tecetited by Abandoning all SO called
Sunday sclool Song Books, and adopting
the regular Church Hymnal for the Sun
day school.
The hymns of the Church would then
be learned by the young; poetry and true
religious sentiment become fixed il the
minds as well as sou ID aoctrine.''
The pastor, Adm S;enele, paid the
young people high compliment for their
earnest and faithful cooperation in the
revival services, which up To date has re
sultei i'll eight CONVEX Sions.
In the midst Of Joy over new born souls
a great blow has fallen on the whole
church aud C immunity by the sudden
death OF Sister Agnes Stephenson, the
mother of Rev r X Stephenson, OF our
Conference. ) le was Invaluable to the
luse l. WAS slid Of heI III one Of tie
reports, the psSsin5 away of many is
scarcely noticed, but Sister Stephenson
will be missed, for she showed her faith
By her works. She died in the seventy
third year OF her age, in the sixty-fisst
of her church membership and was the
oldest member OF the SuHday-School.
active and faithful to the last.
Mt. Pleasant continues to 90 forward.
The pastor, +. B. S lort, 5 i II his port
roots of bitterness have given place to
lilies of beauty, the desert has become
fertile, aud the thorn has yielded to the
rose
Benevolences are iucre lsei and twenty
seven conversions reported. \ large
lamp has been placed in front OF the
church, and new stove purchased, so
that the crowds that attend on Bro.
Shorts Ministry may be warmed within,
and also lighted on their way without.
The Epworth League OF about ninety
members has SO taken hold OF the work,
that great progress is manifest on all
lines.
4 cpucert for the benefit of .he church,
under the leadership OF Miss LIlu Gerry
assisted by a d zen OF more young people
of Port Dep ,sit, WAS y grand SUCCESS,
and is spoken of throughout the com
muuity with great appreciation.
Saturday, January, %. it was mJ
privilege to baptizo at tie home of
Brother Howard Benz tmiu Pierce, him
self and his three sons, Robert E al,
Sherman Leslie, and Emery Burgette.
Rising Sun, the pastor James L.
Bryan, SAID in his report; we are not
shaken by eartl qnakes, nor swept by
cyclones, but the still small voice Is heard
in many hearts.
This quarterly conference was also
thoroughly informed by written reports,
which were prep !red with great clre,
and read with an inspiration OF love for
the work and success in it's prosecution.
The Mite Society, reported by Mrs.
E. P. Haines, has plac~d p new carpet
in the parsonage, fixed up the study,
and put new range in the kitchen.
They have also put a new carpet on the
church, upholstered the furniture, ole d
the pews, and paid all the bills.
The building OF "A new church at Syl-
mar, associated with Rising Sun, has
been ACCOMPLISHED. The inauciering
reflects great credit nos only on the
pastor, but also on all who participated
in it; and we now have a church pro
perty. valued by the trustees at $2lO0,
all paid for except about $136; Tor which
there is good ubscr pt ION of 500, not
yet paid.
Besides the new house, We have a Sun
day school, led by Amos r. Brown,
Sup't, numbering one hundred. There
are ten full members If the church, and
sixteen probation One of the pro
bationers, Mrs. Lille NsiIds, recent
convert, died a short time ago; but in
her triumphant death. was the means of
Leading her father to Christ.
The pastors of the three charges above
| named were all unanimously invited 10
return for another year. During this
outing, which winds up ms regular
work for the present conference year ii
Cecil county, | was entertained in Port
Deposit in the home of II. G.. Ncsbit
Esq, and in Rising sun in that OF
Jethro -. Mccullough, Esq. These
brethren and their families love Method
ism, and rejoice in whatever promote;
the prosperity of our beloved L on.
w. l.. 5. MURRAY.
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