Evening journal., 1893-03-16
MANY BUSY MINISTERS
The Methodist Conference
Now in Full Sway.
WILMINGTON DISTRICT WORK.
Presiding Elders Submit Lengthy Re-
ports of Their Work and Ministers Re
port From Their Various Charges.
Much Routine Business Disposed OF
Bishop Merrill Refuses to Rebuke.
special Correspondence Evening Journa

Eldef IL. II. Barrett, OF the wilmington
district oficiated at the sacramental
services yesterday, after which Bishop
Merrill took the chair and declared the
ready for business. Rev. A.
S. Mowbray was elected secretary with
the following assistants W. A. Wise, a.
Webster, and j. d Rigg WA ,.Mowbray
was made statistical secretary and h ad
as his assistants Revs Asbury Burke, W.
w. Sharpe, H. G. Turner, c. W. Strick-
land G. p. Jones, +. b. Short. f. +.
Carpenter and t. B Cooper. II. S. Goldey
was made treasurer and the Revs X
Stephenson, X Irving Watkins and J.
2. Otis assistants.
After this conference proceeded to
name the standing committees which
are as follows:
Conference Committees.
Education-J. Y. Dobbins w. L. S.
Murray, w. E. Avery and o. S. Wal
ton.
Bible Society,". Morris Lindale.
Ralph T. Coursey, ]. Cochran, T. B.
Hunter
Sunday Schools and Transfers.. H.
Howard, w. Hurst, g. W. Bounds, e
T. White g. w. Bowman, w. B Guth.
rie, 6. p Jones, e. S. Mace, Frank Fletcher
Temperance and PrOhibtion-C. S
Baker, T f Terry, +. c. McSorley,
Vaughn S Collins.
Womans Foreign Missionary Society
A. P Prettyman, w. w. w. Wilson, w.
w Chaires, S N. Pilchard.
Woman's Home Missionary Society-T.
A. d. O'Brien, T. II Haines, E. H. Mil
Ter, w. e. Tompkinson
Freedman's Aid and Southern Educa
tion Society j. T. VanBurkalow, E. H.
Derrickson. w. G. Koons and H. @
Turner
Missionary Statistics, Local Preachers
and Postoffice-J NJ. Mitchell, George
E. Wood, G. S. Consway, Asbury
Burke
Sabbath Observance-I L. Wood, R.
Irving Watkins, G. w. Burke, Il. W.
Ewing.
Missions-L. E. Barrett, Alfre d
Smith, r. H. Adams, W. +. Corllran
Periodicals-H s. Thompson, E. P
Roberts, T. c. Smoot, D. H. Corkran.
Epworth League-C T. Wyatt, Isaac
Jewell r X. Stephenson, A Green.
Stewards Endowment Fund-T. E
Martindale, j. A. Arters, Robert Watt,
J. o, Sypherd and c. A. Grise.
Ministerial Quslifcations-J. w. Ess.
ley, T. H. Haines, G. A. Hill, J. B Quigg,
Adam Stengle and Robert Todd.
Glass Meetings-T. E Martindale, @.
w. Prettyman, T, S. Williams and ]. w.
Duhadway.
Camp Meetings-A. D. Davis, R. H.
Adams, ]. D. G. Hanna T. w. Townsend
and J. w. Easley.
Transfers-E. L. Hubbard, ]. II.
Howard, W. w. w. Wilson and w. L.
S Murray.
Bishop Merrill Permits Levity.
During the naming of the committees
there was much levity, which some Of the
preachers took exception to, but Bishop
Merrill thought it was caused by the
naming of the committeeman and saw
nothing that needed rebuke
An amendment to the rules changing
the word majority" to read "the pre-
vailing side, was lost by small vote
Rev. Mr. Sanford, Of New York East
| Conference was extended the privilege Of
addressing the session in the interest Of
the Methodist Review
Mr. Schell, conference secretary Of the
| Epworth League, made and interesting
address in the interest of the league
work and spoke Of the value of the
league and building up the spiritual
ardor and for the cause of Christianity
BE closed his remarks by making an
earnest appeal for the endorsement Of
the Epworth Herald by the Wilmington
Conference.
Affairs on Wilmington District.
Presiding Elder Barrett of Wilmington
District made his annual report, which
is, in part, as follows: Among the
changes during the conference year
were Rev. w. E. Avery of Mt. Salem was
transferred to Easton. Rev. c. H. Ker-
shaw. a local preacher, who had been
supplying East Lake and Edge Moor,
resigned to attend to Dickinson College
and was succee ded by Rev. J. d. Rigg,
who was incspacitated by a severe at
tack Of pneumonia and was obliged tC
give up his charge and was succeeded by
Rev. Moses Bullock.
Giving Religion Right Ofway.
Special attention was made to reviva
work. At North East the work wa
marvellous. The saloons and stores
closed in the evening so that religion
could have the right of way. As the re
suit there were $50 conversions. Asbur,
Church of Wilmington received 225
Di0DhNlNnNAN % LE1uAl VI AnN AANoA.
and Sankey meetings. Kingswood roll
3 up 1875, while all Of the other churche
report more or less conversions.
= New churches and chapels we're erecte'
at Elsmere, costing s., at Bald
wins, 81 200; Epworth charge, $26,.
, 600; Silverbrook. $4,000; Cookman
, 5000; Harrison street church, $1,000
r A new parsonage will be built at Mar
J, shallton. The Christiana church ha
: been newly frescoed and repaired
L Grace Church, Wilmington, greatly i'm
S proved at a cost of $l1,00O Wesle
church at Elk Neck repairs costin
$3.50; a new pipe organ was put i
the Elkton church at cost of 81. 10C
a Nearly all the churches and parsonage
h ia the district have been improved NOR
!. or less. The total cost of church build
ings finished and those to be complete
\ this year foot up more than $50 OOt
:, estimate OF contemplated buildings S22
8 500; church improvements nearly $50
coo; debts paid, $500; making gran
total of nearly $4,000
h After the report was finished eac
!, church made its report through its pa
Is tor for its apportionments for missic
sr and conference claimants, after whic