The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-03-18
WILMINGTON M. E. CONFERENCE
Opening of it's Twenty-FIfth An.
nual Session at Middletown.

Opening of it's Twenty-FIfth An.
nual Session at Middletown.
! MIDDLETowN, DEL, March 15.-The
twenty filtu annual session OF the VIII
mngton NJ E. Conference, comprising
Delaware aud the eastern shores of Mary
land and Virginia, was begun this morn
ing III the Bethesda Church, with an
Bishop Stephen NJ. Merrill, of Chicago,
presided, and business was transacted
expeditiously. Presiding Elder L ,uis E..
Barrett, of the Wilmington District, CON
Quoted this Holy Communion. which was
being celebrated when the Bishop reach
ed the convention seat.
Prayer was offered by the Bishop for
blessing upon the conference
After the roll CALL the election of
officers was held, A. s. Mowbray being
reelected Secretary, w. r. Mowbray as
Statistical Secretary and Charles A.
Grise as Treasurer. They named their
own assistants, as follows: To the Secre
tary, J. d Rigg, W. A. Wise and Z. H..
Webster; to the Statistician, Asbury
Burke, w. w. Sharp, F. F. Carpenter,
F. B. Short, II. G. Turner, c. W. Sr;ck
land, G. P. Jones, T. B. Cooper; to the
Treasurer. A. G. Coz, r. K. Stephenson
j. P. Otis, R. l. Watkins. H. S. Goldsy.
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from 80 to noon.
The following standing committees
were appointed:
Pablo Worship-The pastors of Middle
town and Odessa and the Presiding
Elder of the E.ston District.
Education-John Y Dobbins, w L S
Murray, W E Avery, o S Walton.
Bible Society," Morris Lindale, R T
Coursey, F Cochran, T B Hunter.
Sunday Schools aud Transfers. H
Howard, W o Hurst, G W Bounds. E E
White, G W Bowman, W Guthrie, G
P Jones, E s Mace, Frank Fletcher.
Temperance and Prohibition-C S
Baker, T E Terry, F McSorely, Vaughn
8 Collins.
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
A P Prettyman, W W W Wilson, " W
Chaires, S N Tllchard.
Woman's Home Missionary Society
T A II O'Brsn, Ii Haines, E H Miller
w E Tomkinson.
Freedman's Aid and Southern Educa.
ton Society," T Van Burkalow, E H
Derricksou, w G Koous, II G Turner.
Missionary Statistics, Local Preachers
and Post Office NJ Mitchell, George E
Wood. G s Conoway, Asbury Burke.
Sabbath Ooservance-IL Wood, r IT.
wing Watkins, G W Burke, Fl W Ewing.
Misunderstanding Elders, L E
Barrett, Alfred Smith, r II Adams and
w. f. Corkran.
Necessitous Casss--The Board of
Stewards.
Periodicals-H. S. Thompson E. P.
r 1berts, T. G. Smoot D. II. Corkrau.
Church Extension-W. p. Compton.
E. G. Atkins, S. NJ. Morg lD, Albert
| Chandler.
Epworth League-C. T. Wyatt. Isaac
Jewell r X. Stephens, Aloysius Green.
Stewards Endowment Fund-T. E
Martinale, j. A. Arters. Robert Watt,
S. o. Syphered. g. A. Grise.
Ministerial Qualitications-J W Easley
I. II. Haines, G. A. Hill, ]. B. Qaigg,
D,ha,t Todd J,p, Gta,rJa
Glass Meetings-T E Martiudale, c
W. Prettyman, w Duhadway.
Camp Meetings-A. D. Davis, r. H.
Adams, } d G Hanna, G w Townsend,
J w Easley.
Trausfers-E L Hubbard Il Howard,
w W w Wilson, W l. Murray.
These Conference Stewards we're
elected, Wilmington District, J E Bryan
Easton District, S morris; Dover Ii
Rawlins; Salisbury, c F Sheppard.
Brief addresses were made by the Rev
A B Sanford D D New York E lst con
ference, representing the Methodist
ReUiep and the Rev Edwin II She'll of
New York, representing the'Epworth
League.
The character OF Presiding Elder
Barrett, Wilmington District was called
and passed. MIR Barrett read his first
annual report showing an excellent con-
| dition of spiritual and financial matters
in the district Tue total expenditures
upon new church buildings finished, and
improvements contemplated expenditures
and indebtedness paid, aggregated
nearly $4,000 for the year.
Many persons have been added TO the
| church through revivals. At Mort East
| Md saloons were closed while revival
services were being held and about $50
| joined the church. In Wilmington the
Moody aud Slnkey meetings brought
many to Christ Asbury has 225
probationers AMI Kiugswood and Grace
| have large increases. All the churches
were imbued with revival spirit.
The characters of ministers on the
Wilmington District were passed and
| they reported collections, which were
usually equal to the apportionmeut.
The secretaries were authorized to
make three years contract for printing
the Conference minutes.
The session adjourned soon after II
| o'clock. The afternoon was devoted to
| the examinations of cand dates and
meetings of committees. Bishop Merrill
met the Presiding Elders at he palson
| age.