Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-04-13

Conal Church began its Goth annual session
in Laurel this morning and spent the day
n organizing and in arranging the pre-
liminaries for future work
Laurel is entertaining the Conference
handsomely. i is . pretty town Of about
@,5OO inhabitants, situated in the lower
part Of Sussex county and only about
seven miles from the Maryland line 1t
has u particular flndnesS for religious as
semhlages, Several of these have been
held within the last year or twu The
maryland Conference has been Welcomed
most cordially, aud Il pressing invitation
was given to the Wilmington Conference,
at its recent session in Middletown, to
meet here in lsl.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
Presidcn, ! H. kinaer, who was elected
10 this office at the Pocomukc CITY session
of last year. was reelected to-day, aud
made short speech, thanking the body
for us renewed expressions Of confidence
III him.
Rev Thomas Il. Coalbourn of Lynch.
burg, who has served acCcptahlv rs srcre-
tafy of the conference for two ur three
years, declined reelection lie was elected
missionary secretary al the Westminster
General Conference IN May last and The
duties Of that office will prevent his attcn.
lion To- this. Rev. Hugh l.. Elderdicc of
loc0moke CITY, the former pastor of
broadway Church. Baltimore was elected
To inc stGretaryShp. Revs. i. A. Dunn
anu Bartlett Il, James were appointed Us
Slstant secretaries Rev Franz, +, BENSON.
who was first assistant to Mr. Coulbourne,
declined rcaPpG!Itmcnt the work reqriir-
ihg too much Of his time,
PRESIDENT KtN2ERs REPORT.
In his annual report President Kinzer
reviewed tIlg condition Of the conference
ana the work Of the year. lii lunc Il new
church was organized at Fairvicw. in the
extreme western section Of Baltimore.
lheE wuFslippCd in Il tent during the sum.
mer but Hayn now built c0nf0rtable
church. The work steadily grows, ana the
iie!d Is Il promising one. \ new church
las been organized in connection With
Newark station. they have a good rrop,
city and are well located for Successful
misslph work. New fields have been
entered churches organized and houses ot
worship projected IN many parts OF the
dlstrlct, hut they are included in the old
charges and will Ne reported by the pas.
tors. The reports from pastors show an
aggregate Of about 800 conversions
during the year and nearly sjU.OgO raised
lof church and parsonage Improvements.
THE STEWARDS.
Rev. u. w Austnc was elected confer.
enGG steward and appointed Rev. &. II.
Pay his assistant, lteY. Il. r. lfuitt was
elected home mission steward, Rev. j, NJ,
sheridan, Snperannuatui fund steward;
Rev W II. Stunl, general home mission
steward {, ,. Arnctt educational steward,
and v, ;. Phillips, foreign mission stew
Rev. Or. ]. IL. Murray Of l,nion Bridge
preached the conference sermon, and bv
q9thg SO celebrated his SON year i'll the
ministry.
~ night the sacramCNtal and memorial
service Sas held.
NEUROLOGY.
Rut oro rroacLor pa, t,tt.-., r.,
dIirin,,tGr JsHr iii ,,,,,r tt'H'
IIr IL f,,tos ~'''V't wa i'"u "
Koy IA II -,,,b,rIarl o,,,,,,,,,y,i ~.
Jr'tl, Il, I,i,.ioH,s'iS' ."i," "'ti !, tle
Brown, a colorei PREACHER wbn w,s nnrn
4 member Of the conference and who or.
gauled the Culured Mission Conference In
1OGth arolina. 4 collection was taken mn
for the erection Of a tablet 10 hin mcrlnrt,
IN his church III Charleston
l'rcsIdentk in1gr announced Tho standing
committees.
lAuEEl. AprilG.-The MARYLAND N.tho.
dist Protestant Conference Xiii ,,id H.,
yvIrc m prnte,t II NrrIL.l,nm tnia,,,ttss
Faribault school p!an, Observation-Disclosures nj
which win Iba r,ihlir .,,I,5rl s,,.t,t', 20
Baltimore bas brpn Gn,,tcm,,I,toa H..
Ijr. l., VI. Bates uastor ~ H. I'M So,
hufch, submitted a serics If rsSsolit I'm.
upun thr matter sI0sfnntiaiIy In sn,,, \.
tl'yza a,.optei nv tho iiiitim6r, G,nf ,r,,,9
Ui the Methodist Episcopal Church at Inn
session last March, in hagersJown The
Sp'tt OF the resolutions met with the
hearty approval Of tine Conference. but
they were referred IL tie committee Oh
education, Considerable debate was hal,
hll y WIS very much nnesilcI, no one
NpGakihg against their spirit.
me resolutions Endorsed the action OF
me IaluIuore Methodist Episcopal Con
ference IN opposing the Faribumlt srhem,
[ ana sIIu 90 lie Holman CAT. tlip llIrpI