Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-03-02
A BIG NETHODlSTIC EVENT
Twenty. fifth Annual Session
of Wilmington Conference.
A QUIET TIME ANTICIPATED
Sketch of Bishop Merrill, Who
Will Preside.
A Partial Programme of tho Anniver-
sarics--The Examining Committees and
the Triers of Appeals--Pastors Requested
to Return and Ministers Invited To New
PastUrutes.


to Return and Ministers invited to New
PastOrates.
The 25th annual session Of Wilmington
NJ. Il. Conference will be held ut Middle
town. 1t will begin week from Wcdnes-
day and continue about u week liishop
stephen Mason Merrill Of Chicago who
will preside was born in Jefferson county
Ohio September 18th, 1925. lie entered
Ohio Conference, Methodist Episcopal
Church, in 1864, as a travelling preacher
and became editor Of the Western thriStjdt
.id"orGtc in 1868. lie was consccratGd
bishop in 1872. Ohio Wesleyan lmiver-
sity gave him the degree Of y. u, in 1868,
D. il 1896. His publications include
'Christian Baptism "Ncw Testament
Idea of Hell, SECOND Coming OF Christ
ASPECTS Of Christian Experience" "Di-
gest Of Methodist Law and "Ouilines of
Thought on Probation" lie has presided
over Wilmington Conference, at the SEES.
sion held at Snow Hill eight years ago,
bers.
The committee Of arrangements is com.
posed Of Presiding Elder Alfred Smith of
Easton district and the Revs. y. NJ.
Browne and II. S. Thompson, respectively
of Middletown and Odessa.
There will be business meetings in the
morning and anniversary celebrations in
the afternoon ami evening. Most of the
business will be of II routine nature, and
the session Will be comparatively quiet
The sensational features which character
lied the last session will be lacking. The
| programme of anniversaries has not been
completed. The Educational Society will
| have its anniversary the evening preceding
! the opening Of conference, and tile Rev. j.
- lar
| the session There will he anniversaries and
| other services, as follows Wednesday
| evening, March 10th, Church Extension
| Society, the Rev. A. ]. kynett, u. d., rep
| resentative Thursday afternoon, March
| 10th WOmans Foreign Missionary So
| elety; Thursday evening, missionary, the
| Rev. e. &. McCahc, speaker; Friday
| afternoon, March 18th, Wuman's Home
| Missionary Society; Friday evening, Ep-
worth League. the Rev. u. A. Jordan ID.
| d., speaker; saturday afternoon, March
| 18th, Historical Society, the Rev. Is. +.
! Price representatives saturday evening,
| Freedman's Aid and southern Educational
Society, the Rcy. John W. Hamilton, u.
| d., representative; Sunday afternoon,
March 18Th, temperance; sunday evening,
the veterans the Rev, j, Benson lIamil.
ton, ID. d., representative; Monday after
| noon, March 10Th memorial service; Mon
day evening Sunday-sChool Union and
| Tract Society. A train for Wilmington
will leave Middletown at the conclusion OF
the Epworth League anniversary. SiS
| members of the conference have died since
the last sessiun-the Revs. Charles y. Hill
James l.. Houston, Alfred +. Melvin
Alfred \. Fisher, William II. Grcgg anC
Joseph Robinson.
The examining committees will be com
posed as follows:
Admission on trial-C. T. Wyatt, Vaughn
5. Collins, W. Il. Avery and ". +. Comp
ton,
First year--Adam Stengle, J. T. Var
Bnrkalow, Ralph 2. Coursey and L. +
Corkran
second year-E. L. White, w. II. Gregg
=: 5. Mace, II. ). Thompson and |. L
Third year--w. w. W. Wilson, J. Z
OTIS, Robert Watt, W. I. Valiant and J
W. Easley.
Fourth year.. o. sypherd, W. A
Wise, I. \, II. O'Bricn, 4. Z. Atkins an,
q. w. Burke.
Local Dcacons orders-T. n. Given
Il. X. Stephenson, |. q. Fosnocht, j. II
Howard and II, 5. Wickline.
Local Elders 0rders-W, &. Rooms
Albert Chandler, Isaac Jewell, h. L
Roberts and /. W. Layield.
The Revs. J. L. Bryan, y. NJ. Browne
+. e.. MacSorley, u. L, Waddell, u. u,
5. j. Norris u. d., and j. o. Sypherd vii
serve rs trierS Of appeals.
From present indications there will bt
comparatively few pastoral changes. 1t i
expected that the Rev. W. w. W. Wilson
will be transferred to the New Jersey Con
ference and the Rev. Mark L. Bowman Il
the Central New York Conference. III
transfer of the Rev. j. Ii. Howard. VIII,
has call from Twenty-fuurth Stree
Church, New York City, is cOnsidere,
doubtful.
The following ministers have been in
vitcd to return to their present charges
John ID. G. Hanna, Asbury Church; 4. /.
Terry, st. paul's John y. Dobbins, Grace
John France, scott Isaac Jewell EpWorth
+. J.. Hubbard, Union; John i. Quigp
Wesley; j. L. Otis, Brlndywinr; f. Bar
grlte short, Harrison Street; u. h. Wad
dell Madeley; II. 5. DuIAney, Kingswuod
William l.. White Goldman; 5. Nj. MOI
gan, Jr., Mt. salem; 4. Il. Martindale, NeY
Castle; J. ii. Howard, Cambridge; Vaughn
>. Collins, Centrcriile, Md; j, W. FoglC
Queenstown; n. II. Nelson, Galena; L, 4
East; ]. +, Bryan, Rising sun, Md; f. {
Atkins, OnanCoCk; Robert Zoe, Roc
Hall; L. +. Roberts, Milton; :. j. Morris
st. MichaGl's, Md; !. NJ. l4indale, King
trcek; W. Il. Mowbray, Bond and Nov
bray; j. W. Easley, ChG.tcrtuwn; Edwin
Gardner, ELK Neck; G.. ). York, Salem an
Zion.
The following have been invited to ne'
charges: q. W. PrettYman, Seaf1rd; Adar
Stcngle, Smyrna; Ralph +. Coursuy. SnuN
llllli Il. X. stephenson, Crisielt, llaryc
w. Ewing, Fort Deposit; Henry C'la
, Turner, Clayton; w. RI Mowbray, Smyrn
Circuit; q. ". liOuads, CheswuId.
Conference will be asked to meet q
? nm FHaElT