The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-03-20
|n|RD EDITION.


Trsceedinss OF Conference.
~ the meeting on Saturday the fol.
wing were admitted to deacon's or
William Hamilton and Charles Nos
Qw Of Wilmington district, John B.
r6erte. Enston, and John p. 0utten,
ILliam j. Itndall and Leon L. Nc
( 1r4n, Dover.
The following were admitted into
~ connectlon: Mark Il, Bowman,
1ury @. Turner, Edwin Gardner,
a. ianGis B. Short, Joseph Ii. Geoghe-
III and George p. Jones.
Tbs committee to whom was re-
}/1tred the memorial OF the quarterly
adherence of the Wesley ~. Il. Church
ii Dover touching the educational
; qualifications for our candidates for
6dmission OH trial In tina conference,
Itpurted as follows:
Whereas. III the ministry OF our
Aurch would preserve its leadership,
fnnnt keep pace with the educational
gross OF the day, aud
Whereas, Many OF our most loyal
men, while recognizing the SUI
me importance OF consecrated
6iekry. feel that the time has come
N0ms advance In the general edu-
lunal qualifications OF the mon who
mister to them. Therefore,
Resolved, That the Wilmington
annual Conference will hereafter adj
No no young man on probation whose
1Qucational attachments are not the
Equivalent OF IN English course In any
NJ our high schools or academies of
\ 1ir grade.
'Hesolved, That tile presiding elders
n ~ Instructed to set this matter tie
fore all quarterly conferences where
n trat rrtt f.rtx,al.H ,.nn
q mendation to this confeienc for ad
nission on trial.
Resolved, That the committee tc
nxamlne candidates for admission on
q trial are instructed to conduct their in
in harmony with this &C
y Non.
Resolved, That no student in an,
sDf the GLASSES who shall fall below al
+ average OF In any single study. or ,
Nj Heueral average of in all studies o
The year. shall be regarded as having
passed a satisfactory examination.
Resolved, That o committee o
three be appointed to. prepare and re
E port at the next session Of the con
ference q plan for tho systematic Ok
Aminatlon OF all the elnsses.'
The resolutions We're discussed a
length, md finally after some sligh
oiterutioiIs were adopted.
Presiding Elder Il. Ii. Adams. of tn
Board oil Stewards, reported that tn
~ xfQliests from the quarterly confer
anccs to the board aggregates SIS 00C
The fund in hand is only $500.
The conference claimant fund wa
discussed, and 1t was argued that thi
0ause should receive especial attentio
during the coming year.
file plan OF collection ls that on,
nd ahptl hn uat n IN ha
70 be known as veterans day when
"a collection shall be taken for the fund
The fund itself is to be divided int
two parts, one known as the annuit
constituting 70 per cent, and the othe
the necesSitous. The claimants
this fund shall consist of the superar
nuated, widows and children under |
years OF age. Each superannuate
minister ls to receive $40 annually fc
zach year or service, widow one ha
that amount and child one.tifth. I
be9Aid pro rata from the annuity fun
.eD1hand, the nece5sitous fund servin
as supplement to the former. Til
eommlttee further urges that oac
minister give at least So each year t
ward the fund.
The anniversary OF the Conferent
Historical Society was held In line a
kernoon with tho Rev. B. L. Price pr
aiding. A history of Methodism in IL
chesapeake district was read by t.
Rev. N. M. Browne, OF Middleton
Addresses were also made by presl
ing elder S. w. Thomas. Rev. DR..
Hargis, and Alexander Virgins,
Philadelphia.
- The anniversary of the Freedman
Id and Southern Education Socle
as held in the evening In the 0pe
ouse. G. L. Townsend, Collector {
10 Port at Wilmington, presided. II
~. eJ..W Hamilton, of New Ior
ccretary OF The society, made the a
&YAress.
An eloquent sermon was preach
Yesterday morning IN Bethesda Chur
by Bishop Merrill, after which JOSEF
II Graham, L. Z. Smoot and Thorn
n. Iabler We're ordained elders a
Edwin Gardner, II. u. Short, j.
Geogheghan, &c rge z. Jones. "
liam Hamilton, Charles Nostrom, Jo
+. Outten, William 4. Lindall n
Levin 4. McLane were ordained d.
cons,