The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-03-21

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Sunday School Union, gave some stats
tics. There are now over $4,000 school
in the Union, 100000 scholars. 3lO0O
officers and teachers. The increase il
1892 was : 730 schools, 6,581 officers an(
teachers. 42,916 scholars.
Rev. j. o. Peck, of the Missionary So
ciety, gave pleasing address.
Rev. Milton Relyea, Presiding Elder o
the Camden District, read his annual re
port.
Bishop Foss, who had just returned
from a missionary visit to Mexico, mex
addressed the conference, and gave soms
very interesting incidents of the confess
in that country between the Government
and the Romish Church, and of the man
ner in which Christian organizations were
protected.
Rev. DR.. Wright of the Boston Cor
respondence School, was the next speak
er.
Rev. DIR. Hanlon moved that DIR. Wright
be invited to appear before the Educa.
tional Society.
The report of Pennington Seminary
was read 1t is in its 54th year, and has
educated at least 10000 persons. About
800 pupils are in attendance now, &c
young men preparing for the ministry
The school property is worth at least
$780, 900, clear of debt. The improve
ments of the last year cost $4,000 and
were all paid for.
The Bishop called the name of Rev. e.
S. Sykes. Rev. w. P. c. Strickland re-
ported that Mr.. Sykes had mysteriously
disappeared, and it was thought he was
suffering from mental alteration. A let
ter was received by his family some time
since purporting to have been sent by the
missing man, and Mr.. Strickland moved
that q committee of inquiry be appointed
| to look into the matter. The following
were appointed J. B. Graw, Charles F.
Downs, James Moore, William s. Barn
art, J.R. Heisler.
Revs. J. B. Graw, A. B. Richardson, ]
II. Payran, d. B. Harris, J. G. Reed. J.
E. Smith, G. c. Maddox, James Moore,
j. s. Heisler. Eli Clifford, Henry Betting.
w. P. Davis and John Handley were APP
pointed to prepare papers in accordance
with the resolutions on the race track
bills.
On Thursday evening the anniversary
of the Church Extension Society was held
in the Methodist Church. Rev. A. j.
Kynett, d. D., made ringing address on
Church Extension work, showing the
great strides in this country and in foreign
countries.
The anniversary of the Epworth League
was also held on Thursday evening in the
Baptist Church, which was addressed by
the Hon. w. II. Beach and others.
Friday was the third day of the Confer
ence. The business session opened
promptly but the session was devoted
chiefly to the reading of the reports OF
Presiding Elders and to addresses by Wis
itors The speakers were DR.. ]. 81.
Knowles, of the Foreign Missionary So
ciety; Rev. E. A. Schell, General Secre-
tary of the Epworth League; Mrs. Clinton
B. Fisk, of the Women's Home Mission
airy Society, and Mrs. ]. H. Knowles, OF
the Women's Foreign Missionary Society.
Rev. s. E. Post offered his resignation
as Treasurer of the Education Society,
which Office he had held for 80 years. A
unanimous vote of thanks was rendered
Mr.. Post. Rev. W. F. Herr was elected to
the position.
The Freedmen's Aid Society, Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society and the Con-
ference Educational Society held their
anniversaries on Friday evening.
On Saturday morning the first business
was the presentation of resolution of
thanks to w. II. Skirm and Rev. G. C.
Maddox for their successful efforts in Sc
curing legislation of benefit to the church.
During the next year, Revs S. E. Post,
Robert Given, A. E. Ballard, George
Hughes and Elwood H. Stokes will have
attained to the semi-centennial anniver-
sary of their entrance TO the ministry.
As it would be impossible for each to
preach a sermon at the next Conference,
it was resolved that Revs. A. B. Richard
son, S. s. Weatherby and George l.. Dob
bins be appointed committee to prepare
meeting for the next conference to be
designated 1.-THE Veterans Meeting," and
to arrange suitable programme.
The candidates for Deacon's orders as
local preachers were then called to the
altar. They were John F. Lowden, Sam
uel C. johnson, William Adams, Elias
Watts, Edward McFaul and Robert I.
Chippenfeld.
Fergus Slater and I'll. b. Wright were
admitted to elders orders
Joseph F. Shaw, Sherman G. Pitt, Jas.
H. Batten, Steadman Applegate, Joseph
L. Surtees and Spencer Moore answered
to the question, "Who are admitted into
full connection ?"
A. Ledden Iszard, James L. Howard,
Melville E. Snyder, George F. Illman and
George P. Howard were elected to Elders
orders.
The Bishop addressed the candidates in
feeling manner, giving them much good
advice, and warning them of the trials to
which they would be subjected.
Addresses were then delivered by Rev.
J. w. Hamilton, and Rev. Mr.. Hill, ofthe
Freedmen's And Society and Rev. George
E. Reed, President of Dickinson College.
The committee that had been instruct
ed to investigate the character of Rev.
George S. Sykes reported that he had
left his charge and his family in sudden,
mysterious and suspicious manner, and
they recommended that committee of 10
be appointed to try the charges that &C
companied the report The Bishop said
he would announce the committee on
Monday.
The committee on race track legislation
presented set of resolutions, denouncing
the ubiquitous work of the last Legisla-
ture, and pledging the members of this
conference to do all in their power to pre-
vent the election of any man who would
not promise to repeal the bills, and would
also exert their utmost endeavors to de-
feat any man who would not thus pledge
himself. The resolutions provided for an
indignation meeting to be held in the af-
terno0n.
An amendment was offered, compli
menting Governor Werts for vetoing
the bills, but DR.. Graw said, in view of
all the circumstances he thought this
amendment should be tabled, and it was
so done.
In response to the above resolution a
meeting was held ON Saturday afternoon,
and a large audience was present. Rev.
B. g. Lippincott, ST., presided.
Mr.. Lippincott said someone is respon-
sible for the placing of the gambling men
in the Legislature, and he thinks the re-
sponsibillty tests with the church people.
He votes as he prays and he always prays
right.
DIR. J. E. Smith, of the State Street
Church, Trenton, was the first speaker.
He SAID it is hopeful and gratifying sign
to see the people uprising against the men
who have forgotten their manhood so far
as to bend obedience to all that is low and
degrading. He wished to put himself
straight before proceeding. He is from
the South. The people of the North are
somewhat conservative. They will stamp
falsehood as mot exactly So" The
Southern man will call it IAN unmitigated
lie." He was very sorry that the men
who had misrepresented the State were
not present to hear his plain Anglo-Saxon
language To say their conduct was mean
was to employ weak language; to say it
was diabolical was not sufficiently strong
to brand their devilish conduct. Law
should be for the purpose of the ennoble-
ment and not for the degradation OF our
kind. When this power of the state Is
used for overthrowing all innocence and
virtue, the vocabulary OF the English
language is utterly insufficient for its de-
nunciation. He defied anybody to search
the pages of history and find parallel
with this race track legislation.