The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-12
A SUCCESSFUL YEARS WORK.
Last Meeting Of Wesley Monumental
Church Before the Annual Conference

Last Meeting Of Wesley Monumental
Church Before the Annual Conference.
The last meeting OF the members Of the
| Wesley Monumental church before the
annual conference Of Southern Georgia,
I which meets at Waycross tomorrow. was
I held last night in the lecture room Of the
/ church. A large attendance OF the mem
bership was present. and at the opening
I Of the meeting a stirring address was
made by Ar. r. 3. Reppard, who has taken
a prominent stand IN the church work.
The report OF the secretary. Mr.. W. b.
Fulton. showed that siNty-three members
had been added TO the church during the
year. while ffty-nine have been removed
through death, removals from the city
and other causes. This latter number.
however was the accumulation Of sew
eral years. so that the increase in the
membership for the last year is really
larger than appears from comparison OF
the figures. There are sos names now on
the church roll. twenty-sevcn iGfants
have been baptized, and there have been
eleven marriages and twenty-seven fun
erals within the year OF the number on
the church roll Ia are males and 329 fe-
males
Williams. showed that $500 had been raised
for foreign missions. $50 for home mis-
siOns. $50 for Worn-Out preachers, SIS for
church extension, SIS for bishops, 500 for
education. sll7 on the special educational
fund. so for the Bible society, SIS for the
Abrahams Home, S22L75 for the Orphans
Home, $3.50 for the parsonage fund.
A report in regard TO work in behalf of
this latter fund was made by Mrs. j. K.
=. Carr. The report Of the Womens
Missionary Society showed that it had
raised $3.50 for foreign missions, and the
report of the Juvenile Missionary Soci-
ETY., made by Miss Hattie Saussy showed
that S24 40 had been raised for this purpose
among the younger members of the sun
day school. Rev. Mr.. Williams stated that
1880 had been raised from the congre-
cation for all purposes, that the congre-
gational expenses during the year had
been $4,000, and that all claims had been
paid in full.
Superintendent w. y. Stubs of the
Sunday school reported that the school
had thirty-fOur officers and teachers, and
354 scholars on the roll. He said that the
Sunday school had raised during the year
$40 for all purposes.
Mr.. c. II. Dorsett made a report with
regard TO the condition of the church
property which. he said, was very good
but recommended that the exterior walls
Of the building be succeed as has been
contemplated as soon as the church is
able to have the work done.
Mr.. T. Fl. Maxey reported as to the
class meeting that are held every Sun
day morning. He said that much inter
est had been taken in their work and they
are now well attended.
Mr.. f. +. Folger made a report on the
work Of the Christian Endeavor Soci-
ETY. OF Wesley Monumental church. He
said the society had ffty-seven members,
twenty associate members and ten hon
orary members. He said that the work
was progressing very favorably and sat
isfactorily
AT the last meeting of quarterly con-
ference, which is said to have been one of
the most satisfactory that has been held
in some time, a new constitution was
adopted for the government of the Sun
day school. The following officers were
elected for the year 1896:
Superintendent of the Sunday School-W.
b. Stubs
District Steward-C. H. Dorset.
Recording Steward-C. II. Carson.
Stewards. b. Adams, Lewis A. Mel
son, b. b. AIingledorf. I. Rowland, w. NJ.
Crafts, J. f. Billiard, r. J.. NJ Parks, d.
G. Carson, George NJ. Williams. c. II. Car
son, c. II. Dorsett j. l.. Johnson, c.
Saussy. William Pease, II. A. Ernst, j.
Il. Meldrim and Thomas II. Maxey.
Rev. A. NJ. Williams will leave the city
for Waycross this morning to attend the
annual conference of the Methodist church
in South Georgia. He will tell the con-
ference of a successful years church
work, and he leaves the church for the
conference with all the claims against It
paid in full The year has been most
pleasant one for Rev. Mr.. Williams, as
well as for his congregation and all the
members of it desire his return another
year.