Evening star., 1894-04-04
MARYlANO COM ERENCE
Delegates of the M P. Church Gather at
Congress Street Church.
Reports Received Today and Com
mittees Appointed-The Daily Ses-
sions-List of Those Present.

The Maryland annual conference of the
| Methodist Protestant Church convened in
| its sixty-sxth session at 9 o'clock this morn
| ing at the Congress Street Church, 31st
street between NJ and Streets George
town, and will continue one week.
number of the delegates held in
| formal service last evening, it being opened
with an organ voluntary by Miss Wyvill
Troxell, after which several hymns were
| sung, led by the precentor, Mr.. w. S. Nc
Arthur. Preliminary devotons followed,
| under the conductorship of Rev. c. F. Far
ring Of Baltimore. and then a sermon was
preached by Rev. J. NJ. Yingling, also of
| baltimore. Prayer by the pastor of the
| church, Rev. Walter Graham, and the con-
ference announcements by the president,
Rev. j. ID. kinzer, completed the services of
| the evening.
| TOday's Session.
The business meeting today opened with
devotional exercises, consisting of scripture
reading-Psalms As and II Corinthians iv-
| singing of hymn 265 and prayer. conducted
by President Kinzer. Then S. b. Sutherland
was called to the chair and the president
read his annual report This was followed
! by roll call by the secretary, when 1t was
found that no names needed to be trans
| ferred to the dead roll, which later was
/
| mitted the report of the secretary was re-
| ferred to the committee on finance.
| President Kinzer next made his announce
ment of committees, which were as follows:
The Committees.
Finance-J. w. Charlton, w. NJ. Poisal.
w. w. Smith, B. G. Smith and z. I.
| Clarke.
| Itir erancy and orders faculty of instruc-
tion, boundaries-W. NJ. STRANGER, F. II.
Mullineaux. T. T. Wright, Eli Nicodemus,
Caleb Freeland, Dewitt Fooks and J. W.
Broughton.
Pulpit services-W. R. Graham. David
| Wilson and S. J. Smith.
Home missions-S. d. Melvin, J. NJ. Gill.
s. c. Ohrum, F. l.. Herring, H. 7. Mason
and E. Pennington.
Superannuates-F. T. Little, S. NJ.
Mather, w. ]. Nupier. c. W. Hobbs. Garen
Spence and ]. X. Aldridge.
Literature-H. c. Gushing, b. f. Benson.
]. F. Lass ell, Edward Reisler w. f. King
| and r. f. Maddox.
Sabbath schools-J. L. Bowers. F. T.
Benscn, Dorsey Blake, 7. B. Marche and
j. b. Cunningham.
temperance. L. Straugh, G. Q. Bach
US. G. r. McCready. f. L. Griffith and
| l.. II. Locates.
| B. Jones, A. d. Dick, ]. S. Walsche and
| j. r. Ferguson
Fraternal relations-L. w. Bates, r. L.
Lewis. L. r. Dyott. w. S. Ridgley and ].
Official characters. s. Hobblitzell. S. F.
Cassan, R. S. Williamson, r. S. Nicholson
| and Z. c. Fvard.
Statistics-W. H. D. johnson and w. H.
| Myers.
Education-S. r. Murray, F. T. Tagg,
T. o. Crounse. r. J. Nelson and r. n.
| Faring
| Foreign missions-T H. Lewis, T. F.
Curlbourne, j. NJ. Brown. ]. w. Beall, J.
| ID. Cathell and w. S. Richardson.
Presidents report-J. L. Elderdice. G. w.
Haddaway and j. w. Roberts.
Sabbath observance-S. w. Coe. S. B.
Tridway, ]. w. Morris, S. Copenhaver, G.
w. Taylor and VIM. Kindley.
Credentials-J. E. Maloy, +. H. Herr and
| ]. S. Smith.
| General home missions-R. S. Rowe, ].
E. T. Euell. j. E. Nicholson, L. d. Gordy
and Mahlan Walker.
| Christian Endeavor work.. w. Kirk,
B. p. Truett, L. r. Randall. l.. T Cooper,
c. W. Simpson and F. NJ. Warner.
| Publication of minutes-The secretary Of
| the conferenee.
| Some Business.
| Delegates credentials were referred to
the committee on credentials and confer
! ence hours were fixed at to 80 o'clock
for the morning sessions and to o. clock
for the afternoon sessions. The rear side
of the fourth window was chosen as the
bar of the house l.. w. Bates read a pa
per recommending the adoption of DIR.
| w arQ WnlCn was referred 10
the committee on literature A. j. Walter
received the election as postmaster of the
conference, and Thursday at pm. was
| settled upon as the time to hear and con-
slider the report of the Baltimore Book Di-
I rectory. The report of the parsonage agent
was referred to the committee on finance.
| A paper commencing the kindness of the
late Senator a. H. Colcuitt in caring for
the lamented Alex. Clark at the Executive
| Mansion, when governor of Georgia, and Of
fering coincidence to his bereaved widow,
was offered by S. J. Smith and S. b. Tired
way and was adopted
| The conference sermon was delivered in
the church proper at II o'clock by Rev A.
! ID. Melvin of Westminster, Md, who for an
hour spoke eloQuently on the subject of
missions. AT the conclusion of the service
a recess was taken until o'clock, when
the election of officers was proceeded with.
| The conference communion service will be
held at 7:S0 O'Clock this evening.
| The Delegates.
The delegates attending the conference
are:
Ministers-J. w. Everist, ]. K. Nichols,
j. R. Nichols, l.. W. Bates, ]. Il. Ward, S.
b. Switzerland J. ]. Murray R. S. Norris.
| d. w. Bates, David Wilson, H j. Day, T
D. Valiant Jesse ShIeeve, E. J. Drinkhouse,
w. S. Hammond, J. T. Murray. c. H Lit
tleton. H. C. Cushing. A. d. Dick, w. c.
Holmes, b. F. Benson, w. NJ. Strayer, ].
E. Maloy, j. Z. 7. Ewell. S. A Hoblitzell,
| j. l.. Mills, j. W. Charlton, j. w. Gray, j.
b. Jones, J. d. Kinzer, w. D. Litsinger, r.
S. Rowe, j. NJ Holmes, A. w. Mather. J.
7. Iassell ID. l.. Greenfield, ]. l.. Straughn,
+. I. Tag, w. A Grouse, W. J. Neepier r.
l.. Lewis, A A. Harryman, w. j. Floyd, J.
G. Sullivan, ]. l.. kilgore. Z. r. McGregor,
A. d. Melvin, F. I. Little, S. b. Tredway,
II. o. Grouse, j. NJ. Yingling, w. r. Gra-
ham, w. j. ID. Lucas, q. +. Earring, F. II.
Mullneaux, ]. A. Weigand, A j. Walter.
G.. q. Bacchus, w. w. White, C. S. Arnett
J. NJ. Sheridan, G. j. Smith, S. r. Murray,
I. II. Lewis, J. w. Trout, S. ]. Smith, d.
w. Anstine, F. c. Klein. T. E. Coulbourn,
J. l.. Elderdice, @. r. McCready, w. ii.
Stone, j. S. Bowers. J. w. Balderston, ]. Z.
Nicholson, ]. NJ. Gill; S. F. Cassen, ]. H.
Daugherty. E. o. Ewing, E. A. Warfield,
]. w. Norris, C. H. Day, s. c. Ohrum, J.
w. Kirk, B. w. Kindley, H. l.. Elderdice,
L. L. Benson. L. r. Dyott, Elmer Smp-
son, J. f. Wooden. B. F. Jester, G. d. Ed
monston, E. p Truitt, r. 5. Williamson.
e. H. Vandyke, G.. w. Haddaway, II. W.
d. Johnson, J. H. S. Ewell, G. r. Hodge,
w. S. Phillips. B. A. Dunn, c. E. McCul-
lough, w. NJ. Poisal, II. S. Johnson, Q. L.
Morrow, ]. b. Whaley, Joseph Valiant
Robert X. Lewis, l.. +. Warner, J. w. Par
ris, Avery Donovan, S. w. Coe, Dorsey
Blake, l.. A. Bennett, c. NJ. Cullom, G. II.
| Donaldson, E. S. Fooks Alonzo Green, b.
| B. James, F. H. Lewis, c: X. McCaslin, S.
D. Melvin, L. r. Randall, E. B. Taylor,
j. A. Wright George NJ. Clayton, J. Nc
Lain Brown, George w. Hines, w. B. Jude
field, Eugene c. Makosly, Charles P. Now
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