The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-04-23
THE METHODIST BRETHREN.
Saturdays Business-A Resolution on Sec
tarianism-Illness of Rev. DR.. Randall.

Invested funds, Sl4,349 1s; interest, S705o9;
disbursements, East Maine conference S44,
home missions $780, stewards of Maine con-
ference $56S.10.
The board of stewards reported receipts
for superannuated preachers and widows
| $4,304.55, from the following sources:
Chartered fund, $685. Book concern, SS04;
Wesleyan association, $3O1.75; conference
trustees, S56S.10; Preachers Aid Society,
$500; circuit and stations, S1,S0O.70; appro-
priations made to superannuated preachers,
$2S12; widows, $1640.
The committee on relations of the editor
of Zion's Herald reported that,while deplor-
ing certain ambiguous statements in that
paper, which the editor himself regrets,
they do not find him guilty of heresy. The
report is signed by four of the committee.
Rev. Charles Munger of the committee pro-
tested against the report.
The following was adopted as a substitute
for the report:
Resolved, that we accept the apology. of
DR.. Parkhurst for any unfortunate utter
ances in the lions Herald. s.
The committee on marriage relations re-
ported taking strong grounds in favor of
their sacredness and against divorce, except
upon scriptural grounds.
A resolve was adopted providing that
members of classes failing to attend the
December meeting of the Itinerant Institute
shall not be advanced, unless the excuse for
absence be satisfactory.
:, The Committee on education reported
urging the Importance Of sustaining
the educational institutions of the de-
nomination, the Maine Wesleyan Seminary,
the Wesleyan University Of Connecticut
and the Boston Theological school.
DIR. Gallagher of Kent's Hill, Rev..H.
Hewett and H. H. Shaw of Portland adj
dressed the conference effectively on this
subject.
resolution for the division of the con-
ference into two instead of three districts
was referred to committee, to be made up
of one preacher and one lay member from
each of the three districts, to report next
| year.
| The relations of g. A. Southland were
| changed from supernumerary to active,
| James NJ. Woodbury. from effective to super
numerary. W. II. Foster from supernumer-
airy to superannuated.
| This afternoon reports of committees
were made and adopted on observance of
| the Sabbath, Bible cause, church extension,
| Methodist literature, Epworth league,
| Freedman's aid state of the church, and
publication of the minutes. The treasurer
of the Conference Missionary Society re-
| ported that the receipts of the year were:
From Warren fund, S435; Augusta district,
| Sl503; Lewiston district, $3.50; Portland dis
| trict, $2750.
Rev. e. o. Thayer and W. FL. Miles were
reported delegates to visit the Wesleyan
| University; Rev. A. A. Lewis and Ill. ii.
| Shaw, alternates. The statistical secretary
reported that there are members in full
| 1854 (an increase of 122); probationers.
! 1890 ian increase of 352); local preachers, 4S
| increase y; churches JAP increase q;
value of churches, $627, 100; parsonages, rs,
value S115,33O Sunday schools, 154; scholars;
IL, ,4sO; benevolent: collections, $l4,S35 (an
| increase from last year of $1719); for minis
terial support, conference claimants, sun
| day schools and expenses of churches S13,554
| decrease from last year of S329S).
Rev l. Luce was appointed railroad
secretary, N. G. Clifford tract agent.
G. o. Thayer, E. S. Adams and G. D.
! Allen were appointed committee to formu-
| late plan for the better support of super
| animated local preachers and report to the
next conference.
The aged Rev. D. B. Randall had an at
tack of hemorrhage yesterday and left for
passed resolutions of sympathy for him.
| The next conference will be held at Saco.
| The appointments will be made and the
| conference will adjourn early Monday morn
| ing.
! The committee on American institutions,
! by Rev. Matt Hughes, reported the follow
| ing resolves which were adopted:
That we regard the common schools as an
| Indispensable institution, upon which
depends the general diffusion of intelligence
| necessary to qualify our people for self
government; that we denounce efforts now
| being made to weaken and demorallZe our
! common school system; that we rally to
| its support in every way possible; that we
heartily favor the proposed amendment to
| the state constitution forbidding the appro-
| priation of state funds to sectarian purposes
| and Institutions; that we most heartily in
| dorsesthe state ofMaineSoclety for theprotec-
! tion ofAmerican institutions and recommend
our people to identify themselves with its
| principles and organization.
| The Woman's Home Missionary Society of
| the Maine conference elected these officers
| for the ensuing year: Mrs. Matt S. Hughes,
| president; Mrs. G. F. Parsons, recording
secretary; Mrs. G. r. Palmer, correspond
| ing secretary; Mrs. c. J. Clark, secretary of
| Portland district; Mrs. E. o. Thayer, secre-
| tary of Lewiston district; Mrs. G. W..
! Gallagher, secretary of Augusta district;
| Mrs I. Luce, treasurer; Miss Isabel Allen.
agent of supplies; Mrs. Matt S. Hughes,
delegate to the annual meeting; Mrs. I.
Luce, alternate.
Sunday Services
Skowhegan, April 22.--Heavy rain pre-
vailed today at intervals, and the services of
| the Methodist conference were held in
| Coburn hall only in the morning afternoon
and evening. In the morning the hall was
crowded, the audience being estimated at
| over fifteen hundred. A love feast was
held from nine to ten-thirty, at which one
hundred spoke Then followed prayer by
| Rev. G.. D. Lindsay, scripture lesson. Rev.
| A. Church, and the sermon by Rev. G. G.
| McCabe of New York.
| In the afternoon the ordination of G.. A.
| Brooks, as deacon, and B. T. Pickett. W.
H. Gowell and G.. 1. Low as elders, was con-
| Quoted by Bishop Foss, but he was physical
| ly unable to preach, and the sermon was by
the Rev. DR.. S. A. Keen.
In the evening there were a song service,
sermon and evangelistic service led by DR..
Keen. The collections for conference claim
ants were $l35.