Middletown transcript., 1894-03-24

dist Review, spoke briefly in the interest o
that publication.
The Rev. ]. w. Easey was substituted
for the Rev. Adam Stengle on the Minis
terial Qualification Committee, and the
Rev ]. b. Quigg was added to that com
mittee.
EAsToN DISTRICT.
The Rev, Alfred Smi tn, Presiding Elder
of the Easton district made his annual re,
port There have been two new churches
built one on Cecilton circuit and the other
at Betterton. There have been forty work
ers on the Peninsula and death has not
entered the home of single worker. One
of the new churches cost $4,000 and another
$500, The debt on tile church at Cordova
has been paid and improvements made at
Odessa, Bethel and several other places
and old debts reduced on the parsonages at
Ingleside, Odessa and other places. At
Townsend the debt OH the parsonage has
been paid.
From all information the salaries of pas
tors will fall behind, but viii lie this may be
due largely to hard times it is also due to
lack of business tact The benevolences in
some places have suffered, but this is not
the fault of the ministers Centreville,
Oxford, Cheswold, Galena, Middletown,
Talbot. Hillside, Smyrna circuit, have sur
passed their appointment in collections for
the benevolences. number of places have
increased The ministers have all done
their work nobly.
About 1900 persons have been converted
and 1000 have joined the church. The Ep
worth leagues are doing excellent work.
The state convention gave general impet-
tus to thework. The Woman's Foreign and
Home Missionary societies have done great
work.
The elder had urged the appointment
in the churches of temperance leagues,
but not single one was organized. People
seem to think the movement is behind the
times.
| The presiding elders of Salisbury and
Dover districts were not ready to report
when their names were called and they
will report at same time tomorrow. The
characters of the ministers on their dis
tricts were called and their characters
passed.
The Rev. John Y Dobbns, D. D., pastor
| of Grace NJ E. Church, asked TO lie excused
| from attending conference, and the request
| was granted /,
MEMORIAL EXERCISES.
The Rev. W. f. England read "a .er on
| the life ul Geor=e Barton the opening OF
the memoria. service The Rev. J Quigg
| G. a. Ph.ehG> B. +. Prlce and Harry
| Sunder>on <l'ohe ieeln=ly Of the deceased
This was the only de.th during the year.
a. MIR. Barton died during the last confer
ence year. He was blind for more than
forty years, but his interest in the Gospel
never ceased, and until his health failed
him he always preached regularly:
Ge rye A, Phoebus James Esgate, Henry
Sanderson, James A. Brindle, James Hub
bard, c. J. Hammit, W. w. Redman, Will
liam B. Walton were continued on the
superanuated list.
The committees had their usual calls in
terested and the conference adjourned at
noon.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
This afternoon the anniversary of the
Conference Historical Society was held.
The Rev. B. F. Price, the veteran minister
of the Conference, presided, and the Rev.
w. l.. s. Murray. the Rev. Charles A. Hill
and the Rev. b. F. Price read papers on the
work of the society aid matters of interest
to the socity.
The usual Church extension Society an
niyersary was held this evening. The
church was filled, and, the Rev. j. B. Quigg,
of Wilmington presided. The Rev. w. A.
Spencer, d. D. of New York, made an in
teresting address on the needs OF the church
Extension Society and how the Methodist
Church was extending its work all over the
United States.
Bishop Vincent arrived from Wilmington
this afternoon and will preside at the con-
ference tomorrow morning. The work
will then be pushed rapidly forward and
adjournment will probably be made on
Monday evening or Tuesday morning.
BANQUET AT THE ORIENT.
The graduates of Dickinson College held
a banquet this evening in the Hotel Orienl.
1t was well attended and an enjoyable time
was spent by those present.
REV. J. D. C. HANNA FOR PRESIDING ELDER.
There is aplan on foot to make the Rev.
J. D. c. Hanna presiding elder of Easton
district and to send Presiding Elder Smith
of that district to Asbury in Wilmington
Bishop Fitzgerald will arrive here OIL
Saturday.
FRIDAYS SESSION.
The members of Wilmington NJ. E. Con-
ference were addressed at S15 o'clock this
morning on the order of public worship 10
be observed. The address was followed by
devotional exercises conducted by Bishop
Vincent and lasting half an hour.
Conference convened at 9 o'clock, Bishop
Vincent presiding. In brief address the
bishop explained his detention in reaching
the conference seat. a
The Revs. ]. B. Quigg, W. L: S. Murray
and T. E. Terry were appointed COM
| mlttSe W HOuiHdte lOur Ministerial truS-
tees for Wilmington Conference Academy,
The consideration of the three PROPOSE
tions sent down by the General Conference
\ was made the special ordea for 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning. These propositions
propose to change the constitution so as to
permit lay and ministerial represen-
tation in the General Conference instead of
confining the lay representation to two
delegates from each annual conference; to
change the basis of ministerial representa-
ton from not more than one ministerial re.
preventative for every IA members of an
annual conference, nor less than one for
every As, to not more than one for every
As members, nor less than one for every 60
this being intended to reduce the size of
the General Conference, thpt body having
become so large as to be unweildy; to
change the meeting time of the General
Conference from the first day of may to
the first Wednesday of May.
DIR. Eaton of the Methodist Book Con-