The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12
FIFTH EDITION.
COLORED CONFERENCE,
A short Session this Mornins-The Next
Session VIII be Held In the Bainbridgs
Street Church, Philadelphia.

A short Session this Morning-The Next
Session VIII be Held In the Bainbridss
Street Church, Philadelphia.
Yesterday afternoons session of the
Delaware Conference was devoted to
the reading of statistlos from the vari.
ous ministers. which will be compiled
and made public.
In the evening thore was a miesion.
airy anniversary which was addressed
by the Rev. A. b. Leonard. The ad-
dress was plea for mission work.
The command to 70 to all the world
and preach the gospel was well under.
stood, he said. Jesus said that all
power IN Heaven and earth was given
TO Him. In the revised version the
word authority was used instead of
power. In the original 1t would be
found that the word was ueed In q
way which embraced both power and
authority. 1t was In the power OF
Christ that Missions should be carried
on
The conference opened this morning
at $50 o'clock with u prayer meeting
conducted by I. NJ. Hubbard. but the
business session was not begun until
$50 o'clock.
j. II. Waters presiding, elder of thu
"itHllHE tVh ul5tilSb pIdSGlISu hi1 lo-
port and the names OF the elders were
called and their character passed. The
report was we'll prepared one and
showed progress in the work in this
district not with5tandiug the financial
depression. When the name OF Charles
D. Waters was called Presiding Elder
Waters moved that he he reported as
withdrawn under charges connected
with his not reporting the bsneyo.
lences collected on his charge. The
Bishop stated that II the III oney be TO.
turned there would be no charges.
Tomorrow morning was fixed as
the time for the reception OF candi.
dates into full membership,
Rows. Terry, France, Wnddell How
ard. Dodd and Hammersly were intro
duced to the conference. Presiding
Elder j. c. Toiulinson, of the Washing
ton Conference, Prof. Wagner, OF the
Morgan College at Baltimore. Rev.
Mr. Guy, OF the Union AM. y. Church,
lev. Mr.. Watson, OF tho African n, u.
Church, and Rev. Mr.. Jefferson, OF the
Colored Presbyterian Church were
also Introduced.
ReYs. J. IL. Blake, II. J. johnson and
VIM, s. Brown OF tho fourth year
GLASS were passed In their studies and
elected to elders orders
Tomorrow afternoon was set aside
for memorial service.
The selection of the next place for
the conference session was IN order
and on motion OF Presiding Elder ii.
A, Monroe. OF the Philadelphia dis
trict, the cambridge street Church OF
Philadelphia was recommended. There
were no other motions anu the Phlla-
delphia church was selected
The superannuated class was gone
over. their characters passed ana re-
lations passed. The ministers are
j. q. Denniss ]. W. Saunders Charles
Pullet. Nathan Young, ). p. Whiting.
ton, Henry Norris. W. b. Green. G. W.
Young, Asbury Grinnage, J. W. Brown.
Peter burrows, B. w. Allen, J. Ii.
Riddicks. deceased.
DR.. John Lenahan, OF the Baltlm ore
Methodist Book Depository, addressed
the members Of Conference after ad-
journment.
The changes among the ministers
this veai will be- many. Everything IL
wording smoothly md Il this contln-
ues Bishop Fowler expects to read the
appolntlnents Sunday afternoon.
j. @. Carroll of the Upernumerary
class was continued, and Il collection
taken for his support. 1t amounted
to S27. Conference adjournei at ll.3o
o'clock.