Evening journal., 1894-03-24


the Sessions ofTo-day and Yesterday in
the Maryland Town.
Special dispatch to Evening journal.
SALISBURY, Md, March 2l-Bishop
Fitzgerald. fresh and smiling stepped
into the pulpit after devotional exercises
this morning and took Bishop Viuoents
place ia the chair. The junior
bishop of the NJ E. Church had
arrived last evening and hurried to the
assistance Of the suffering but faithful
Bishop Vincent The latter remained in
the parsonage nearly all the morning
only coming in once or twice to advise
with Bishop Fitzgerald.
Dr. e ]. Palmer, OF st. Pauls, New
York, spoke at some length for an in
creased apportionment for the general
conference which meets in Cleveland in
May, 1896
Young Preachers Advanced.
The Conference Committee on Exam
nations submitted their reports and,
as result, H. C. Turner, F. B.
Short. J. w. Fogle, Aloycius
Green, H. NJ Bowman and ]. T.
Cross. who had passed their third year
examinations with honors, were advanced
TO the fourth year. Messrs. Jones
aud Brown were continued in the
third year There was hot
discussion over the relations of George
W. Bounds, the former pastor of Dover's
second church, but now pastor OF Cape
Charles City.
PhiladelphiR's Methodist Hospital.
DR.. Rittenhouse, who arrived last
night, was introduced to the conference
and made long address on the good
work of the Methodist Hospital, Phila-
delphia. which he represents. This in
stitution he said, was only twenty-five
months old, but 4 900 patients had been
treated and 80 per ceut. Of them had
been treated free of charge.
Principal W. L Gooding. Of the viii
mington Conference Academy, made an
address following that Of DR.. Ritten-
house.
vinoent's Fine Address.
Eleven candidates for admission into
thethird year class advanced and received
deacon's orders. Bishop Vincent ofici
ated in these exercises and made fine
address to the young preachers before
him.
stan Correspondence Evening Journal.
SALISBURY, March 24-All is hustle
aud business at conference headquarters,
now that Bishop Vincent has taken the
brothers in charge.
He conducted the devotional exercises
himself yesterday morning at $780, and
afterward presided with grace aud dig
| nifty at the business session. He made
| just short Introductory address, in
which he said, in part
The Bishop Talks and Cheers.
''It was to my profound regret that
was not able TO be here at the beginning
of the conference l will let you late
my confidence aud tell you that at the
close of the Kansas Conference there
appeared on the back OF my neck boil
Of which / became very much afraid
But l resolved to come TO the Whining
/
under the care Of prominent physician
who told me that / must be extremely
careful 1 came on to Wilmington t'
fulfill an engagement TO lecture fer thi
benefit of Epworth Church there. AZ
the close l sent for a doctor, who said IL
would be extremely dangerous for me t
60 on
Il had arranged for Bishop Fitzgerald
TO be here to day, in order to assist will
the Sunday services / telegraphed {,
him to come on Immediately, but the
telegram was never received tele-
graphed again yesterday, and Bishop
Fitzgerald will be here with us.
you have been handling the confer
ence alone. Any conference that cannot
handle itself is not to be trusted with
any number of bishops.
Il will tell you that at my own age my
father had a boil Oh the back of bis neck
which resulted in paralysis For fifteer
years he was a trembling paraletic.
felt solicitous enough TO be extremely
careful am thoroughly rested now
and with the help of your patience snC
good linseed poultices, l hope to gel
through"
The bishop extended bis thanks to Rev
n. NJ Browne who has so acceptablj
presided in his absence.
The Conference Academy.
A communication from the trustees oi
Conference Academy next received atten
tion, and when The matter had been dis
cussed, Revs T. 4 Terry, w l. 5
/ Murray and ]. B Quigg were appointed
trustees. The constitutional change
, of this academy will be made he orde
Of the day at 10 o'clock Saturday morn
ing.
After this business was satisfactoril.
disposed OF for the time being, Dr. Jess
l. Hurlbut was introduced to the con
ference. He talked about tracts AM
! Sunday school ideas and methods. ID
said that the great business OF the sun
day school is to read the Bible. and tha
this is a wonderful age for Bible study
Sunday school superintendents AM
teachers now seem to have a desire {
. abandon the international system o
studying the lessons, and try somethin
new. But we have been using the inter
national system for twenty years o
more, aud we would do well 10 stand b
! the system that makes our Sunda