Evening journal., 1895-03-25
PEOPLE TURNED AWAY.
Not Enough Room In Smyrna
Churches and Hotels.
coEFsRBEoE DRAWING TO A CLOSE

Next Conference at Scott Church, Will
mInston.
STAFF Correspondence Evening Journal.
SMYRNA, March 25 Yesterday was
one OF the biggest Gays in the history OF
Smyrna and hundreds OF people from the
surrounding country and distant cities
and towns were visitors here beside the
200 members OF the w lmipgton NJ z
Conference who are In attendance here
at the twenty seventh annual session
For four hours In the morning the
spacious Asbury Church was crowded to
the doors aud this state of affairs again
occurred at the afternoon pentecostal
service, but the evening was positively
beyond all expectations, This service
had been announced for o'clock but the
people had so completely packed the
auditorium by o'clock that Evangelist
Keen began the service then, one hour
earlier than the time as arranged For
the remainder of the evening the people
were turned away from church by the
score, even the country people who had
driven many miles to hear ths conference
services
Arrangements had been completed to
have Chaplain MeCabs hold forth 10 the
Opera House, aud thus the overflow
congregation from the church could have
been royalty entertained. But this plan
was ruined by a telegram which the
chaplain received on Saturday night.
ust before retiring The message called
him away from Smyrna, aud he left on
the New Yorg express from Clsyto at
3 06 m yesterday.
Other services were held, however, and
largely attended. Rev. Robert Watt
preached the morning sermon at the
Presbyterian Church, and In the evening
Rev George R Neese was the preacher
Rev. A. D Davis preached at Bethel A
iM r Church's morning service, and
Rev Moses Bullock held forth there in
the evening At Centennial NJ E Church
Gcolored) Rev George L Hsrdesty and
Rev W. a s. Williams were the preach
ers.
DIR. bTcoabe's Ringing Exercises
| Chaplain McCabe. IN lugh his hair and
| whiskers are whitening, has lost none OF
his old time vigor aud wonderful force in
addressing an American audience he
conducted the missionary society annl-
versary on Sc uidAy evening snd l.
was a rousng service DR.. MeCabe had
his 500 hearers singing In one ch rus and
waving their singing books aud hand
kerchiefs Ia his talk on ihs missionary
work Of the Methodist Episcopal society
he told OF the great binding they NJ,
erecting Ia Rome which will be one Of
the most imposing structures of al
Europe And 1t Is all being built BY
Methodists But, best Of all, handsome
apartments were being fitted up IN th'
building for the American legation oi
To 4 -
would Hat over the gothic structure
Sometimes" the chsplgin said, 'my
soul gets so brimful and mixed up that
don't know whether 1t is religion Of
patriotism that moves me
Mr. McCabe told of the conversion OF
1T. d. Collins, the owner of an Iowar
lumber camp, through the mlnistering o.
an old preacher, John Hicks whom
nobody would have as their pastor HickI
was sent as q missionary into this lawles
lumber camp and he turned the entir'
gambling and licked place into a revlvs
meeting, converting all hands, from th'
ownsr down There are no labor trouble
there now The workingmen are honest
the employer Is honest and all ar
satisfied Since his conversion Mr
Collins had given thousands Of dollars t
carry on missionary work. DR. McCab
had his check then for SO 900 for the neV
building at Rome, for which $40. 600
still needed
Some Scenes at the Love-feast.
Rev Thomas e Terry, OF Wilmington
conducted the old Methodist love feas
at o'clock yesterday morning and tn
sight Of those 600 people packed in th
church and galleries, singing snd shou
ing, was one long to be remembered
Mr.. Terry called for one testimony frol
all in the house who had been In til
church for fifty years or longer, al
twenty light people Immediately aros
He then asked all to stand who had bes
converted before the age Of twenty-fv
and all but about twenty eight stood.
The Bishop was Too Deep.
Bishop John F Hurst, the presidlr
officer. is q great scholar and linguist
) world wild Q fame, but he cannot stir II
: hearts of big Delaware congregation
2 2 Methodists who felt in a humor
n shout at least the bishop did not do
Z yesterday morning in his big SUNDAY
! sermon He preached for over an hol
) and delivered an eloquent discourse b
even some OF the ministers could M
= appreciate 1t and nodded of Just Ill
ss their own parishioners do when tn
y become too dry In the pulpit
y Bishop Hurst's text was from Z
Is seventeenth chapter Of Acts; THAT tn
should seek the Lord II hsply th
might feel after him and fiud hi
though he be not far from any one
" us.
le DR.. Keen's Services Dtd It.
The pentecostal services conducted
el Rev s Keen d D Of Cinclnna
~ have warmed up the ministers for resiv
work in their various churches and u
We better feeling among each other The
OF have always been two factions al
40 strained relations To-day, IL is sai
N many "Wilson men" and their an
vs. Wilson opponents have really and trr
N. buried the hatchet" and even Edil
:. Thomas and Editor Hanna met at {
Il. chRneel and shook hands and embraC
each other.
~ The Next Conference.
There is much conjecture over
ar question Where shall the next e.
sS sS ference be held?' which must be deci
he to morrow by vote of the conference N,
re years will be the qusdrennlsl conferei
1t which every church sends one rep
% | sentative This makes over 400 minist