Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-02

The Conference of the Methodist
Protestant Church will convene in the
M. P. Church in this city tomorrow.
Over two hundred ministers OF that de-
nomination will be in attendance. Every
arrangement for the entertainment OF
them and their friends has been made,
and it is confidently believed that their
visit to Alexandria will be one long to
be remembered. The church in which
the conferences to be held is one ofthe
most interesting in this city, having
numbered in its communion during the
sixty-six years it has stood many of our
most prominent and useful citizens.
The church was organized in April,
1929, in the paror of Thomas Jacobs on
the northwest corner of King and Pitt
streets, or where Mr.. Edgar War6eld,
ir., is now conducting the drug business.
Phres Troop, Benz. Baden, VIM. Lam.
phier, VIM. Wait, Beal Howard, Sam'l
Isaacs, Isaac Buckingham, Thomas
Wilmington and George Jacobs were
the male members, and Mary Wait,
Elizabeth Baden, Mary Troop, Lucinda
Mansfield, Mary Show, Mary Lamphier,
Maria Summers, Sarah 1saacs, Catha-
rine Violet, Harriet Emerson and
Elizabeth Hart were the female mem
bers. A year later the church was
built, and on the 4th Of July, 1881, ded.
icated. The sixtieth anniversary (Apri
"a, 1889, it will be remembered was
happy occasion, Rev. Mr.. Dyott deliv-
ering an able and interesting address,
Astounding in pleasant "reminiscences of
by.gone days. The first building used
for church purposes was small brick
school house Occupied by Miss Bates
situated near the northwest corner OF
Prince and st. Asaph streets, near the
site of the Second Presby terian Church.
The first regular preacher. Rev. VIM.
C. Pool, took charge Of the flock on
June 2, 1929. The corner stone of the
present church was laid by Alexandria
Washington Lodge of Masons March 2,
1880. A few years ago the church was
remodeled and now presents the ap-
pearance given in the picture above.
This will be the sixty-seyenth session
of the conference. The fifty-seventh
was held in this city in 1885. At s
o'clock tonight there will be temper
ance meeting, at which Rev. j. l..
Straughn and Rev. ]. w. Kirk will
speak. To morrow at II a. NJ, a
sermon on foreign missions will be de-
livered by Rev. S. R. Murray, D. D.
On Thursday at Sp. M, the anniversary
of the superanuated fund society, con-
Quoted by Rev. T. II. Lewis, D. d., will
be celebrated. On Friday at s p. NJ,
there will be an anniversary of the
church extension society, conducted by
Rev. S. ]. Smith.
The faculty of instruction met this
morning at 10 o'clock for the examina-
ton of students for the ministry. DIR.
S. B. Switzerland is president of the
faculty and Rev. ]. l.. Mills secretary.
Every student for ministerial orders is
required to attend these lectures and
examinations and also to answer certain
questions. The examinations are, of
course, not public. -
Tonight, as already stated, there will
be temperance meeting.
Among the ministers in attendance
are the following with the names of
their entertainers:
Rev. ]. D. Kinzer, President of the Con-
ference, by Mr.. w. ]. Summers.
Rev. j. L. Mills by Mr.. b. NJ. Hantzmon.
Rev. +. L. Little by Rev. I. Il. Rice.
FIT. Tagg, by Major George Johnston.
DR.. T. Il. Lewis, by Mrs. NJ. G.. Powell.
J.F. Cowan and DR.. Stevens by Nj. j. F.
Alexander.
DR.. S. B. Switzerland, by N S. Greenaway.
DR.. L. w. Bates, by Mr.. ]. S. Douglas.
D. L. Geenfeld and b. J. Heinz by Mr.. G.
Hill.
DR.. Geddes, by Mr.. ]. R. Cation.
DR.. E. J. Drinkhouse, by Rev. 81. Suter.
T. 81. Klein and Il. L. Elderdice, by Mr.
A. D. Brockctt.
L. L. Albright, hy Mr.. G. VIM. Ramsay.
DR.. J. ]. Murray and s. r. Murray, by MIR.
B. Wheat
A. D. Melvin, by Mrs. NJ. ]. Carlin.
w. NJ. Slayer, by Miss Fannie Mason.
Rev. w. Z. Graham, by Mr.. g F. Steiner.
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