Evening journal., 1895-03-23

Ahey rear Anht numerous Changes VIII
BE Made in the Assignment OF Charges
Rev. w. l.. white Passes Examination
with High Average DR.. Wood to Gc
to STiddietown.
staff Correspondence Evening Journal.
SMYRNA. March 23 To- day every
thing must be done In hurry by the
Wilmington Conference as the bishops
cabinet is behind with It's work Of making
out the list Of appointments and business
must assume an ante Sunday rush
There is very little time after the "bie
Sunday services before the adjournment
of conference on Tuesday, when The
appointments Of the Peninsula ministers
will be read by Bishop Hurst
Tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock the
celebrated conference love feast will be
conducted by Rev 7. r. Terry and the
church will doubtless be crowded at this
service In consequences Of the spiritual
feeling awakened by Evangelist Keen.
Bishop J + Hurst will preach the ser.
mon at 10 80 a m, and this will be
followed by the ordination OF deacons.
The elders will be ordained as . o'clock
in the afternoon. Evangelist Keen
finishes up the day,
The Duties ofa Pastor.
During yesterdays business session rs
quests FOR the transfer Of Revs w w.
Chairs. Of Willlston, Md, and Newton
McQaay, Of Sharptown, Md, from Of
tective TO supernumerary relations were
referred to the board of stewards.
When the question Of admitting candi
dates Into full mem bership in the ministry
with elders orders was arrived at, il
was recommended that Rev George w.
Bounds be continued and there was a
lively debate over his case These candi
dates we're finally admitted as full
members H. A. G Weeterfeld, JohniP
Outten, Clarence w Strickland. William
l. White, w Il. d Loller, O. w. Devin.
ish and NJ H Benford Bishop Hurst
addressed the candidates In an impressive
manner. He dwelt specifically upon the
duties OF a pastor, giving some OF fhe
older members very valuable pointers on
this line He said pastoral visit should
be made systematically and regularly.
That II should last twenty minutes. at
least, during which time the practitioners
would contide Ia the pastor to get snirit-
ual and Christian advice. A suitable
hymn or scriptural passage should be
read and prayer should close the visit.
An address was delivered by Rev. DR..
J. NJ Buckley, editor Of the Christian
Advocate Addresses were also made by
DR.. w. A. Wright. OF Boston, and Dir.
Aaron Rittenhouse, Of the Philadelphia
NJ Hospital
The pastoral relations Of w. p.
Townsend were discontinued at his
request The following we're continued
In supernumerary relations: A. I. Scott.
w + Talbot, John B Merritt, 4. E
Bell, w. Z England, W. Poole, j w.
Hammersey, George w. Wilcox, John
I'd Rigg. w. l. P. Bowen and Thomas
Fl Haynes.
They Stole March on EN-.
Although the Peninsula Methodist q
pictures are spoiled by a paragraph OF
sarcasm where Presiding Elder Wilbur
F. Corkran's picture ought to appear In
the bishops cabinet, the hustling domi-
nies who are conducting the Conference
Herald In Wilmington have determined
to spoil nothing about their souvenir
number to-day, and to manifest no such
biased spirit as controls DR.. Thomas 8
writings.
They have DR.. CoIkran's picture and a
good one 1t is For fifteen years the
Salisbury presiding elder has never
looked into a camera until the Herald
hustlers got after him and he had to sit
especially for them.
Some Very Probable Changes.
Rev. Isaac L Wood, d d., who was
refused transfer to the Pennsylvania
Conference, will be sent TO Middletown
accoI ding to the present arrangement
Rev. W. L. White, who was at first
slated for Wesley Church, Wilmington,
is now down for Federal sburg, Md Mr.
Whites only objection to going down the
Peninsula lis that his two boys are ad-
vanced students in the Wilmington High
School.
There is little doubt that Rev. ]. d.
Locates will be assigned TO MRdelsy y
Church to succeed DR.. Waddell.
Rev r l Watkins will surely leave
Odessa and DR.. s. ]. Morris, Of Lewes.
will probably succeed him
There Is some talk OF Rev. l. w. Lay
field not returning TO Epworth Church
because of physical inability to wrestle
with the burdensoms debt Of $40. 900
there.
Looking After New Pastors.
William r Finn. is here from Newport.
urging upon the cabinet the appointment
Of Rev julius Dodd to Newport.
James Nj Wise, Jr, Is hers from New
Castle, and will look after the interests OF
that city, which wants the return Of Rev.
v. s. Collins.
0nRncock., Va has a hustling repre-
sentative here in Rev. Edward Wlnder, a
local preacher deeply interested in the
welfare Of this Eastern Shore charge.
c. w. Johnson, represents the church
at Lewes, which wants Rev. Henry S.
Dulany, formerly of Kingswood Church,
Wilmington, and they intend to have this
minister, Notwithstanding the smashed
states" that we're talked Of last night.
Isaac N. Hearn, OF Wicomico county,
Md, Is here looking after the propects
for Whitesville charge.
Colonel Mulligan came all the way
down from Elkton, to press the claim OF
that church for Rev. Alpheus 8
Mowbray.
conference Notes.
DR.. Cooper, Of Cam den, arrived last
night Crls6eld also has a delegate here
President George e. Reed Is In towu
and was introduced to the conference. He
is the head of Dickinson College, where I
large majority Of the Peninsula ministers
II.