Evening star., 1895-04-03
LATE NEWS BY WIRE
Maryland Conference Of the Metho-
dist Protestant Church.
CALLED TO ORDER At ALEXANDRIA
Appointment Of the Standing Com
mittees.
THIS MORNINGS SESSION

ALEXANDRIA, Va. April 3.-The sixty
seventh annual session of the Maryland
conference of the Methodist Protestant
Church convened In this city this morning,
with about 200 ministers and delegates in
attendance. and more are expected during
the week. The conference was called to
order at 8 o'clock by President J. D. Kin
ger. The death roll, composed of members
Of the ministry who had died since the last
conference, was read. The roll call showed
about two-thirds of the members of con-
ference present.
During the morning special committee
composed Of Revs. L. w. Bates, ]. ]. Muir.
ray and ]. F. Benson and Messrs. John
Mason, Joshua Warfield and Garen Spence
were appointed to look into a matter re-
fectiEg on the character and standing OF
a member Of the conference, whose name
was not made public.
The following standing committees were
aI.nounoe ed by the president:
Finance-Wm- Poisel. w. ]. Neepier. Ed
ward Reisler, T. NJ. Bartlett, J. W. Cox.
Itinerary and orders. church extension
8. A. L. Melvin, j. NJ. Gill, G. W. Had
daway. H. T. Mason, l.. H. Licates, Frank
Menshaw.
Pulpit service-F. T. Benson, NJ r. Gra-
ham. j. w. Norris.
superannuates-F. T. Little. A. W.
Mather, G. w. Austine Garen Spence.
SamI Veumont. ]. D. Cathell
LiteratursEH: c: Cushing. J. T. Lassell.
L. Il. Dyott. M. B. Usilton. ]. A. Smith.
J. A. Il. Cunningham.
Sabbath schools-G. W. Coe, G. R. Nc
Cready, B. F. Truett. ]. ]. Fooks J. o.
Phillips, T. 8. Smith
Bachus. 1. L. Morrow, w. H. Radcliffe,
John Maconner.
Benevolent agencies-J. E. T. Ewell, ]. B.
Jones, A. d. Dick. Griffith Thomas, W.
Fraternal relations. L. W. Bates, R. B..
Lewis, ]. M. Sheridan, J. s. Scarborough,
]. H. Elliott.
Official character, s. A. Hoblitzeu, s, F.
Carson. Avery Conovan, ]. r. Ferguson,
Joseph Englar.
Statistics. H.w Dickinson. Edwin Sinclair.
Education, 3. F. Benson, J. l.. Green
feld, F. T. Tagg, j. N. Warfield, John III.
Baker.
Foreign missions. F. c. Klein. T. E.
Coulbourne. J. McLain Brown, W. w.
Smith, James T. Clark. Caleb Freeland.
Presidents report, J. L. Elderdice, J. T.
Bowers, F. M. Warner.
Sabbath observance. ]. W. Charlton, F.
II. Mullineux, ]. E Nicholson. G. w. Tay-
lor. A. W. Ewen, B. F. Buck.
Credentials-J. E. Mallory, W. E. Thomp-
son, o. NJ. Ong.
General home missions-R. s. Rowe, B..
W. kindley. e. c. Ford. T. G. Poist.
Christian Endeavor work-T. o. Grouse,
b. 8. DUNN, L. F. Warner, John Mason,
b. F. Haynes, ]. 4. Anders.
Publication of minutes-The secretary Of
the conference.
Missionary Service.
1t was resolved that the sessions of the
conference should be held from am. to
1920 o'clock noon and from $50 pm at
will. A recess was taken at IL O'Clock for
a missionary service, which was conducted
by Rev. s. R. Murray, DID,, who preached
an eloquent sermon on foreign missions.
taking as his text the 18th Psalm, 10th
verse: BE still and know that I am God.
will be exalted among the heathens; I
will be exalted in the earth"
A meeting of the trustees of the college
was held in the Sunday school room at 1
o'clock.
When the session was resumed at 3
o'clock the election of president to serve
FOR three years was taken up.
The other officers will be elected tonight.
Holy communion will be celebrated, after
which the memorial services will be held.
and obituary notices Of members of the
conference who have died since the last
session will be read.