Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-04-06
MARYLAND NJ. P. CONFERENCE,
FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSION.


Upon the assembling of conference
this afternoon several communications
were read, among them being letter
of fraternal greeting from Rev. ]. J..
Ward, D. D., president of Westminster
Theological Seminary.
The committee on Temperance sub
mitted two resolutions, one providing
that it be made standing rule that the
president shall appoint two speakers TO
address temperance anniversary TO
be held during every annual session at
such time as the conference may set
apart. The other provided that each
pastor be requested to preach at least
one temperance sermon at each ap'
pointment during the year.
DR.. Cushing moved that all reference
to the Gothenburg system be stricken
from the report Of the committee.
Rev. Mr.. Tredway, the chairman OF
the committee, spoke against it. He
thought that enough had been stricken
out, and that he, for one, would not
vote for it. Enough compromise had
been made already.
DR.. Drinkhouse moved that all OF the
negations be stricken out. Lost. The
resolutions as a whole were then put
and carried, and the much-debated
question was settled.
The conference then proceeded to Sc
lect place for holding its next session.
Invitations were received from Alnutt
Memorial Church, Baltimore, and
Broadway Church, Baltimore. The
vote stood: Alnutt Memorial, SO;
Broadway, IL. Alnutt Memorial was
officially announced as the noxt place OF
meeting.
The order of the day at three o'clock
was the business meeting of the Super
ANIMATED Fund Society. Rev. W. j..
Neepier, vice president of the society,
took the chair. Rev. ]. T. Lassell was
elected lst vice president, Rev. W. j..
Neepier I'd vice president, and, on mo-
ton of Rev. F. T. Little, Rev. A. w.
Mathers was elected corresponding sec
rotary and Rev. Dorsey Blake record
ing secretary. The following were
elected board of managers of the So
ciety q. ]. Drinkhouse, D. D., F. T.
Tagg. D. D., ]. T. Murray, D. D., John
G. Clarke. J. S. Bowers. G. A. Benja-
min, DR.. ], W. Herring and T. A. Muir
ray. The president of the conference
is president of the society.
DR.. Murray read the annual report
of the society and it was adopted. The
report showed very gratifying condi-
ton of the financial affairs of the So
ciety. The total amount received by
the society from incomes on investments
was S4,351.S5, and from conference
collections 1895 "a, making total OF
81 ,647.49. The thanks of the society
was tended to Mr.. Thomas A. Murray
for the faithful discharge of his duties
as treasurer of the society.
Revs. McCaslin and G. W. Hines
were appointed to collect the moneys
due the societies.
Upon adjournment of the society
F the conference resumed session, with
+ Rev. w. ]. Neepier in the chair. 1t
was made the order of day tomorrow,
Immediately after the reception of can
didates to the MINISTRY, to hear the
visitors to the conference, Rsvs. D. S.
Stephens, D. D., ]. G. Berrien, j. F.
Cowan and Mr.. Geddes.
The relation of Rev. E. A. Warfeld
was transferred from the supernumer-
airy relation to that of the effective.
The usual announcements were
made and at Ais p. m. the session ad-
iourned for the day and was dismissed
with benediction by Rev. DR.. Mills.
FRIDAY NIGHT.
A large and enthusiastic meeting was
held in the Methodist Protestant
Church at night. The occasion was the
annual meeting of the superannuated
fund society. DR.. Lewis presided, and
short addresses were made by several
members of the conference.
The superannuated society of the
church was proposed by Luther j. Cox
at the first session of the conference, in
: 1929. The invested fund now amounts
to about $50 900, and last year 50, 653 20
was received from assessments. There
are now eleven ministers and twenty
five widows aided by the fund. The
average amount paid to ministers last
wear was 1921; to widows S155.
SATURDAY MORNING SESSION.
When the conference was called to
order this morning there was but a
small number of delegates present.
The members came in rapidly, how
ever. and by the time the circuits and
stations had been called most of the
members were in their places.
The report of the committee on Sun
day schools was submitted. 1t recon-
mended
1st. That superintendent and officers
should be careful in the selection of
teachers for Sunday school classes.
2nd. That one evening be set apart
each week for the study of the lesson
by the teachers.
T3rd. That the Sunday school litera-
ture used by the schools in the district
be uniform and that prepared by our
own church.
The order of the day at 10 o'clock
was the reception of candidates into
the itinerancy. President Kinzer ad-
dressed the class in fitting words, in
which he pointed out what the church
expects of it's young men, and the large
field in which they are to take part.
He congratulated them upon being
called to preach the gospel of Christ,
the grandest work committed to men.
The class is as follows:
Messrs. G. A. Norris, A. N. Ward, H.
o. Keane, 81. L. Schlincke, T. II.
Wright, C. E. Dryden, F. L. Stephens,
N. R. McNett and F. Cain.
The faculty of instruction submitted