The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-02
METHODIST CHURCH WORK.
PASTORS AND OFFICERS MAKE
THEIR ANNUAL REPORTS.

The Ministers Now Ready TO Leave
for the south Georgia Conference,
which Meets at Fort VaIIey-Wes-
ley Monumentars Good Showing
for the Year-Trinity's and Mar
WINS Years Reports.
The annual convention OF the South
Georgia conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal church viii be held at Fort Valley,
commencing Wednesday of this week.
The Savannah ministers who viii attend
IL will leave for Fort Valley tonight and
tomorrow night. Rev. A. N. Williams
goes tonight. on account Of the fact that
he has some committee work to do. and
the committees will hold their meetings
tomorrow, prior to the meeting Of the
conference
Bishop John C. Cranberry Of Ashland,
Ma, viii preside al the conference. He is
well known to the ministers in this sec
ton, and they speak of him as an able
man and a graceful presiding officer. He
was also a distinguished chaplain in the
confederate army. There are about 5000
Methodists in the South Georgia confer
ence, and these are ministered to by about
200 preachers, all Of whom have TO attend
the sessions of the conference With
these and the lay delegates there will be
more than 800 in attendance on the meet
ing.
Prior to the departure of the preachers
for the meeting of the conference it is
always customary to have a conference
Sunday at each of the churches at which
the reports Of all the officers for the year
are made, ana the church work for the
year is gone over. Such reports We're
the Methodist churches yesterday.
The meeting at Wesley Monumental
church at which the reports were made
was held yesterday morning. very in
teresting communion service was also held. 4
The report of Rev. A. NJ. Williams, the
pastor, showed there have been forty
nine accessions 10 the church during the
year, and thirty losses, making a net gain
of nineteen members. There are now ga
names on the church roll In connection
with his report Rev. Mr.. Williams stated /
that Wesley Monumental church had al /
ways been very liberal and that its mem
Defs We're always loyal 10 its rules and its
usages. 1t was as consistent a church, he
said, as he had ever had the pleasure of
serving as pastor.
The report on the Sunday school work
was made by the superintendent Mr. W.
=. Stubbs, who showed that it is in a
nourlshing condition. 1t now has eleven
ofhcers, thirty teachers aud 3l7 scholars
or totak enrolment of 35S. He stated /
also that the infant class rooms had been /
recently reseated with kindergarten
chairs, and the class now has over 100
children in actual attendance every sun /
day. This is perhaps the largest sunday
school infant class in the city
The financial report was not fully per-
teeted, but II showed that the church |
VIII have raised about $500 when all
collections have been made.
Mrs. J. X. r. Carr president of the [
Ladies' Aid Society, reported that the (
society soc mad raised $l67 during the year
IN very delightful and comfortable con-
Mrs. William Pease, president of the
W omen's Missionary Society reported
that that society has raised $3.50 Tor the /
objects it has in hand. Mrs. e. Priddy I
reported that the Juvenile Missionary So I
clety had raised $3.50 during the year. /
Mr. FRANK Seyle, for the Christian En-
deayorers, reported that branch of the /
work IN a hourishing condition. The Hat
tie Carson Missionary Society was report |
ed as organized under suspicious circum-
stances. This society was named in honor |
OF MISS Hattie Carson, who has gone as
a missionary 10 Durango, Mexico. Some /
very pleasant references We're made TO /
Miss Carson during the services Mr. G. |
n. Dorsett chairman Of the board of
trustees, reported the church property /
IN an excellent condition He stated that !
the trustees We're. making ARRANGEMENTS
TO use the fund left the church by Mr. /
Robert Mclntire for the completion OF /
the exterior work on the building
Ihe reports of the officers at Grace
eHuIcH were maze last night. Rev. J. (
NJ. Lovett, the pastor, reported a total
enrolled membership of 275 members. A
number of new members have been added
to the church during the year, but they
have been just about equal to the num- I
Der lost through deaths and removals.
The church has raised for all purposes
during the year about S2.200 of which
about $500 has been applied to paving
back Indebtedness. The treasurer's re-
port was made by Mr.. j. C. Morgan
At Trinity church Rev. j. o. A. Cook
preached his closing sermon of the con-
ference year. His annual report shows
a membership of SIC on the church rolls.
an increase of AZ during the year 9he
congregation contributed during the wear
s. ,36I37. as follows: For ministerial san
port $2240; Incidental expenses, sS35. so:
charity, $262, Is; mission SUNDAY scno0l /
500; raised in Sunday school. $50. -: be-
nevolent enterprises by the church, 5000:
moneys raised by the societies, Slj415.
The societies at work in the church
are the Woman's Foreign Missionary,
Mrs. w. E. Wimpy. president; Home Mis-
sion and Parsonage Aid Mrs. j. o. A. |
Cook, president; Church Aid, Mrs c. +.
Cler, president; Local Parsonage Mrs. K.
ID. Walker, president; Young Peoples So
ciety of Christian Endeavor, S. S. Harry. |
president; Sunday School Missionary. Or.
s. A. White, president
Trinity is one of the most progressive
churches in the conference, and its in
crease in membership during the year OF
over forty shows the effective work of
the pastor