Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-05-16
EAST MAINE CONFERENCE.
Last Weeks Session at Buci<sport -
The Appointments.


May r. Fifty-four OF the III ministers
were p esent, and answered 10 the roll
call.
Rev. Thomas Bowman, d. D., Ii. D.,
of St. Louis, was presiding bishop. 4 A.
Plummer was reelected secretary, ). + 3.
HALEY as assistant. and John Timing as
recording secretary. J. w. Day was re-
elected statistical secretary, with a. Z.
Luce, j. T. Moore and 7. :. Ross sssls-
tants. \. $ Ladd Wa, chosen secretary
and d. b. Dow assistant.
One of the features of the day WAS the
ringing speech of Chaplain d. II. lrloou,
US. n, who wanted TO see the church
get nearer the common people, and lace
the questions of the end of the 18TH
century Other speakers from ABROAD
were Rev. J. S Breckenridge, OF Brook
lyn. n. Y, and Rev. J. NJ. Freeman OF
New York.
In the evening Chaplain MeCabe spoke
in Emery hall which was packed
On Thursday DIR. Charles Parkhurst'
editor of Zion Herald, made an address,
following DR.. Hunt of the Methodist
book concern. Presiding Elder Norton,
of the Bucksport district, presented his
report, which showed the district IN an
excellent spiritual and material CONDITION.
A new church has been dedicated at
Green's Landing, one at South Lubec, and
another at Colt 5 Island awaits dedlca-
ton.
No deaths of preachers in effective work
have taken place in the district during
the past year, though death had taken
the infant son of Rev L. B. Gross, the
wife of Rev l. H. W. w harff, the widow
of Rev c. L. Haskell, and Rev. ). >. Gross
The annual sermon was preached by
Rev. G. B. Chadwick, formerly OF Ellis
worth.
feature of Fridays morning session
was a speech by Rev. " illiam Forsyth, OF
the Congregat ional church of Bucksport'
Another was the speech of Prof. Philip
H. Belcher, of Boston. Prof. A. r.
Chase made an able plea in behalf OF the
East Maine conference seminary at Bucks
port.
The following probationers in Hancock
county were examined, reported upon,
and admitted to full connection: George
NJ. Bailey. Gouldshoro James Z. Lom-
bard, Colts Island.
The address to the Women's home
-,issionor,. societv in the afternoon was
by Mrs. Kennard Chandler, OF New ork.
A new feature of conference work was
INTRODUCED in the evening. An outdoor
meeting was held in front OF the Robin
oo,, bo,,sa II va. led by Chaplain
T.;.,, ot,ar ,3ror,ipant preachers
I'D ,,oI1, ,,,,erett4 furnished
80
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,;prad Ar,ongfI,o.F advanced to second
lt,,ll;lr, Wv. fls,-a.. p Haskell of
Sroo.,,s 1o,dirc Robert Satellite. of
aiIhr;d,... I,r,,ast " Ralrber. of Cherry
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80
~ w, " 90 r,tI.,,.ort,
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it.to., ',',1 60.
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IT, tho tr,.,,,-si,,t.. ,.,.o~s NJ - his.
tha Eas+ ueire usthodi.t confer
ho, ta,,r +i,,,as= bal5 its sessions at
R,clsnort viz. June. 1919 Bishop Nor
-. ,,rasidiro IrIv 1894 Rishon Simn-
t4s' pte' So - pj,,,anS Mos o,,d nv
SUI .i...,.;.- -,
1876, BISHOP roster AS sho" ing nat
may be termed the strehgIh VI Tie nc
nomination in the number OF members, II
may be said that at the first date the
mem bership of the conference was 9,S57; ;
second II $50. third. II .O97. and fourth.
N eoo rha s+a+istics ~ the session now
49, M -, IN. ,o,,,,iIad sho,,
wiz " a1t'o~ah;,f 90 80,
aoou' 'ne 7e'ii'e -
years ago
In the evening a reception " p4shop
Bowman was held III the church, and
more than 500 people shook hands with
the eminent divine.
Tho feo+ure of sundays proceedings