The Washington times., 1895-03-22
COUNCIL OF THE CHURCH
lllth Session of the Baltimore
M. {. Conference.
1t Will oren Next Wednesday at Mount YER
non Place Church with Bishop
CRANBERRY in the Chair.

The one hundred and eleventh annual
session of the Baltimore conference OF the
Nj. E. Church will convene in this city on
March 27, at 8 a. m., at Mt. Vernon
Place Church and continue in session one
week with Bishop Cranberry presiding.
Three sessions daily will be held, the
mornings being devoted to business, the
the afternoons to committee work, and
discussions, and the evenings to devotional
services Some of the most noted divines
in the country will be present and take
part in the meetings The conference is
non-lawmaking body, composed of over
200 ministerial and about SO lay dele
gates, and its principal work is to carry
out the laws made by the general con-
ference, which meets quadrennialIy, and
review every interest OF the church, the
Sunday schools, missions, educational, fl
nancial and publishing interests, all COM
ing in for careful consideration and at
tention.
7 The life and character OF every minister
Will be looked into. deacons and elders or
dained, and young minister's examined for
h gher orders Money VIII be appropriated
for the various mission fields, for educa-
tional purposes, and for the support or
the aged ministers and their families, and
every detail that enters into the work OF
so extensive a conference Will be taken
care OF, either by the conference proper. or
/ by some OF The various committees, which
VIII be appointed after the conference
, copveneS.
DR.. Canter. the pastor of Mount Vernon
/ Church, and his associates have been busy
cor tl.a nj, hn a r.
! rangements for entertaining the distin-
! guished gathering, and il is expected that
! large number of visitors VIII be present
| from all the States embraced in the
! conferenoe-Vi Virginia, Maryland, and West
! Virginia.
! The conference is made up of eight dis
! tricts, and each district is allowed four
/ lay delegates.
One of the most interesting sections in
| the Baltimore conference is the Washington
/ district, presided over by Rev DR.. Rumsey
! Smithson. The territory comprises the
| District OF Columbia and about twelve
! Virginia counties stretching either way
| along the Potomac.
The strongest congregation in the Dis
| trict is that OF the Mount Vernon Place
| Church, in which the annual conference
| VIII convene. AT present the efficient
, pastor of the church is Rev. Isaac w
| Canter. In this wing of the congregation
| lnc M. II. CHuTCH, SOItfl, teeSau ltS WoEk III
| Washington just as the latter half of the
century was dawning
The site of the present church, at the
corner OF Ninth street and Massachusetts
avenue northwest, was purchased in 1867
at cost of SO eco, the building COST
about $4,000, and with improvement.
since made the total cost has been about
$4,000. 1t was dedicated in 1869.
The church has had fer pastors Revs. S
s. Roszell. A. w. Wilson. w. p. Harrison
S. X Cox, Samuel w. Haddaway, J. T
Wightman, and the present incumbent
1t has had as associate pastors John A
Kcrn, John Harmon. and L. E. Hoss. Wher
the congregation came into the present
building the number OF members was
something over 800; it is row over SEQ
although two other congregations have
been organized out of its membership.
Other local churches in the washington
district are. Epworth, Seventh and 4
streets northeast, Rev. John @. Jones
pastor: Marvin Chapel, Tenth and B streets
southwest Rev. w. s. Hammond, pastor
Mount Olivet. on Seventh street, near
street southwest. and Emery Chapter
Brightwood. Rev. F. II. Shipley, pastor.