The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-03-30

has rare ability as presiding officer; is
q courteous gentleman, finished scholar
and an inspiring preacher. The writer
heard the bishop in 1876, at great gath
ering, preach sermon on "What we are
and what we shall be" which moved the
audience as i never saw one moved before
or since. Others call 1t the greatest SER
mon they ever heard, and certainly say
the same.
OFFICIAL VISITORS.
or these the conference Is to be favored
or afflicted with IS. No doubt every
society thus represented will be most i'm
portant of all. However, II they boil it
down, and carry the conference by storm,
as Editor Parkhurst of Zion's Herald did
last year. they will not bore, but bless
the conference. May we 'humbly suggest
to them the little schoolgirls beatitude:
"Blessed is the man that makes short
speeches"
CONFERENCE SUNDAY SERVICES.
We are glad to announce that the
denominations of ordination services held
In public halls Tor theaters) and admis-
sion by ticket have been abolished. The
ordination exercises win be held in the
beautiful and spacious Congregational
Church Sunday afternoon ats O'Clock, by
courtesy OF that church society. And the
morning services in the same church and
in st. Paul's NJ. Il. Church, Bark street,
will be open to the public. Those who
entertain members of the conference will
be favored by seats reserved for them. To
this they earn their claim as all will say.
TRANSFORMATION, ETC.
Rev. @. NJ Hamlen issues the following:
"New England Southern Conference X.
II. Notice.-The courtesies hitherto grant
ed by the railroad and steamboat. corpora
q sfrsax s.twv l. do aInx
fore all persons attending the conference
will be furnished with return tickets is
sued at the rate.of one cent per mile from
stations ten. miles or more distant from
Fall River. GEo. NJ. HAMLEN."
n. Il. Ministers and Others on arriving
at Fall. River depot, take red cars going
south and at city hall transfer (transfer
tickets being given) for First Church,
taking green cars which go right by the
doors of the church in which the confer
ence will hold its sessions. Persons who
can only spend a day can go on the War
rem Il Bristol. Railroad, leaving Fox Point
at 7:40 O. M, returning at 6:4S p. m.
Fare 80 cents TO Fall River. Return ticket
IS cents, the distance being 1S miles.
At the seat of the Congress all persons
OF the ministry and laity will find con-
veDiences III the annex to the First
Church; writing material and envelopes
in abundance.
A postoffNe will be maintained in the
library, where postage stamps will be on
sale, and where some one viii be in at
tendance to collect and distribute the
mail. The postoffice will be open from
7:i5 a. m. TO IL 80 a. M, and from 1890
p. IN. until s p. m.
Address all letters and all kilograms in
"Cars of Methodist Conference" and
they will reach, a 1 the quicker, any with
whom you desire to communicate.
hau fria da 10 hnr
like to send copy Of THE News during
the days of the conference session, TO
keep them posted on the things trans
acted, call in or send to the office of The
News, Weybosset street, paying the
small sum Of cents.
PERSONALS.
II seems that Rev. j. +. Hawkins has
claim to be on the honor role. He has
completed five years at Il. Greenwich,
X. l., and IL is with great reluctance
the parish parts with him.
Rev. Il. ID. Coleman of Holbrook, who
was in Providence at Mount Pleasant, we
are glad to report as likely to be able TO
remain i'm the work. His health was so
impaired this past winter he was thought
hopeiessly broken down.
Rev. +. ID. Blskeslee, ID. d., President
of East Greenwich Academy, is, IL posi-
BILE, increasingly popular in that school,
as among the conference ministers. He
Is likely to be elected a delegate to the
general conference again.
Rev. nj. j. Talbot, ID. d., long and
favorably Rnown in Providence as pas
tor, presiding elder and friend, Is COM
petent, even at his age OF three score
and more, to sit In the general confer
ence and i think he will have enough
votes TO get elected.
Rev. J. IL. Nutting, chaplain OF the
Rhode Island state institutions, after
seven years spent In that relation, doing
a prodigious amount OF work. shows little
abatement OF vital rover, and seems to
be highly acceptable and personally popu-
lar with the beard Of directors.
The dcaconness work comm issioE will
have TO report this year what many of us
have long been hoping TO see established
In Providence, namely, Deaconness
Home. For several months past IL has
been thing that has come to stay This
Providence Methodism IL becoming
benevolent force I'm this city.
GEORGE w. Anderson,
Representative OF THE NEws at Seat Of
new England Southern Conference.
For Wheelmep and Athletes.
pufe Wool Swcatore and Lane uoas All