Evening journal., 1896-03-23
CONFERENCE SUNDAY.
Dover Thronged All Day BY
Conference Visitors,
SERMONS AND ORDINATIONS

Session on saturdaY-Resoiution TO
Keep Up the High Standard OF Confer
ence Acsdemy-MemOrial Sermons for
Dead Preachers.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
DOVER, March Hundreds OF
persons thronged Dover to o.day to attend
the services of Conference Sunday. 80
great Was the crush at Wesley Church
the doors we're locked an houv before the
ordination services. Bishop Warren
preached an eloquent sermon from the
text, Ephesians, third chapter four
teeuth verse Four deacons were or.
dsined by the bishop. They were:
Willard E. West, John II Beauchamp,
Fred L. McKinzle aud John w. Wiley.
In the afternoon the church was again
crowded. the ordination of elders being
the occasion. The ordination exercises
we're performed by the bishop assisted
by Rev. A. s. Mowbray and Rev w. l.
g. Murray, ID. ID. The sermon was
preached by Rev. c. S. Paine The elders
ordained were George W. Bounds, w. II
s Loller, Theodore BeSuchamp. George
+. Jones. @ W Devinish, w. FJgle,
Thomas B. Cooper, w. +. Hurst. Van p
Northrup j. b. Simms and Henry g.
Budd were ordained local elders.
Rev ]. B Quigg presided at the anui
versary meeting Of the Church Extension
Society, and the address was made by
Rev. A. ]. Kynett, the secretary OF the
society. he gave an excellent account OF
what the society is doing to extend the
work of the Methodist Church, including
what bad been done for some Of the
churches in Delaware and Maryland.
Saturdays Busy Session.
The lay electoral conference completed
it's work Saturday morning aud visited
the ministerial conference IN q body,
being escorted by committee and
einging Were Marching to Zion" as
they entered the auditorium. President
Il. F. Pickels told the preachers the
work they had accomplished in their
meeting
The joint body passed resolutions
appealing 10 General Conference TO take
no backward step in lighting the liquor
traffic
To Continue It's High Standard.
Educators agree that the qualifications
for entering the Wilmington Conferences
are kept at high standard Ia order to
continue that high standard the confer
ence passed the following resolutions:
mo candidate shall be admitted or ad
vanced In classes, with conditions, who
has failed In more than one major or two
minor studies.
10 no CASE shall candidate for full
admission be received, nor q candidate
for elders orders be 80 elected until
every requirement shall have been fully
met"
George W. Bounds, William q 8.
Loller, Theodore L. Beauchamp, George
P Jones. o. w. devenish, James W.
Fogle, Thomss B Cooper, William o.
Hurst and Van p Nortbrup were ad
vanced from the fourth years studies 70
elders orders. Julius A. BreWington,
William d. Benford and William p Tay
lor were continued In the fourth year 6
studies Henry A. g. WesterHeld. Clarepce
w Strickland. William L White and
William s. h. Williams were passed
from the third to fourth years studies.
John P. Outsen WAS continued In the
third years class. Thomas r. VAnDy ke,
Daniel ] Given, Edward H. Collins and
Charles l. Stengle we're continued on
trial. John W. Wiley was admitted to
local deacon's orders from the ranks OF
local preachers. Henry q. Budd and
John II. Simms, local deacons, were
elected local elders
Tho following members were elected OF
the conference board OF examiners: Revs.
George w. Townsend, S. M. Morgan, +.
Mscnichol, l. l. Wood
Rev. DR.. @. w. Rishell, OF the Boston
University, spoke Of the advantages OF
the educated ministry as trained in the
Institutions under the care Of the church
AS an example Of the esteem in which
cultivated and educated preachers are
held by their friends, he cited the case OF
Rev. DR.. Lucisn Clark. Of Madison Ave
nue. Church. Baltimore. He said Judge
Elliott, Of Ohio. spoke Of DR.. Clark, as
one he was not ashamed to take his
friends to hear and 20 meet.
Rev. DR.. @. Il. Payne spoke for the
Board Of Education, Of which he Is
secretary, which has aided 1.540
students in the past year, Of tw enty four
different Dationslities and thirty three OF
whom we're from the Wilmington Con.
ference, and were given 81 $50
The memorial service for preachers
who died during the year was held
Saturday afternoon. Rev. Adam Stengle
read the memoir OF Rev J E. Bryan, OF
Rising Sun and Sylmar, Nd. Rev l.,
w. Lsyfeld read Q memorial Of Rev. John
ID. Locates, who WAS In charge OF Made
Icy Church Wilmington.
John G. Woolley, the temperance ad -
vccate, of Chicago. addressed the Satur-
day night temperance anniversary. Mrs
Ella A. Boole, OF New York, also made az
address.
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