Evening journal., 1897-02-22
METHODIST MINISTERS
Important Meeting of Ministers
of the Peninsula.
EQUAL LAY REPRESENTATION


RIGID EXAMINATION ARRANGED
TO PROVIDE A STANDARD THAT
NO INCAPABLE MEN CAN GET
OVER WORK OF EXAMINING
BOARD.
The Wilmington NJ. E. Conference
will meet in annual session at Chester
town Kent county, Md, on Monday.
March is, and every Methodist minister
of the l75 church on this Peninsula
is busy now making preparations for
the hard work that usually accompan-
les those busy conventions. Bishop
John M. Walden will arrive on Tuesday
to preside over the business sessions
beginning on Wednesday morning.
The conference will be in session
about one week, and until toward the
close will meet only in the mornings,
the afternoons will be devoted to COM
mittea work and in the evenings will be
/ held the anniversaries Of different so
cieties. The Historical Society will
hold its anniversary on Tuesday even
ing March 16.
EQUAL LAY REPRESENTATION.
for consideration by the conference is
the proposed amendment sent down by
the General Conference, to SO amend
section 2, of paragraph 67, of the Book
Of Discipline as not to allow of more
than cne ministerial representative for
every fourteen members of an annual
conference, and not less than one for
/ every fOrty-hve provided that
from each annual conference
the lay delegates shall be
equal in number to the ministerial dele
gates. The Fall conferences have al
ready voted on the amendment. and
majority has been received. but not the
necessary two-thirds. The proposed ac-
ton viii affect the larger, but not the
smaller, conferences.
HIGH STANDARD OF STUDY
According to the new rules Of the
Wilmington Conference, no bad minis
terial timber that will be a burden for
ever afterward in the conference can
/, now possibly gain admission The fol-
: lowing is q specimen Of the work a
I candidate must do and the standard he
must maintain according to the exam
: ining boards program:
! Monday 730 D. m.-Candidates for
= admission, English branches (Terry).
! First year, "Harmans Introduction.
/ tTownsend). second year, "Harman s
Introduction (Townsend); third year
= Psychology " (Morris). Local Deacons
4 Rudimentary Psychology" (Morris.l
q Tuesday, 3 a. m.-Candidates for ad-
mission, Men and Books" (Avery)
y First year. Systematic Theology
4 (Corkran)s third year "Hermenutics,
q (MacSorley) Local Deacons, Intro
Is ductiOn e. Gospel Records. Clowns
4 end}. I.ccal Deacons. Digest Of Meth
Is odist Law Murray; Local Elders
n Systematic Theology" (Corkran.)
Tuesday, p. m.-Candidates fol
admission, "Catechism. (Koons). Can
didates for admission, Discipline,
Murray First year, Christian Per
fection. " tWatt second year. Logic,
e (Coursey); fourth year. J"Theo Ency
r clopedia and Methodology (Mac
l. nichol); Local Deacons Catechism,
(Koons); Local Deacons, Discipline,
T. Murray; Local Deacons. Christian
= Perfection, tWatt)
10 Tuesday 7.30 D. m.-Candidates TO
le admission, History of the Unite,
States" (MitchelD; second year, Out
lines. Universal History" (MitchelD
v fourth year, Buffers Analogy
AZ (Wood): Local Deacons, Christian
Y Baptism (Koons): Local Deacons
The Atonement," (Koons) Local DeA
ID cons. Philosophy Of the Plan Of Saliva
D. tion" (Wood)
10 Wednesday, D. m.-Candidates 70
admission, Life of Wesley (Mor
/, gan); candidates for admission, His
in tory Of American MethOdism," (Mor
A. gam; second year. THE Sacraments,
(Koons) LEGAL Deacons, History o
American Methodism." tMorganl; Lo
y, cal Deacons THE Sacraments,
~ Ckoonsl.
Wednesday. 1880 p. m.-Candidate
lis for admission, Scripture History,
re (Collins): Local Deacons, Outlines 0
Bible History" CCollins); Local Dea
!. cons. History CT Christian Church,
~ (C0llins); Local Elders. History O
- Christian Church. (Collins).
l. Thursday. p. m.-Local Deacons
ol Theological Compend." (Watt); Loca
y Deacons. Aspects Of Christian Exper
~ ience," (Watt).
Thursday. 730 p. m.-Local Deacon'
rd Rhetoric" tCoursey); Local Deacon'
at Logic" (Coursey).
is All examinations will occur in Chris
Methodist Protestant Church, by con
ia sent of the trustees