The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-04-19

iheh TO the general conference was "iSo
adopted by vote of 40 to 70.
iheh came the reports or TEE supo
n,umeraries and superannuated preaoneis
neVs. H. Chase. John A. Strout, 1eorse
=. Andrews Ira G. Ross. s. d.. bTo"T'
Sohh ollson, j. W. Smith and y. ~
CoDD were continued as supernumefary
preachers.
Inc lollowin2 superannuated prsaonels
were continued ii q like capacity: OeO'
Barber, Henry Crockett, +. Allen, u.
| 3. Randall, O. X. Evans, Joseph Mooarr,
Joseph Hawkes., S. NJ Emerson, ). u.
! Budden.
Rev. j. r. Remick withdrew from the
conference and his action was accepted.
| William Wood and Wilmot Il. LORD
passed in the studies OF the fourth year
and were elected to elders orders,
Herbert L. Williams, William Cashmere
and John Il. Howard were advanced to
the studies of the fourth year.
There were no recommendations Tor
local orders.
Six OF the Oldest mombers of the con-
| ference, Rev. Joseph Hawkes., Rev. Chas.
Munger, Rev. S. M. Emerson. Rev. Will
liam II. Foster, Rev. John NJ. Woodbury.
and Rsv. True p. Adams, were APP
pointed committee 90 convey the greet
| ings of the conference to Rev. Drs. u. b.
Randall, c. f. Allen and q. W. Parsons.
|
Bishop Mallalieu urged all present to
pray for the success of the Sunday meet
| ings in City hall and for the preachers
who would occupy city puipits
| HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
| AT two O'Clock il tho afternoon the
anniversary meeting of the Woman's
HONS Missionary Society was held in the
church and despite the rain there was
very large attendance, every seat in the
| hody of the church being occupied Mrs.
DR.. G. w. Sallag her of Kent's Hill, the
president of the society. was present and
presided and after the meeting had been
opened by the Teuding of the scriptures
| by Mrs @. W. Parsons of Portland and
by an eloquent prayer by Mrs. j. @.
Pray of Auburn, Miss Sarah Fogg of
| Readville, Mass, sang solo which was
one of the most attractive features of
| this interesting w0men's meeting.
Mrs. g. r. Palmer of Saco, the COR
responding secretary of the society, then
| made her annual report She said: AT the
| beginning of the year we looked hopeful-
ly forward with the motto, Gan auxili-
airy for every charge" but it is needless
| to say that our ideal has not been reached.
| In these times of financial depression
our work has bean to strengthen the
stakes rather than to lengthen the cords.
Three new auxiliaries have bean organ
| lied and the increase in membership has
| heen steadily growing. Mrs, Palmer
then spoke of the various meetings which
the society has held during the past year,
referring in particular to the meeting of
| the auxiliaries at Gorham and the great
public N citing at Old Orchard. She
said that the society now has II life mem
bers in all. there being one in Portland
| three in Saco and one in Pennington.
The life members in Saco are paying the
salaries of some OF tho teachers in the
| South, the Earninaton life member is
supporting beneficiary at the Jesse Lee
| Home, while the auxiliary of that town
has given Is scholarship to the school in
Alaska. The auxiliary of the Congress
Street Methodist church continues to
| paw part OF the expenses of girl at the
| Atlanta school and the other apxiliaries
are doing excellent work. Mrs. PaImer's
report was very interesting and was lis
| tened to with the greatest of attention.
| Following the report of the correspond
| ing secretary, Mrs. /. Luce, the treasur-
er of the society, reported that S613 had
bean collected in the Maine society dur
| ing the year and sent to the treasurer of
the National society. Mrs. Isabel Allen
| of Portland, secretary of the committee
on supplies reported that over 5000 worth
of supp les and clothing had been sent to
the various institutions Of the society
during tho past year.
Mrs. b. S. Potter of Bloomington, ILL.,,
one of the national organizers of the
Home Missionary Society. then delivered
tho address of the afternoon in which she
! spoke of the general work of the society.
She began by quoting the remark of Phil
lips B oolks that ssthia Is an age of hui
| mainly, not of chivalry," and she then
branched cut into description Of the
work the Home Missionary Socisty is do
Ing all over the country among the poor
and unfortunate. The society maintains
immigrant homes in Boston, Philadel-
phia and New York In which it cares TO,
the young girls and women who come
here from foreign lands and need help
| iog hand to guide them on the right
| road. Then Mrs. Potter described the
missions the society is maiuBaining in
the slums of the big cities, of the Little
| Italy Mission" in New York. of tho b.
hemian Mission In Chicago and the mis-
| sion in San Francisco for the rescue Of
Chinese. girls and women who are
| brought over to this country for immor-
al purposes. Alrs. Potter's address was
extremely interesting and was listened to
| throughout with the closest attention.
She said that tho society now has 60, COO
| mem hers and %, coo auxiliaries in the
| country. She closed her address by max
| ing an earnest appeal for the varying on
| and support OF the work the society is
| doing.
After Mrs. Potter's address the church
WAS given up to the .evangeliatio service
which was conducted by Rev. j. @. Ho-
| lingsworth and Rev. W. A. Spencer, d.
D., while the women adjourned to one of
the vestry rooms where the annual meet
ing was held and the following officers
were eleotsd:
Preaident-Mrs. c. w. Gallagher.
Vice President-Mrs. H. e. G. Beedy.
Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. G. r.
Palmer.
Recording Secretary-Mrs. q. j. Clark.
Treasurer-Mrs. /. Luce.
District Seeretaries-Acg Mrs.
Wentworth; Lewiston, Mrs. Miller; Port
land, Mrs. Kimball.
CHURCH EXTENSION ANNIvER-
SARY.
At the evening session occurred the an
niversaIy of the Church Extension Socie-
ty The address of the evening was de-
livered by Rev. ". A. Spencer, D. D.,
of Philadelphia, who is the corresponding
ecretary of the Board of the Church XIX
tension of the Methodist Episcopal
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