The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-25
NO SUNDAY EXCURSIONS.
Wilmington Conference Metkodlsts Op.
posed tO'a Plan Of the Queen Anne
Railroad

Lewcs. Dol. March 24-The Whining
ton conference to-day placed the stamp of
disapproyal upon plan of the Qleon
Anne's Railroad to run special Sunday
excursions to accommodate conference
visitors, and concluded by requesting the
people that they will not under any pre-
text of attending our Sunday services or
of any other motive patronize this excur-
sion.
The death last week of Hon. Jacob
Tome, of Port Deposit. Md, was announce
ed in culOgistic terms by Raw DR.. l.. E
Barrett, presiding elder of Wilmington
district and Dr. Barrett H. Ewing S NJ.
Morgan, w. p. Compton and Presiding
Elder Martindale were chosen a committee
to prepare resolutions on Mr.. Tome s
death.
In his report of Wilmington district DR..
Barrett stated that ths conversions were
more than 1000. Some Of them were:
Chesapeake City ,1a6; Charlestown and
Principle, 3d. Chester and Bethel, 43;
Hopewell and Asbury. 81; Newark and
Wesley 33; Northeast, 20; Port Deposit
100; Mount Pleasant, Md, 80; Zion Cir
cult, 160; Ebenezer, 3S; Asbury, Whining
ton, 200; Mount Salem, 1l0; Epworth, 70;
Kingswood, So; st. Pauls, 49,; Wesley, 81,
Brandywine, 100; Scott,90.
The Epworth League in the district has
q membership Of 1850, and the seven
Christian Endeaver Societies have 443
members. There are 70 Sunday schools,
having 1883 officers and teachers and IL, :
900 scholars.
Ebenezer Church, of Mill Creek Hundred
has built q s., $50 parsonage, and chapel
is being erected at West Amwell. St. Paul's,
Wilmington. has been repaired at a cost of
$500. Debts have been paid as follows ELK
ton q, 0)0; Grace, Wilmington, $500; Kings.
O.,
lem, $500; Madeley. $40; Swedish Mission,
SOD; Zion, 1924: Claymont. $?5; Newark,
$l6s; Cherry Hill, 800; Marshalton and
Stanton, $40; Elk Neck, s35; Union, s4OO;
Delaware City, $3.50; Wesley, 500; East
lake, $50. Epworth, for the first time in
many years, met 1t. apport!onments.
During DR.. Barrett's eldership seven
churches were built, at a cost of 800 $50;
two parsonages, at cost of 81 900, and i'm
proyements costing $50 900 made The bon
evolent collections have amounted to $92,-
OOo making aggregated collections of 1885,
0OOfor the beneVolences and improvements.
II the 1896, 900 received for pastoral support
were added, DR.. Barrett said, tho total coll
lections would be $514, 0O)
"And when it is considered that this
large sum was contributed voluntarily in
the midst of widespread and severe
money panic" DR.. Barrett concluded,
'and In manufacturing district, 1t is In.
disputablo evidence that the great heart of
Mathodism beats responsive to the de-
mands Of God and His church."
Revs. A. s. Mobray, V. S. Collins and
Dr. w. L. S. Murray presented this tosti-
monial regarding Rev. j. d. R!gg, a mem
ber of the conference, and ono Of the edi-
tors Of the Peninsula Methodist, of Will
mington:
"Amorg the gratifying and praisewor-
thy records of our conference ls that which
Is accomplished by our brother, J. ID. Rigg,
in attaining unto quarter of a century
of services as q secretary Of this body
eleven years as secretary-in-chie and
fourteen years as journal secretary His
skill in the latter position has brought the
favorable attention of the church at large
to the beauty and accuracy of our written
journal. A large amount OF very careful
labor is bestowed annually upon this valu.
able book.
"These valuable services have been per-
formed without reward or any other tan
gible expression Of appreciation, while for
us in the midst of sickness that has do
prived him Of the joy and profit OF active
services in the ranks"
The conference requested the app oint.
mont of a committee Of ono from each dis
trl.6 to secure suitable gift in reoogni-
ton of Mr.. Riggs twenty-five years Of
services.
An amendment to the constitution Of
the Home Missionary Society Of the con-
ference was offered, but after consider
able discussion 1t was referred to a COM
Initteo. The proposed amendment is as
follows:
"Fhe collections. heretofore known as
church relief shall be designated domestic
and shall be paid to the treasur.
,r.of tho society. and sum not exceeding
10 per cent. thereof shall be paid by the
In quarterly lnstallinents or
otherwise for the relief of such charges as
he board Or In the interim of the annual
the executive committee, on
of the presiding elder,
shall direct; and tho money thus distribute
I'd to the several districts shall bs In pro-
PORTION to the collections therefrom, Sc
pectively. Tho balance of the aforsaid |
ollections shall be applied to the purchase
# building lots"
The characters of all the ministers were |
'assed, reports made by them concerning
he conference claimants fund and mission
The relation OF Alfred r. Scott was
hanged to supcrannuated and E. H. Hyn-
on aud f. S. Williams asked to be trans
erred to the supernumerary list The re-
atoms OF tho remainder continue I'M
hanged The conference adopted reso.
ltion to allow credit to students who
resent credentials from Methodist
chOols.
Rev. B. T. Price. the venerable min lister
Elkton, who has attended sixty con-
'cutive conference sessions, briefly ad-
ressod the conference in the morning.
The Wilmington members of the confer.
Ice met in secret session last night and
n petition against the appoint
ent of DR.. Tinker for presiding elder
r. Tinker was present The Revs. DR..
I'D they had no animosity against Dr..
mixer personally, but the appointment
ould be unjust to the old members of
10 Wilmington district who are eligible
L the eldershp, and would cause diesen.
on. DIR. Tinker was silent listener to