Bridgeton pioneer., 1898-10-27
M. P. CONFERENCE,
The Closing Sessions of That Religious
Body.
Wednesday Afternoon.


opened with Rev. j. c. Austerberry,
Millville, in the chair.
The ministers then retired to an ante.
room where private business was talked
over.
Inc Presidents report was again heard
and the reports as to the temporal affairs
OF the various churches were again heard
and all showed much improvement. The
motion was made that the report be
adopted and it was carried.
Rev. F. c. Fagg, D. D., Baltimore, and
the editor of the Methodist Pr0testa7t
took the floor and highly interested
the audience with his talk on Methodist
! Professionalism. He spoke of the General
Conference in Kansas City, il 1894, ap-
pointing DR.. Drinkhouse to write the
complete history of Methodist Protestant
Church His work is now nearly COM
pleted and in short time the MSS.
will be in the hands of the printer. He
spoke of the value of church paper; how
Its local news held the interests of the
local subscribers and binds the church
closer together. He spoke of the coming
OF the 10th anniversary of Methodist
Professionalism to be celebrated in Balti-
more on Nov. 18th.
Rev. T. B. Appellate. Hightstown
supplemented DR.. Faggs' remarks.
Rev. Mr.. Stultz then introduced the
following local ministers to the Confer
ence: Dr. E. P. Shields. DIR. A. B. Cooper,
Rev. John Turner, Rev. Levi Larew,
Rev. j. W. Wagonhurst and Rev. G. W.
Hertzog.
A motion was made that the conference
should go into the election of president.
1t was carried.
The former President, J. II. Clark,
Pennsgrove, was nominated, and the
nominations closed. The secretary cast
the deciding vote. The President thanked
the Conference for the honor, and hoped
by Gods grace he would be able to fulfill
his duties.
The Standing District Committee was
then nominated. There was no other
nomination and the deciding vote was
cast by the Secretary. The result-Revs.
E. d. Stultz, d. Thackara, w. NJ. Stalcup;
| Brothers E. S. VanLeer, S. M. Hall and
FJ. H. Clifford.
The election of the Stationing Commit.
tee resulted as follows: Revs. E. D.
Stultz j. L. Watson, j. H. Algor, and
Brothers William Wright and Evan
Jeffery
The Itinerancy and Orders Committee
elected Revs. c. d. Sinkinson, J. c. Aus
terberry, Jacob Leuppie and Brothers
VIM. Sharp and D. j.. Woodfeld.
Conference Claimants-Revs. Jacob
Leuppie, Joseph Hopkins and j. II.
Algor. Brothers R. c. Morris and James
| McFadden.
The announcement of the evening was
| made and the meeting adjourned for the
afternoon.
! In the evening Rev. Fagg preached a
most appropriate sermon.
Wednesday Evening.
| The devotional services of the evening
were conducted by the president, Rev. J.
ii. Clark, Pennsgrove. A full audience
greeted thi ministers, and it was the lar
gest attendance of any one session since
| the conference convened.
! The sermon was preached by Rev. F.
T. Tagg, D. D., Baltimore, and the editor
| of the Methodist Protestant. The subject
| of his sermon was Christ and Church.
The text was taken from Eph. 5-32, "This
is great mystery, but speak concern
ing Christ and the Church." Rev. t. B.
Appeget, Hightstown. also spoke on the
church and its government. He set forth
a number of new suggestions.
During the evening fine singing was
furnished by the choir.
After the doxology and benediction the
congregation was dismissed.
Thursday Moring.
The second days work of the NJ. P.
Conference opened Thursday morning
morning at 9 o'clock with a large attend,
ance The morning devotional services
were led by t. j. Woodield, Manas-
quan layman. After the secretary called
the roll, the minutes were read by the
secretary and approved as read.
The President then announced the
standing comittees he had appointed for
the year.
Finance-Rev. Theo. Darnel, t. j.
Woodfield, w. E. Taylor.
Statjstlcs-ttev. j. Il. Turkelson, c. c.
Dempsy, Edward Morton.
State Wishes and Boundaries Rev. T.
b. Appelgit, G. r. Brain, Thomas Shep-
pard.
Sunday Schools-Rev. L. D. Stultz, Jas.
McFadden, Geo. NJ. Day.
Missions-Rev. H. r. Blackwood,
louisa Robinson, Anna Clifford.
emperance-Rev. j. Speerli, Rev. w.
E. Petit, N. S. Wood.
Unfinished Business-Rev. D. Nc
llwaine. Rev. P. w. Petty, G. W. Brack-
ney.
Publishing Interests-Rev. J. r. Pater
son, Rev. I. Mcdowell, John Carley.
Education-Rev. N. Webb, Rev. E. E.
Somers, Chas. F. Fox.
Y. P. S. @. E.-Rev. J. T. May yberry,
Rev. w. D. Stultz, Laura McIlwaine.
The follOwinO y,orsopS xrara ro,ortol