Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-01
OPENS WITH A RECEPTION
Baltimore N. E. Conference to Be Enter
tanned This Evening at Waugh Church.
Bishop Hurst to Deliver Address of
Welcome-PrOgram of, Exercises
for Ensuing Week.

A reception to the members of the Balti-
more conference of the NJ. E. Church, whose
114th annual meeting begins tomorrow at
Waugh Church. Sd and A streets northeast,
will be given this evening in the Sunday
school room, from to O'Clock. An ad-
dress of welcome will be delivered by
Bishop John F. Hurst, to which there will
be suitable response by one or more of the
visiting ministers.
Beginning at S:15 o'clock, Rev. DR.. E. 8.
Hamline Church, this city, will deliver a
lecture on the Israel of the Alps in the
auditorium. The lecture will be illustrated
with large number Of lantern slides.
Early tomorrow morning the conference
will settle down to business. Promptly at
o clock Bishop Merrill will call the body to
order, and, after devotional exercises, con-
Guiding with the administration of the
sacrament of the Lords supper, the for
malities incident to the permanent organi-
cation for the annual session will take
place. While this is in progress there will
be an examination by the conference board
of examiners of candidates for admission
to the conference on trial.
Candidates for Examination.
1t IS said there are now more candidates
for the ministry than has been known at
eny previous meeting in the history of the
conference, and their names are: Daniel
Martin, NJ w. Bevington, John H. Jefreries,
S. G. Graff1n. Howard Davis, J. H. Hyatt,
l.. NJ. Chambers, w. B. Owens. e. C. Baker,
L. w. Barnes, A. H. Mckinley. H. e. r.
Reck, D. e. Moylan, l.. w. Gosnell, w. E.
Daugherty, j. L. Duncan, L. Henck, ]. T.
Gardner, ]. r. Cannon. Yoohi 8. Sacon and
Roger s. Harkinson.
The board of ministers who will decide
whether each of those named are qualified
responsible office of a preacher is COM
posed Of Rows. H. F. France, Page Milburn,
Joel Brown, W. R. Stricken, George c. Ba-
con, c. W. Baldwin, w. w. Davis, w. l..
Mcdowell, L. A Thirlkeid, Lucien Clark.
]. F. Goucher, E. T. Mowbray, ]. NJ. STAR
row, L. T. Waterman. John B. Van Meter,
F. ]. Wagner. o. A. Brown, ]. Fred Heisse,
T. P. Frost, W. I. McKenney.
At 80 pm. tomorrow the missionary an
niversary will take place. Bishop Merrill
will preside and an address will be deliv-
cred by Rev DR.. w. T. Smith. The music
will be under the direction of Mr.. Frank p
Wilson of Foundry NJ. E. Church.
The Program.
AS finally determined upon, the program
for the remainder of the annual session is
as follows:
Thursday, 0 am, conference session; 3
pm, anniversary of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society. The missionary ad-
dress will be delivered by Rev. DIR. J. T.
Gracey, and during the same afternoon DR..
j. E. Price, dean Of the Ocean Grove Sum-
mer School Of Theology, will address a
meeting of all interested in the formation
of Baltimore conference POSTGRADUATE
Association in Trinity M. E. Church. 9Th
and c streets southeast. At 7:30 pm. will
be celebrated the anniversary of the Freed
mans Aid and Southern Educational So
ciety. Rev. DIR. ]. B. Stitt, pastor of Dunn
barton Avenue Church. will preside. The
address will be by Rev; j. w. Hamilton.
and the music will be under the direction of
Mr.. Charles Hayden Chase Of McKendree
Church.
Friday the conference will assemble at
a.m., and at pm. the anniversary of the
Womans Home Mission Society will take
place. At 7:30 pm. the anniversary meet
ing of the Church Extension Society will
occur The chair will be occupied by Rev.
c. Herbert Richardson of Baltimore. The
principal address will be by Rev. Dr. A. J.
Kynett. The music will be in charge of
Mr.. William j. Palmer
Saturday will be devoted to the current
business of the conference, but at 7:3O
D. m. there will be celebrated the edlcation-
al and temperance anniversary, Rev. DIR.
H. r.. Naylor presiding. The address. will
be by Rev. DR.. c. H. Payne, and the music
under the direction of Mr.. Page Zimmer-
man of Mount Vernon Place NJ. E. Church
South.
Ordination Ceremonies.
Sunday at 9:3O am the annual conference
love feast will be observed At II o'clock
Bishop Merrill will deliver a sermon, and
at O'Clock III the afternoon those candi-
dates who are admitted to the conference
will be ordained at Wesley Chapel corner
OF 9TH and F streets northwest
Monday the conference will have a BUSH
ness meeting, beginning at am, and
this Is likely 70 continue most of the day.
One of the most interesting events of
the conference will take place at 7:3O pm.
Monday, the occasion being the anniversary
OF the Epworth League at METROPOLITAN Nj.
T. Church. corner of Az and C streets
northwest, on which occasion an address
on Good Citizenship" will be delivered by
Rev. DR.. Josiah Strong The music of the
anniversary will be under the direction of
MIR. Roland r. Roderick of Waugh Church,
The Appointments
The conference will end its work Tues
day, and the most important event of that
day will be the announcement of the ap-
pointments for the ensuing year; for, while
but few changes are expected 1t Is within
the power of the bishop to make a change
in the location of any minister. and from
the decision of the bishop there is no an
peal. Consequently until the list is read
from the pulpit no member of the body
really knows whether he is to be allowed
10 serve the allotted term of five years in
ms passionate, which is the limit or Wheth-
err within the ensuing few days he must
remove to a new ard perhaps distant field
of labor