The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-13


The annual sessions of the wyoming
Methodist conference opened yesterday
morning in the Methodist Episcopal
church, Kingston. with the Sacrament
of the LORDS supper. conducted by
Bishop John T. Newman and the cab
met Of presiding elders. Bishop New
man has been seriously i'll and Is eX-
ceedingly feeble. Indeed his condition
does not warrant the severe strain of
presiding over large conference, and
1t was announced that today Bishop
Joyce would be present to assist.
The Methodist church, in which the
conference is held, has recently been
remodelcd and is large. handsome
cdiiice. The fine new organ fills the
rear of the auditorium. The sessions
are unusually well attended and a
large number of clergymen responded
to their names at roll call.
Rev. ]. B. Sweet, the popular secre-
| tary for the past two years was re-
| elected without opposition. Assistant
Secretaries John w. Nicholson, of
! Waverly. n. v: r. NJ. Furey, of
| Mountain Top; statistical secretary.
! G.. NJ. Olmstcad, Castle Creek treas
! urer, G. Farto Stone. Forest City. as
! sistants, G.. g. Nrooman. w. w. Wat
! rous, A. d. Doud, ]. S. Custard, Clark
| Calender; detailed missionary report,
| u. s. MacKeller.
Dr. John II. Race introduced a res
| olution welcoming Bishop Newman,
| which was unanimously adopted. The
! Bishop gracefully responded, in which
| he thanked the conference for its en-
! thusiastic greeting, az three Of the
! bishops are incapacitated by illness
| he found 1t necessary to come. although
| he was not really well enough. He
| had crossed the continent nine times in
| eleven months in Episcopal work. He
| believed it possible for even a Metho-
| dist clergyman to travel too much
| This conference has glorious histor-
| ical record may it have new bap-
| tism and may it's evangelical element
| never die out
| GAVEL PRESENTED.
Rev. o. y. Severson. of Plymouth,
| then presented the bishop with a CAV
| el and a dressed stone from a house in
! Plymouth where the first preaching of
| Methodism in the valley was held in
| 1873. The house was built in 1883 and
is still used as a dwelling. The gifts
are, at the close Of the conference. to
| pass into the custody of the Historical
| society. The stone artisan found II
| difficult to repress the ruggedness in
the stone but two sides are smooth
| and thus is represented the hard and
| rugged work Of those early DAYS of the
| saints whose religion was smooth and
| beautiful.
| Rev. Dr. NJ. S. Hard responded elo-
quently in accepting the souvenirs for
! the bishop aud then introduced Bishor
| Newman's wife to the conference af-
ter which he spoke of the fact that the
| bishop had just celebrated his fiftietf
| anniversary in the ministry and that
, one of the members of the conference
. Rev. j. NJ. Wells, was a classmate oi
the bishop. Among others who ante
dated his service in the ministry were
ltevs. Parsons Bartlett, L. w Peck
q. w. Leacock, :. g. stevens and
| Stone.
The subject of the method to be OBJ.
served i'll reporting missionary collec.
| lions Occasioned a prolonged discus.
! sion, which was followed by animated
argument over the one per cent. as.
| ''SSllitlll VI lHillSltIS SdltIltS IDf lDS
| opportunities fund. 4 resolution tc
abolish the tax failed to carry. II
was stated that thirty three member:
of the conference had neglected TO pay
| their percentage.
Rev. DR.. Morrow, the general secre.
tary of the Bible society was intro.
ducel and gave an address in the in.
, torests of his work. list of STANDING
committees We're reported The last i:
a new one recommended by DR.. HARD
and looking toward enlarged wori
among men by means of the Brother.
hood of st. Paul. The committees are
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Auditing Conmittec--G. II. Prentice
ii. y: Van Deusen, w. f. Cochra,ue.
Bible Cause-C. {. Nrouman, Alber
Clark, II. G. Harmed, A. VI. Colsrove. a
g Brakenhury, y. j. HaWIty.
Church EXtcnsion-S II. wood H. E
Wheeler, i. T. Pcarce. 5. H. hunt, VIII
ian rrisbE, j. n. Lee.
church Music--P. q. Ruchman. j. l.
4. G. Jacobs, A, J. Noff.
Churches ana Parsouages-C. d. Shcp
nerd j. 5. Custard, g.. -. Henry, Il. +
! Ace, l., ID, Palmer, W. S. Wilcox.
Conference Collections-S II. Floly, j
j. j. i. I,.I Royce j. i \ \ smith smitR. - D. "'''oa
| 'pNltItiCt lStlLllOlS-J. Il. w dSnCf, II
,. Benedict, G. NJ Olmstead, L g Estes
l.. fitzpatrick, |. j. Smith.
EducatiOn--J. IL. Race, 5. Moore G 4
Place, II, Z. McDermott. r. NJ Pascoe
NJ, ;. Hard y. ID. Decker. Thomas Har
roun, S. q. Snowden, J. w. Nicholson, {
!. Sprague, 9. NJ. Gitlin, j. y. Sweet. "
g. Pearce, William Connell, Profcsso
:. q. Landon. Dr. \. J. Simons.
Episcopal Fund.-. W. Davis, Duvl
Evans, c. T.. Sweet, :. \. Terry, T.. IL
Armstrong, Isaac Jenkins.
EpwOrth Leaguc--G. II. Prentice, y. 4
Ripley, +. \. tluimby, l.. e. Murdoch, {
IL. Ncwing, r. W. Tourney.
Free edman's Aid and Southern Educa
tiOn Sucirty-.-Gi. y. Underwood, l. &. VII
son, T.. J.. Santee, j. c. johnson, NJ L
Andarl2Sc, j. w. Woehrle.
Local Preachers and POstoffices-P. i
Mead. A. MriGley, J. NJ. Corroll, W. W
( WatruuS, Il. j, Vaughn, g ii. reynolds
MCmuirs-I.. G. Floyd, W. :. WILCOX
". j.. Thorpe, T.. II. Parsons. !. i. sum
nor Samuel Moore, George Forsyth, l
c. NudTock, j.. p Ripley w. II. ptarC'
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