Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-02-11
WILMINGTON
CONFERENCE.
Will Meet at Cambridge
Dorchester County,
Next Month.

The 3lst session of the Wilmington
Methodist Episcopal Conference. which
is composed of all the churches of that
denomination on the Peninsula, located
in the State of Delaware, and on the
Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia,
will convene at Cambridge, Md. next
month. with Bishop Cyrus ID. Foss. ID.
d., L. l.. d.. presiding Nineteen years
have elapsed since this denomination
last met in that town.
The presiding Bishop was born Jan
uary Il. 1884, ut Kingston, N Y. He
graduated from Wesleyan College in
1854. when he was a teacher in mathe-
MATES ut Armenia Seminary He was
Il member of the New York Conference
from 1896 to 1915, when he was elected
president of Wesleyan University.
which position he held until he was
made bishop, with headquarters in
Philadelphia.
The Wilmington Conference was for
merly Il part of the Philadelphia Con-
ference. when, in 1869, it became indie
pendent of that body by holding its
first session at Harrington, Del The
number of churches then was So, but
since that time il has increased 10 1911.
The number Of Ministers then enrolled
was Sc; now, there are 1871, with l22
local preachers without charges The
membership of its church in 1869 was
$3.50. while now the number is ~. 5:'S.
The number of Sunday school scholars
enrolled when the conference was first
organized was 81 go. having increased
until this year are 1850 The value of
church property in 1869 was estimated
1T 81 ,026, $50. while at the last confer
cnce the value of the church property
was estimated at 81 ,S3l. no.
During the past year death has claim
ed two of Its most valued membership
Rev ). b. Quigg,of Wilmington. and
Rev. w. b. Walton, of Salisbury. Dur
ing the past year the following ministers
have been transferred: NJ. d. Hack
man to Wisconsin Conference: Ear
Tinker, to the Erie Conferences; Frank
Fletcher, to the Troy Conference; w.
I. Valiant. 10 New Jersey Conference:
H. +. Ewing, Ia the Kentucky Confer
ence, and NJ. ID, Nutter. to the West
Virginia Conference. James Crow came
from the Erie Conference and J. l..
Wilson from the Troy Conference
There is now living i'll Elkton one of
the oldest ministers of the Wilmington
Conference = the Rev Benjamin +.
Price. Mr.. Price has been engaged in
ministerial laborS for over 80 years
y number of pastoral changes will
take place among the churches i'll Cecil
county-Rev. Walter T. Avery, of Per-
ryvillc Church, who was compelled to
resign as the elder of the Salisbury dis
trict, has been called to Laurel, Del.
Rev a. :. Mowbray. of Elkton, no Port
Deposit, succeeding Rev w p Comp
ton who has been called To charge in
Wilmington; Rev. T. +. Terry, of Har-
rington. will 90 10 Elkton, the Rev W.
+. Wise, of Northeast, having been
called TO the pulpit made vacant by Mr.
Terry; Rev z. II. Webster. of Denton,
is wanted at Northeast. while the Rev.
Henry Thompson is likely to take the
Rising Sun charge; Rev. H. a. Wester-
field, of Chesapeake City. will succeed
Mr.. Thompson. at Delaware City, and
the Rev. Mr.. Greenfield is slated for
Chesapeake City. A change will occur
at Cherry Hill. as the pastor there has
completed his pastorate