The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-11
METH0DISTS
PR0TESFANTS;
Twentieth Century Thank
Offering OF 100000
and Cook DEPOSIT
tory In BALTIC.

Crisfeld, Nd, April 10.-With the
greatest enthusiasm he MARYLAND An.
nual Conference of no Methodist Pro eat
an Church, in session ut Mount Pleasan
Church, Cristihld. to-day adopted re.olu
tlons providing for the raising of 1900 ON
as twentieth century thank offering ol
which amount $1,000 ia to be collected
within the Maryland conference and to be
expended In tho purGiasr Of a building iI
Baltimore for the use Of the Baltimore
Book Deposi Dry
IL was provided in the resolution that
the $50, 900 to bs collected in the Maryland
conference, or as much thereof M NAV be
necessary, shall be placed in the hands of
joint corr mittee consisting Of the menu
bers of the Baltimore Book Depository
and three members of the conference ap-
pointed fnr the purpose. The joint com
mites was empowered by the resolutions
to purchase the building. which Is to be in
fee, free OF ieht. and in the name OF the
trustees OF he difference, and report any
balance which may exist to the conferenc CO
for disposition.
The resolutions fur her provide that a
sabbath between the first of July and the
first of Dece nber he set apart for special
services In furtherance of the object, and
urges all pasto! to cooperate with Rev.
DR.. +. T. Tagg. editor Of the Methodist
Protestant who was chosen the agent for
travelling over the conference and p, esent-
ing the cause to the various charges.
breeze was stirred up in the confer
"nce by remarks made ty Rev. Dr. J. b.
Jona'. ST Luke's Church, Philadelphia, in
support of resolution, which after criti-
ci>ing the abandoning Of churches. ra-af-
flrmed the law Of the church in regard to
the same, and made violation of the law
bar to the passage of the official oharact-
Err Of the offending mini tor
Rev. Dr. Jones prefaced his remarks by
declaring that in sociology tho human
family Ia divided into four classes, wag-
tails, cuckoos. suck.egs-lngs and few
r'srectablH specimens Of the genus homo.
Hardly had he uttered the remarks
" hen Rev. DE- Il. L Tagg was on his feet
objeetne $ ronglv to tho use Of usch Ian
guage. wn;ch he described as unbecoming
nml undignilled.
BY thi lime number of other, wore
on their feet to critcise tho lanrnage used
Ivy the PHILADELPHIA minister. While they
were speaking Rev. DR.. Jones sat on tho
alta" rail. aud when thcv had flushed re-
sumol his remarks. He spoke strongly
against the abe ndnni Hg "f churches, nll If
which he said rs had sisted flnnnci 'ly
and one he had built jus because it was
inHnnv"nj"nt for preacher TO serve them
In connection with other churches. lie de-
c'areh thnt he had given to the dsnomina-
tion 81 900 more than he had ever received
from it.
Rev. j. L Strnnehn Dclmar cor, oborlt-
cd argo'v what Rev DR.. Jones had said
He said he knew # one church orcr the
property of the confc"oncn which now be.
longs to tho Me h dist .Epi. cnpal Church
and is in a prosperous condition Rev.
DR.. Straughn cnllol attention to two
churches in Sussex county, Delaware,
formerly the properly Of the conference,
one of which Is now closed and the other
ia used ms n store and closed by urging
the conference to bestir itself in the
matter.
The order Of tho dav having arrived the
discussion came to clo.e rather abruptly
without any action being taken on tho
resolutions.