The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-04
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE


Leicester. April 9.-The quarterly
conference of the Leicester NJ. e.
church. including the GreenviIle and
lt7nyjlle branches was held last night
in the Leicester church. Rev. Joseph
n Mansfield. presiding elder was in
charge.
The pastor Rev. Alonzo sandeFson'
in his annual report, said that ten nag nag
Joined the church by profession anu
letter four had joined on PioD@Illo3 ION
| two had died and three had oeeh az, GiH-
missed by letter during the year c sle
present members Of the cnurch are 80 o.,
probationers a. During the year So-V
had been raised by the church at Lei
rsstar and Greenville. of which 800 had
been paid on the church indebtedIleSs.
The remainder $720, had been paid 1or
current expenses, including salary u
the preacher interest and insurance
Spiritually the church bad grown IN
numbers and strength. The EpWoIlh
Leagues at Leicester and GreenEllIe
gave favora BILE reports and according
to the ideas Of the pastor were great
helps to the church financially ana spl-
ritually. The superintendent OF Ine
Sunday school said that that branch or
the church was in a prosperous conql-
tion. The pastor complimented the
people Of the church for the generous
support they had given him during the
past year and especially in their viii
lingness to give toward the support OF
the church. Mr. Sanderson also refer
red very pleasantly TO the fact that the
people Of Leicester outside Of the Meth
odist church had very generously sup
ported him in the expenses Of the
church. He would say the people nave
done we'll in the different parts Of his
charges in Leicester.
In closing his report the pastor re-
marked that this was now his eighth
year in his ministry at Leicester ana
that the years he had spent among them
had been years Of toll. care and love,
vet years which he should ever like TO
| remember, and in no one OF them has
the work been more prosperous nor the
kindness and good will Of the people
more apparent and sincere than during
the one just coming TO an end.
Mr.. SandersOn referred in feeling
manner to the loss the church had sus-
tanned during the year in the death of
Francis A. Fales, treasurer and stew
ard, also of the death Of Mrs. Ellen
Birmingham, wife of Rev Erastus Bur
| lingham.
Inc LOtlOM lllS blltEl5 W tA z GlENN " ApA
the coming year: Trustees. A. b. F.
Kinney. Charles II. Carpenter, Joseph
H Woodhead, NJ NJ Mowry, N, H.
Clarke, J. B. Cummings, F. A. Barnes,
H L. Elliot and Thomas Wilding Of
Leicester; John R. Nichols, Edward
Adams, W. S. Sever for Greenville;
stewards, NJ. N. Mowry, J. H. Wood
head, Thomas Wilding, Frederick A.
Lowering, Mary Z. White. Hattie Lind
sey, Ellen L Fales Louise Leighton,
Florence NJ. Perry, Jane A. Cobb, Char
lotte z. Prince, Sarah A. Chapman and
Myra Taylor for Leicester; Scion Gil
bert, Edward Adams, Henry Cooper. W.
s. Sever, Hannah S. Nichols for Green
vile; Thomas Wilding district steward,
Myra Taylor recording steward.
Mrs Ellen I. Fales and Scion Gilbert
were confirmed as presidents Of the ED-
worth Leagues at Leicester and Green
vile.
The quarterly conference unanimous
ly requested the return of their pastor,
Rev Alonzo- Sanderson, for another
year.