The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-03-04
PASTORAL CHANGES.
LIKELY TO TAKE PLACE in CECIL
COUNTY CHURCHES.
Session of the Wilmington Conference
of the N. E. Church to b. Held at
Cambridge This Month

The 3lst session OF the Wilmington Metho
dist Episcopal Conference, which is composed
of all OF the churches of that demon ina ion
on the Peninsula, located in the State OF Del
aware. and on the Eastern Shore of Mary
land and Virginia. will convene at Cam
bridge, Md, this month, with Bishop Cyrus
d. Foss, ID. D., LII. D.. presiding. Nineteen
years have elapsed since the conference of
this denomination last mot in that town.
The presiding Bishop was born January
18th, 1884, ut Kingston, n Y. He graduated
from Wesleyan College in 1854, when he was
appointed teacher in mathe mates at
Armenia Seminary. He was a member OF the
New York Conference from 1856 to 1875,
when he was elected president of Wesleyan
University, which position he held until 1880,
when he was made Bishop, with headquarters
in Philadelphia
The Wilmington Conference was formerly
part OF the Philadelphia Conference, when
in 1869, 1t became independent Of that body
by holding its first session at Harrington,
Del. The number of churches then was 90,
but since that time it has increased to 39i
The number of ministers then enrolled was
SO; now, there are 1874, with 1872 local preach
ers without charges. The membership of its
! church in 1869 was 1868, while now the
number is 1888. The number of Sunday
school scholars enrolled when the conference
was first organic ID was 21.67O, having in
creased until this year there are 44,SS7. The
value of church property in 1869 was esti-
mated at |: 026, $50. while at the last confer
ence the value of the church property was
estimated at 81 1881, no.
During the past year death has claimed
two of its most valued members-the Rev. j
B. Quigg, Of Wilmington. and Rev. W. b.
Walton, OF Salisbury. During the past year
the following ministers have been transferred
M. ID. Hickman, to the Wisconsin Confer.
ence Ezra Tinker, to the Erie Conference
Frank Fletcher, to the Troy Conference W.
I. Valiant, to the New Jersey Conference
H. E. Ewing, to the Kentucky Conference,
and NJ. d. Nutter, to the West Virginia Con-
| ference. James Crow came from the Erie
Conference and ]. J.. Wilson from the Troy
Conference.
There is now living in Elkton ono of the
| Oldest ministers of the Wilmington Confer
ence-the Rev. Benjamin +. Price. Mr.. Price
has been engaged in ministerial labors for
over 60 years.
A number of pastoral changes will take
place among the churches in Cecil county
Rev. Walter E. Avery. of PerryvIls church.
who was compelled to resign as the Presiding
Elder OF the Salisbury district, has been called
to Laurel, Del; Rev. A. S. Mowbray, Of Elk
ton, to Port Deposit. succeeding Rev. W. p.
Compton. who has been called to charge in
Wilmington Rev. T. E. Terry, of Harring-
ton, will come to Elkton. the Rev. W. L.
Wise, of North East, having been called to
the pulpit made vacant by Mr.. Terry Rev.
T. II. Webster, of Denton, is wanted at North
East, while the Rev. Henry Thompson is
likely to take the Rising Sun charge Rev. H.
A. G.. Westerfeld, Of Chesapeake City, will
succeed Mr. Thompson, at Delaware City.
and the Rev. Mr.. Greenfield is slated for
Chesapeake City. change will occur at
Cherry Hill, as the pastor there has completed
his pastorate.