Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-29

siOuary society. Sif WoH' s...,oa
Missionary Society, ss4 Con: : ~
Education Society, $40 domessi9 Was.
s;,n1 ~ philadelrhia, Sal; General Com
pss"r sxnenses, s204; conference
claimants, 81, 2l9; episcopal fund, s5o';
total receipts, $40, If6. -.
Wilmington district Missionary 80
c;a,v. s7,623; Church Extension 30.
o;o,v sji15: Sunday school Union, SLID;
Tract Society, s1O9: Freednan's Ala
and Southern Education Society, s552'
nnhlie educational collection, goo
pb;ldren's fund. slS3: American Biole
Soc;ety. sl3l: Woman's Foreign MIS-
sionary Society, 81, o59; Womafi' 3 Home
Missionary Society, sl,6S9; Conference
E1,ucation Society, S22i; domestic mis-
sions s31O; Methodist Episcopal Hos,
nital Of Philadelphia, s5s; General
Conference expenses, STAT conlerenoe
claimants, 81, 9S5; episcopal funu, s4oo'
total receipts sl5,534. ,,... q.
c;ety, s2i.243: Church Extension so
c;ety sl.797; Sunday. school unicn,
s4lf. Tract Society. $500: Freedman
Aid and Southern Education Society,
Al 10. public educational collection.
- C,is: cbildren's fund, SS79: Ameri-
can Bible Society. s524: Woman's For
zion missionary Society, Sl,926
Woman,s Home Missionary Society,
% nS7 Conference Education Society,
| s447: domestic missions, 500: Method
,st Episcopal Hospital of Philadelphia,
/ sl36: General Conference expenses,
ssl6; conference claimants, so,S2o;
episcopal fund, sl,936,; total receipts
The Rev. William Writ King has
been transferred from the st. Louis
Conferences TO the Wilmington Con-
ference, to succeed the Rev. Henry
Baker, D. D., who has been trans
ferred to the Pittsburg Confluence.
The Rev. f. S. Mace has been trans
ferred from the Wilmington Conference
to the Central New York CoEferenee,
and will become pastor at Jacksonville,
n, Y. The Rev. r. z. p. Karholsen
has been transferred from the New
York Conference to the Wilmington
Conference to succeed Mr.. Mace.
In the absence of Bishop Andrews,
who was holding cabinet meeting. the
, Rev. G. W. Prettyman, d. D., presided
I at the session OF the Wilmington
Methodist Episcopal Conference Mon.
day afternoon. The Rev. Robert
. Roe conducted the devotional exercises.
on the church trustee question, the
a ministerial conference took action the
: reverse of that taken by the Lay Eleo
tor.l Conference. The matter wat
a brought ur by the Rev. W. l.. .
a Murray, d. D.. who offered the follow
Q ing; r..,u, ,.,.r,,,,,
- | IL &c Nal laI thj
:, Law authorizing the election of churcl
y years: and.
e "Whereas. The same body enacted il
~ lieu thereof law referring the Who'll
a. matter to the law of each denomina
- ton, Protestant and Catholic; and,
"a Whereas. Our church law in sue
to cases takes the election away from tn
A. laity and authorizes the pastor or pre-
10 siding elder TO nominate and the qual
&c terly conference to confirm; therefore
ar be it
III Resolved, That paragraph sol of til
j. discipline be SO amended that the loci
church may have the right to vote f
IL. trustees without nomination Of ii
iii pastor or presiding elder wherever Il
20 membership OF the church shall SO ele
"a Resolved, That our delegates to ii
lie General Conference be instructed
present this memorial and do what tn,
w can to have this amendment adopted.
NO The Rev. II. g. Budd opposed Il
nd adoption OF the resolutions. He said
20 would be unwise to change geneI
IN law to meet local condition: there W
no grievance the State law mere
at called upon them to conform to the
I denomination.
nd DR.. Murray explained the laymen
in views of the matter, and urged that t
ri laity be given greater power.
or- The Rev. L. A. H. O'Brien said
,re Frederick Church has special chart
which authorizes the laymen of Il
be church to elect all the officers.
est DIR. Murray said certain churches
roe this city do not possess special charte
as some people imagine. II the Gene
re. Conference does not change the pa
ms graph mentioned, he added, the lawn
l.. will appeal tc the Legislature to char
,it. the law or ask for special charters.
ius The Rev. L. @. Smoot said Mary Ia
on has no law regarding the election
8. church trustees.
tee The Rev. R. I. Coursey said he '
,m- not opposed 10 giving laymen RICH
ers. but he thought restrictions should
Tor. Eub Un lHelr suffrage. Inc l1SC1pl
ed prevented tho election OF unchrist
,rv men as trustees.
ers. The Rev. g. L. Hardesty was
ole, posed to joke over the matter, VIII
W. caused the Rev. j. T. Van Burka!ov
ii. inquire: (Which side are you OIL
". Mr.. Hardesty did not answer the q,
8. tior.
r. The Rev. G. A. Poebus. D. D., +
tho matter was one which should
we're ceive serious consideration.
p. The Rev. j. ID. C.. Hanna, D. d.,
p. vocated the adoption of the resoluti,
iris and said: IF there is to be- polit
a let all take hand"
|. n. Mr.. Budd said the method provi
cid: by the discipline put the laymen il
W States on the same footing.
4 Il. The Rev. Il. B. Short said d
q. would be no trouble If all the minis
Will. were as conscientious as Nj. Rudd,
! 4, all are not as conscientious as he is
Hill: DR., Murray said the laymen do
ryan want fight before the Legislat
they do not want to put the chur
EN- to the necessity of asking for spt
charters.
uier" The resolutions were defeated
WING vote of As to SO.
The rest of the session was devote
;;es' the submission of reports. all Of W
r sa;, were adopted.
ard CONFERENCE CLAIMANTS.
1887; The Rev. P. III. Rawlins read tb
$500 +; port Of the conference stewards.
Bible claims presented to the board amou
Mis- to sl5,0o The receipts, how,
lone were only 81. 1879. which sum, less