The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-03-06

t ming on Wednesday of next week. In &C
cordance with custom that has prevaile
> for some years, there are many surmise
; on the changes to take place and the fol
} lowing from the State Gazette shows wha
that journal thinks
!, The opening sermon will be preache,
on Tuesday evening by Rev. Wesley A
Hunsberger, of Trenton. Bishop Hurs
will preside. He is president of tn
American University at Washington.
i 1t is likely that there will be larg,
number of changes on the various district
of the Conference, in respect to the pas
tors, but there is likely to be no changes
with respect to the Presiding Elders. Ths
present incumbents will probably be re
appointed.
After the appointments, the principal
business of the Conference will be to Sc
lect five ministerial delegates to the Gen
eral Conference, which meets in Chicago
on the first of inext May. The members
of Conference make no nominations fol-
these delegates, but vote secretly for the
candidates of their choice. 1t frequently
happens that it requires day or two to
make the choice, as the law requires that
the successful candidates shall have re-
received majority of all the votes cast
There are number of ministers, of
course, whose names have been promi-
nently connected with the trust. Among
them are Rev. DR.. ]. B. Graw, the Pre-
siding Elder of Bridgeton district; Rev
DR.. George L. Dobbins, Presiding Elder
or Camden district; Rev. DR.. Joseph L.
Roe, Presiding Elder sof the New Bruins
wick district; Rev. DR.. s. w. Lake, Pre-
siding Elder of Trenton district; Rev. DR..
James W. Marshall, of Broadway Church,
Camden; Rev. DR.. John Handley, of First
Church. Camden; Rev. DR.. Jesse R.
Thompson, of Glassboro; Rev. DIR. John
W. Morris, of First Church, Long Branch;
Rev. DR.. james P. Payran, First Church,
Cape May.
The voting on the ministerial delegates
will take place on Friday, the 10Th.
The lay convention will be held on the
afternoon of the same day in the same
church. At this convention two delegates
and three provisional delegates, with al
ternates for each will be chosen. The
provisional delegates are to be elected on
the presumption that the General Confer
ence will increase the lay representation
to equal the ministerial, and that dele
gates elected on the provision that this
action be taken may take seats. The con-
stitutionality of the provisional delegates
election will doubtless be challenged, even
if the General Conference takes the action
contemplated, and 1t is exceedingly prob
lematical if they will be permitted to take
seats.
Most prominent among the laymen
mentioned for the high honor are General
William H. Skirm, of Trenton, First
Church; Judge Charles E. Hendrickson,
of Mount Holly; G. H. Butterworth, of
the First Church, Camden; ex-Sheriff A.
T. Wooley, of Simpson Church. Long
Branch; G. W. Shoemaker, of Central
Church, Bridgeton, and Ezra B. Lake, of
Atlantic City.
There are but three changes by the linn
itation of the term imposed by the disci-
pline in the whole conference. Two of
these are in the Trenton district and one
in New Brunswick district There were
nine such changes for the preceding year.
Rev. John Fl. Boswell, of Trinity Church,
is spending his fifth year, as is Rev. James
Burns, of Tuckerton, in this district In
the New Brunswick district, Rev. G. r.
Middleton, of West Park, is serving his
fifth year.
The number serving their fourth year
in conference is eleven; serving their
third year is forty FIVE; second year, fifty
four, and first year, ninety. The class
serving their third year is the one from
which the most changes come.
Rev. DR.. John Fl. Boswell will go to
Commerce Street Church, at Bridgeton,
though he has had an invitation from the
church at Gloucester City. The pastor of
the Gloucester Church has been elected as
secretary of the Camden County Law and
Order Society. He is Rev. s. H. Ham.
An effort will be made to have conference
appoint him to the new position. 1t was
from this church that Mr.. Boswell got a
call
Rev. Charles L. Elder, who was for
merly pastor of Wesley Church, on Cen
ter street, Trenton, will go to the charge
made vacant by the removing of Mr.. Bos-
well. 1t is quite likely that Rev. J. E.
Wiley will ask conference for supernu
relation.
In the New Brunswick district there is
a change noted. Rev. Dr. George B
Wright, of the First Church, Asbury
Park, will probably go to Central Church.
in Atlantic City. The Asbury Park Church
might receive Rev. J. B. Haines, of Mer-
In the Camden district, the Fifth Street
Church, Camd en-. will in all probability
give Rev. Eli Clifford to Merchantville,
ana rev. EAeKlel ndncock, ol tne lrSI
Church, Red Bank, has been invited to
the Fifth Street Church, in Camden. Rev.
N. J. Wright, of Central Church, Tren-
ton, has had call from the First Church
of Red Bank. In the event of DR.. Geo.
B. Wright, of Asbury Park, going to
Central Church, Atlantic City, Rev. A.
H. Eberhardt will probably go to Beverly.