The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-06
MANY WANT TO ATTEND
QUADRENNIAL CONFERENCE A
GREAT METHODIST ATTRACTION.
Elkhart Conference VIII select Dele
gates To-Day District Reports
Made show Church Prosperity.


Special TO the indianapolis Journal
ELKHART. Ind. April 5.-This mornings
session of the North Indiana Methodist
Conference was occupied with the reading
on the district reports. interspersed with
short addresses by members and visitors
who were called upon from time to time.
Presiding Elder NJ. S. Marble. of the Ko-
komo district. presented a most compre-
hensive report. The seventy-seven socie-
ties. excluding the probationers and Sun
day-school scholars, numbered 9.7sl. and
thirty-two pastors looked after the inter-
ests of these. A. tribute was paid to Rev.
E T. Gregg. who died shortly after being
stationed at Kokomo, and a compliment
was bestowed on Rev. j. III. Jackson for
good work in taking up the affairs Of the
charge. The conference was invited to
hold the next session at Elwood. to enjoy
the new church now i'm course of construc-
ton. THE total value of the churches and
parsonages is sos, $50, and the insurance
carried is $1O2. $50. Mr.. Marble thinks more
taken. The amount raised for building
churches was $4,000; for parsonages. 5000:
for repairing churches, S5S7i; for repairing
parsonages. sS2l: paid on indebtedness.
$3.50: present Indebtedness. s22.s2O The
seventy-six Sunday schools have 9.7Os
scholars, the forty senior leagues have
2,3l3 members and the twenty-nine junior
leagues l,654 There was an increase In
the benevolences and increased activity IN
the missionary societies. Sfxty-three rep
resentatives of Methodist homes are In COL
leses and thirty-four of them I'm Methodist
schools Though the material interests or
the district have been great, the soul-win-
ming work is the primary one, and there
were 100 conversions, though Mr. Marble
thought that the disparity between this
number and the number of accessions. 40.
a theme for prayerful consideration
There were 1858 pastoral calls.
Presiding Elder G. II. Wade, of the Num-
Gle district. reported that the eighty-1Ve
leagues, senior and junior. have Az MEM
bers. The missionary societies were active
and progressive. Inc ninety-seVen ouhoay
schools have Lay officers and teachers and
12.143 scohlars. When organized as mis-
sionary societies they have shown IN
creased interest and results. New parson-
ages were erected at Farmland, DE SOTO
and Anderson (two), costing 500 TO sl,S50
each Six churches were built, and nifty
thousand-dollar church has been COM
menced on Meridian street, Anderson. as
has also a fine parsonage. Preliminary
steps have been taken at Alexandra Tor a
twenty-two-t housa nd-dollar church Tx
tensive repairs were reported at other
points. There was deficiency OF about
cial items show encouraging gains. Re-
yiyals were active and successful. Ten
charges report from 100 10 2i3 conversions
each. the aggregate for the district being
1881.
Presiding Elder A. F. Mahin. Of the Rich
mond district, reported on the twenty-six
charges in his care. The pastors had made
1900 calls. The Sunday schools were In
satisfactory condition. The League was
praised and statistics would probably show
a better attendance at prayer meeting by
leaguers than by church members The
missionary collections were about the same
as the previous year. while In other
branches there were increases, except Tor
education, which fell 500 short Aside
from the money raised for building, SZ,f9
had been raised for improvements ana
S23l6 was paid on indebtedness. Many
conversions had been reported. with large
proportion of accessions. The church at
Winchester was destroyed by IRE, but
with S10,500 insurance and SSOG suDscrip-
ton a new church was to be erected
Presiding Elder j. a. Lewellen, OF the
Warsaw district, reported satisfactory
gain In the benevolence collections, the
collections for missions being $3.50. a gain
of $50; the De Paw fund had been swelled
by 500. and the Mexico charge had pledged
$3.50 for the Twentieth Century movement;
the total for educational purposes was
$500 gain of over 5000. The leagues
and Sunday schools had good degree or
success. Revivals were held at a num-
Der of charges and LOCO had been converted.
There was an increase of 150 in full MEM
bers, an increase OF lS5 per cent eighteen
thousand six hundred dollars had been
raised for building parsonages and
churches: $4,000 for repairs; $4,000 TO apply
on indebtedness.
The Eve ministerial and the five lay dele
gates to the General Conference VIII De
selected Friday forenoon. The laymen who
are anxious to receive the honor are Rev.
l.. H. Bunyan, of Richmond: DR.. c. b.
Stemen. of Fort Wayne: Dr. William En-
slim, of Fort Wayne; G. "A Voter, or
Angola: ]. III. Lenhart. of Decatur; 4. A
Doan, of Ossian: A L. kerwood, OF Num-
cie A. A. Small, of Anderson; y. G. Shinn.
of Hartford City: J. l.. Gavin. of Ligonier:
f. Z. Mummert, of Goshen; n. u. Cline, OF
Button: c. c. Binkley, of Richmond; q.
T. Herrick. of Wabash; William +. Swain.
of Huntington.
The friends of the candidates for minis
terial delegates are maintaining discreet
silence, I'm order 10 prevent unseemly ac-
tivity, and none of the ministers will
knowledge he is seeking the honor. The
Rev. c. u. Wade and Rev. NJ. s. Marble.
however. regarded as strong 'recep-
tive" candidates. Others who are men,
toned are: The Rev. DR.. w. ID. Parr. OF
of Decatur: the Rev. DR.. IL. n. Herrick,
of Wabash; the Rev. Frank Browne. OF
Cincinnati.
The Rev. DIR. L. III. Stewart of Cleveland.
ton on this evenings programme, DIR.
Hamilton finding it impossible TO be pres
ent.
Church and political friends of A. A.
Small postmaster at Anderson, arrived
tonight to assist his candidacy. Colonel
w. T. Durbin will arrive before morning.
Presiding Elder +. T.. Simpson. OF the
Fort Wayne district, had presented TO him
a handsome leather upholstered chair by
the pastors of the district, the Rev. Dr.
w ID. Parr making the presentation speech
during a lull in the routine work this
forenoon