Evening journal., 1900-03-24

IN VARIOUS CHURCHES, DESPITE
THE DEPRESSING CONDITION IN
LOWER DELAWARE AND MARY
LAND-MANY SOULS SAVED.
GENERAL WORK OF CONFER
ENCE-
The fifth day of the convention Of
the Wilmington Annual Conference
met this morning, and Epworth
Church as usual was crowded with an
interested congregation.
The praise service at $50 O'Clock
was conducted by Rev. c. P. Swain,
following which the business session
began with the reading Of the minutes
of the previous day.
On motion of Presiding Elder Cork
ran, Revs. c. T. Wyatt and r. H..
Adams were appointed a committee to
extend the greetings of the ministerial
conference to the lay conference and
invite that body to meet them at some
suitable hour. Revs. T. II. OBrien and
Murray were appointed to reply to
greetings offered by the lay confer
ence.
The question who have been con-
tinued on trial" was taken up and IA
vOrable reports as to studies, collec-
tions and character were made OF An
drew II. CODY, William e. Wright,
Edward Il. Cantwell and George w.
Dawson. Upon motions OF the presid-
ing elders they were continued and
advanced.
In referring to William Z. Wright
Presiding Elder Baker spoke in glow
ing terms of his work at Leipsic during
the past year. In the face of indiffer-
ence and almost dissent on the part OF
his congregation, he raised an old debt
Of long standing and also made 1,1OO
pastoral calls. "He is an indefatiga-
BILE worker" said Dr.. Baker.
In. the case of Rev. John l.. Jones,
Presiding Elder Baker stated that he
had come to the district as an ordained
minister from the Primitive Methodist
Church, and was assigned to Canter-
bury, but recently had sent in his res.
ignation from the church and asked
that he be discontinued. Upon motion
OF DR.. Baker, Rev. Jones was discon-
tinued.
The name OF James II. Gardner was
presented with a certificate from the
Kent Island quarterly conference, with
recommendation for the deaconship
A question was raised by Rev DR.. Col
Inns as to his eligibility, and upon mo-
tion his case was referred to the com.
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DIR. James M. King, secretary of ths
Board of Church Extension. was in
troduced and made a brief address
upon church extension work
THE PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL.
The report Of the committee OF thu
Methodist Episcopal Hospital, a
Philadelphia, was read and showed thi
institution to be one of the bes
equipped in Philadelphia, and to be il
a prosperous condition. DR.. LippincOtt
corresponding secretary of the hos
pital, was introduced and gave som
interesting facts concerning the hos
pital. DR.. LppincOtt stated that las
year the institution had treated 779 pa
tients free. Patients were treated from
eleven states and sixteen conferences
Eighty per cent. of the work done las
year was free.
Thirty-three patients we're treate
from the Wilmington Conference
From the conference the hospital re
ceived $121 during the year in contri
buttons
Upon suggestion of Dr. Lippincot
Bishop Andrews appointed the hos
pital committee and a visiting commit
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DIR. CORKRAN'S REPORT.
The next BUSINESS in order was th
report of Presiding Elder Corkran, {
the Easton district. In part it is a
follows:
The financial conditions of the EaS
ton district during the past year hav
been good, although the widesprea
prosperity has not improved it. Th
peach crop has been failure;the priC
of wheat was low and the oyster Gro
amounted to almost nothing. Thes
conditions are always felt by tn
church
In the district there have been fly
transfers effected, Rev. c. c. Simfel
was transferred from the New Jerst
Conference to Chestertown in exchanl
for Rev. Julius Dodd; Rev. c. w. Ca
we'll was transferred from the Ne
England States Conference to Middl
town, Del, exchanging with Rev. l.
Wood, who went to Norwich. Conn
Rev ]. T. Richardson, of the Ia
Maine Conference, was transferred
Church Hill, Md; Rev. j. r. Cam,
was transferred from the Blue Rid
Conference. N. c., to Pomola, Nd. al
Rev. V. e. Hill was transferred fro
the East Maine Conference to Lincol
Del.
The district responded to the appe
of the bishop, presenting 1,600 conve
sions, and a contribution of 500
thank Offering. The financial retur
have been larger this year than ey
before
The Cecilton charge had paid its ps
tor, presiding elder and bishop in 4
long before the session or conferenc
All the churches in the Crumpt
charge show marked Improvement d,
ing they ear. In Trappe circuit I