Bridgeton pioneer., 1901-03-14
NEW JERSEY
N. B. CONFERENCE.
Detailed Reports of the Proceed
ings of the Ministerial Body.
THE APPOINTMENTS Read.
: A Few Changes i'm Bridgeton-Rev.
Edmund Hewitt Succeeds DIR.
Graw as Presiding Elder.

The sixty-fifth annual session of the
New Jersey Methodist Episcopal Con-
ference held it's first business meeting
in the Broadway Church, Camden,
yesterday.
The opening session was held in the
morning, at which the Conference
was organized, and everything is now
in shape to get down to business
proper to-day. All trains to Camden
yesterday morning carried ministers
from all parts of the Conference dis
tricts, and at nine O'Clock, when
Bishop Mallalieu formally opened the
session, nearly every member of the
Conference was in the church.
The opening service was the admin
istration of the Lords Supper, under
the direction of the Bishop He was
assisted by Presiding Elders G. L.
Dobbins, William P. Davis, J. L. Roe
and DR.. Thomas O'Hanlon, Rev. D.
b. Harris, DR.. John S. Heisler, DIR.
j. W. Marshall and DR.. G. B. Wight,
of Camden, who is acting Presiding
Elder of the Bridgeton District in DR..
Graw's place. DR.. Heisler made the
opening prayer, and Presiding Elder
Davis read the Scriptures At the
conclusion of the Communion service,
Secretary ]. HI. Payran called the roll
OF the ministers, and nearly all re-
sponded
Then followed an impressive me-
mortal service for the ministers and
ministers wives who have passed
away since the last Conference. They
were Joseph B. Turpin, Jacob T.
Price, Samuel H. Assay, P. Y. Calder,
@. E. P. Mayhem and Jacob B. Graw.
DR.. A. E. Ballard conducted the
service and read the memoirs of Mr..
Aasy and Mr.. Price, the latter one
having been prepared by son of the
deceased.
Presiding Elder Dobbins read the
memoir of Mr.. Turpin, and, after
Rev. D. w. G. Mcintyre had present
ed paper in memory of Mr.. Calder
and Rev. J. w. Nicholson had ex-
tolled the virtues of Mr.. Mayhem, the
Conference listened to carefully pre-
pared and lengthy memoir of DR..
Graw, compiled and read by DIR.
Wight. When Dr. Wight concluded
the Conference sang, Nearer, My
God, to Thee -
DR.. Ballard followed in reading
short sketches of ministers wives who
died during the year. They were
Mrs. R. J. Andrews, Mrs. George
Collins and Mrs Noah Edwards.
After Dr. H. L. Gilmour had led
the singing, the Conference proceeded
to organize, resulting in the election
of the following: Secretary, J. H.
Payran, assistants, M. E. Snyder, j.
L. Howard, J. B. Shaw, W. w.
Ridgely, j. W. Presby, U. G. Haga-
man, William Mitchell
Statistical Secretary, J. H. Bos-
well; assistants, J. r. Mason, G. r.
Smith, r. T. Leary, J. D. Bills, S.
G. Pitt, A. M. Morgan, J. W. Lynch,
T4-S. Hammond, Thos. S. Brock, D.
E. Clair, J. G. Garrison, H. L.
Shaw. Treasurer, H. j. Zelley; as
sistants, A L. Iszard, j. f. Sechrist,
d. G. Cobb.
1t was decided that the business
sessions of the Conference be from
$50 to II. As a. m.
After adjournment the ladies of
Broadway Church served a turkey
dinner to all the members of Confer
ence in the church dining room.
A service of greeting and good will
was held in the lecture room of the
Broadway Church in the afternoon,
at which addresses were made by
Bishop Mallalieu, DR.. Marshall, pas
tor of the Conference church; DIR.
Handley and DR.. O'Hanlon.
The first Pentecostal service of the
Conference session was held in the
afternoon in the First Church.
The Preachers Aid Society held a
business session in the afternoon at
the Broadway Church, the members
listening to the reading of the will of
the late Rev. E. B. Lake, of Ocean
City, who made handsome bequest
to the Aid Society, and named that
society as the executor of his will.
The fifteenth anniversary of the
Woman's Home Missionary Society,