Bridgeton pioneer., 1901-03-14

behalf OF Pennington Seminary, as it
comes to the conference with S13, 900
larger debt for improvements than
the last conference warranted.
The devotional exercises were held
from s. 30 to 8 O'Clock. The members
of the conference responded to the
gentle chiding of the Bishop on ac-
count of their dereliction in this re-
spect on the previous day. The PEN
tescostal Committee occupied seats ON
the platform and Dr. Gilmour led the
singing.
At the beginning of the business
sessions arrangements were made for
memorial service for DIR. Graw,
Monday morning at II O'Clock. A
committee consisting of Jesse r..
Thompson, N. J. Wright and George
B. Wight were appointed to make the
necessary arrangements.
DR.. @. b. Mason, a colored man,
senior secretary of the Freedmen s
Aid Society, in a speech of few
moments in length, carried the con-
ference by storm. He thanked them
for their generous offering for the
past year and urged them to continne
for the year to come.
In calling up the Bridgeton Dis
trict, Bishop Mallalieu said: "You
don't know how / miss Dr. Graw
l met him first in '72, and always
liked him. / admire a man of his
convictions and was saddened to learn
of his death. The news of it came at
so late an hour that did not deem it
best to formally appoint any one in
his place. / wanted to wait until I
heard from the preachers in the dis
trict and the presiding elders and get
their unanimous Judgment, so I asked
DR.. Wight to represent the district in
the cabinet. "
1t was only on last Monday that DR..
Wight was called thus to act, and the
time was all too short to make any
attempt at a written report for the
district, if he had the facts at hand.
Thereupon Bridgeton was passed
without any report.
1t is estimated that there were about
1000 probationers received in the
church during the year, and if this be
true, the total number of probationers
for the conference for the year 1906
would be about 5000.
Bishop Mallalieu then proceeded tc
the calling of the effective elders OF
the districts. In this connection
there was little difference of opin
ion manifested as to whether the min
listers should be asked to itemize thei1
reports upon their collections, espe
cially the fifth" collection, that fol
the supernumerary fund.
The New Jersey Methodist Episco.
! pal Conference, which has been il
session in the Broadway Church
Camden, since Wednesday last, rushed
through a volume of business Mon
day, and it is probable that adjourn.
ment will be reached at noon to-day
In fact, DIR. Marshall informed the
Conference that the session would
probably be brought to a close at this
mornings session, at which time the
appointments will be read.
The most important business of the
session Monday was the adoption OF
the new constitution, placing New
Jersey on record as the first of the
| larger conferences to act ON the new
laws. The matter was called up by
the Bishop, and DR.. George B. Wight
moved that the vote on the adoption
or rejection of the constitution be
taken without debate In support of
his motion, he said it was printed in
full in the discipline, had been dis
cussed in all its phases and must be
adopted in full, amendments not being
allowed. There was no opposition tc
the motion, and the vote was at once
taken, resulting in the constitution
being adopted by vote of 1T to 5.
The General Conference vote on the
passage of the revised laws was 592 to
"a.
/ Bishop Mallalieu's revival spirit,
which has throughout the Conference
deeply impressed the ministers, by
his manner of leading the morning
devotional services. was more vividly
set forth during the consideration OF
the superannuated ministers.
Rev. S. E. Post, who has seen sixty
years of service in the ministry, was
telling the Conference of his work
during his effective days, and spoke
of the revivals he had gone through.
The Bishop interrupted by asking Mr..
Post if he thought revival could be
conducted in the summer. Mr.. Post
replied that he did, and had held