The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-16
STATISTICS OF THE CHURCH
NUMBER AND VALUE OF CHURCHES
AND PARsONAGES REPORTED.
Selection of Boards by Bishops Cab
inet-Old Bethel to BE Restored
-Routine Business.

| this session was the reading of pastors as
| signments for the year. Bishop Joyce did
not read the appointments until after II
o'clock.
Considerable routine business was trans
acted during the morning. DR.. Halstead,
who has been field secretary of the Meth
odist General Hospital and Deaconess
Home. was granted a supernumerary rela-
ton for year DR.. Halstead has sent his
resignation to the hospital board.
The conference commended Governor
| Durbin for his action in seeking to suppress
lawlessness in the bounds of the State and
| passed resolution to this effect.
STATISTICS OF THE CHURCH.
| A statistical report was read to the con-
ference showing that there are III M. K.
Sunday schools in the district and 1898 OFF,
| GERS and teachers. The Sunday school
scholars number 59927. There are rs
| churches in the State or the probable value
| of 81, 9S9 252. The POP parsonages are valued
at 1886, 400. The present Indebtedness on
| church property amounts to $4,000 The
| announcement was made that the benevo-
| lent and correctional collections of this con-
ference for the year were the largest ever
! raised by the conference, amounting to
SS493s.
| The conference desires to restore "Old
| Bethel, near Charlestown, the hrst Meth
/ odist church built in the State. 1t was
| erected in 1907. 1t is the plan to set apart a
| Sunday in the last three months of the year
| when collections will be taken up for this
| purpose.
The conference adopted a resolution of
| fered by the Rev. William Teller, extending
| sympathy and prayer to the law-abiding
| people of the city lin their efforts to close
all gambling dens and saloons according to
law and secure proper observance of the
~ BOARDS SELECTED.
The following boards selected by the bish-
ops cabinet were announced:
Board of church extenson-President.
| Albert Hurlstone; vice president, w. M.
Tippy; secretary and aressuTer' cws r.
| w. p. Farmer, J. M. Ogden, j. s. Berry
hill; ex officio. the presiding elders.
Boards of church location-The presiding
| elder, f. S. Tincher, NJ. S. Heavenridge,
T. ]. Terhune. G. c. Moore.
Connersville district-The presiding elder
E r. a; Su Harrv Wbitcomb np0e'' william
Evansville district-The presiding elder
A l.. Bennett. z. II. Wood, A. w. Emery,
indianapolis district-The presiding elder
J. w. j. Collins. j. d. Jeffrey, w. ID.
Cooper. c. Il. Coffin.
Moore's Hill district-The presiding elder,
A r. Beach, J. w. Dashed, II. d. Nc
Mullen, s. H. Stewart.
New Albany district-The presiding elder
| M. Ia. u,
ming, Philip Diefenbach.
Seymour district-The presiding elder
r. A. Kemp T. W. Northcott, c. B.
Vincennes distrct-The presiding elder
]. H. Carnes. A. M Shepherd. J. s.. Wash
| burn, DR.. Smiley.
Brely, Mrs. VIII Hadley, Mrs. ]. H.
| Ewing Mrs. Daniel Stewart, Mrs. James
c. Harrison, r. r. Bryan, Mrs. w. t.
Brown, Mrs. l.. d. Randall.
| BOARD of examiners fill yacancieS-H
| J. Black, Monroe Vayhinger, William r.
| Plummer.
| ington, j. +. O'Haver; Connersville, w. N
Fletcher; Evansville, A. II. Pitkin. Indian
apolis, Willis f.; Edgin; Moores HILL Rob-
ert Brumbley; New Albany, Davis P. Holt
Seymour. G. ID. Wolf; Vincennes, Samuel
Reid.
Special sermons. conference of 1904
alternate, John A. Ward. Missionary SER
mon, NJ B. Hyde; alternate, W. NJ Tippy
PASTORS ASSIGNMENTS.
The conference listened with intense in
terest to the reading of the assignments Of
pastors. The list follows:
Bloomington District
Presiding elder. j. III. Doddridge Bedford
r. S. Hyde: Bedford circuit to he supplied
by ]. l.. MUIR; Belleville, to be supplied by
Ezra Lewis; Bloomfield. w. II. Wiley;
Bloomington, College-avenue, F. S. Tincher;
Eighth-street, c. w. Whitman; Bowling
Green. c. W. Woods; Cataract, G. Nj. VIII.
son; Center Point, Allen Kenworthy: Clay
City, c. ID. Wilson; Cloverdale. G. l.. Mar
tin: Cory, w. N Gather; Ellettsville j. N
Nash; Freedom c. S. Racy; Gosport, l.. N.
Jones; Greencastle, Locust-street. j. F..
O'Haver; Harrodsburg, e. T. Gerkins; Hell
tonvilIe, G.. f. Winn; Linton, f. a. Steel;
Lyons, RI. S. Hilton; Martinsvlle r. n.
Moore; Martinsville circuit, to be supplied
by Il. Barrett Mitchell, Il. II. Taylor; Mon
rovia, W. f. Russell; Mount Olive and South
Greencastle. to be supplied by j. A Bell:
Owensburg, to be supplied by ]. d. Crane;
Paragon, to be supplied by e. E. Holmes;
be supplied by N NJ Skinner: Quincy, w.
A. Walker; Riley, TO be supplied by G.. A.
Mckee; Spencer, M 5. Heavenridge; Tun-
Culmer; Solsberry, to be supplied by r. S.
Pryor.
-Connersville District
Presiding elder. Z. b. Rawls. Arlington,
Brookville circuit, j. T.. Coffin; Brownsville.
L. l.. WINNER; Carthage, j. T. Scull. jr. /;
Clarksburg. NJ. S. Taylor; College Corner.
o. j. a. Ward; Connersville. First Church,
T. II. Willis; Grand-avenue. w. n. Fletch-
er; Everton (P. o. Connersville), William
Teller; Fairfield, A r. Jones; Falkland,
Glenwood, T. j. Anthony; LAUREL III. N.
King; Liberty, f. A. Campbell; Metamora,
d. a. Vinegar Milroy, F. A. Guthrie; Mil
ton CT. Jensen; Morristown, +. NJ. West
hofer; Mt. Carmel. G. r. Stout; Rushville,
V. w. Tevis; Shelbyville, First Church, l..
F. Dimmitt; west-street, W. F.. Smith; ST.
|
ertson.
Evansville District
Presiding elder, ]. w. Turner. Blue
| Grass (P. o. Evansville, Rural Route No.
2W, Grant Ferguson; Boonville, L. D..
Moore; Boonville circuit to be supplied by
W. H. Davidson; Chandler, S. w. Shelton;
Chrisney. ]. b. Johnson; Cynthiana and
Griffin, r. I'll. Toole. Evansville-Howell.
j. L. Funkhouse; Ingle-street. Charles
Tinsley: Kingsley. w w. Reynolds: Simp-
son and Ridge, A. l.. Bennett Trinity, NJ.
A. Farr; Wesley Chapel. J. b. Likely. Fort
Branch John Ragle; Francisco. To be sup
piled: Gentryville, j. t. Edwards; Griffin.
to be supplied; Lynnville. A. w. Shields;
Mount Vernon, S. S. Penrod; Mount Yer
| non Circuit-W. A. Fox. two to be supplied
@. w. Wilbur, G. l. Walker; Newburg. s.
]. Shake; New Harmony, b. A. May; Oak
Ketcham; Owensville and Antioch, C. III.
Pinnock; Patoka, w. T. Davis Petersburg,
w. VI. Whitsett: Poseyville. r. A. Atkins
Gibson-street. T X. Willis; Rockport. r.
H. Wood: Rockport circuit. A. A. Godby;
Selvin, be supplied by r. o. Clements;
Union 10 be supplied by r. NJ. Capehart:
Winslow. John Asher; Yankeetown, to be
supplied by l.. ID. Youngblood.
indianapolis District
Presiding elder. c. r. Bacon. Acton. c..
s Risley: Broad Ripple. Frank L. Lewis:
| Brooklyn. James Hixson: Castleton. John
Roger: Greenwood. II. s. Headen Indian
| apolis-Barth-place. ID. w. Noble; Black
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