The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-03-25
BALTIMORE CONFERENCE METHODIST
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

/ BALTIMORE CONFERENCE METHODIST
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The one hundred and tweE,ieth session of
/ the baltimore Conference of the Methodist
! Episcopal Church will open ON Wednesday
! morning at . O'Clock, March 30. 1901 in
| the TaTctte Street ChurcF, Baltimore. OF,
Which the Rev. J. :. lIci>sc, y. D., is pastor.
! Like Ill the sessions of this large body of
/ ministers. numbering: at the present time
| ~; Milling appointmcn rs fur west as
! Piedmont, West Virginia, as far south as
! Winchester. Virginia. all OF the Western
! Shore OF Maryland and the district IF Column
iia. it will attract very great attention
This being the year Immediately preceding
! the meeting; of the General Conference whose
session VIII open in the beautiful city OF Los
Angeles. California. May +. 1907 the Flee
toral College. composed of one delegate each
from the 1NS different charges. held their
sion on Friday. March /. This was an int
portant meeting. as the laynen no doubt for
inulated their views on certain questions of
'hurch Socict = foc presentation to the General
Conference They also elected five delegates
to the General Conference. There being five
districts, one delegate from each district was
elected. That honor, four years ago. fell to
Mr.. Lewis NJ: bacon. of Baltimore county,
for the East Baltimore District.
DIR. John !,anahan. who for 4 period of for
ty-ciEht years was Il delegate to the highest
l1w-InakinS body. few weeks ago, 1T the
advanced age of ninety years ended his
narkaoc life on earth and passed to his
ward. He was one OF the mos remarkable
men of American Method;sm. He was long
Il conspicuous member of the General Con
ference, and MS influence MAS f0r-rcaCEinS.
He was great rs II preacher. Besides DR.
Ian than. Two Others have exchanged the
cross for the crOwn--Rcvs. K. K. Murphy and
Samuel A. Wilson. These men had long been
spared to the church. their combined ages be-
ing 2+2 years; their average, SOFA years. The
two last named had served their church long
and Well and from the conflicts below have
gone TO the triumphs above. Happy eN-
change. Their memoirs will be presented to
the conference at the proper time.
ThH doing away of The time limit by the
Conference unnunfll:lT
piece OF legislation when taken nearly four
years ago. and the dissatisfaction has in
creased The debate on the memorial which
is to he presented to the conference
touching this question will lie one OF deep
interest.
The Baltimore Conference has many trair-
ed dcbatcrs. and when aroused the scene be
comes animated.
The consolidation of the bcnevolcrccS and
the Publishing interests OF the church may he
considered, IS hot!. OF these matters viii come
before the General Conference by the reports
o. committees. who were appointed h" that
body four wears ago to consider these things
and report the result of their deliberations.
Bishop <. -. FoSs. who comes to preside is
n stranger. having held the conference be-
fore. lie has filled this position since $50.
and uIaic a line impression On the church for
the c::rciulnSS> of hi" administration AN! The
brOtI2riinc~$ o. his manner. While somewhat
the SHADY side of life. he is still vigorous,
and 10 doubt viii acqut himself well at the
rnc. thug OF this. !hc "Inothcr OF conferences"
iii" C0n.srt nee will meet willie the shadows
and dCsulatiNH brought hy the awful Calami-
X OF the 'cnt fire viii be around them.
AIcthodism has suffered Il great loss. The
Eoch depository, the iI1itIIlorc Methodist
and the American Methodist Historical So
cIc:v were all consumed by tine flames and
tl.- Woman'S College must suffer in its rcvc-
IiuCS. tor ever Jay trustee in Baltimore had
thcir places OF business consumed by the an
10y element. II is e&Ib"CtCd thai the various
benevolent collections will bc Somcwiat re.
Gu>rd ON account OF the tremendous losses
which it;tre been sustained by members ofthc
clIu ii III eniS city.
will ffsl
preached by the Rev. y. ]. Gin. This IS, al
ways an occasion ofiutcrest to the large au-
LicHcC sure to assemble. No doubt tie APP
pnint"c will measure Up to the demands of
the hour
As the Friday of the session vii! I've Good
Friday. Dr. HviSsc, the pastor has arranged
for services specially in keeping with the day.
y sermon will he preached on the afternoon
of that day and the night service will rartakc
OF the solemn events which are awakened by
This particular day. The cross and its victim
fill the world today as never before.
There was Il time when ii was easy to fore
cast i.b"ut changes, at least - far as those
who had reached the limitation was concern
cd. Now I'LL is uncertainty. This condition
of things is regarded by many as very uutor-
LunHtC.
Mcthodists have looked forward to chan
@gS. The itinerant system has been the right
;orate is utterly inconsistent with the ideas
OI MCthudiSn. There are certain facts ahoHt
different preachers which may be stated. Viii
Iam ShecrS. stationed al the Patterson Me
mortal Church closing his last year. Thr
following have served eight years: w. l..
Mcdowell at Broadway, and w. q. Herbert.
at Caroline Street. (. O. Isaac. at Anacnslia,
and L. Ii. Lamar, ut Arlington, are closing
their seventh year. The following at the
end of six years: Hugh Johnston. First
J. 7. Hart. Chester Street; W. 6. Mcneil,
Homcstcad; +. NJ. Bristol. Mctropoli-
tan; !. T. Marsh: M"nkton. The follow
ing have reached the end of five years: ] L.
Peters, Annapolis; &. ID. Smith, Oxford; ]. h.
Wheeler. Re!stcrt"wn; ]. NJ. Siarrow. Madi-
son square osborne Btit' M"ntiorG avenue
J. IL. Hyatt, Brookland; +. II. ilavcnner,
PcUlbertOn Avenue; &. l.. Maydwcil, Waugh;
NJ. L. +. Kice. West Baltimore. Those who
will complete 4 four years term TO-
South River; Henry Nice. Swindci Memorial;
l.. E. Bennett. Hyland; ]. o. Wrishtson.
North Baltimore; K. $. Barnes. East Har-
ford; $. German, Long Green: Z. {. Galaher,
Iatapsco; J. X. Edwards, Towsou: \. II.
Zinmerman. Kingsley; L. L. button. E:cs-
hart l.. A. rnirckeld, keyseri Nilsson Thonl-
as. Mount Savage; a. II. Thompson. Wilson
Memorials; :. ". Gratflin, Emory; L. NJ. Ben
nett, Fulton Avenue, and u. NJ. Browning,
Besides these, there arc - closing the Third
year, ~ the second year and g. the first
year. How many OF this number viii change
ia uncertain. 1t would be safe in saying at
least as many as last year, which g.
But one presiding elder need change. Rev. DR..
". |. Mckenncy will close his six years on
the Frederick District. and therefore mast
change. number have been named rs his
successor. Bishop FOss has this matter in
his own hands, and who Will secure the place
cannot he told vet.
There are :, few changes already known.
Rev. I. :. Long, stationed at Savage, has
been elected superintendent OF III" y! "untain
Lake ark CampmCcting Associaton; Rev.
J. w. Steele, superintendent of the Central
Union Mission. Washington. u. c. and the
Rev. DIR. l.. =. Todd, stationed At Frcdcrick
will take :. sunernumcrary relation for the
purpose of spending rwo years "brcad; Rev.
Or. l.. y. Ferris. of NJ ount Vernon Place, will
be transferred to The Newark Conference. and
t!c Rev. Dir ". I. Sheridan. Of Louisville,
X cntu cly, has been selected to take his place.
There are some rumors afinat about APP
rO;utmUnt. but in u number of instances they
IRE as bubbles on the water, which will cticr
VrSCc as soon as touched.
The year has ohly been moderately success
iul in the revival line. Here and there gra-
cious meetings have been held, but through
out the conference the success has not equal
Onlv Il few churches have been dedicated.
The new church At Harlem Park. of which
Kcv l.. l.. watson is the pastor, has lately
church The new and costly Foundry Church.
i'll Washington. is nearing completion. This
will be one of the best churches i'll the confer
cISs- The David Rodgers Memorial was re-
gently dedicated. This handsome reHg church
was made possible by gilt OF ) 900 from
Mr. nIvil Rodgers, of Baltimore
The baltimore City Church Extension: aad
Missionary society, OF which Mr. !. 4: In
gram is president md Rev. <. w. baldwin
sulUrint "ndcnt. has raised OVrr ten thousand
dollars ipr the work under ih,ir charge dur
in" The year.
The Woin&E'S College, under the pressure
brought to bear 10y the fire. will start out
10 RAISE during the year 5000. 900. OF this
amount nir' ady a subscription from the
Massey fnn,ilyT Of Canada. for S5u, 600 has
been resolved. This is glorious beginning
and argues well for success. The president OF
this college. Rev. ID. !. +. Gouci!cr is full of
plars for the future al this great school.
The number o! members aud p.nbatiOncrs
last year i'll the conference was 1851. There
were ~ Sunday Schools Witt -. go .,lul-
arS. +l% churches valued at %;'.4l 100. and
135 parsona"ys valued At S5hd.uOO.
". Il. II.