Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-12
M. P. CONFERENCE.

M. P. CONFERENCE.
The Maryland Conference of the
Methodist Protestant Church, which has
been in session in Alnutt Memorial
Church, Baltimore, since last Tuesday,
will adjourn tonight.
The balloting for representatives to
the general conference in Washington in
May was continued yesterday, and after
taking three ballots the entire number OF
"a have not as yet been elected. The for
tunate persons yesterday were Rev. j.
NJ. Holmes, of Baltimore, and Rev. w.
NJ. Strayer, of Oxford, Nd. Laymen-
J. H. Roberts, of Baltimore; E. S. Adj
kins, of Salisbury; Q. A. Benjamin, of
Cecil Circuit; Dr. E. B. Fenby, of Bal
timore, and J. G.. Coleman, Of Eliza
beth, n. j. As u ministers and II
laymen are to be elected before the con-
ference closes, there are still / ministers
and 2 laymen yet to be chosen. The
other ministers who have been elected
are President Little, Revs. F. T.. Tagg
T. II. Lewis, j. D. Kinzer, Hugh l..
Elderdice and w. r. Graham. The
laymen are T. P. Fisher, T. A. Muir
ray, J. w. Herring, G. 7. Atkinson and
Daniel Baker.
The superanuated fund committe rec
commended to the conference the assess
ment of 81, 500 upon the district for the
next year to meet the call of claimants,
which sum is $500 in excess of that of
the past year.
The report of the temperance COM
mittee contained a resolution commend
ing States Attorney Owens "for what
he has done to suppress the alleged IL
licit sale of liquor on the Sabbath Day, /"
and pledging to him the hearty support
of the conference. A resolution request
ing the secretary to communicate with
the Senators and Congressman at Wash
iugton from Maryland, and request them
to support the Hepburn-Doliver bill,
which relates to liquor as contained in
original packages, was adopted. The
committee recommended that the min.
listers emphasize the temperance work
in their sermons, and that Sunday school
teachers speak of the work to their
scholars.
An interesting discussion took place
over q recommendation contained in the
report of the home missions committee
to increase the annual assessment for
this cause to 81, 500 instead of $4,000,
which latter sum prevailed last year.
Alter a prolonged discussion, the assess
ment was allowed to remain at 80, 600.
There was whirlwind of complaints
from both laymen and ministers, to the
effect that the district is being too heavily
assessed already. j. B. Jones, of Phil
adelphia caught the audience when he
said; "The people of our churches are
being eternally oppressed and goaded by
these increased assessments, and the
ministers who do the goading are de-
priving little children of bread and but
ter and clothing"
The conference elected President f.
I. Little, Rev. S. j. Smith and Messrs.
j. H. Roberts and G. A. Benjamin its
quota of trustees of the Maryland An
nual Conference for the next quadren-
mum.
The committee on conference eyange-
list declined to recommend the appoint
ment of an evangelist for the district.
The statistics of the church show that
there are "a, 12l members in full stand
ing probationers on the rolls, 1,161
members received during the year,
l, 1868 Sunday schools 275, an increase
of 4 officers and teachers, S,427
scholors, "a, 4S4 :. Young Peoples's
Christian Endeayor societies, ia men,
bers, 4,02l; junior societies, Sc; men,
bers, 2, 1856 adults baptized during the
year, 161; children, I404 number OF
church appointments in the district,
292 ; churches, 2S7; parsonages, lO4
value of church property, 81, 465, 469,
an increase of $271, 269; value of par
sonage property, s2lO, 9S5; indebted
ness on both church and parsonage
$50, 1865, and insurance,
1861, S5l. Rev. H. L. Schlinke was
chairman of the committee on statistics.
The Christian Endeayor committee
the raising of 81, 900 in
the district by the societies during the |
next year, the money to go to missions.