Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-06
METHODIST CONFERENCE.
Washington District Body in Session
at Manassas, Va.

Special Correspondence OF Inc Evening o'"f'
MANASSAS, Va, July 5, 1904.
The thirty-seventh session of the WASH
ington dis trict conference of the Baltimore
annual conference, Methodist Episcopal
Church South, convened here this evening
in the Methodist Church. Rev. J. w.
Duffey, y. D., presiding elder of the WASH
ington district, will preside over the ses-
SONS. which will likely last until Thursday
evening.
The pastor of the local church, Rev. S. K.
Cockreil, met the incoming trains and as
Signed the delegates to their homes The
people c. Manassas generally, are enter
tanning the delegates with marked hospital
ity. -
After the singing of appropriate HYMNS
and a PRAYER by Rev. j. H. Light of Fred
ericksburG, Va, the opening sermon was
preached by Rev. p. w. Jeffries, pastor or
the North Washington Church. now being
organized in the BlOomingdale section he
took his text from Corinthians, 10Th chap-
ter It'll verse on The Open Door OF OPP
rOrtunity.
The speaker mentioned the missionary
Journey OF the Apostle Paul and OF the
change OF his plan to visit Corlntn by nrst
going to Macedonia. One Of the reasons for
this change was because some OF the mem
bers of the church at Corinth had In a
measure departed from God and Paul want
ed to ,cye them an opportunity to straight
en- out things. Paul also saw the great open
door for work that could be done at
E,phesus, and with missionary true heaIt
longed to go in and take advantage Oh IL;
Ephesus was great in it's spiendor ana
grandeur and contained one of the seven
great wonders of the world, the Tempe oI
the goddess Diana. 1t was also stated 10
be great in its wickedness, and Paul preach
ed the word of God there with gooo result
and gathered the followers into church
The work grew and increased Wonder1uliy
Faul delayed his visit to Corlnth because
of this work, being done, for IKE the Mas
ter he saw the field was white for the har-
vest. .
The speaker further declared that tie
church today must send the light, Tor there
is no hope for church that holds DacA.
The doors are open all about us. one with
right heart and open eyes must see them In
city and country, for wherever we go there
are calls for all of US.
At the conclusion Of the sermon ReV
Duffey, the presiding elder. occupied the
chair.
l.. Pierce Boteler of Washington was
elected secretary of the conference, and 1t
was agreed to meet in business sessions at
8 o'clock am. and o'clock pm. Preach
ing services will also be held at IL o'clock
a. M and o'clock pm.
The chairman appointed the following
committees:
On examination of candidates for license
to preach, ordination and admission on
trial-Revs. F. ]. Prettyman, D. l.. Blake
more and w. NJ. Waters.
j. NJ Hawley, c. L. Potter, P. w. Jeffries
and c. w. Moore
On spiritual state of the church-Rev. ].
L. KILLER. Rev. J. W. Mitchell and A. w.
Hoskinson.
On missions-Rev. w. H. Ballenger, Rev.
]. w. Smith, F. ]. Pollard.
On Sunday schools-Rev. W. L. Dolly,
Rev. ]. c. Hawk, w. W. MILAN.
On education-Rev. ]. H. Light, Rev. S.
v. Hildebrand, A. H. Compton.
On American Bible Socety-Rev. w. T.
Cover, Rev. w. B. Dorsey, Thomas Jarvis
On financial systems-Rev. ]. P. Stump
Rev. F. A. Strother, D. L. Coon.
On Epworth Leagues-Rev. w. H. Woolf,
Rev. J. H. White, w. H. Shreve.
Following are some of the accredited
delegates to the conference: Rev. F. J.
Prettyman, D. L. Coon, w. w. MILAN, E.
F. Nelson and ]. F. Follin of Mount YER
non Place Church, Washington; Rev. D. L.
Blakemore w. F. Hummer, S. w. Goodson,
L. A. Potter and l.. Pierce Boteler, Ep
worth Church, Washington; Rev. ]. c.
Hawk, Thomas Jarvis. A. c. Rowe, G.
w. Barkman and S. w. Wood, Marvin
Church, Washington; Rev. J. H. White
G. B. Cornwell, West Washington Church;
Rev. P. w. Jeffries North Washington
Church; Rev. w. H. Ellison, ]. D. Ashford
c. P. Price and w. E. Kidwell, Del Ray
G. Plaskett, H. K. Field and ]. E. Alex
ander, Alexandria, Va; Rev. ]. H. Light,
w S. Embrey. Everett Compton. w. L.
Brannan and P. v. D. Conway, Freder-
icksburg, Va. Rev. w. H. Woolf. w. H.
shreve, E. J. Febrey ]. N. Hall and ].
Dolly, G. c. Dulin. Lloyd Slack w. H.
Thomas and G. ]. Johnston, Leesburg, Va:
Rev. F. A. Strother, F. M. Love, G. W.
Laycoch, E. H. Warner and w. A. McFar-
J. L. Meetze, DR.. Walter Shannon, w. R.
Myers and S. r. Weir