The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-03-25
CONFERENCES THIRTY-SEVENTH
SESSION COMES TO CLOSE


! Id winch tired the charges against Rev.
Wilbur +. C"rkran and Rev. Charles S.
Baker, reported that it had sustained
the charges of gambling and of high
| imprudcnce and unmini$tcrial conduct,
| but not those of fraud and falSehoOd.
and fixed as the penalty for the Slis-
| tadned charges suspension from the min
iStry for one year. The report. signed
by Bishop Cyrus ID. FOSS. was adopted.
-Four like charges We're preferred against
liev. DR.. Baker. all of which were Slls-
tanned, and the committee recommend
ed that he be dcposed from the ministry.
The report was adopted.
| Rev. DIR. Martndalc conducted the
, Love Feast nj Grace Church on Sun
day and Bishop ,,0DuScll preached an
eloquent and instructive sermon from
Colo>SinnS l 1:27-"Tu whom God would
make known what is the riches of the
glory of this mystery. which is Christ
i'll YOU, the hope of Glory The Bishop
spoke for eighty minutes but held the
CLOSE attention of the great audience
throughout his discourse. The seven
new drnconS and six elders were ordain-
ed i'll tn" afternoon. y memorial SER
vice preceded the ordinations.
Rev. DIR. Martindllc conducted the
devotional exercises preceding Monday'S :
session. The committee on Church En-
tension reported that of the SJG.OOO Civ
on to the cause from this district sd 900
has been returned and ST 600 has been
loaned to churches in the district. Rev.
J. W. Fogcl presented the report of the
| Womcn'S Foreign Missionary Society.
and special mention wH~ made of the
death of Mrs. II. II. Mntlack. the Con
ference Secretary. \ special collection
for the Methodist Hospital was recon-
mended. Rev. Vaughn :. Collins report
ed for the Conference Education Sucic-
ty four students assisted at Drew Semi
nary and three ut Conference Academy.
iaStorS were urged to secure their re-
Spective church'S shares of the fund for
Frcedmen'S Aid and Education. The re-
port of the Women'S Home Missionary
Society showed 100000 raised within
the limits of the Conference during the
past twenty years 1t was urged that
the Conference Endowment fund of
S1O.SOO he raised to SJO.OOO. each con-
glpgation lmying for ten years into the
fund Il sum equal to 1 per cent. Of its
pastors salary, each claimant minister
to receive so for every year of his ser
vice. widows of claimants 81 and their
children $3.50 for each year of the for
mer'S service in the ministry. but these
provisions We're ncgativrd. and it was
resolved simply to increase the fund TO
S5O,0Oo. Rev. Alfred Smith was con-
tinued as Temperance Evangelist. Rev.
Il. y. RawlinS was elected President
and X. :. D0hSon. of st. Michnels',
Md. Secretary and Treasurer Of the
Conference" Epwolth League. Rev. j.
NJ. Collins and +. {. Wright were pac-
ed Oh tn" Snprrannuutrd list. $G4.52
was raised To aid the former.
The report of Rev. ii. \. &. WcStcr-
field. Statistical Secretary was present
cd ut Monday afternoons session. the
leading items aS follows
Church mhelHhip-NumEcr of pro
bationcrS Wilmington district. $50 to-
tai. Alb: total for the preceding year.
$500: increase. -O4. Number of full
membcrN-Wilmingto district -9.GiS;
total. oi.I4G: total for the preceding
year. 31.921; decrease, 81. Number of
local prcachcrS-Wilmingto district
10: total. lO1 total for preceding year.
1O4: dccrcusr. ;. Number of deaths
Wilmington d>lct-112: total. 400: to-
tai fer the preceding year. 3D.: decrease,
%.
Sunday SchoOl$-Numbrr of schools
Wilmington diStrict-T6: total. 39l: to-
tai for the preceding year. iS:,: increase,
8. Officers and tcacherA-WilmingtCn
district, ,442: total 5.741: total for the
preceding year, 5,6o3: increase, 1873.
Number of scholur$-Wilmington dis
trict. H. ,9S6; total. 44,331; total for the
preceding YEAR, 43,S3S; increase .493.
Church rropclty-Numbrr Of churches
--novrr district. 40; Sn>ton. 81: Sails
bury III: Wilmington. ln: total 3S};
total for the preceding year. :iS3. Prob
able value-Dover district. $342OO0;
Easton. $294 900; Salisbury, S1.T73G15;
total for the preceding year. &1.12SGjO;
increase. S44 800.
Epworth LcAgue-Numhcr of Leagues
Dover district, 3S EaSton. 4G Sails
bury. 32: Wilmington. }S: total. l54
total for the preceding year. 1GO: de-
crease. &. MCmhcrS-Dovrr district. | =
925: En~ton. 2.14I; Salisbury. l.G2T;
Wilmington. IBIS: fetal. SUS5: total
for the preceding year. 1856: decrease.
G33. Junior LpagurS-Dovcr district. II
Ea>ern. 22: Salisbury. II: Wilmington,
- total -: total for the preceding
year. SO:dccrcaSc ). MeIhhershiP-Do-
yer district. 514; Easton. $50; Salisbury,
76T; Wilmington, 1,394; decrease. u.
TREASTRER'S REPORT.
The report of the Rev. II. G. Budd,
the Conference Trca%rwrr in part fol
lows
ClaimS-Salary-W Wilmington district,
$37. .7SO: total. S13O, ,432: preceding year,
S127.1SI; increase. S2.G45. House rent
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