Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-03-30
MINISTERS RETURN
TO DANVILLE

! pointments.
The 1905 Conference at Berwick has
been remarkable in number Of ways.
aud will long be remembered by those
| who attended its sessions as a week of
| pleasant memories and helpfulness. The
| session was marked especially by tho
| expediency with which all business
was transacted, and by the total alb
sence of the lengthy and heated dis
cussions that have ofttimes in the pa
detracted from the pleasure of tie oc-
casiou, and held up the business be-
| fore the meeting.
| A both the morning aud afternoon
sessions Yesterday the audience taxed
| the capacity of the big church. As the
end drew near the excitement was iu-
tense and all centeled upon the Bish-
| ops appointments Danvillo aud Riv-
erside were extremely fortunate to
have the preachers of Trinity. St
| Paul's and St Peters returned They
are good men and fine ministers, and
! their conscientious work in this vicin-
| ity has won for them host of friends
who would have been deeply grieved
! had they been removed
TUESDAY MORNING.
Devotional services were conducted
by Rev. G. T. Dunning, D. D., of
Harrisburg. Bishop Earl Oranston, D.
D.. LII. D.. of Washington, D. c., by
request of Bishop Fitzgerald occupied
the chair The journal of Mondays
sessions was read and approved.
Following yesterdays order confer
ence entered into executive session
and door keepers were appointed. The
relation of John O.. Grimes was chang
| ed from supernumerary to effective.
J. W. WhoIIey was admitted as an
elder on his credentials from the Unit
ed Evangelical Church. He was call
ed before the Conference and the u.s.
ual questions asked.
The executive session was closed and
the room was quickly filled.
The Bishop announced that the ap-
pointments were ready as soon as the
Conference was prepared to hear them.
! f. The report of the Board of Stewards
was read and adopted. 1t showed an
increase over last year of $437.00.
About 81 per cent. of last years esti-
mates was paid. $2l.165 was estimat-
ed for next year. Joseph r. Gray was
granted superannusted relation. The
order of the day was taken up and the
| Conference invited Revs. James Hunt
er and B. f. Stevens. who had COM
pleted fifty years in the ministry. to
| address the conference. A letter was
presented from Rev. Stevens, he being
unable to be present. Rev. Hunter
then addressed the conference. The
address was requested for publication
in the minutes.
The report of the Committee on
Dickinson Seminary was supplement-
cd by an address by Rev. A. s. Bow
man, agent for the Seminary.
A collection was ordered for K. l..
Armstrong, who relinquishes active
work, and is without support in his
| sickness.
The appoytionments to the various
districts were read by Rev. W W.
Evans.
Bishop CIsnston, in taking leave OF
the conference spoke a few words.
Various standing committees were
announced.
The conference vigorously protested
against the passage of the Pail and
Ehrhardt bills now pending in the
Legislature. The treasurer read lis
report, showing a total of Sl04, l49 rails
ed for benevolent purposes. Various
other reports were adopted
Upon motion conference adjourned
TO meet at o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon business session was
opened by singing Jesus Lover OF
Nv Soul" " The morning S journal was
read and approved.
The last of the committees reports
were read and accepted as follows on
! Temperance, Deaconess Work, Per-
iodioals, Tracts and Auditing.
The statistical secretary then read
his report, which showed an increase,
in many items over last year. The fol-
lowing interesting items were gather
ed from the report: Full members, Co., =
| 700; probationers, 64S4; local preach
ers, l1S; deaths, 70S; infants baptized,
1928; adults baptized, 1914 number of
churches, 627, valued at 50, BAT, 2O2;
number of parsonsges, 2I2, valued at
S525, 564, PASTORS salaries, $2l7, 223 {;
present Indebtedness, $245, 2Sl.
The motion to adjourn sice die, at-
ter the reading of the appointments,
was then passed.
Bishop Fitzgerald closed the session
by reading the last verses of the Bo ok
| Oh MhtbllbW anu sInSlhS iAf ILL '~N'
"Children of the Heavenly King
As we journey let US sing. 4"
The Bishop then read the appoint
ments and Conference was dismissed.
Following are the appointments OF
| the Danville District.
Presiding Elder, Amos S. Baldwin,
Sunbury.
Ashland, H @. Pardoe.
Beach Haven, G. M. Remley.
Beaver Meadow, H. W. Newman.
Benton, W. II. BenfOrd.
Berwick, First Church, r. Fl. Gil
! bert.
Berwick, Calvary, J. @. Grimes
Bloomingdale, W. f. Ruth.
Bloomsbury, w p Eveland.
/ horn SunUly