Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-09

by Rev D. NJ Dibble The overture from
the general conference as to union with the
primitive Methodists was taken up.
Rev. DR.. Lewis said that most of the
annual conferences had voted and he
would not be surprised If the question was
not settled The primitive Methodists
number from five to seven thousand and
are the offshoot of the English primitives.
The report on the subject was adopted by
the several conferences was adopted with
out much discussion. He read from the
discipline. and said their government was
congregational and they had no itinerary.
Their custom was for a church to call a
minister and if he accepted it was reported
10 the conference and appointment an
nounced. The conference was simply a
clearing house
He argued that the primitives would lose
nothing by uniting with this church. He
believed that 1t was unconstitutional. that
1t would be wrong to abolish the itneracy
and would not yield our name.
The prayer-meeting hour shut off the dis
cussion and the subject went over.
Report on Candidates.
The faculty of instruction, through DR..
Switzerland, reported on the candidates
whose names We're published Thursday.
They recommended the ordination of D. NJ.
Dibble, +. ]. Kraus, Clayborne Phillips and
r. l.. Shipley. renewal of the licenses
of B. A. Bryan, G. l.. Humphreys, ]. e.
Litzsinger, F. NJ Cliff, G. +. Morris and w.
NJ. Jet; that licenses be given w. b. Ell
lott, j. I. Bayley, N. C. Clough, w. P.
Roberts, E. N. Baldwin, Carroll Maddox
and w. {. Stone, and recommended that
the name of Rev. 7. P. Revelle be placed
on the unstationed list as requested.
They reported that Revs. J. j. Murray
and w. S. Hammond had resigned from the
faculty in consequence of i'll health and
that RevS. F. T. Benson and S. B. Smith
had been appointed.
The report was adopted and DIR. Suther-
land called up the candidates and presented
them to the conference. The five recruited
on trial were called to the front and for
mally received in an address by the pres-
dent, replete with sound advice to the
work they were entering upon.
The ordination will take place today at II
o'clock at the NJ. P. Church.
Sunday School Work.
The conference Friday afternoon re-
ceived the report of the committee on
Sunday schools through Rev. F. H.
Mullineaux. 1t urges the Importance
of the work and recognizes the vast
Improvement made in the schools, Endorses
DR.. Davis books on the polity of the
church and the catechiSm prepared by
him, approves of Sunday school conven-
tons and says that teachers, by attending
classes will become thereby more efficient.
A number of papers were referred to the
church extension convention, which, with
the number previously referred, indicates
much activity in church building and i'm
provement.
Rev. G. w. Haddaway reported that the
transportation lines had given them lib
eral rates some at less than one-half for
the round trip. Thanks were voted.
The president stated that Rev. DIR. Rich
ardson had sent a number of copies of his
work relating to holding property, incor-
poration of churches and societies, some of
which were for presentation.
Rev. j. f. Nicholson, from special COM
mlttee, reported on the books presented to
the conference by DR.. Lewis, the resolu-
hon reciting that the papers he had col
lected and had bound were of incalculable
value, embracing some supposed to have
been lost. and expressing the hearty
thanks of the conference. Adopted.
Other interesting matters filled the day.