The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-03-24
Baltimore Conference Methodist
EPISCOPAL Church.

Episcopal Church.
The one hundred and twenty-frst ses.
sion of this body will open in the new
and handsome Foundry Methodist Epis.
copal Church, Washington, D. c., on
Wednesday morning, March %.
For the first time, Bishop David H.
Moore will preside. This distinguished
officer of the church has had an eventful
history. He was born in Ohio on Sep
TENDER f, 1898, and will shortly COM
plete 81 years of an earthly pilgrimage,
Converted when young man under the
ministry of the late Bishop William Tay-
lor, he soon felt the call to preach the
| gospel, and entered the ministry in 1860.
Soon after, the Civil War came, and he,
like thousands of others, enlisted in the
army and went forth to the field of bat
| tie. He was brave soldier and rose to
the position of commander of regiment
of cavalry. In this position, on a num-
/ Der of battlehelds he won the commenda-
ton of his superior officers. At the close
/ of the war he returned to the work of the
ministry in the State of Ohio. A few
years thereafter he was transferred to the
State of Colorado, where his influence
was greatly felt For a term he was
presiding elder of a large district, and
such were his commanding talents and
executive ability, he was elected presi-
dent of the Denver University, where his
administration of the delicate and re-
sponsible duties of such an office attrac-
ted the attention of the church At the
General Conference of 1883 he was cleo
ted editor of the Western Christian Ad-
vocate, filling this position with signal
ability. AS writer he was clear and
strong At the General Conference of
1900 he was elected to the office of
bishop and assigned to Shanghi, China,
to reside during the quadrennium. He
was there at most critical period in the
history of the missionary work of the
church. Hewas exposed to danger many
times, and was on one occasion attacked
while on journey, but such was the
vigor of his defense that the assailants
were driven away, and afterwards pun
ished by the authorities for their conduct
He was on his way to Korea to super
wise the work of his church, and was an
eyewitness to the naval battle at Che
mulgo, between Russia and Japan. At
the General Conference of last May he
was assigned to Portland, Oregon, to re-
side during another quadrennium. While
his experience is some what limited, as far
as presiding over conferences in the
United States is concerned, no doubt his
oversight Of the coming session will be
hailed with satisfaction.
The duties devolving upon our bishops
are quite heavy. Often in their admins
tration the most delicate questions are
to be handled. The interests of all the
| churches and preachers are in their
hands. They should be men of clear
Judgment, good judges of human nature,
unbiased, calmly weighing the future vel
fare of the churches and the men who are
to serve the same. Coming, as they
often do, to conferences where they are
comparatively strangers, they need the
information that can only be furnished
them by the presiding elders, who are
perfectly familiar with the needs of the
work and the ability of the preachers.
While they do not always depend for
their information from this source, and
may invite conference committees from
the various charges, and the preachers
themselves, it cannot be denied that the
advice received from the first source
named is indispensable to a harmonious
and successful working of our economy.
The adjustment of the appointments
under the present law of the church, in
some respects, is attended with more diff
ficulties than existed when there was
limit to the pastorate. While all can be
returned, it is absolutely sure that quite
number will change.
While the writer is expressing his own
views entirely, his observation-and this
has not been confined to narrow limits
convinces him that the removal of the
time limit was not wise action by the
General Conference of 1900.
In this article there is no room for spec
ulation. but simply a recital of facts.
The presiding elders, Revs. c. Herbert
Richardson, H. S. France, w. l.. Mellow
ell, ]. F. Heisse and H. X. Naylor will no
doubt be reappointed, as none of them
! have reached the limit of services-six
years.
The following summaries will show
| how the record of service stands:
One, Rev. w. G. Herbert, has served
Caroline Street nine years; Rev. c. o.
Isaac has closed eight years at Anacos-
tia, and the following have served seven
years: John T. Ensor, Clifton; ]. T. Hart,
Chester Street; F. M. Bristol, Metropoli-
tan. The men who have served six years
are as follows: T. E. Peters, Maryland
Avenue; ]. NJ. Slarrow, Madison Square;
| F. H. Havenner, Dumbarton Avenue; c.
E. Maydwell, Waugh. The dve-year men
are as follows X. E. Benson, Calvert;
Henry Nice, Swindell Memorial; ]. O..
Wrightson, Monument Street; X. S,
Barnes, East Harford E. c. Gallaher,
Patapsco; ]. X. Edwards, Towson; A. H.
Zimmerman, Kingsley; Q. c. Marriott,