Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-04-01
NEW PASTOR FOR TRINITY.
Rev. !. W. Canter Assigned TO
Methodist Church In This City,
Mr.. HARSlS GOES TO BALTIMORE
Rev. I. c. Michael New Minister at
Hedgesville- Conference Closed
Shortly After Noonlruesday.

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Shortly After Noonlruesday.
A mtssage Tuesday to The Evening
World from Winchester states that
among the appointments announced
at the conference Of tire Methodist
Episcopal church. south, which has
been 10 session there for q week, was
that of Rev. /. W. Csnter to be pastor
OF Trinity Methodist Bpiscepal church
in Martinsburg. to succeed Rev. @.
d. Harris. who has been assigned to
the passionate of Emmanuel church in
Baltimore. The presiding elder of
this district will be Rev. W. Fl. @.
Harper.
Or. -anter has been pastor oil the
Stanton church for the past four
wears.
Rev. /. G. Michael was assigned
to the church at Hedgesville. and Rev.
| SIR. Nesbitt was transferred to another
charge. Rev. q. ID. Bulla was re-
turned to the Braddock Street church
at Winchester.
The conference came to close
shortly after noon, and the ministers
are leaving for their respective homes
to make preparations to remove to
their new charges. There were about
30 changes among the clergymen,
nearly all of.whom had reached the
time limit of FOUR. year permitted by
the church rule.
One of the last actions of the con-
ference was to hear the report OF the
committee appointed to investigate
the charges against Rev. Mr.. Knott,
| former pastor of the church at Saiem,
| Va. The charges we're dismissed Ly
the conference. and MI. Knott was as
signed to Lexington, Va.
Bv a unanimous vote the conference
decided to mold it's one hundred and
twentv-second meeting in Central
church at Cumberland, Md. Only two
Invitations were presented 70 the COM
mittee, and it recommended Cumber.
land. The other WAS from Charles
Town. w. Va.
The greater part of the session was de-
voted to the personal reports of pastors
throughout tho conference. The re-
ports showed encouraging increase in
membership. Some. pastors reported
that their salaries had been over paid.
a condition that created some surprise
and much applause.
In the report OF foreiRn missions
Baltimore district had $27 81 over
assessment; East Baltimore had de.
crease of sl56; the total increase in
the conference for domestic missions
was &222. 10 and the increase on all
missions was $137. The total mis-.
sionary assessment for this year Ia
$15. 1923.
Rsvs. J. p. Stump, p III. Whisner
and Collins Denny, the committee to
which was referred the petition from
the Virginia Presbyterian snyod ask
ing for action on the proposed propo-
sition for bill in congress request
ing greater religious freedom for cadets
at the United States Naval academy,
at Annapolis, made report that not
sufficient Information was before the
committee to justify the recommenaa-
tions OF action on the petition By con.
ference. The report was adopte d
without debate.
Rev. w. S. Campbell, secretary of
the Virginia Bible society, made a.
address, il which he stated that Vir-
ginia produced Bibles at the average
cost OF 10 cents each, which was much
lower than any society from which he
had been able to gather statistics.
Connecticut was the highest.
III this connection Bishop Duncan
made brief address. stating that the
American Biole society is the greate-t
InissioDa agent ON earth; that all the
missionary movements By churches,
hstteIing reports and talk aboct tive
work amounted TO DauRht If tie peo-
pie we're not supplied with the printed
w ~ Va AI0 CdiAbQ httcutlOH w
the fact that the Bible had been trans
lated ipto over 400 different languages
aud dialects and recommended it to
the serions consideration of all
lChristians.
Rev. 4. q. hewitt, Of Hedgesyille.
t.W. Va. reported that he had bad COIL
siderable trouble with his official
board and that several members had
rebelled" aud been removed. In
commenting on the report DR.. Henry
P. Hamill. presiding elder Of the Win
chester district. said that he had had
no information of the reported ''re-
bellion."
The report of Re-. q. H Buchanan,
OF Brucetown, Frederick county, was
WARMLY commended by Bishop Dur.
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