Middletown transcript., 1905-03-18
WILMINGTON CONFERENCE OPENS
Bishop Daniel A. Goodsell Presiding at
the Thirty-seyenth Annual Session

IL Is TIE Unity -SeN eIitH dIiIitidi rtSS"t
of that body, and the preliminary meeI
! ing was held Tuesday night, beginnin
at z30 o'clock. 1t was known as a con
ference missionary service, and the SCI
mon was preached by the Rev. W. Z
Bennett, of Sudlersville, Md.
The service was well attended and Mr.
Bennett gave an eloquent talk. AT tin
close of the service there was an informa
reception to the conference.
Most of the ministers attending con
ference arrived Tuesday afternoon ant
were at once assigned to their homes by
the committee. The visitors reported a
Grace M. e. Church. These arrivals
were in addition to the different cxamin
ing committees and the men to be ex
amined.
Bishop Daniel A. Goodsell, of Boston
who is presiding at conference and Bishop
Cyrus w. Foss, of Philadelphia, arrived
Tuesday. Bishop Goodsell went to the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. C. Wesley Weldin,
at Eighth and Broome streets, where he
will be entertained, and Bishop Foss
went to the residence of Professor and
Mrs. Fl. s. Goldey, as their guest. Bishop
Foss' coming surprised many Methodist
and caused report that he was to pre-
side at the trial OF the Revs. Charles S.
Baker and Wilbur F. Corkran, accused
of unministerial and un-Christianlike
conduct.
Attendance at the opening session was
not so large as usual, though Grace Church
was fairly filled. The opening of the
business session was preceded by a COM
munion service conducted by Bishop
Goodsell. This st trvice lasted for nearly
an hour.
The roll call showed that most of the
members Of the conference were present.
Election for officers was then called
for and it was decided by vote of So
to 4S to elect secretary by ballot. G.
S. Jones, E. NJ. Cantwell, Vaughan S.
Collins and w. F. Dawson were named
as tellers.
The nominations for secretary included
w. r. Mowbray, W. A. Wise, Z. n.
Cantwell, q. H. Webster and E. L. Hoff-
ecker, but Messrs. Hoffecker and Now
bray asked that their names be with
drawn.
The vote was taken and resulted Wise,
50 Mowbray, ,49 Cantwell, 4; Webster,4.
Mr.. Wise was declared elected and
named w. R. Mowbray, r. H. Webster,
q. P. Jones and L. E. Poole as his as
sistants.
II. A. G. Westerfeld was elected sta
tistical secretary with power to name his |
own assistants. He named ]. H. Geohe- |
gan, H. B. Kelso, ]. L. johnson, W. E. |
Milton McCann, g. r. Ellis,
W. W. Sharp, C. w. Strickland, G. H.
Thomas, A. W. Goodhand, F. w. Faulk-
1er, F. I. Mumford, F. X. Moore, ]. E.
Gallagher, w. E. Gunby.
H. G. Budd was elected conference
treasurer and named his assistants as
ollows: J. NJ. Arters, ]. w. Prettyman,
W. R. Hyrons, w. o. Bennett, G. C.
V. E. Hills, ]. II. Gardner, j.
T. Richardson, 0. G. Jones.
These committees were nominated by
he presiding elders and elected:
Public Worship-W. W. King, w. L.
J. Murray, j. w. Easley.
Education-F. F. Carpenter, W. c.
Poole. J. T. Richardson, F. n. Faulkner.
Bible Society-W. T. Lewis, L. w.
w. B. Guthrie, 0. L. Martin.
Sunday School and Tracts-M. d. Nut
er, W. 0. Hurst, J. W. Talley, J. W.
ones.
Sabbath Observance. P. Karlholsen,
!. H. Beauchamp, G. S. Conaway, Z. n.
Periodicals.. G. Fosnocht, w. E.
hubbard, J. F. Anderson, ]. P. Otis.
Epworth League. NJ. Arters, J. w.
'olona, c. n. Jones, S. H. Shipman.
Temperament. A. H. o. Brien, W. L.
White, G. L. Hardesty, L. 1. McDougle.
Stewards Endowment-P. III. RawIins,
). W. Layfield, G. L. Hardesty, Albert
G. w. Prettyman, L. E. P.
'ennis, R. NJ. Cooper, J. E. Carroll, II.
. Goldey.
Woman's Home Missionary Society
|. S. Dulaney, L. P, Corkran, H. C.
urner, D. E. McFaul.
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
|. S. Thompson, I. S. Holt, j. w. Fogle,
Y. f. Dawson.
Freedman's Aid and Southern Educa-
on-William Cashmere, 7. F. Beau
hamp, L. R. Janney, 7. N. Given.
Missionary Statistics-T. C. Smoot, W.
'. White, Howard Davis, E. II. Nelson.
Ministerial Qualifications. A. Brew
lgton, V. S. Collins, S. P. Shipman,
.obert Watt.
Auditing Committee. NJ. Mitchell,
: B. Taylor, J. r. Cannon, E. II. Der
ckson.
Conference Relations-T. a. II. o. Brien,
!. p. Roberts, G. I. Anderson, E. C. Ii
lacnchol, F. c. MacSorley, Charles A.
Iall, W. L. 5. MurRy, w. L. White.
Church Extension-G. W. Bounds. Fl.
Qnigg, S. N. Pilchard, E. E. White.
Philadelphia ConfereEce-L. E. Poole, )
: Fl. Nelson, T. B. Hunter, d. J. Given.
Church lnsurance-Asbury Burke, G. +,
Smith, Warren Burr, T. B. VanDyke. .
Episcopal Fund-E. G. SunfieId, C. T.
'yatt, ]. P. Outten, j. T. Prouse.
Memoirs-C. w. Prettyman, C. Fl.
'illiams, ]. NJ. Arters, L. E. Barrett.
Bishop Goodsell spoke briefly. He ! !
as back here, he said, after an absence :,
only four years. He spoke of his
ork during the past four years, and said
had visited nearly every part of the
ork OF the church in this country. He +,
as thankful, he said, that he had kept
ell and in his seventeen years of service
had never missed attending confer
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