Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-09
WINDING UP BUSINESS
Methodist Protestant Confer
ence Nearly Ready to Adjourn.
STATISTICAL REPORTS READ
Number Of Applicants Given License
to Preach the Gospel
STEWARDS ANNUAL EXHIBIT
List Of Appointments Of Pastors Ex-
pected Late This Evening
General Business.
TATtSTICAL REPORTS READ
STEWARDS ANNUAL EXHIBIT

sion of the Maryland annual conference
of the Methodist Protestant Church began
In the Rhode Island Avenue Church this
morning with smaller attendance than
heretofore at the same hour of the day.
the falling off being DUE it is stated. to
the Indictment weather Rev. DR.. Sheri-
dan. the president of the conference. was
in the chair, and introduced Rev. c. M.
Elderdice, pastor of Christ Methodist
Protestant Church of Baltimore who con-
Quoted the devotional exercises AS this
fservice continued. many of the absent
members Of the conference came into the
edif1ce. and when the devotional exer-
cises concluded the attendance was well
up to the average
Rev. DR.. Sheridan called Rev. DR.. Little
of Baltimore, former president OF the con-
ference, to the chair to preside while he
retired to confer with members of the con-
ference relative to the changes in appoint
| ments and other business of Importance.
The report of the committee on statistics
was received. 1t was signed by Revs. How
ard L. Schlincke and Winfred p. Roberts.
and was as follows: UnstatfoneS ministers,
20: probationers. 1.f9o; full members. 2o.oI2:
pr obationers received, LAP; probatoners
withdrawn. ~; probationers discontinued.
153; probationers deceased, 10; full men,
bers received 1925: full members with
drawn. 1853: full members discontinued. 9I2;
full members deceased, 3O7; adults bap
tized. $50; children baptized, 1.579; CONVEX
sions. 2.724; Sunday schools 277: Sunday
school officers and teachers. 1858; new
scholars. 3,472: Sunday school scholars on
roll, p, 455: Young Peoples Senior Christian
Endeavor societies. 137: Y. P s. G. T..
members, 5.047; Junior Christian Endeavor
| societies 60; J. c. E; S. members, 2,e9S;
amount contributed by the members of
both societies to foreign missions. $SO4
The property summary also submitted in
| the report showed: Appointments. 29i:
church property, $1.572,313; value of par
sonage property. s2i5 400: debt churches
and parsonages, $143.aa5: insurance on
churches and parsonages sI95.6SO; sub
scriberS to the Methodist Protestant of Bal
timore. the official organ of the conference.
1889.
1t was explained that the item giving 29Ola
churches had the fraction on account of the
fact that Providence Mission, in Howard
county. Maryland IS owned half and half
by the conference of the Methodist Protest
ant and Methodist Episcopal churches.
License to Preach.
Rev. J. L. Mills, secretary of the faculty
Of instruction of the conference submitted
the report of his committee, which recon-
mended the granting of licenses to preach
to J. D. Smith, W. l.. Hoffman. Carroll
Maddox, II. B. Jester. P. L. Rice ard J.
L. Massey. This first recommendation was
adopted.
1t was also recommended that the
ference sanction the addition of course
of English and elocution to the curriculum
of the conference, and this was at once
done. The third recommendation provided
that the conference establish the standing
rule that each and every applicant for adj
mission to membership shall serve one year
before being received into the conference.
1t was at once seen that many of the men,
| hers of the conference wanted to discuss
the subject thoroughly.
vote 1tnS nc foot in
moment. and asked the conference to
amend the recommendation Of the commit
tee to read except that an applicant is we'll
known to this conference" Rev. II. L. FL
derdice offered an amendment which was
accepted, to insert the words. Endorsed by
member of the conference. Rev. j. d.
Kinzer then moved ,lat the whole item
be stricken rom the report but after dis
cusson the motion was lost
Rev S. J. Smith desired permission to
offer substitute report. but this was lost.
The original amendment was then stated
to be before the conference for action.
whereupon Mr.. Daniel Baker of Baltimore
moved to strike out the entire item, and
after call for the yeas and nays the chair
decided that the motion prevailed A divis-
ion was called for, and on a rising vote the
motion again declared to have been
carried.
The fourth item of the report was then
taken up. 1t recommended that as the hand
book by Rev. T. H. Lewis had been added
to the preparatory class studies DR.. Lewis
should select d VOiuHne OF tNeOiCSS IOT Inc
first-year class and the transfer of one vol
ume of Miley to the second-year class and
the second volume to the third-year class.
Rev S. J, Smith was appointed as an asso-
ciate examiner in Greek.
Item one of this report was first taken up,
and Eben Baldwin and w. NJ. Jet were
granted licenses to perform the ordinances
of the church The report with this change
was then adopted.
Rev. B. p. TrlIftt. as the chairman of the
committee on church extension. reported
favorably on the recommendation from the
board of managers of the Baltimore Church
Extension Society that the steward of the
conference borrow the deficiency for church
extension. to become operative nexr year.
This partial report was then adopted.
Report of the Steward
Rev. Clayborne Phillips. steward of the
conference. gave his financial summary of
the expenses of the year. The items were:
President. s2,9s3: conference, s442: minis
! terial education. s572; seminary. 81. 7e6; COL
lege, $1.154 superannuates 1890; church
extension, $3.6ss; home missions, s2.e61;
foreign missions. s2sO9; special for foreign
missions $5,61s: Bible. $292; tract, 1858;
church home. $757. Thus the total for gen.
eral interests was found to be S26.925
The report as to local interests showed:
Pastors salary. $8059O: parsonage rent,
$l6.403; current expenses. S29.OS1: sun
and Improvement. $41 .458; paid on debt,
$31. sos; miscellaneous. $16.SS5. The total
of local interests was $230964. and the
total for all purposes was 1857 $50
The report of the committee on "our
church home was then taken from the
table. where it had been placed earlier.
The recommendation was that an assess
ment of 81 200 be laid upon the confer
ence. Rev ]. w. Kirk moved to strike
out the item. and Rev. c. P. Nowun in
terposed with substitute motion that
each quarterly conference apply the Of
ferings of each communion service to the
home Rev. DR.. Little then recognized
the motion to strike out Rev S. ]. Smith
was recognized, and offered a substitute
paper asking that each charge be ex-
pected to pay SO annually to the fund.
The motion to strike out the entire item
prevailed.
Item recommended that charges failing
] to meet the requirements of the conference
| in regard to the church home payment be
read at the next conference. The ayes and
noes were taken. and a division called for.
| The item was adopted upon a rising vote.
Item authorized the list of lady visitors
of the church being published twice
year in the Methodist Protestant. Rev. G.
w. Haddaway offered a substitute fxin1 the
amount for the home at one-third of the
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