Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-05

iCSdOuS Will De taken I'D 1Or the Odu
Francisco fund. was carried.
Rev. DR.. ]. Fred Heisse asked that Rev.
Henry p. West of Severn circuit, after a
service Of forty years. be placed on the
ceded. AS the result Of an appeal for him.
his case was placed In the hands of the
committee on sustentation. Z
Rev. Dr.. w. L. Mcdowell presiding elder
he had received $1,000 for Bohemian mis-
sions, and asked for an auditing committee.
The bishop named Revs. c. e. Guthrie and
f. NJ. Bristol.
Woman's College Debt Paid.
Rev. ]. c. Nicholson, presiding elder Of
the Baltimore district. devotes a large por
tion OF his report to the Woman's College.
The efforts of securing pledges Of 81 from
each church member within the conference
toward the $4,000 fund it is proposed to
raise for the Institution were successful.
$13,654 having been raised, while the mem
bership Is 1881. The assets of the college
are: Ground, buildings and equipment,
SOL 600; endowment, $719135. The indebt-
edness Of the institution has been wiped
out.
Rev. Dr. Nicholson said, in commenting
on the successful revivals held: Higher
criticism does not flourish in this region.
The great fundamental truths are fervently
proclaimed The conversions numbered
600. The increase in Sunday school men,
bership was 300 Eleven thousand dollars
has been expended in the purchase and i'm
provement Of church property .
DR.. Nicholson dwels upon the Importance
of the St. Paul boulevard section and urges
that church be built there soon. Negotia-
lions are now In progress for site. The
missionary collections of the district were
over $4,000. The collections for the City
Missionary and Church Extension Society
amount to $500, an increase of $500.
More Money for Preachers.
DR.. Nicholson said. as did DR.. Naylor Of
Washington, that some of the salaries are
pitiably small. He added: TT is shame
that petty driblets should be doled out"
A resolution offered by Rev. DR.. c. II.
Richardson, pastor Of st. Paurs Church.
Hagerstown, raising the amount to be paid
from the sustentation fund to ministers de-
ficient in salaries from 500 to $500 in the
case of married men and from 800 to $5Oo
in the case of single men was adopted
Rev. DR.. H. s. France, in support of the
resolution, said he did not know how these
men lived on a maximum of 500 and sup
ported their families. Men who were meas
ured out the smallest stipends in the whole
conference, however, In many instances
achieved the greatest results.
Rev c. A. Jones of Monroe Street Church.
Baltimore, was emphatic. He referred 10
preachers who live on the fat OF the lana
and do not do more than those who barely
exist DIR. C. w. Baldwin moved that condi-
lions be brought to the attention of the lay
mems association which meets To-Day,
with the view to getting their cooperation
toward securing an increased apportionment
toward the support of ministers 1t was
brought out at the session that never was
there greater need for young men than
now to enter the ministry and 1t was mint
ed that the dear. of applicants was due 10
the lack OF support which they would be
obliged to face.
Appeal for Workers.
fo HOY q
mittee report at the next conference on
plan for more liberal support OF conference
claimants. Bishop Mcdowell named on this
committee Revs. ]. C. Nicholson. L. F.
Wilderman, w. L. Mcdowell, J. st. Clair
Neal, Hugh Johnston, Charles W. Baldwin
and ]. Fred Heisse.
A resolution offered by DR.. Page Milburn
Of Baltimore. requesting every member Of
the conference to seek young men willing
to enter the ministry, was adopted. The
need of new blood for the church was dwelt
upon and a series of sermons is to be de-
hvered during the year on the Christian
ministry 1t was stated yesterday that this
conference. II not in the Methodist Church.
that an appeal was made for young men to
enter the ministry
Conference Relations Changed.
o. A. Brown, Baltimore, was changed
from supernumerary to superannuate. G.
w. Cecil and E. s. Todd were continued in
the supernumerary relation. Rev. Harry
Boggs was passed from the supernumerary
to the superannuate list, and Rev. James
McLaren of Grace Church. Hampden, in
the ministry since 1870, was made super
numerary. DR.. William A. Hagerty, who
has been working in connection with Old
South Church, Boston, was transferred
from the West Virginia conference.
resolution was passed commencing the
history Of the old Baltimore conference,
written by Rev. Dr. James E. Armstrong
of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
Rev. ]. NJ. Gillum addressed the confer
ence in behalf Of the Itnerants' Club. and
Rev. ]. c. Spencer, president Of Morgan
College, Baltimore, spoke for that institu-
ton.
The report Of the trustees of the educa-
ton fund of the conference shows that
they have received during the year
$7,94205. of which s7,52935 was paid to the
trustees of the Dickinson College.
The following were approved as trustees
of the Woman's College, Baltimore: Luther
T. Waterman, Charles E. Hill, Henry M.
Wilson. r. T. Miller, Benjamin F. Bennett.
Henry 8. Dulaney. James N. Gamble and
Sarah E. Van Duyne. The sum in the
hands Of the treasurer of the Educa tional
Society was ordered paid to the treasurer
of the Woman's College.
Yesterday afternoon the anniversary of
the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
was celebrated, Mrs. A. E. Eaton of Balti-
more presiding. The address was by Mrs
Susan A. Tippet, missionary from Flu
chow, China. This was followed by the
daily evangelistic service.
Last night the anniversary Of the Foreign
Missionary Society was observed. Rev. DR..
W. E. Edwards presided, and the address
was by Rev. DR.. H. K. Carroll Of New
York. The choir of the First Methodist
Episcopal Church, Frostburg, furnished the
music. Many members of this choir are
Welsh singers, members of the noted st.
David's Glee Club of this county.
Standing Committees Named
The conference has appointed the follow
ing standing committee, which will serve
during the year:
Baltimore Methodist-Frank g. Porter
U. s. A. Heavener, w. A. Koontz Joseph
Dawson, c. T. House.
Bible Society and sabbath-Page Milburn.
G. R. Sanner, ]. H. Jenries, J. E. James,
II. NJ. Rider.