Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-12
LAY DELEGATES
ARE CHOSEN


churches are shaping affairs SO as to
be ready for the session of the Central
Pennsylvania conference, which cop-
venes at York on March 18th to re-
main in session until the Goth inst.
The session of conference. over
which Bishop Wilson. will preside,
will be an especially large and impor-
ant one. probably double the usual
size, by reason of the attendance of
lay delegates chosen to elect delegates
for the general conference. which
meets at Baltimore in May.
Lay delegates have been chosen by
the Danville churches as follows: ST
Paul's, o. R. Sohilling; alternate,
B. W. Musselman; Trinity, Walter
Lunger alternate, P. J. eefeI; st.
Peters, W. r. Clark alternate, John
Keim
All three of our churches are in
prosperous condition and will have
very good reports to present to confer
Foster has sustained his past record as
an able aud eloquent divine. The
church in point Of membership, col
lections, &c. is quite up with prev
ious year.
Trinity NJ. E. church has put in
very busy year. Rev. L. d OFT is one
of tba ,,,0st a1,Ia and aparoati n -, nj ,+ org
in tho Central pennsylvania confer
ence and this year as was the case last
year the showing is one to be proud
of. In point of fact, Notwithstanding
the period of depression existing the
condition of the church is better than
at any time in its history. The finan-
ces are in good shape, while during
the year the parsonage was in part re-
furnished: the vestibule of the church
was fresooed in oil, the woodwork
was retouched and mating was plac-
ed on the floor. The revival services
resulted in thirty-two conversions, all
with two exceptions being adults.
l.. Dow Ott ofIiciated at ten weddings.
During the same time he conducted
the services at thirty funerals, the
most of which occurred outside the
congregation.
A departure inaugurated at Trinity
NJ E. church during the year is the
holding of young peoples meeting
every Friday night. The object of the
meetings is to promote sociability
among the young people and from the
first the meetings have proven we'll at
tended and popular.
st. Peters NJ E. church has also
made an excellent showing. The Rev.
J. Conley Grimes is one of the rising
ministers of this conference and large
congregations are attracted by his
eloquence while his sound and prac.
| tcal views on all matters affecting
things temporal or things sacred and
leternal find ready acceptance. I'm
provements at church and parsonage
have been installed during the year,
while in point of collections and ac.
cession to membership the showing is
quite up to that of the most prosper.
GUS years of the past.
In what way the appointments may
affect the local churches can not be
determined at this time. Rev. NJ. K.
Foster, pastor of st. Paul's states that
he expects to change. The Rev. j.
Conley Grimes, who completes his
first year at st. Peters at Riverside,
will return if the congregation that
he is so acoeptably serving is permit
ted to have a voice in the matter. Al
the quarterly conference formal re-
| quest WAS made that he return to Riv
erside The members of Trinity NJ. +
church have also invited their pastor
Rev. L. Dow Oft, to return. Mr. OF
is completing his second year a
Trinity and his popularity seems tt
/ he increasing as time wears on. Like
Mr.. Grimes he will be pretty sure tt
return to his charge.