Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-07-06
PROGRESS OF METHoDIsTs.
Bishop ). W. Hood Tolls Of the General
cenfsrsnoe's Good Work.

0too0p j. W. 1000 ! ou9 OF SuO 0OuOS1s
cenfsrsnoe's Good Work.
By CLEVELAND G. ALLEN.
New York. - The ninety-second an
nual session Of the New York annual
conference Of the A N. q. Zion
church. which convened in the Har-
lem A. n. n. Zion church. In tlis city.
Wednesday morning. June 10. and
closed Monday. June "a. was = big
success.
1t was the second annual conference
of the church after the general con-
ference. which was recently held in
Charlotte. Bishop J. w. Hood. senior
bishop of the connection and the old
est living prelate OF the race. presided
at the conference. He was assisted
by Bishop J. @. Caldwell The Harlem
A. NJ. T. Zion church. Of which Rev.
DR.. ]. d. McMullen IL pastor. II new
edifice and Is valued at $4,000.
The church was built since the last
annual conference of the church and
is one of the finest In the connection.
At the conference many vital and
grave matters pertaining to the church
we're discussed. and when the confer
ence closed it went down on record
as having cleared up much business
of the connection. One of the most
important matters taken up was the
matter in reference to rebuilding the
girls dormitory at Livingstone college.
which was recently destroyed by hre-
The conference pledged to accept the
proposition of the general educational
board that $125OO of the amount
would be given II $37.5O0 would be
raised by the connection.
The New York conference of the
Zion church Is the mother conference
of the connection and extends from
Troy to Sag Harbor There are thirty
seven churches and six missions in the
conference. and some of the most
prominent churchmen of the connec-
ton are members. Bishop Hood. tho
dean of the Zion bishopric, has been
presiding over the New York confer
encs for twenty-six years. which is the
longest period that any Negro bishop
hns presided over one district
When the conference opened for the
first session q large number of dele
gates was present The opening ses-
sion had to do with the organization
of the conference and the annual con-
ference greeting. which Is always q
feature OF the conference The prin-
cipal feature OF the second days ses-
sion was the Episcopal address OF
Bishop Hood. which was one of tho
most notable addresses ever heard be-
fore the conference. Bishop Hood
spoke as follows:
"a supervising and ever ruling
Providence has graciously brought Us
together again to transact the business
Of the yearly conference. I humbly
acknowledge the great obligation we
are under To give praise to our glorious
hea renly Father for the many mani
festntions of his loving kindness and
favor toward us-"
Continuing. Bishop Hood said: The
twenty fourth quadrcnninl for the con-
nection at large closed with the general
conference. and the twcnty-fffh began.
The new conference year. which will
begin at the close OF this conference.
will begin under n new order OF things
arranged by the general conference
The general conference was the best
We have ever had. The delegates were
remarkable for intelligence and ear
nestness and aimed TO accomplish the
best results"
Bishop Hood stated that by wise
economy at the general conference $780,
600 had been saved.