Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-10-05
DR.. Hough Speaks on
Foreign Missions
Bishop Carter, President of Confer.
ence, viii Speak Tonight on Church
Extension, Service Beginning at
7.3o--Interestins Report of Confer
ence Doings by Or. A. p. Funkhou-
ser, Official Reporter.
Wednesday Afternoon.

The devotional services Wednesday
afternoon by Rev. w. d. Mitchell, con
ference converting at p. IN. On mo-
ton of DR. A. P. Funkhouser, a com
mittee on the state of the church was
ordered appointed. The Bishop APP
pointed as the committee: A. P.
Funkhouser G. w. Slower, N. F. A.
Cupp, l.. w. Swank. and r. T. Files.
the church was ordered appointed. The
The examination of the unemployed
ministers was taken up and the
names of the following were called
and their characters passed: j. N.
Fries, J. r. Ridenour. W. H. Clary,
j. M. Holt Geo. p Holt, A. M. Horn,
P. ]. Lawrence, E. w. McMullen, S.
B. Dawson, w. A. Black, Lau Sang
Nam, Ida M. Judy, r. C. Harper G.
j. Roudabush, A. l.. Maiden and l.. e.
Brill.
The name of c. M. Good was re-
ferred to the committee on Confer
ence Relations.
The name of S. e. Boyd, who died
during the year, was referred to the
committee on memoirs.
B. N. Sypold was granted trans
fer to Lower Wabash conference, and
E. w. Webster to the West Virginia
conference.
VIM. VanSickle was referred to the
committee on Reference.
Rev. B. V. Switzer of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, South, was in
troduced to the conference.
The examination of pastors was ta-
ken up and the following presented
their reports and their characters
passed: E, e. Neff. Berkeley
Springs; A. j. Secrist Cumberland;
N. r.. A. Cupp, Shenandoah; John
Ford, Churchville; w. M. Maiden,
Great Cacapon; ]. Fl. Brunk, Keyser;
G. w. Slower. Staunton; w. d. Good,
Jones Spring c. z. Dyche, Toms
Brook r. NJ. Sharpe, Roanoke; w. F..
Gruver, First church, Martinsburg;
W. S. .sRau, Augusta; f, b. Chubb,
Edinbmg; b. F. Dodson, Second
church, Martinsburg; r. A. Young.
South Branch; r. G, Hammond, Har-
Arisonburg; j. e. Croft, Albemarle;
H. wv. Brill, Prince William; L. A.
Z Racey, Pleasant Valley; c. ]. Racey,
Rock BridgesN w. d. Mitchell, Inwood
w. II. Samsell, Elkton; II. Z. Richard
son, Winchester. H. b. Ritter, Wes-
ternport: S. d. SHELTON, Berkeley
Springs.
Rev. G.. w. Stinespring, agent of
the Quincy Orphanage, Quincy, Pa,
and DR.. S. s. Hough, foreign mission
airy secretary, of Dayton, Ohio, were
introduced to the conference.
After arrangements were announc-
ed for committee work and that DR..
Hough would present the foreign mis-
sionary interests at the night service,
the conference adjourned with the
benediction by DR.. Hough.
Wednesday Night.
Prof. Reubush conducted song SER
vice at 7.30 o'clock Wednesday even
ing. Rev. C. p. Dyche, who had
charge of the devotional services read
an appropriate scripture lesson, after
which DIR. A. p. Funkhouser in very
fitting way introduced Dr. S. S.
Hough, general secretary of the for
eign Missionary Society, who gave a
graphic description of his visit to the
ORIENT and of the coalitions he found
in that wonderful new Republic,
China, containing one-third of the
population of the globe.
Thursday Morning Session.
Devotional services were conducted
by Rev. w. H. Samsell. After roll
call the minutes of Wednesday were
read and approved.
Lau Sang Nam, the native Chinese
missionary whose membership has
been in this conference, has become
member of the China conference and
his name therefore was erased from
the roll.
DR.. ]. p. Lands, President of the
Bonebrake Theological Seminary. Dr.
J. s. Kendall, General Secretary of
Christian Stewardship, DAYTON, Ohio;
Rev. j. e. b. Rice, Pennsylvania con-
ference; Revs. Radabaugh and Foster,
Presiding Elders of the West Virginia
Conference and Rev. Walters. also of
the West Virginia Conference, were
introduced to the conference.
DIR. Lands addressed the conference
briefly in the interest of the endow-
ment of the Robert Cowden Sunday
Science Chair in the Theological
Seminary and at his request the con
ference ordered the appointment of
committee to further the endowment
movement among the Sunday Schools
of this conference. Committee APP
pointed: A. p. Funkhouser, c. ii.
Crowell and N. F. A. Cupp.