Evening journal., 1912-04-15
ELDERS
ARE ORDAINED
Young Men Entering NJ. P.
Church Conference Are
Told to Live for Men
SOLEMN SERVICES
IN NEW CHURCH

LAUREL, Del. April 15.-Delegates
to the eighty-fourth session Of the
Mary land annual conference OF the
Methodist rrotes.art Church in ses-
sion here united y'sierday with the
members of Christ Church, where the
conferenc is being held, in a christen-
ing service of the new church.
Under the leadership of the Rev.
Dr. ]. Nj Holmes who breaches the
Inauguration sermon, nearly $4,000
vas raised on the debt of $4,000
that resis on the church. DR.. Holmes
made his appeal to the crowd which
filled the -capacious auditorium fol-
lowing a strong sermon His theme
was This Is None Other Than the
House of God and This is the Gate to
Heaven"
Second Service There.
The service was the second Sun
day service held in the building,
completed at a cost Of 7,O0O 1t is
built OF gray stone. The main audi
torium. when swung into connection
with the lecture room, will seat more
than 500 people. The interior is dark
wood and it has large beautifully dec
GRATED stained glass windows. A large
pipe organ costing $4,000 fills in the
nave back of the altar.
AS soon as the trustees Of the
church assume the full responsibility
of the remainder of the debt the
building will be officially dedicated.
President Bowers for the first time
since his election to Office officated
when four young men were ordained
as elders. Due to the fact that one of
those to be ordained was his son, the
Rev. DR.. S. w Coo had been assigned
to preach the ordination sermon.
Following the sermon DR.. Bowers
before proceeding with the exercises,
in a brief touching address. told his
audience that many years before
when he was being ordained his
greatest sorrow was that his father
who had longed for the event, died
before his ordination. When the
ceremony of the laying on Of hands
started Dr. Bowers summoned DR.
Coe that he might have an active part
in the ordination of his son.
These We're Ordained.
The young men ordained were
Messrs. Robert NJ. Coe, Oxford; James
Allen Dudley. Baltimore; William C
MumfOrd, Snow Hill and Robert Y
Nicholson, Philadelphia.
AT night the Rev. DR.. T. H Lewis
president of the General Conferenc,
of this denomination and head o
Western Maryland College. preached
With but two days more to finisl
the business of this session and sew
eral important matters to be discuss
81 h .
The final balloting on delegates 4
the General Conference will be com
pleted today. Two ministrs and fou
laymen are still to be chosen, a
well as alternates.
Where Some May Go.
With that close-hitting facult
which characteries many of its prog
nostications, the following change
were named; the Rev. Or. f. I
Little, Of Chestertown. to Allnut
Church, Baltimore, succeeding Dl
Bowers; the Rev T. o. Grouse. Mort
Baltimore, is slated for Chestertown
the Rev. Dr. J. NJ. Sheridan, forme
president, is booked for Brooklyn
Anne Arundel county.
The Rev. Dr. J. H. Straughn, &
Broadway Church, Baltimore, con
sidered one of the most aggressive c
the younger ministers, whose eXecu
tive ability caused him TO be mad
chairman of the entertained CON
mittee of the General Conference.
placed at Laurel. TO succeed the Re-
Avery Donovan, who goes to Buckeys
town; the Rev. L. T. Warner of tina
town, is marked for Salisbury, sue
ceeding the Rev. DR.. w. L. Graham
Memorial services were held
Laurel Cemetery Saturday Afternoon
The whole Methodist Episcopal Cor
ference marched to the cemetery an
decorated the graves of the Re
Levin Collons. the Rev James
Ellegood, Josiah Pennewill, the Re
I. II. Burgess and the Rev. Joh
Bailey Jones The service was cor
Quoted by the Rev. ID. L. Greerfiel
Special selections were rendered b
the Conference choir.
There was only short session
Conference Saturday afternoon. I'll
report of the Committee on Moral r,
form was adopted. TWO memoria
we're referred to special committee
one recommends the union of all II
church boards, and the other II
merging of Methodist Episcopal mi
sions in Japan with the Methodi
Episcopal, the Methodist Fpiscop
South and the Canadian Methods
making one Methodist Church
Japan.
Oficers were elected for the Hi
torical Society as follows The Re
J. w. Trout. president; the Rev.
T. Reed, first vice-president, the Re
L. B. Smith, second vice-presiden
the Rev. J. II. Straughn, secretsr,
the Rev T. r. Woodford treasure
and Robert Hayes, of Baltimore.
brarian.
The second ballot for the electi,
OF the delegates to the general coufs
ence to be held in Baltimore in Nj
was taken. There are fourteen mi
isters and fourteen laymen TO
elected to this conference. and q
electoral college up to date twel
ministers: F. c. Klein, F. ]. Be
son, 7. Fl. Lewis. w. B. Graham
J.. Elderdice, J. T. Bowers, f. T. L
tie, F. T. Tagg, J. NJ. Sheriden, ]. !
Kirk, w. S. Phillips. G. W. Haddswa
and ten lsymen; Daniel Baker. II.
Muller, T. p. Fisher. G. w. Dext,
]. y. Jones, r. r. Fenby. ]. p. Mil
A R. Lamp, F. NJ. Wilson and ]
Ronsharker