Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-01
Sundays Services Gall
Forth Crowded Houses.
Memorial Service The Feature
OF The Afternoon.
Brief Resume OF the Saturday Pro-
gram at the Conference.

Lewiston. Me. March S1.-Bishop
Hughes preached to crowded audi
enee in City hall, this morning.
In the afternoon E. L. Tamsworth.
and 4. a. Callaghan were ordained as
elders, r. s. Guptill, y. f. Lislie and
c. T. Brooks as deacons and Miss
Ethel Herren eonseerated as dea-
coness. A memorial service was held
in the afternoon. Rev. Edgar Blake
of Chicago spoke fer the Sunday
School Board in the evening.
The business session viii be held.
Monday morning, and another meet
ing of the bishop and cabinet, after
which the appointments will be read.
Lewiston, Me, March 3i.-The Maine
Methodist conference was opened with
devotional services as usual, Saturday
morning.
At the business session Rev. f. \.
sullivan was continued in the studies
of the second year and Rev. +. A. Les
lie and Rev. a. l.. Leach were adVanc-
ed to second-year studies In studies
of the fourth year, Rev. w. r. Leslie
was advanced.
Rev. A. j. HAYES from the Northern
Minnesota conference was advanced to
the fourth-ye studies. f. l.. Farms
worth and Rev. A. A. Callaghan were
elected to elders orders and released
from studies, and Rev. F. L. Pressey
was continued in studies of the fourth
year. Rev. Elmer A. Leslie was elected
to local deacons orders.
The matter of amending the consti-
tutioa relative to opening the general
conference on the first secular day of
May, instead of the first Wednesday
was presented by Bishop Hughes and
was voted Down by a large majority
Rev. Wilbur F. Berry presented a re-
port from the Deaconess Commission
suggesting that any pastor may en-
ploy q Deaeoness from any point and
the amended report was adopted.
DIR Theodore Hildreth of the New
England Deaconess hospital, Boston,
spoke in favor of non partisan
board Greetings also were read from
the New England Association.
Rev. j. b. Coy of this city, represen-
tati,e of the Free Baptist Missionary
Society, brought the greetings of the
society, speaking particularly of the
Young Peoples work at Ocean Park.
The conference then went into exec
utive session and at it's conclusion it
was announced that Rev. w H. At
kinson had been given supernumer-
airy relation.
At the opening of the afternoon session
-. xIoao tl,a aauixrarcarv of the En-
worth League. Rev DIR. Franklin Hamil-
ton, president of the American univer-
sity at Washington. gave the address.
1.-THE age in which we live, he sal i,
lis wonderful in its charm and its de-
basement, in its holiness and wicked
ness, in its intelligence and its perverted
powers. What such a generation really
needs is a new enthusiasm for the Old
faith, a new heart, new constructive
Puritanism."
At a O'Clock, an informal reception was
given at the Park Street church to the
wives of the ministers attending the con
ference This was arranged by Mrs. ii.
G. McGlauHin, Mrs. r. A. Leiteh. Mrs.
C. D. Holmes and Mrs. =. f. Pickett
The last hour of the afternoon session
was given TO the anniversary of the
board of conference claimants, with Rev.
DIR. f. C. Clemens of Boston as the
speaker
In the year 1911 there were 5000 confer
ence claimants" he declared "Of these,
403 were orphan children of preachers;
es6s superanuated preachers, and 1924
widows of deceased preachers"
Next year, he said, more than Sl,@oGo]
will be raised and In a few years enough
viii be received to give each claimant
a comfortable support.
A pleasant feature Of the afternoon
session was the presentation OF sub
stantial purse to Rev. G. y. Holmes,
who retires after six years service as
superintendent of the Augusta district
A bouquet OF roses was given Mrs.
Holmes at the same time.
The evening service was devoted to the
anniversary of the Foreign Missionary
Society. Rev. DR.. S o. Benton, record
ing secretary of the society. gave an ad-
dress.