Evening journal., 1913-05-19
A. CHURCH
CONFERENCE
NEARS CLOSE
With Pastoral Appointments
This Afternoon Session
Will Adjourn
MEET NEXT YEAR
IN READING CHURCH

Reports of the committees on state
OF the church. state Of the country
an address by the Rev. w. c. Jason.
president of the State College for Col
ored Students, for the ensuing year
b. Bishop Evans Tyree occupied the
rinety-seventh session Of the Phila-
de,ph.s a. NJ r. Conference in Bethel
ChurcL, this afternoon. The Con-
terence is expected to adjourn after
the reading Of pastoral appoint
ments. The next session will be
held in the Bethel A. NJ y. Church,
Reading. Pa
The church was crowded in the gal
lery and the main floor when the ses-
sion opened this morning. many Wis
itors having come from afar to hear
the announcement Of the places where
the ministers would be stationed dur
ing the year. Prior TO the opening
Gession, secret Investigation was
made Of charges against the alleged
official acts Of one Of the ministers.
The charges we're found to be vague,
and the Conference ahsolved the min
ister
The committee on temperance, in
its report, urged that special at
tention be given in teaching the
young the dangers OF drinking intoxi-
cants. Harry w. Bass. a member OF
the Pennsylvania Legislature. deliv-
cred an address outlining the plan of
/ the colored people OF his State for
the celebration at Philadelphia. in
/ nj a. Or
OF their freedom.
Bishop Tyree and the Rev. Theo-
dore Gould urged the ministers to
abstain from the use Of tobacco.
For fifty years" said Dr. Gould
~ have refused to spend money for
| unnecessary and harmful things. The
money wasted by some OF us in un-
necessary things could be better used
in aiding the contingent fund OF our
denomination.
A committee was appointed to con-
fer with other conferences in the
East regarding the sending of Bishop
Tyree on a visit 10 The African mis-
sions of the denomination.
All OF the sessions were largely at
tended. many persons coming from
Delaware. Maryland, Pennsylvania
and New Jersey
Bishop Tyree preached a stirring
sermon to an overhowing congrega-
tion yesterday morning. His sub
iect was the 'Four-fold Duty II
Man"
The following ordinations took
place at the close OF the service:
Local deacons-E Edward Bundy vii
liam Henry Frishy. William Carter,
Chas. Junior Morton. George Thorn
as. Joseph Ward. Thomas ]. Clark
son. treobligatedl. md Wilton
Brooks treobllgated.)
Travelling deacons - John Lewis
Link, Albert Hubert Stewart. viii
liam Henry Flamer. William JOHN
Douglass. Wilbur Norris Brown and
Eugene Racks.
Elaer-John Andrew Brown.
A number Of the ministers preach
C. in local churches yesterday. The
Rev. j. !. Lowe and F. J. Mcdonald
were the speakers at platform
meeting at the Avenue Theatre.
Those for whom eulogistic services
were held included the late Bishop
W. 3. Derrick. the late Bishop A. B.
Salter, Mrs. Fannie Jackson Coppin,
wife Of Bishop Coppin; Mrs. Whaley,
and the Rev. NJ. c. Brooks, who died
while pastoring here.
In the course of q sermon yester-
day morning, Bishop Evans Tyree
urged his hearers TO lead unselfsh
lives.
when your brother is sad. he sad
with him." said the bishop. when
, he is successful. rejoice with him.
We must enter into the joys and sor-
: rows of our fellow man II we would
be brothers in the truest sense" The
bishop asked his hearers to live IN
the fear OF God. and TO practice all OF
the Ten Commandments in their daily
lives. His sermon aroused much re-
. ligious fervor.
A rally Of Christian Endeavol
workers was held in the afternoon
The principal speaker was the Rev
Julian c. Caldwell who urged the
young men and women present tC
take an interest in religious work