The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-01

the successful pastor of First church
is putting forth every effort to make
this one of the most pleasant and
most successful sessions that the con-
ference has ever enjoyed.
Musical Part of Conference
To Be Feature.
Anybody who has ever attended a
session of the Wyoming Conference
has been impressed with the singing
of the ministers. This year the open
ing sessions in the morning are to be
distinct feature of the conference.
Already a large choir of ministers
is being organized under the leader
ship of Rev. ]. L. Thomas, who will
lead the singing at all devotional
meetings.
Bishop Berry Was
Good Newspaper Man.
Before being elected a Bishop, Jo-
seph F. Berry was for years the edi-
tor of the Epworth Herald, the M.
e. journal devoted to the interests of
the Epworth Leagues of the United
| States. So virile was his conduct of
that publication, so full of life did he
make every department and so
sprightly was his editorial style that
the readers of the Herald which is a
| journal for young people, were i'm
pressed with a belief that editor Ber-
| ry was young man and one of their
number. In fact he belongs to the
happy class of young old men that do
so much to make this old world bet
| ter.
Bishop Berry was directed by the
last general conference to reside in
| Philadelphia. On account of the fire.
quent expression throughout the
church of the desire to have dis
trict episcopacy, the bishops are Civ
en- certain territory over which they
are requested to preside for the
quadrennium, and in all probability
Bishop Berry will preside over the
sessions of the Wyoming conference
for the next four years. The confer
ences comprised in the residential
! territory are the Philadelphia, New
Jersey, Wilmington, Delaware and
/ Wyoming. He has just closed the
session of the Philadelphia confer.
ence, and April 2 holds the Delaware
conference at Philadelphia. BishoI
Berry presided at the session of the
conference in Binghamton in 1909.
1t is quite generally conceded now
that the plan of the larger districts
has been tried out, that it is working
successfully. Three years ago the
Chenango and Owego districts were
eliminated and the conference di
vided into four districts, Binghamtor
, having Sc pastoral charges, Oneonts
81, Scranton Sc and Wilkes-Barrt
54.
Some Conference Facts and
Matters of General Interest.
The ministers of the conference
preach at more than 500 different ap
pointments within its territory which
covers the southern part of Centra
New York and Northern Pennsylva
mia. At the present time the mem
bership is $4,000. 1t has Al;
; churches and 214 parsonages, with
total valuation of $3,365,300. Las
year these churches gave to mission
and the various benevolent cause
total of $95, 1888, and paid for min
isterial support $229,7S3.
The Woman's Home and Foreigl
? Missionary societies will have thei
anniversaries. Mrs. Bliss, of Michi
| gan is to speak at the anniversar.
of the Woman's Home Missionary so
{ ciety and DR.. I. T. Headland will
| speak for the Woman's Foreign Mis-
5 sionary society. Evening anniversar
5 les will be given to the Epwortl
League, Sunday school union
: Preachers Aid, Church Temperance
) society, Board of Home Missions
Board of Foreign Missions AM
, Board of Education.