Evening journal., 1914-04-06

6.199; scholars of all grades, 60669;
average attendance of all grades, 29,-
S45; home department, 1876; Cradle
Roll, 1861; members converted, B.
16l; officers and teachers, who are
members or probationers, 6045;
total enrolment, 6O,669; current ex-
penses, $23, ,404.
Baptisms-Adults baptised, 236;
children baptised, 2,415; baptised,
children. under instruction, lib.
Church membership-Prob
enrolled during year, 4,057; proba-
TONERS now on roll. 4,069; full mem
bers on roll. 41,790; on-res.dent
members, 1898; local preachers, SO;
deaths, SIS.
Epworth League-Senior members,
6,929; junior members, 4,251.
Church Property-Churches, 1892;
estimated value $2,342,319; parson-
ages, 1866; estimated value, $430 $50;
paid for buildings and improvements,
S96,936; paid for old Indebtedness.
S40,682; present Indebtedness, $780,
4SO; current expenses, $53,514.
General Conference Expenses--Paid
during year, SAG.
Conference Finances.
The report of the Rev. j. W. Tolona,
Conference treasurer, of the amounts
contributed for the various causes
during the year was:
For Board Of Foreign Missions,
$15,479; for Board of Home Missions
and Church Extension, $14,S34; for
Freeman's Aid, SS63; for Public Edu-
cational Collection, 1922; FOR Chill
dren's Fund, $40; for Conference
Education, $41S; For Board of Sun
day Schools, s173: from Sunday
Schools, S93S; for Conference Claim
ants, Sl45; for Stewards Endowment,
S4,712; for Temperance Society, 1912;
for Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety, $3,l05; for Women's Home Mis-
sionary Society, $S.34O; for American
Bible Society, $1,135; for Conference
Academy, S2,O51; for Central Office
of Epworth League. S222; for Meth
odist Brotherhood, s33; for City Mis-
sion, $2,655.
Total Disciplinary Collections--1914.
$4S,567; 1913, s45,527.
For Domestic Missions, 1882: for
Philadelphia Hospital, $1,5S6: for
Anti-SalOon League. $1,477; for Con-
ference Claimants. $12,353 for Epis-
copal Fund, S2,453; for General Con-
ference Expenses, $446.
Grand total 1914, $71 ,209; compared
with 1913: s63.OsS; increase, $s,126.
Sunday a "Big Day"
Yesterday was a big day at Confer
ence, a thousand or more visitors being
here for the ideal day. Berlin's hos
pitality was taxed to the utmost. At
9 o'clock the annual Conference love
feast was conducted in Stevenson
Church by the Rev. DR.. T. Z. Martin
dale of Salisbury. More than seventy
ministers spoke at the meeting. At
1880 Bishop Cranston delivered his ser
mon.
He read the story of the creation as
contained in first chapter of Genesis. He
took for his text part of the 3lst verse
Of the first chapter of Genesis, "and God
saw everything that He had made, and
behold, it was very good" The theme
was an exposition of the necessity of
spiritual regeneration for mankind.
AZ the afternoon session a memorial
service was held. Eulogies of departed
and of departed relatives of
ministers were delivered as follows;
Eulogy of the Rev. ]. w. Talley, the
Rev. j. F. Richardson; the Rev. I. G..
Fosnocht by the Rev. L. Z. Barrett;
the Rev. W. N. Warner and Henry S.
Thompson by the Rev. G. w. Pretty
man; Mrs. Jane II. Quigg by the Rev.
e. r. Martindale; Mrs. Jennie Kemp by
the Rev. L. Z. Barrett; Mrs. J. ID. Rigg
by the Rev. Robert Watt; Mrs. W. r.