The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-04-10
DR.. GREENFIELD TO
LEAVE WESTMINSTER
Nj. P. CONFERENCE ENDS 86th SESSION
REV. T. 7. REED TO COME
HERE-NO OTHER CHANGES
I'm COUNTY.

The eighty-sixth session OF the
Maryland Annual Conference or the
Methodist Protestant Church closed
Tuesday night at Milford, Del. More
than 3e0 delegates attended. For the
third consecutive year the Rev Dr.
John S. Bowers, of Baltimore, was
elected president.
Rev Dr. Hugh IT, Elderdice, presi-
dent of the Westminster Theological
Seminary, i'm an address before the
Conference made the statement that
the reason why there is such d. 1rth
Of young men for the ministry today
is because Of the unrest and uncer-
tainty of the denomination with re-
gard to the question or union with
the United Brethren Church. He de-
clared the church to BE- i'm dire need
OF young men.
The report of the Western Mary
land College was followed by an ad-
dress by Rev DR.. Thomas H. Lewis,
its president, in which he told Of the
plans for new educational building
to be erected on the campus of the
college and which, when completed,
will cost about 100000, and asked that
the Maryland Conference aid in rails
ing at least one-sixth of that amount
for furnishing the building that Is to
be utilized for recitation rooms and
modern laboratories The building j.
to be 100 by IS feet and will contain
at least 20 rooms for recitations. The
building will be the largest onU on
the campus and will be entirely in
keeping with the handsome archi-
tectural construction OF the other
buildings.
Five young preachers were admit
ted into full membership Of the Con-
ference. They were: Revs. Charles
O. Day, wv. F Wright, @. M. Adams,
Reynolds Taylor and Wilbur nj.
Snyder.
Reports OF the statistical board
showed that 8 1892 persons were con-
verted last year and 2,624 taken INTO
the church. Rules requiring quarter
ly reports from pastors were passed
and ministers were requested not to
use childrens' day collection for other
purposes than foreign missions.
On Tuesday evening the appoint
ments for the following year were
read by the president. Few important
changes were made, that OF most i'm
portance being the removal of DR.. ID.
L. Greenfield who has served the
Westminster church for the past Y
years, to East Baltimore Church to
succeed Rev. Edgar II. Reed who will
come here. The congregation In
Westminster is loath to give up DR..
Greenfield who is one Of the ablest
ministers in the Conference. No 9TH
er changes were made in Carroll
county; Rev. w. r.. Bauscher returns
to Deer Park circuit, Rev. Carroll Mad
dox to Finksburg, Rev. T. H. Wright to
Pipe Creek, Rev. iii. r.. SchwartZkopf
to Union Bridge, and Rev. Edward
Kirkley to supply Patapsco church.
Dr. Il. III. Lewis was reappolnted
president of Western Maryland Col
lege; DR.. A. N. Ward, vice president,
and Rev z. "A. Warfield, professor at
the College, and DR.. H. L. Elderdice,
president OF the Westminster Theo-
logical Seminary.
At his request Rev. DR.. Joseph L.
Mills, formerly pastor OF the church
in this city, was granted superannu-
ated relations. DR.. Mills has beun in
the Conference for "a years and has
served many of its most important
charges. He was only recently pas
tor OF the South Baltimore Church,
and is at present serving the charge
at Carmichael, Md, and il now
president or the educational faculty
of the Conference.