Evening star., 1915-03-28
M. {. SOUTHF FOLK
HOLD LOVE FEAST
Growing Event Today of Con-
ference Here at Mount Ver-
non Place Church.
APPOINTMENTS TO BE
ANNOUNCED TOMORROW
Deacons and Elders Will Be Ordain-
ed This Morning and This
Evening.

Dating back TO the days OF John
Wesley. the "love feast that is to be
held at $50 o'clock this morning NJ
Mount Vernon Place NJ. E. Church
bids fair TO be one of the most inter-
esting events of the 13lst session OF
the Baltimore annual conference OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
which closes tomorrow, after having
been in session since last Wednes-
day.
The conference. which is carried on
under the rules of procedure laid down
more than hundred years ago. has
presented to the delegates many in
teresting features, aside from the
regular work OF the annual meeting.
including the address of President
Wilson Thursday night. But it is safe
to say that to the older men of the
conference, at least, the love feast to
be held this morning presents features
not possessed by any other event OF the
annual conference.
The love feast OF course. is a feast
of reason and = flow of SOUL not OF
material things. 1t is an "eNperiencr
meeting at which the veteran minis
ters attending the conference are T.
gather and relate experiences of the
old days when ministerial circuits
were travelled on horseback and mlnl
isterial comforts were few and far be-
tween.
Veteran to Preside.
Rev William L. Miller of Kent. Md,
one of the veteran ministers OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, is
to preside at the feast
According to the church custom ordi-
nation of deacons will take place to-
Coll Fipev
the love feast. and ordina ton of elders
will take place at the evening service.
IT was stated yesterday that perhaps
this plan would not be followed bur
that deacons and elders might be or
dained at the morning service. such.
| however, is not to be the case, and the
| old custom will be followed.
| Bishop Warren \. Candler. presiding
officer of the conference, Will conduct
the ordination ceremonies. besides
preaching the sermon at the morning
service. The ordination of elders at
night will follow sermon by Rev. DR..
Gross Alexander, editor of the Metho-
! dist Review.
| Those to be ordained dcacons include
Charles L. n. Hall of Linden, Va:
Waller s. Thomas of Crab Bottom. Va;
, Waller 5. Nicholson of Frostburg. Md;
Ernest w. Aaron OF Shenandoah Jiinc-
| tion. w. Va; and Thomas Morgan or
Selma. Va.
Those to be ordained elders include
i
Lee V Ruckman of Warm Spring. Va;
4. F. Fielding of Raspeburg. Md: T.
| a. Burch of Greenback, W. Va; w. r.
Hardesty of Winchester, Va, L. c.
| Meeks of Strasburg. Va. and L. L
Wittig of Mount Jackson, Va.
| Tomorrow afternoon the sunday
| school board is to hold its anniversary,
and special talks will be given on this
phase of church work.
Memorial Services.
The annual memorial service ia honor
OF those members Of the conference
who died during the year is to lie held
tomorrow morning. Memoirs VIII ht
read and those desiring to speak in
praise of the life and work of the dead
will be accorded the privilege. The
memories to be commemoratsd in this
way are those of John {. NiEhtm;tn.
one time pastor of Mount Vernon Place
Church: J. II. Du I.aney, Charles L.
Da amaror, Lafayette Fox and Peter w.
Jeneries, at different times pastor of
St Pauls Church and Mount Pleasant
Church of this city.
Tomorrow is to he the concluding day
of the conference. Besides finishing
the regular business reports OF various
committees will be heard, and the sta
tistical secretaries will make known
the results of the years work i'll all
lines of endeavor
FolloN lhs recess az i-''c y
final session will convene III O'Clock.
at the conclusion Of which Bishop
Gambler viii announce the list of APP
pointments for the ensuing year to-
the Baltimore conference. The cabinet
has been working every day since the
conference opened getting the appoint
ments heightened out. The munster
who will fill the chair lcf' vacant pE
the retirement of Or. Regester, IRON
the office OF presiding elder OF The
Washington district. VIII he made
known at thus time.