Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-24

greetings from conferences over which
he presided during the year.
The conference bar was fixed at the
eighth pew of the church. The secre-
tary of conference then called the roll
of ministers and lay delegates.
Rev. Mr.. Brunner Reelected
The Rev. A. ]. Brunner was re-
elected secretary for the thirteenth
consecutive year. The following were
appointed conference tellers: w. H.
Christ. b. II. r. Dellecker, +. r. Hart
G. p. Kichline, G. r. Riffert. G. r
Davis, c. A. Kuchner, ". NJ. Hopes
l.. T. Brensinger. T. j. Mitman. Elmer
Brown, H. A. Kline, W. T. McGinnis
w. A. KutZ, \. \. Lower, j. A. Heck
w. E. Rickert. Edwin Eshelman, p. r.
Boyer, j. E. Bahner, w. S. Rehrer, c.
r. Huber, S. II. Heckler, G. Fl. Seidel
j. ID. Kilheffer, ]. G. Willis, Fl. r.
Baxter, w. Fl. KauIer and L. A. Wentz
DR.. w. NJ. Stanford. the Rev. b. II.
Niebel, the Rev. George OFT, the Rev
NJ. A. Kennedy were received as ad-
Nlsory members of conference.
Assistants Chosen
The conference secretary selected
the following as his assistants: The
Rev. c.. d. Huber, the Rev. G. Yves
Marquardt, the Rev. a. f. Hangen
and the Rev. S. P. Erisman.
The Rev. II. r. Schlegel, chief of
the reportorial staff, chose the Revs
ID. p. Longsdorf, j. A. Smith and J. A.
Heck as his assistants.
The Revs. A. w. Brownmiller, ]. +.
Gross, f. b. Yocum and |. Il. johnson
were constituted a committee on roll
call.
George W. Sanville was elected con-
ference chorister; the Rev. II. NJ.
Jones, assistant, and the Rev. NJ. l..
~ 1fC-f
Conference went into executive ses-
sion at 11.15 a. M.
The session closed with prayer by
the Rev. George +. Schaum.
MISSION SOCIETY MEETS
The preliminary meeting of the
conference was the twenty
anniversary Of the East Pennsylvania
Conference Missionary Society.
The meeting was presided over by
the Rev, i. E. Erdman OF Reading
Pa, president of the society.
Devotional exercises were in charge
of the president. Minutes were read
by the secretary, the Rev. II. Franklin
Schlegel of Lancaster. Pa.
An auditing committee appointed by
the president consists of Revs. w. II
Christ, of Bethlehem, Pa, G. B. Gen
semer. Columbia, Pa, and w. II
Hartzler, Schuylkill Haven, Pa.
The secretary was instructed to cas-
a ballot for the present incumbents
as board of directors. The followini
were reelected: the Revs. f. f. Erd
man, II. f. Schlegel. A. NJ. Sampsel
S. l.. West. Also the following lay
men We're reelected: Charles Neast
George Leininger and A. p. Schmader
\ motion that the salaries of the Off
cials be the same as before carried.
Many Acccssions
The Rev. A. e. Hangen, pastor o
the Park Street United Evangelical
church of this city, who is the CORE
spending secretary of the conference
missionary society, rendered his an
nual report, which was in part as fol
lows:
'To the President and members o
the East Penna. Conference Mission
airy Society:
Brethren Beloved
Conversions and Accessions.-tifty
six Of the 81 missions OF the confer
ence report a total of 1854 conver
sions, which I think exceeds an.
previous record: Only two missions
had no conversions. The missions
Bethlehem, Olivet. 20 Weissport
East, 20; Philadelphia, Bellfield Ave
nue., %; Attention, Zion and Mt. Joy
each "a; Plymouth. %; Nazareth, 2S
Birdsboro. 20; Myerstown, 80: Criss
we'll and Sunbury, each 81; Bridge
vile, 80; Fleetwood, So; Palmyra, 40
Port Carbon. AZ; Royersford anC
Reading, Bethany, each 46: Rex
mont sc; Penbrook and Rutherford
Heights, 50; Barnesville, ca: Pequea
10; Kinderbrook and East Petersburg
SO; Lancaster, Grace and Tower City
each 141; Millersville, 172. The aver