Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-19
BAL |MORE CONFERENCE
MEETS At ALEXANDRIA
Its i:;2d ANNUAL Session Opcns
on Wednesday, Morn
ing.
REPORTS or PAST YEARS WORK
Large Gifts Have Been Made to Mis-
SiOns. Church Work and 10 Sup
port Of Bishops and Presiding Ed
crs-Chanycs in PaStorutcs


when the Baltimore Conference Of;
the Methodist Episcopal Church. South.
convcnes at Al"Nandri;t on Wednesday,
morning, March - opening the one
f., undreG ana thirty.sccond annual Sos
sion OF This conference. IL viii mark
also the opening OF tho nfth session OF
the conference TO ~ held ~ this place.
the former sessions having been hcli
III 1866. 1917, 1859 aud 1905
The presiding officer OF the confer
eHce this year viii be Bishop Edwin
-. Mouzon, OF Texas. and this viii he
IL. fist time he has presided over tho
Baltimore Conference. Bishop Mouzon
Is native of south Carolina, but much
/ cf his life aS minister has been
spent in Texas; and IL was as a mem
her o. one of the conferences Of that
state that he was elected 70 the cpis
copacy at the general conference held
~ Ashevilie in 1910 lie is popular as
q preacher, and Hs q presiding officer
lie will receive 4 CORDIAL welcome as
the president nf this session OF the
Baltimore Conference.
The territory Of the baltimore Con
ference includes all 81 Maryland and
the District OF Columbia and parts Of
Virginia and West Virginia This ter
ri,ory - divided into cigh; districts
and the total number OF members OF
the church in the conference. including
local preachers. is G6.57l The num-
ber OF pastoral charges and preachers
who serve these charges is 2Oi. and
there arc forty SNGpcrannuatc or re-
tired preachers in the conference
CONFERENCE STATISTICS
or PAST YEAR
The following facts OF statistical
uatur" are 81 interest Last wear
twelve Young men were licensed
, preach in the territory TIA. Balti-
more Conference. aI1 '.isi infants and
2;26 adults We're hapti".d. The num-
bcr OF members added 10 the church
on profession 90 faith Mas Ass, aud
the number added by certificate was
| 2,2i6 The net iucreasc OF members
for the year was .,cTS. or an average
OF fraction more than fourteen mem
hers 10 each pastoral charge The
number OF Epworth Leagues in the
conference is 2lo. with ?.41i members;
the number OF sunday schools is CO.,
the number Of officers and teachers is
SOS and the number % scholars en-
rolled j. 6i.2oi.
The contributions Of the Baltimore
Conference last year We're rs follows
10 superaunuatrd preachers and Wild
ows and orphans 1T nr"rch"rs SlS.7.7:
TO foreign missions. N5,75H.2o ia HON.
and conference missions. $50, I00.25; 70
church extension. S.SO1: 10 education.
s6,S06: Ia the American Bible Society.
sl.45i: To the support OF presidin" ell
ders. Si+,aol to tn support OF preach
crs in charge, Sl6., So: to the support
Of bishops $2lSS
DIR. REGESTI:R REPORTED
IMPROVED ~ If:ki.TU
The secretary OF the last session of
. the conference was Rev. H. NJ. can;cr.
presiding elder OF the WASHINGTON dis
trc,. he having been elected To this
Office the successor OF Rev T. y
~ ter - - IF 1riY II
REGISTER had been the efficient secrc-
tary Of the conference for q number
of years. and resigned The office on ac-
count Of failing health. lie has been
recognized as one OF the leading nrn-
bcrs Of the conference for many Years
and has filled Important appointments
iii Baltimore and Washington NJ the
last session OF tho conference. pr
REGISTER was granted the superannuatc
relation, due to tho condition OF his
health. ana his friends throughout the
conference will he "ratii"d To know
| that as the result OF "a wear OF rest
from the active work Of the pastoratc
! his health has been much benefited.
and there is promise that within Il short
| time he will I've able 70 resume his
work in the active rank of The tin
cracy.
or the 26t pastors In The confcrcucc
only thirty-cnc viii rccciv" now APP
! pointmcntS AT the coming session Of
| the conference. az the result oc the
time limit'-thc four wear pastoratc--
| OF the Methodist Church. south; only
one of these is - presiding eldcr-Rcv
! NJ. II. Mitchell. WHO has bccu prcsidin"
elder OF the Baltimore disiric, for the
! past four years.
iTIIRTN-ONE PASTORS
HAVE COMPLETED TERMS
I The fact. howrVc.', that only thirty
! ono pastors in the conference have
completed Il quadrenuium or service on
! their present charges does not insure
| that only thrtyonc changes in the
' appointments will hc made at the com
! Ing session Of tho conference No PAS
tor in the Methodist Episcopal Church
! South Is appointed to any charge for
longer than one year at Il time and no
pastor can be appointed oftcncr than
| four times, SUCCESSFULLY. to the same
charge.
II Among the special features that will
| ella i'm the attention of tho conference
lat tho coming SESSION will he the oh
scrvancc OF tho Tooth anniversary Of
The death OF Bishop Francis Asbury
the first Methodist prca cher who was
ordained bishop in America. II is prob
! able that tho conference will designate
some hour MS tho order OF tho day for
! tho observance OF thjs anniversary. and
that an address by tho presiding bishop
| ~ oil int ,,,iII