Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-20
METHODIST CONFERENCE
is UNDER WAY
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Curtin Memorial: the Rev. w. w.
Hartman, Ridge Avenue; the Rev. DIR.
j.. A. Pyles, Fifth Street; the Rev. j.
D. w. Deavor, Epworth. Other preach
ers in this section to so are the Rev.
DIR. S. c. Swallow. the Rev. II. w.
Hartsock, the Rev. w. w. Reese, the
Rev. George Il. King. Camp Hill; the
Rev. DR.. T. S. Wilcox. New Cumber-
land; the Rev. f. G.. Sleep, Enola; the
Rev. S. b. Bidlack, West Fairview.
Laymen Association
The churches do not have lay repre-
sentation in the annual conference,
but have an association of their own,
meeting for a couple of days at the
same place as the conference. The
president of the laymen'S organization
this year is j. X. Rote, of this city.
Most of the official boards have Sc
lected laymen to represent them in the
Lewistown convention with one or
more men.
Among the men from this section
who have been elected as delegates
are d. w. Cotterel and John Shilling,
of Camp Curtin Memorial; John n.
Peregoy and Charles Hoffman. Stew
ems Memorial; d. II. Swope, Fifth
Boil, Grace; 1. r. Poffenberger and
DR.. c. NJ. Ewing, Ridge Avenue, and
r. Z. Cahill and r. +. Irwin, Camp
HILL Many other well-known Meth
odists of the city are planning to at
tend the conference sessions one or
more days during the week.
The time limit for pastors having
been removed, it is not certain that
there will be any changes in this city
in addition to that of Grace Church,
already announced. The district SUI
perintendent, the Rev. DR.. a. S. Fasick,
having completed his siX-year term of
office, will be assigned to a church
somewhere in the conference, probably
not in this district. Several men have
been mentioned as DR.. Fasick's sue
cessor, but the preachers of the city
think that the Rev. DR.. Morris E.
Swartz, of First Church, York, is the
most likely man to receive the ap-
pointment. A rumor that is very gen.
orally heard is that the Rev. DIR. Hor-
ace Lincoln Jacobs, formerly pastor of
Ridge Avenue Church, this city, and
FOR two years past superintendent of
the Williamsport district. has requested
the bishop to relieve him of the dis
trict, DIR. Jacobs preferring the pas
torate or some other district. 1t is
not known what the bishops action
on this request will be.
DR.. Jacobs is we'll known in Har-
risburg and it is known he would not
be aVerse to an assignment to this
city. But i'll a church where every
pastor has job and where every
church has preacher not all prefer
ences of either churches or pastors
can be regarded, and some surprises
are sure to appear when the final ad-
Justment of the work is made.
Bishop Mcdowell Presides
The presiding bishop is William F.
Mcdowell, D. D, Ii. D., of Washing
ton, d. c. Bishop Mcdowell was as
signed to the Washington area at the
last session of the general conference,
having previously been resident bishop
at Chicago. He is much in demand
as lecturer in leading colleges and
universities of the country. Bishop
Mcdowell presided over the annual
conference sessions of 1907 at Tyrone
and of 1912 at Williamsport.
Examining Applicants
Monday night, to-day and continu-
ing into the evening examinations are
being held for the young men passing
through the coference course of study,
each person desiring to become a
member of the conference being re-
quired to produce Recommendations
from his local church and from the
committee on qualifications. 1t is fur
ther required that he produce credits
from college and theological school
covering the books listed for confer
l ence study during the first four years
of his work in the ministry or else he
must pass written examinations on
the prescribed studies. Twenty min
listers comprise the examining board,
the Rev. DR.. James Henry Morgan,
president of Dickinson College, being
chairman of the board of examiners.
This evening the anniversary of the
conference home missionary society
will be held. The Rev. John T. Bell,
of Watsontown, presides and addresses
will be delivered by S. w. Dickson, of
Berwick; the Rev. A. S. Williams, of
! Harrisburg, and DIR. Fred B. Fisher, of
| New York city, whose subject will be
american Christianity and the New
| World Order"
To Administer Sacrament
Wednesday morning the conference
opens with Bishop Mcdowell presid-
ing. The sacrament of the Lords s
Supper will be administered. Then
will follow the call of the conference
roll by the secretary. the Rev. J. +,
Anderson. DR.. Anderson having an