A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Delaware > Sussex http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=642 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=44573 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: The Inquirer Article Date: March 25 1898 Article Description: Busy Day at Lewes M. E. Conference: Article Text: Lewes, Del., March 24, 1898: The Wilmington Methodist Episcopal Conference spent a busy day today, chiefly in transacting routine business and hearing the reports of the ministers and the collections thay made during the year. The devotional service was conducted by REV. C. F. SHEAPPARD, and at its conclusion BISHOP NEWMAN called the conference to order and asked the ministers to transact business as repidly as possible. BISHOP NEWMAN made a short address on "Methods of Study". After the character of PRESIDING ELDER BARRETT , of the Wilmington District, had been passed he presented his report which showed there had been about 1200 conversions in his district during the year. Asbury Church, Wilmington, leading with 200 to its credit. There are thirty seven senior and twelve junior Epworth League chapters in the district, with a total membership of 2650 and seven Christian Endeavor Societies with a memberhip of 443. There are seventy three Sunday Schools, with 1583 teachers and 12,500 scholars. Seven churches were built at a total cost of $100,000 and two parsonages built at a cost of $4000 and improvements amounting to $60,000 made in church property. PRESIDING ELDER BARRETT'S report was the last to be presented and at its conclusion BISHOP NEWMAN said that all reports were the clearest and most concise he had ever heard. This remark was greeted with a loud outburst of applause. The characters of the ministers were then called. The relation of REV. E. H. HYNSON was changed from 'effective; to 'supernumerary' and the relation of REV. T. S. WILLIAMS from 'effective' to 'superannuated' . REVS. V. S. COLLINS, C.P.SWAIN, ADAM STEAHLE, T. E. MARTINDALE, W.L.S. MURRAY, C.T.WYATT, E.H.NELSON. P.H.RAWLINGS and C. M. PRETTYMAN, were elected trustees of the conference, to have charge of all its property. A resolution was offered and unanimously adopted protesting against the excursion that the officers of the new Queen Anne's Railroad announced will be run to this place next Sunday. Another resolution was adopted asking the company to withdraw the the proposed excursion. REV GEORGE W. KING , who was recently appointed to take charge of the church at Milford will resign and take the pastorate of a church at Worcester, Mass. which has been offered him. Resolutions were also adopted on the completion of twenty-five years in different posotions of secretary by the REV. J. B. RIGG. Mr Rigg was also presented with a testimonial in appreciation of his services. The character of all the ministers were passed and they made reports of their collection which were about the same as last year. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com