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Supplement to the Clinton New Ern:
June 12, 1896
LulUuu Conference 'worth Leagues The number of Epworth
, Leagues in the Conference is 119, on in -
A SUMMARY 08 PROCEEDINGS, ROILED DOWN ! crease of 26 over the previous year. The
Poor THE STrteTPonD Parses members numbering 4,871, an iuoreaee of
648. There are 169 Epworth Leagues of
The ministerial session was opened at Uhrietiau Endeavor, an inoreaae of 13.
Stratford on Wednesday, Julie 8rd, follow- The number of members fa 8,336, an in,
ed by the calling of the roll, to whiob 92 crease of 456. Junior Epworth Leagues
number 40, and nave 2,039 members, an
ministers responded.
The proceedings of the session were inareaee in eocietiaa of 11, and members
largely formal, having relatiou solely to of 522. There aro other aooietiee, and the
the minietere. The tranetere out of the total number of theme and the former is
327, au inorease of 35. Their we
Conference were reported ad follows:wber-
James Caswell ((euperanttuated) into Ham- ship is 15,912; an inurease of 1,380. Money
Ilton, 0. E. McIntyre into Ray of Quint°, was raised for various purposes, Mission,
and R. J. Treleaven into Hamilton. Education and Superannuation, a total of
Transfers into this Conference were oleo 99,436 88.
reported:—Wm. Norton and A. Serateh The report of the Conference Statistical
Comm
(superannuated) both out of Hamilton CCommittee showed the the total nuanber of
Terence, E. N. Baker out of limy of Quinte, ohuroh membera w be 46,119 an increase
and R. Hobbs out of Hamilton. of 1,273. The number of ministers in
W. 8. Smith, a probationer, Having r°- active work is 171, superannuated ministers
moved to the United States, hie name was
42,.probationers robationers iu mai ve tv irk, at college
dropped from the minutes. The nawee of and on the reserve list 46. Th., number of
MoVitty, W. H. Graham, R. Fulton Ir- o8ioiale on She quarterly boards is 4,655.
win, Martin J. Wilson and A.. H. Brown, The total amount of Uonnexi.nal Funds
B. A., were reported to be ordained at this raised during the year is $44,786.68, a de-
Conferenoe, and they were ordained on O1ease of 81,681.22, which is accounted for
Sunday. by the decreasedaseessments for the Super -
The probationers of four years to be annuation Fund. The amount raised for
church purposes is $176,941.18, in
continued at oollege are L. W. Reid, By- an rra�e
ron Snell, W. R. Vance, C. F. Clarke, and of $9,381,79; for the mu,iutetial support
A. C. Tiffin. Of three years G. A. Wilk- I $1.15,167. Total amount raised in the-Con-
A.
J. W. Hibbert,,_R. A.. WilliamalL. fnerenoe for all purposes is $342,165.81 an
-Bartlett'and F. E. Malott, inureaee of $7 F46:50.
Of two years standing to be continued i IV Mee 'PROM THE BTLATPORU HERALD.
on trial:—E. G. Powell, H. J. Uren, J. A. I If baldness is an indioatiou of early piety
many of the Methodist ministers were
Jackson, B.A., C. B. Keenleyside, B.D.,
H. E. Killington, C. C. Koine, Henry E. terribly afflicted,
Currie, Arthur Barker, C. W. Kenaedy, T. The bicycle ie a favorite with the preaoh-
A. Patterson, A. O. Alexander and E. W. era and many of them are acoomprui-
Edwards. ed by their swift yet silent steeds.
One year probationers:—Joseph Coulter, I A prominent figure in the Confersnoe
J.J. Sinclair, Wm. A. Smith, Walter Mill- Thursday was Rev. Dr. Burne, of Herod -
son, Thos. E. Sawyer, J. P. Weetman, I ton, who, when a young man, was station -
Fletcher Sutcliffe, W. A. Findlay, A. W. ed for a year in Stretford, Snit received
Dever, Irving McKelvey, T. A. Steadman, $108. Ho Bays the only consolation he has
R. W. Knowles, A. E. Jones. A. E. Lloyd, is the reco lection oP• the foot that it t+a +
W. J. Aehtolt. A. J. Langford, E. J. Mill- more thou he was worth. Dr. Burne is cos
of those men whose careers have been ouch
yard and F. 8. Fansher.
Reserve probationers:—Also. Rapson, C. I that they oan afford to tolerate stiff yarns
G. Corneil, Alfred R. Raney, at their expense about their earlier days.
•The candidates for the presidency cf It was with an eye to the eternal fitness
the Ccnference were Mesar° Jackson, of of things that the Stationing Committee
Exeter; Leyroyd, 81. Marys, and Bond, of
Seaforth; the final vote standing:—Jack-
son. 171; Leyroyd, 40; Bond, 20.
The report of the committee on the re-
arrangement of districts recommended
that the Conference be divided into 13 die•
triots instead of 15 as heretofore. Confer-
enoe, however, recommended that there be
only 11, but the Stationing Committee in-
sisted on 13, when Conference, after a Jong
discussion, decided again in favor of 11
districts only.
Rev. W. McDonagh introduced a long
resolution against remedial legislation,
which was passed witoat debate, on Mon.
day, though formally introduced on Friday.
A similar motion was introduced by Rev.
8. Bond and J. Edge.
Rev. Wm Briggs, book steward, present-
ed his report, showing the combined oirou-
lation of the periodicals published by the
Methodist Book and Publishing House in
Toronto to be 269,563 each issue, or 9,017,-
420 for the year. The Sunday school peri-
odicals have sustained within a small frac-
tion the oiroulation of the year before, but
the Gaurdian has to an extent had a de-
crease in oiroulation. The total turn over
of the House has been very large—over
$400,000—and from the net profits, which
are larger than the year before, the sum
of $7,5000 was named ae given to the Sup-
erannuation Fund of the ohuroh.
One of the most impressive services of
the Conference was the reception on Fri-
day evening of six young candidates for
the ministry. The candidates were: R. L.
Wilson, A. H. Brown, M. J. Wilson, R. F.
Irwin, W. H. Graham, and Samuel MoVit-
tie.
The editor of the Christian Guardian,
Rev. A. C. Courtioe, was introduced and
appoke at some length in behalf of the
oburoh paper.
A oommanioat
ely dispassion wa
Young Liberal Ation of the pity to
the Conference to attend in a body the
Laurier meeting on Tuesday evening. It
was decided to acknowledge the invitation
but not to accept it as a body.
The report of Rev. A. C. Clews, general
secretary of Epworth Leagues and Sunday
Schools, showed an increased interest in
the work of the League, and in the general.
work of the oliuroh. - The amount raised
for the General Fund of the League is not
so large as was expected, being only $248.-
46.
248:46. The interest taken in the literary
work of the League ie also growing, about
400 sets of the books in the reading course
having been sold during the year.
Rev. J. E. Moore, eeoretary of the Con-
ferenoe Committee on Epworth Leagues
and Sunday 8ohoole, presented a;kfew in-
teresting atatistica on the growth of Ep-
t gave rise to a liv-
vitation from the
hiedw
it
sent Rev.C. V.Lake down to Cedar Springs.
Such a thing as dry preaching should be
unknown there.
The Stationing Committee sat until mid-
night Saturday. The knottiest case
appears to be that of the Askin street church
in London, which invited Mr Hobbs, who
was transferred into this Conference from
the Hamilton Conference, in oonsequeuce
of the invitation from Askin street. '1 he
Stationing Committee, however, put A.
Cuuningham down for Asitin St. and Mr
Hobbs at Rattenbury St., Clinton. The
people of the latter church were well pleas-
ed but those of the former think it unfair
that they should not have Mr Hobbs.
The reportof the Sunday School Commit-
tee showed 469 schools with 5,667 teachers
and officers, 44,501 scholars in the primary
intermediate and adult departments, an in-
crease of 75 over last year. Of these only
12,557 are church members. The • cate-
chism is studied by 2,445, a decrease of 508.
The total abstinence pledge has been sign-
ed by 8,435. The number of books in the
libraries are 48,326 and 46,228 papers are
taken. The money raised for Mieeiou,
Eduoation, Superannuation, and Sunday
School Aid and Extension purposes totals
$23,818.62, an increase over last year of
$29.24.
At the Layman's Conference the forma-
tion of a laymen's Association was decided
upon, and it was auoordingly inaugnrated
with the following officers: Robt. Holmes
was elected President, W. W. Buckle jot
vine -president, J A. Carrick 2nd vice-presi-
dent, and W. H. Kerr secretary. Mr
Holmes was also elected representative on
the Mission Board.
The report of the Temperance Committee
recommended that the Conference memor-
ialize the Ontario Legislature to enaot saoh
prohibitory legislation as was decided to
belong to it by the repent decision of the
Privy Counoil;,that pledges be presented to
the candidates in the Doming election and
their stand on prohibition be announced by
each minister from his pulpit. Attention
was also called to the existence of the bars
of the House of Commons and their remov-
al requested.
The report of the Sabbath Observance
Committee declared the Sabbath was a
divine inatitution, and urged it as a duty
of the State to secure its strict observance.
The-repoit condemned sooial visiting, del-
ivering milk, running trains, conducting
funerals and bioyble riding on Sunday for
pleasure. Church parades of eeoret soole-
ties with bands on Sunday was oondemed.
Rev. J. E. Lanceley offered a motion con-
demning preaohing to secret societies on
Sunday, except the regular hours of service
and recommended that other wise these
services, be held on a week day.
Next Conference will be held in London.
rINAD LIST fur STATIONS.
OonRiuuu DI6TIuoT--Goderillb, North St.
J Edge,Chairinan. Ooderiob,ViotoriaSt.,A,
Godwin. Clinton, Rattenbury St., R. Mill -
yard. Clinton, Ontario St., W. J Ford.
Seafortb, S. Band, Holmesville, G.W,Ane
drtlwa. Blyth, Walter Rigsby. Dungannon,
F. Swain. Nile, J. W. Pring. Benmiller,
E. Olivant, Financial Secretary. Auburn,
C. C. t3ouzens. Walton, J. P. Westtnan.
Londesboro, J. W. Andrews. Bayfield, F.
Oaten. Varna, R. C. Burton, Tuokerawith
and Alma, T. iiawver, under superintendent
of Ontario 8t., Clinton.
EXETER DISTRICT.—Exeter, Main street,
W. H. Locke. Exeter, James street, N. 11.
Willoughby, Chairman. Parkhill, • John
Mills. Elimville, G, Jewett, W. J.Ashton.
Centralia, W., H. Butt, Financial Secre-
tary. 'Hensall. W. E. Kerr, 0 C. Hair,.
Kippen, W. J. Waddell. Crediton, J. G.
Yellend. Grand Bend, G. H. Thompson.
Sylvan. John Hart. Ailsa Craig, U. Bari -
trop. Birr, R. J. Garbutt. Lucan, J. E.
Ford. Granton, T. E. Harrison. Wood-
ham, J. C. Nethercott. Kirkton, T. J.
Snowden.
WI: amnia DIRTRICT—G. A. aifford,Chair-
man. Kincardine, A. Cun.ngham. Luck -
now, I. R. Walwin, Financial Secretary.
Brussels, 8. J. Allan. Teeswater, A. K.
Birks. Ethel, James Walker. Fordwioh,,
T. W . Cosens. Gorrie, J, S. Fisher. W rox-
eter, A. ltderK-ibbon -Binevaie, W. -EL -Mott -a:
Asbfield, R.H Hall. Salem, N.S.Burwaeh.
Bethel, W. M. Pomeroy. Ripley, B. L.
Hutton. Bervie, T. C. Sanderson. Tiver-
ton, P. W.J'ones. Whitechurch, W.W.Leech
Belgrave, E. A. Shaw.
J. W. Holmes to Mitchell; H. Irvine to
St. Thomas; .James Livingstone to Aylmer;
R. Hobbs, to Asken St. London.
Sunday School Convention.
Over a hundred delegates were present
and fifteen Sunday school. represented at
the annual convention of the Deanery of
Huron, wh ch was held in St. John's
Church, isrussele, last Tuesday. Reports
from the various schools were presented, a
discussion on which resulted in the adop-
tion of the following resolution: That this
county convention recommends that in
order to promote uniformity in 8.S. met-
hods, the opening exercises of the schools
in this Deanery be taken from the form of
morning or evening prayer cf the prayer
Book and Church Hymn Bock, and that
the S.S. Institute lessons be recommended
for general use as being in conformity with
the lessors or subjects of the ecclesiastical
year, where a lesson system is used.
At tt e afternoon session a very excellent
paper on the work of training the young,
entitled "The Primary Teachers," prepared
by Miss Brown, of Seafortb, was read,
Other papers were: '-Teacher's Aims," by
J. A. Fowler, Clinton; "How to retain the
young people in the Sunday School," by
Mrs Foster, of Wingham; Missionary Les-
son on the blackboard, by Mrs. Griffin,
most interesting and excellently illustrated.
Exeter was chosen as the next place of
meeting. H. Perkins was elected vine
president,.Mias M. Sweet secretary, and 11.
Dennie recording secretary.
Thcre was a good deal of discussion as to
the moat convenient hour for the adminis-
tration of the Sacrament, which was finally
settled by a motion that the time on the
first day be left with the rector of the parish
in which the,00nvention is held.
More Converts to Liberalism.
TheHalifax Chronicle publishes an in-
terview with Peter Donglae, head of the
Douglas iron foundry firm, and Atlantic
iron works, Dartmouth. He has hitherto
been a Conservative, but has Dome over to
the Liberals.
Neter' has juat been received at Montreal
of a great aogaieition to the Liberal party
in Megantic county. Mr Johnston, ex -M.
P. for the coanty, and a life-long Coneeava-
tive, hoe joined the Liberals, and is giving
his support to Mr Tarcotte, Mr Laurier's
standard-bearer. Mr Johnston's abandon-
ment of his party has thrown the Conser-
vatives into great disorder, and assures the
return of the Liberal candidate in Megan-
tio.
Among the many Conservatives who oan
no longer support the Ottawa Government
in Welland county, J. H. Btanley,ofPort
Colborne, stands out conspicuously. Mr
Stanley is one of the leading merchants of
hie village. Until this he lima been a pro:
minent and. unswerving Conservative, but,
like thousands of other Conservatives
thronghont the oonntry, he has been forced
to come to the conclusion that it is time. to:
make a change, and he does not hesitate
to say so in language that cannot be mitt
taken. Mr Stanley, over hisown signature•
Bays: "The whole country knows that a
more corrupt Government never existed in-
a oivilized country like Canada. If Cabi!`
net Ministers of the British House of Cotn-
wona bad done soave of the acts that have
been Gone atOttawa the laib two or three
yearn, they would have been "Serving a life
sentence in the Tower.
The Chauge is at Hand.
The Hamilton Tiwea says: —Sop, Mr
Laurier will Sia on June 23. He has been
over the ground, and as leader of the Lib-
eral party he reoeivee reports from every,
part of the country, The Coneel v+at'iyee
will be in opposition during the next Pati?;
'lament. Many of them—tboae who are
not seeking offices, thee° who think the
same high moral standard should apply
to public as to private life,'tbose who think
the publio debt and taxation are alredy too
high, those who earn an honest living and
are content to do so—will be glad of the
change. They have not ceased to be Con-
servatives, but they cannot regard this
men who oompoae the Tupper Government
as fit leaders for any party. Only by a
term in Opposition can the old party ba
purified, and made fit to govern without in,
jury to the country. Laurier is a better
man in every sense than Tupper. Noboby
can imagine Cartwright disgracing himself
as Foster bas done. Contrast Paterson
with Haggart, Mills or Charlton with Mon-
tague, Fraser with Costigan, and so on
through -the list, and who will say that -the
better men are not to be found on the Lib-
eral side? Said Mr Laurier at Ailsa Craig;
"Let me tell you this—I think I oan say
it with more troth perhaps than :navy in
Canada—that though it may seem some-
what pretentione in Hie to eay Be, I believe
there is not a man in Canada who oan speak
with greater authority than myself on ttji•i
matter, because it has been my privilege
during the last three or four' years to cover
almost every inoh of ground of our common
country, and the reports from all *motions
give the same effect, that the people of Can-
ada are determined to have a change. It e
manifest to everyone who wants to see in
the eastern part of the province. It is the
same thing in Manitoba and the Northwest
Territories and British Columbia. It is
the same thing in the Maritime Provinces.
It is the same thing in Quebec, the good
old Province of Quebec. • Let me tell you
this, my felioweountrymen: On the 23rd of
June Quebec will not be far behind you, if
it is at all behind you."
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to NEW subset ibers from now to
the 1st of January, 1897, for the
sum of 50 cents cash. Now is
the time to subscribe.
Lightning, Friday night, Atruok the hoose
of a farmer named Douglas living near
Petralia, completely destroying the build-
ing. It is reported a dance was being hold
in the house at the time. Two women
were knocked down, bat not seriously hurt;
also one man had his pants and boot com-
pletely ripped down.
Mrs Goodacre's store and dwelling at the
north end of Mann street, Liman, occupied
by Robt. Paynter, egg and butter exporter,
was destroyed by fire at 2 o'clock Friday
morning. Mr Paynter lost all his house-
hold effects and considerable butter and
eggs. Lose about $1,500 on building and
contents; partly covered by insurance. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
Jersey Stock for Sale.
$15 will buy Registered Heifer 2 years old in
August, due to calve in December. $55 will buy
Registe.ed Heifer, 2 yr old, to calve soon. 5860
will buy Registered Dowdr pped first calf last
March, due to calve again n xt January. $70
will buy Registered Cow, fres , supposed in calf
again. 5 quarts of milk will y eld 1 qt of ,'ream;
will pay for borself in milk, t 5o a qt, in 6 mos.
Young Jersey Bull ready fors vice, or will give
on shares. G. A. DEADM4N, rngglet,B}•ussels,