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MINUTES

 

OF THE

 

 

NEBRASKA CONFERENCE

 

 

OF THE

 

 

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

 

 


TWENTY-THIRD SESSION.

 

HELD AT THE M. E. CHURCH, LINCOLN, SEPTEMBER 5 to 10, 1883.

 

 


PUBLISHED BY SECRETARIES.

 

 

LINCOLN, NEB.:
JOURNAL, COMPANY, STATE PRINTERS,
1883.

 

OFFICERS OF THE CONFERENCE.

PRESIDENT.

BISHOP I. W. WILEY, D.D., LL.D.

SECRETARY.
JOHN GALLAGHER.
  

1st Assistant.--A. C. CROSTHWAITE.

3d Assistant.--H. A. EWELL.

2d Assistant.--GEO. H. WEHN.

Statistical Secretary.--R. PEARSON.

TREASURER.

A. G. WHITE.


STEWARDS.
  

C. L. SMITH,

ALVIN MADOLE,

H. A. EWELL,

J. S. ORR.

R. PEARSON,



PRESIDING ELDERS.

L. F. BRITT,

S. H. HENDERSON,

GEO. A. SMITH,

W. G. MILLER,
JOHN GALLAGHER.


OFFICERS OF CONFERENCE SOCIETIES.

MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
  

President.--GEO. A. SMITH,

Secretary.--E. THOMSON,
Treasurer.--P. C. JOHNSON.


FREEDMEN'S AID SOCIETY.
  

President.--D. F. RODABAUGH,

Secretary.--GEO. W. MARTIN,
Treasurer.--SAMUEL WOOD.

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EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY.
  

President.--HIRAM BURCH.

Vice President.--S. D. ROBERTS.

Secretary.--C. A. LEWIS.

Treasurer.--W. S. BLACKBURN.


CONFERENCE BOARD OF CHURCH EXTENSION.
  

President.--R. N. McKAIG.

Vice President.--C. C. WHITE.

Secretary.--GEO. E. TORRY.

Treasurer.--A. M. DAVIS.
P. S. MATHER,
J. MARSH,
E. WILKINSON.

Ex- Officio Members.--PRESIDING ELDERS.


YORK COLLEGE.

TRUSTEES.

President.--T. B. LEMON.

Secretary.--E. THOMSON.
Treasurer.--F. K. ATKINS.
OTHER MEMBERS.
  

W. S. BLACKBURN,

L. J. CANDY,

D. F. RODABAUGH,

G. A. BECK,

L. F. BRITT,

E. M. CHENEY,

W. G. MILLER,

F. 0. BELL,

J. W. STEWART,

M. G. McKOON,

J. F. NEAL,

C. C. WHITE.

EDUCATIONAL AGENT.

J. C. H. HOBBS.


TRIERS OF APPEALS.
  

D. F. RODABAUGH,

R. G. ADAMS,

W. R. JONES,

R. PEARSON,

P. S. MATHER,

W. S. BLACKBURN.


GENERAL CONFERENCE DELEGATES.
  

     Ministerial.

     Laymen.

E. THOMSON, .

LEVI SNELL.

L. F. BRITT.

D. C. FLEMING.

     Reserves.

     Reserves.

W. G. MILLER,

J. H. MICKEY

S. H. HENDERSON.

J. H. BELL.

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SPECIAL COMMITTEES.

      On Memoirs.--H. Cooley, W. R. Jones, H. Burch.

      Preacher's Aid Society--D. F. Rodabaugh, John Gallagher, W. R. Jones, P. S. Mather, H. T. Davis.

      To Arrange for Centenary.--W. K. Beans, R. N. McKaig, H. W. Warner, C. A. Lewis, E. Thomson, C. C. White, W. S. Randall, J. F. Neal, Horace Curtis, J. H. Mickey.


EXAMINERS.
      For Admission on Trial.--Samuel Wood, G. A. Hobson, W. J. Burger.
      Class of First Year.--C. A. Lewis, L. Laverty, C. L. Smith.
      Class of Second Year.--R. G. Adams, H. T. Davis, P. Van Fleet.
      Class of Third Year.--S. D. Roberts, H. A. Ewell, F. M. Esterbrook.
      Class of Fourth Year.--R. N. McKaig, R. Pearson, A. C. Crosthwaite.
      For Local Deacons' Orders.--A. Brigham, J. W. Dobbs, E. J. Bird.
      For Local Elders' Orders.--P. S. Mather, H. Presson, A. L. Folden.

MISCELLANEOUS.
     To Preach Missionary Sermon.--R. G. Adams; S. D. Roberts, alternate.
     To Preach Centennial Sermon.--T. B. Lemon; W. G. Miller, alternate.
     To Visit Literary Institutions: York College.--R. Pearson, R. G. Adams, R. N. McKaig, S. D. Roberts, W. R. Jones, Geo. S. Miner, Chas. A. Mastin. Garrett Biblical Institute.--E. Thomson, L. F. Britt.


STANDING COMMITTEES.
     Public Worship.--W. R. Jones, R. N. McKaig.
     Education.--R. N. McKaig, A. C. Crosthwaite, E. Thomson, J. A. Chapin, H. A. Ewell.
     Tracts.--W. J. larger, C. L. Smith, W. F. Maltbie, A. G. White, E. J. Randall.
     Temperance.--S. D. Roberts, G. W. Hawley, J. C. H. Hobbs, H. Cooley, R. G. Adams.
     Sunday Schools.--C. B. Lenfest, A. L. Folden, G. H. Wehn, R. Pearson, G. A. Smith.
     Bible Cause.--John Gallagher, W. K. Loofbourrow, H. Burch, Wm. Peck, D. Fetz.
     Statistics.--A. Madole, P. Van Fleet, B. J. Willis, C. A. Lewis, F. M. Esterbrook.
     Current Book Accounts.--J. M. Zielie, W. S. Blackburn, E. Wilkinson, L. Laverty, J. G. Walker.
     Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.--G. A. Smith, H. M. Campbell, W. K. Beans, E. Holland, H. T. Davis.
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     Missions.--The Presiding Elders.
     Periodicals.--J. A. Nichols, J. G. Miller, E. J. Hancock, S. D. Roberts, G. A. Hobson.
     Post Offices.--J. A. Nichols.
     Auditing Committee.--E. J. Bird, H. T. Davis, Wm. Peck, F. M. Esterbrook, H. A. Ewell.
     Conference Relations.--H. Burch, W. H. Tibbets, E. Wilkinson, W. K. Beans, R. N. McKaig.
     Episcopal Fund.--J. W. Dobbs.
     Publishing Minutes.--The Secretaries.
     Freedmen's Aid.--F. A. Campbell, A. L. Folden, C. G. Lathrop, W. J. Barger, W. S. Blackburn.

 

DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS.
     1. Who are received by Transfers and from what Conference?
     R. N. McKaig, from north Indiana; M. C. Smith, from Blue Ridge; M. W. Smith, from Central Illinois; A. Kershaw, from Iowa conference.

     2. Who are Admitted on Trial?
     Wm. W. Van Orsdel, Frank G. Boylan, John M. Gortner, T. H. Thurber, M. R. Pierce, W. H. Davies, J. A. Kleeberger, E. F. Marcellus, W. R. Pierce, G. Shuman, J. Mailley, M. J. Goodrich, G. M. Couffer, J. H. Carmichael, J. W. Smith, C. E. Campbell, G. Wilson, A. J. Calvert, F. F. Thomas.--19.

     3. Who Remain on Trial?
     T. A. Hull, F. A. Campbell, C. B. Lenfest, H. M. Campbell, W. F. Maltbie, A. J. Marsh, C. E. Dudleigh, J. Buckley, I. S. Carr, C. A. Hale, J. W. Swan, H. W. Warner, C. M. Hollopeter, M. L. Storer, E. L. Wells.--15.

     4. Who are Discontinued?
     L. L. Lose.

     5. Who are Admitted into full Connection?
     G. W. Hawley, W. Wilson, G. S. Miner, L. Stevens, J. H. Worley, E. J. Randall, G. M. Jones, A.M. Ogborn, H. F. Tyler, G. W. Selby, J. L. Vincent.--11.

     6. Who are Re-admitted?
     G. W. Martin.

     7. Who are Received on Credentials from other Churches?
     A. L. Beggs.

     8. What Traveling Preachers have been Elected Deacons
     G. M. Jones, H. F. Tyler, A. M. Ogburn.--3.

     9. What Traveling Preachers have been Ordained Deacons?
     See question 8.

     10. What Local Preachers have been Elected Deacons?
     F. G. Boylan, G. W. Southwell, L. D. Willard, J. A. Badcon, G. W. Hummel, M. R. Pierce.--6.

     11. What Local Preachers have been Ordained Deacons?
     G. W. Southwell, L. D. Willard, J. A. Badcon, M. R. Pierce, G. W. Hummel.--5.

     12. Who are the Traveling Deacons of the First class?

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     G. M. Jones, A. M. Ogburn, H. F. Tyler, A. G. Blackwell, Thos. Aikman.--5.

     13. Who are the Traveling Deacons of the Second class?
     G. G. Senser, W. Esplin, J. G. Walker, D. Fetz.--4.

     14. What Traveling Deacons have been Elected Elders?
     W. K. Loofbourrow, A. Madole, C. A. Mastin, J. A. Nichols, G. G Senser.--5.

     15. What Traveling Deacons have been Ordained Elders?
     W. K. Loofbourrow, A. Madole, C. A. Mastin, J. A. Nichols.--4.

     16. What Local Deacons have been Elected Elders?
     T. H. Thurber, W. W. Van Orsdell.

     17. What Local Deacons have been Ordained Elders?
     T. H. Thurber.

     18. Who are the Supernumerary Preachers?
     C. Reilly, J. H. Presson, W. E. Davis, E. J. Hancock, Thos. Aikman, G. B. Crippen, J. L. Fort, S. H. Manly, D. C. Brannon, R. C. Johnson, J. G. Miller, O. P. Sheldon, A. G. White, H. Burch, G. S. Alexander, G. G. Senser.--16.

     19. Who are the Superannuated Preachers?
     C. G. Lathrop, W. D. Gage, L. W. Smith, Z. B. Turman.

     20. Was the Character of each Preacher Examined?
     Yes, in open conference.

     21. Have any Died?
     J. T. Cannon.

     22. Have any been Transferred, and to what Conference?
     H. C. Harmon, to north-west Iowa; J. A. Dixon, to West Virginia; S. P. Wilson, to the Columbia River; A. H, Summers to the California.

     23. Have any Withdrawn?
     C. L. Brockway.

     24. Have any Located at their own Request?
     None.

     25. Have any been Located?
     None.

     26. Have any been Permitted to Withdraw under Charges?
     None.

     27. Have any been Expelled?
     None.

     28. Who are Selected as Triers of Appeals?
     See List.

     29. What is the Statistical Report for this Conference Year?
     See Statistical Tables.

     30. What are the Claims on the Conference Fund?

     31. What has been Received on these Claims, and how Applied?
     (For answers to 30 and 31 see Report of Conference Stewards.)

     32. Where are the Preachers stationed?
     See list of appointments.

     33. Where shall the next Conference be held?
     Tecumseh.

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