Wiseman Elected President as Conference Debates Temperance and Reform
The Methodist Conference chose Rev. Luke H. Wiseman as president for the coming year amid electing Rev. George T. Perks as secretary. Debates covered Contagious Diseases Acts repeal, temperance demonstrations, and a strong pro Protestant stance in Europe. Obituaries, memorials, and tributes to notable ministers closed the week with a garden party and large congregational services in City Road Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luke H. Wiseman
George T. Perks
Wesley
Ireland
Canada
France
Messrs. Applebee
Dublin
J. P. Cooke
Nismes
L. H. Wiseman
Wiseman
Windsor
Colchester
House of Commons
James
Rule
Osborn
Stamp
Jobson
Rigg
Arthur
Jenkins
Farrar
Prince of Wales
Dixon
Hoole
Morrison
Vasey
Prest
Bermuda
Young Men's Christian Association
Friends of Temperance
Free-trade
Manchester
Metropol Tabernacle
J. Nicholas Downing
Penzance
Church of Christ
Methodist Church
L. Levi
Bass
G. W. Olver
B.A
Thos. Llewellyn
H. P. Hughes
D. Sanderson
Ek. Hardy
J. Shrewsbury
A. A. Garrett
JT. B. Stephenson
J. James
Prince Bismarck
Germany
Europe
Brailsford
England
James 8. Budgett
Harling Park
Budgett
Bristol
William Arthur
J. Baldwin Brown
8. Minton
Davis
The
Religious Tract Society
Bergne
Bible Society
Samuel Morley
Charles Reed
W. H. Smith
Christendom
Old England
United Methodist Free Churches Elect New President
The Bristol assembly of the United Methodist Free Churches elected the Rev. J. S. Withington as president for the coming year. The gathering heard speeches on church state relations, thanked retiring president Rev. E. Boaden, and approved officers and committee appointments. A Labour Livingstone expedition paragraph followed with praise for Dr Livingstone and missionary service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Methodist Free Churches
Milkstreet Chapel
Bristol
E. Boaden
Haslington
Barton
Manchester
J. 8. Withington
J. Mather
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
J. Adcock
Bradford
J. Myers
Leeds
Joseph Garside
J. Garside
Ireland
Free Churches
J. S. Withington
C. New
Livingstone
East Africa
Cornwall
Southampton
Zanzibar
Africa
Consett
Bonner-street
London
Heady Hill
Heywood
Ellsmere
Overton Circuit
March
Wisbeach
Snape
Liverpool