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The elder preachers required to visit all the appointments, in all the fields of labor, twice during the year, if at all possible.
A letter from the Methodist Conference on the subject of a close union between the two churches was answered in a
fraternal spirit. The church at Baltimore sent a letter to the conference on the same subject.
Note:—The first United Brethren conference west of the Alleghenies was the first session of the Miami, held near
Germantown, O., August 18, Bishop Newcomer presiding.
1811
Conference in Cumberland Co., Pa.. May 23.
President: Christopher Grosh, Christian Smith, George A. Guething, Christian Newcomer, Abraham Draksel, Christian
Crum, Jacob Baulus, David Snyder, Matthias Kessler, Joseph Hoffman, Isaac Niswander, Jacob Winter, David Long, Frederick
Schaeffer, Christian Hershey, Joseph Jordan, Henry Hiestand, Michael Baer, George Hoffman, Peter Swartz—20.
Died: Martin Boehm, aged 86; Peter Kemp February 26, while his family and friends were in morning prayers at his
bedside; John Hershey.
Licensed to preach: Jacob Winter, Peter Swartz.
Licensed to exhort: Joseph Jordan, Michael Hershey.
1812
Conference at Guething meeting house, Md., May 13.
Present: Christian Newcomer, Abraham Draksel, Isaac Niswander, Valentine Baulus, Lorenz Eberhart, Christian Berger,
George Guething, Jacob Dehof, Christian Crum, Joseph Hoffman, Abraham Meyer, Jacob Baulus, Michael Thomas, Henry
Hiestand, Martin Crider, George A. Guething, Christian Smith, David Snyder, Abraham Hershey, Jacob Weidner, Henry G.
Spayth, John Crider—22.
Salary for a married preacher fixed at $160.
Itinerants: H. Hiestand, H. G. Spayth.
Much consideration given to the fraternal correspondence with the Methodists. Delegates present from the Baltimore and
Philadelphia conferences of the Methodists. Unanimously resolved that friendship and love shall be maintained between the
two churches. Fraternal delegates appointed.
Church work placed under the care of superintendents or elders, who were assigned districts and authorized to hold small
conferences on the circuits, whenever necessary.
July 30 and October 29 appointed days of fasting, prayer, and thanksgiving, to be observed throughout the denomination.
The following a recorded roll of all the ministers of the church, who up to this date were authorized "to administer all the
ordinances of the house of God." None were ordained. The authorization had been at some great meeting, or a conference to
administer the sacraments:
William Otterbein, Christian Newcomer, Christopher Grosh, John Neidig, Christian Hershey, Isaac Niswander, Peter
Kemp, Martin Boehm, Christian Crum, Abraham Draksel, David Long, Abraham Meyer, Daniel Troyer, Adam Riegel, George A.
Guething. John Hershey, Ludwig Duckwald, Abraham Hershey, William Ambrose, George Benedum, Frederick Schaeffer,
Joseph Hoffman, David Snyder, David Gingerich, Christian Smith, Christian Berger.
Died: Matthias Kessler, George A. Guething.
A. Meyer to assist in holding two great meetings in Virginia. Spayth to visit Virginia in November.
Note:—Guething was secretary of the conference from 1800 to 1812, inclusive. Shortly before his death he finished
transcribing the minutes from loose leaves into a conference book.
1813
Conference again at Christian Herr's.
Christopher Grosh, chairman; Christian Smith, secretary.
Present: Christopher Grosh, Christian Newcomer, John Neidig. Abraham Meyer, Adam Riegel, Christian Crum, Frederick
Schaeffer, Jacob Baulus, Valentine Baulus, David Snyder, Christian Hershey, Abraham Hershey, George Guething, Michael
Baer, Henry G. Spayth, Christian Smith, Henry Hiestand, Joseph Jordan—18.
Licensed to exhort: John Brown, John Geisinger, Charles Hassell, George Kolb.
An address, signed by Bishop Asbury, received from the Baltimore Methodist Conference, and Newcomer and Baulus
directed to prepare a reply.
Newcomer, Crum, Hoffman, and Baulus appointed a committee to meet a committee from the Evangelical Association for
the purpose of effecting an organic union. This proceeding grew out of a visit by Newcomer to the Evangelical conference in
April, 1813. He was given a letter to be laid before the United Brethren conference. The committee,—Newcomer, Crum,
Hoffman, and Baulus. —met the Evangelical committee at New Berlin, Pa., and conferred several days without coming to any
conclusion. The Albrights ( Evangelicals) had been working about 15 years, and had 15 itinerants and 800 members. Their
general conference of 1816 changed the name of the denomination to its present form, and discussed the proposed union. A
committee of six from each church met at Henry Kumler's in 1817, but failed to come to any understanding.
Christian Newcomer elected bishop for one year.
Ordered that the Discipline and the Confession of Faith be printed.
Died: William Otterbein, aged 87.
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A letter from the Methodist Conference on the subject of a close union between the two churches was answered in a
fraternal spirit. The church at Baltimore sent a letter to the conference on the same subject.
Note:—The first United Brethren conference west of the Alleghenies was the first session of the Miami, held near
Germantown, O., August 18, Bishop Newcomer presiding.
1811
Conference in Cumberland Co., Pa.. May 23.
President: Christopher Grosh, Christian Smith, George A. Guething, Christian Newcomer, Abraham Draksel, Christian
Crum, Jacob Baulus, David Snyder, Matthias Kessler, Joseph Hoffman, Isaac Niswander, Jacob Winter, David Long, Frederick
Schaeffer, Christian Hershey, Joseph Jordan, Henry Hiestand, Michael Baer, George Hoffman, Peter Swartz—20.
Died: Martin Boehm, aged 86; Peter Kemp February 26, while his family and friends were in morning prayers at his
bedside; John Hershey.
Licensed to preach: Jacob Winter, Peter Swartz.
Licensed to exhort: Joseph Jordan, Michael Hershey.
1812
Conference at Guething meeting house, Md., May 13.
Present: Christian Newcomer, Abraham Draksel, Isaac Niswander, Valentine Baulus, Lorenz Eberhart, Christian Berger,
George Guething, Jacob Dehof, Christian Crum, Joseph Hoffman, Abraham Meyer, Jacob Baulus, Michael Thomas, Henry
Hiestand, Martin Crider, George A. Guething, Christian Smith, David Snyder, Abraham Hershey, Jacob Weidner, Henry G.
Spayth, John Crider—22.
Salary for a married preacher fixed at $160.
Itinerants: H. Hiestand, H. G. Spayth.
Much consideration given to the fraternal correspondence with the Methodists. Delegates present from the Baltimore and
Philadelphia conferences of the Methodists. Unanimously resolved that friendship and love shall be maintained between the
two churches. Fraternal delegates appointed.
Church work placed under the care of superintendents or elders, who were assigned districts and authorized to hold small
conferences on the circuits, whenever necessary.
July 30 and October 29 appointed days of fasting, prayer, and thanksgiving, to be observed throughout the denomination.
The following a recorded roll of all the ministers of the church, who up to this date were authorized "to administer all the
ordinances of the house of God." None were ordained. The authorization had been at some great meeting, or a conference to
administer the sacraments:
William Otterbein, Christian Newcomer, Christopher Grosh, John Neidig, Christian Hershey, Isaac Niswander, Peter
Kemp, Martin Boehm, Christian Crum, Abraham Draksel, David Long, Abraham Meyer, Daniel Troyer, Adam Riegel, George A.
Guething. John Hershey, Ludwig Duckwald, Abraham Hershey, William Ambrose, George Benedum, Frederick Schaeffer,
Joseph Hoffman, David Snyder, David Gingerich, Christian Smith, Christian Berger.
Died: Matthias Kessler, George A. Guething.
A. Meyer to assist in holding two great meetings in Virginia. Spayth to visit Virginia in November.
Note:—Guething was secretary of the conference from 1800 to 1812, inclusive. Shortly before his death he finished
transcribing the minutes from loose leaves into a conference book.
1813
Conference again at Christian Herr's.
Christopher Grosh, chairman; Christian Smith, secretary.
Present: Christopher Grosh, Christian Newcomer, John Neidig. Abraham Meyer, Adam Riegel, Christian Crum, Frederick
Schaeffer, Jacob Baulus, Valentine Baulus, David Snyder, Christian Hershey, Abraham Hershey, George Guething, Michael
Baer, Henry G. Spayth, Christian Smith, Henry Hiestand, Joseph Jordan—18.
Licensed to exhort: John Brown, John Geisinger, Charles Hassell, George Kolb.
An address, signed by Bishop Asbury, received from the Baltimore Methodist Conference, and Newcomer and Baulus
directed to prepare a reply.
Newcomer, Crum, Hoffman, and Baulus appointed a committee to meet a committee from the Evangelical Association for
the purpose of effecting an organic union. This proceeding grew out of a visit by Newcomer to the Evangelical conference in
April, 1813. He was given a letter to be laid before the United Brethren conference. The committee,—Newcomer, Crum,
Hoffman, and Baulus. —met the Evangelical committee at New Berlin, Pa., and conferred several days without coming to any
conclusion. The Albrights ( Evangelicals) had been working about 15 years, and had 15 itinerants and 800 members. Their
general conference of 1816 changed the name of the denomination to its present form, and discussed the proposed union. A
committee of six from each church met at Henry Kumler's in 1817, but failed to come to any understanding.
Christian Newcomer elected bishop for one year.
Ordered that the Discipline and the Confession of Faith be printed.
Died: William Otterbein, aged 87.
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