, 1864-10-06

L short Sketch OF it, kElAio1y and La
DOFH.

The twen.y-1hh annual session Of The Rock
Riser Conference OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church, viii 10 held In this city during the pEsseat
week commencing at 10 O'clock this morning, in
the Wsbaeh Avenue II. E. Church, On the corner Of
Harrison street, l. .e expected that Bishop Colvin
Kinas1ey will p1esids.
This viii be the hfth session In Chlcaeo-the
fourth hsviDg been held In the CLARK stree. Metho-
dist Church, in 1850. The three pres,ons sessions
wtrc held In the came church In 1sa2 1871 and1s3
and ut the meeting 10 1s4., there was no other
Methodist Church in the city 1hsu the one n, med.
The 6sst seaeion was held at Mouat Mo1rta, our
emp Ground in 1sao the aeeond At P.asa.sie,
Wis. II 1s4i; 80, Chicago. 1872; 4:h, Dubuque,
Roce.ord, H.. lss9: 1oh, Plain6eid, 1856; 1lta,,
Peo5i. ~; 13tn: s.: cns,lss 1ss: 5ssh, ce,ss
1855; 1eth, Aurora, 1856: 1sth, Rockford, s57;
1e'h. Waukeean. 1858; 18th, t;alena, 1853: a4nn,
1851; sd Joliet, 1861: 2lis RocAiord, 155a; 18th,
The following were the presiding officers B:.a-
isa: b.asp ho1 bbh9p b:hspp
Waueb, 1B47: Btshop Morris. ISIS: HL-hoo Jone-,
1s42; Bishup Hamin. 1850; Blehop Waugh. 1851:
ri5, 1851: Blanop Jones 1865: Bshop Simpson, 1861;
Blhop Scott, 1857: Dirhop Amea, 1865 and 1859:
Bishop Ssser. 1se9; Bishop s1npson' 1851 bshsp
Ol tie preachers wno rece.ved appointments in
1e 2, the following y i'll report rhafe~ the present
%skeF
yer, Q. L. s. StuG, Barton Il Cartwright. Al the
Conference Of 1s4a these received The ipo 1iag ap
aiesze l. ns BisSehsra asaaso1, r. 1--WE w.
KeJcs; OttAwa. L. HNchcock Princeton, S. F.
%6sies & s. s1a1e4 ~. aots oasd. iss
Miteion, G,L s. stnhE' Bellevue, James B. q.
Among others the following were received on
probafien 1t the Conferences Of 1sls: Leyi Jenk.,
Michael Decker, Joseph Lewis. David Lew,s Har-
fhe SECRETARIES Of Conferences have been W. d.
Sampson, J. T. Mitchell Pui'o Judsou, ]. H. Vim
cent and q. O. Fuller, all OF whom nave dlled the
In 1872 the Coniereece emoraeed the Aorthcro
half Of Illinois and Iowa and M'fseoRsin, Is far
W&st and Northa IS the wL1:e man had gone; Now
from point where tue Kankate ee River crosses
tie Illinois line, directly west along the Rock T.
have been about thirty Germaa preachers connec.
ted with the Rock kiver Conference but at the
Inst G*Ieral conierenee. y May Last. tdey were
There sre at present one hundred and nt1y mfu1s
texa 1ssoifnR III connection win the Conference.
my, or Professors In Colleges.
A. the time the Rock Mstr Conference wac set
Oh IN 1e49. there were bnt TWO or three church
buildings within the bounds Of the preseht Con-
iererce. There Wa. m old frame shell On Cl1rk
ana another n Washington GFove, Utle county.
Now there are 16t chcrchea, worth $5o0, 900 in
winch worship 1900 member, besides Is parson-
ages vorth $5y,t0l The Conference rsised last
yrar $1,000 fur A1esion pnroo.es, and IS 600 for
other benevolent religious ob}scts. There are 800
Bunda, Schools uupcr the care Of The Cd arch, vi
ss,t0o tchulasf, Who tAke 5000 Sunday school
pApere.
In 1910. when the Conference ret 1t u. Morris,
the Rcck River Seminary Vac {us. rt.icc above
The PfpuDo, The lone representative Of Me.h 1dls.
educetfcDal inaututione. nJs there are three
mi " TyE1 NJ ha anr
riea re worthy Of aoy lsnd-gne q VT: Morris.
an endowment ii f3300-p. The old Wiewan ia
which Lincoln was .omlnsted, belongs to thIs ia
stutiGn. The pub.:e 3lng house At No. &C Wash
n'G.oa stree is doipg 'srse nu.lue.s in the book
md papef line The So7tanfsfkT1 CATtst.aa ~.
eCzlbetF. Thtre ore lssutd OF the Sua5ay ScRoo:
Aorocdse Ea0a3 copies Ladaes' Repository, 500
coptes, with fcacra1 business amounting TO
a.out Stu, eco Per year. No other cnuret in the
eame boubdB can make half the EXHIBIT In auy OF
tte above i,ems But the force OF ch arch, after
81. /. II ise moral power, and sncb VT trust tne
". E. Church has.