Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-14
Communicated
SnatcheS by the Way.

| closed my last at Appleton, Thurs,
day evening. On Friday morning the
ministers met for a prayer meeting, at
o'clock, and more than fifty were Oh
hand at that time. II seems to me if the
Lord was going to made new world by
human agency he would choose these
Methodist preachers,--their energy 10
unbounded,
Conference opened at 8 o'clock, with
religious exercises. The vote on lay del.
egation was made the order Of the day
at | o'clock.
The presiding elders gave very en-
couraging reports from their districts.
Dr. Miller, Of the Fond du Lac district,
said that during his term of four years
| on the district, they had held twenty-
four dedicatory services Reports from
other districts were correspondingly en-
couraging III testified to the faithful
ness Of the preachers in their work.
The presiding elders then presented
reports of the vote Of the laymen of the
several districts on lay delegation
Mlcaukee Dist--Whole number Of
votes cast So; for, 1855; against &c
JonesciHe Dist - Whole number of
votes, 7l2 for, 632; against 80
Fond du Lac Dist--,Whole number
of votes, S62 for, 1885, against, l07.
Appleton Dist-Whole number of
votes, AS; for, 375; against, TO-
Waupacca DiSt-Whole number Of
votes, BOO for, 1853; against, 81
Norwegian Dist hole number Of
votes, ll9; for, 90; against 30
Whole number of votes cast by lay
men within the bounds of the Conference,
$780, for, 2S05; against, 3S4
Whole number Of preachers votes
then taken, I'll for, l07; against, A.
Friday evening grand missionary
meeting was held. Speakers, Rev. A.,
Read, White and Houser. | wish all
our laymen could have been present ]
am sure they would have made up their
minds to do more for the ,cause of mis-
! sions.
On Saturday afternoon very inter>
esting children's meeting was held, 1T
did one good to be there In the even>
ing the anniversary of the Church Ex>
tension Society was held Chaplain
McCabe, one Of the Secretaries Ofthe So
ciety addressed the meeting, to the great
satisfaction of all present McCabe is
the right man in the right place. His
singing is magnificent Our Church Ex-
tension Society is doing more than it
had dreamed Of cannot but feel that
the spirit of Methodism is to take the
world. For one, do not care by what
name it is called, SO that we take the
world for the Master.
On Sunday morning at 9 O'Clock the
Conference Love Feast was held and
glorious meeting it was. 1t seems to
me that the experiences given there
were enough to convince any unbeliever
that there is divine reality in religion.
At l04 o'clock Bishop Scott preached
in the college chapel Thousands of
people were crowded in the place to hear
him | had sketch of the sermon pre-
pared for you, but my friend j. f. sug-
gcsted that it was not fair to publish
mans sermon without his consent; so |
withhold it.
His text was Acts l. s, Subject, "The
Gift of Bounty Topics of discussion,
first the nature of the gift; second, the
purpose for which ii was bestowed. -
There was great power in the sermon
whether or not we seek for sand obtain
the gift Of power
After the sermon several ministers
were ordained.
Enough for the present.
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