Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-09-13
Proceedings Of the 33d Session
Of the Iowa Annual Confer
ence Of the N. e. Church.
FIRST DAY.


ence Of the IA. e. Church.
FIRST DAY.
The 33d session of the Iowa Annual
Conference was held in the lst M. E.
Church, Ottumwa, Iowa. Conference
opened at 8 80 a. m. Wednesday
Bishop l. w. Wiley, presiding.
The Conference was called to order
by Bishop Wiley who read portion
of the Scripture from LIST Cor. Sd
chapter beginning with the 9Th
verse. The 10Th hymn, beginning:
"And are we yet alive" was then
sung and Rev 4 B Allender led in
prayer, after which the. Bishop procee-
ded with the administration of the
Sacrament of the Lords Supper.
The roll Of the Conference was call
ed by LIST Asst Sec'y G N Power, and
the following members answered to
their names: Allender, Bamford,
Barton, Bevan, Blakeney, Bradrick
Briggs, Brown, Busby, Byrkit, Car
nine, Chaffin, Cheney, Clark C B,
Coats, Cooper, Corkhill, Cowles Coke,
Craig, Davis, Elrod, Ferguson S r,
Francis, Haines A. w., Hardy,
Haynes John, Hottinger, Housed.
Hunter Jennis, johnson, Jones,
Karnes, Keller, Kendrick A. w.,
Kendrick John c., Light, Mark, Nc
Clintock, Mcdonald, Mcdowell, Mich
ner, Miller, Monroe, Montgomery,
Morey, Murphy s S, Myers, Noble,
Norton, Patterson, Potter, Power,
Pugh, Reasoner, Reynolds, Robinson,
A., Schreiner, See, Shane, Shepherd,
Simmons. Smith ID g., Smith U b,
Smith w II II, Stafford, Teter, Thom-
as, Thorn, Wells, Wheeler, Wing.
The Conference then proceeded to
the election of the following officers :
Bros. Power, Wing and Coke were
nominated for Secretary. Bros. Coke
and Wing withdrew their names and
Bro. G. N. Power was elected.
Assistant Secretaries-H. E. Wing,
&. L. Stafford, j. w. Cheney, c. w.
Shepherd, and T. J. Myers.
Rev. q. M. futile was announced
as transferred from the Vermont
Conference, was introduced to the
Conference, and his name ordered en-
rolled. Revs. f. w. Evans and w.
A. Presson were also announced as
transferred from the Des Moines
ference.
The following committees were ap.
pointed:
Auditing committec-Byrkit, Ken
yon and Reynolds.
Bible Cause-Light, Patterson, G.
II. Clark, Thomas, MichncH & Jone.
Book and Periodical Account-No.
BILE, Hurt, King, McClintock, S. r.
Ferguson and Potter.
Church Extension-The officers and
managers Of the Conference Board.
Domestic Missions-The Presiding
Elders.
! Education = Blakeney, Wheeler
Chafiin, Briggs, Stafford and Busby
Freedmens' Aid Cause-Teter, w
ii. II. Smith, j. S. Ferguson, Karnes
Keller, and Norton.
Memoirs-Corkhill. Mcdonald anG
Blakeney.
Necessitous Cases-The Stewards
Periodicals-Coxe, Allender, Wells
Sampson, Coats and Monroe.
i Observation-Disclosures, Pugh, A
w. Haines, Francis, Kershaw and
Mutton.
Public worship-Rev's G.. N. Pow
er, j. I. Simmons, l. N. Busby.
Sabbath Schools-S. s. Murphy
Hunter, Davis, Smith, Morey, Myers
/ State of the church-Shelton, Coop
err, Dennis Murphy, Mcdonald, Manr
and Corkhill.
4 STEWARDSHIP board, as follows
j. b. Hill, T. C. Miller, J. w. Robin
son, G. Mutton, J. q. Barton and E.
Schreiner.
Temperance. Craig, j. P. Rice
G. S. Jennis, B. F. Shane and c. w
Shepherd.
/ Tracts-F. w. Evans, w. II. Honr
and Kendrick.
w. f. M. Society-M. Bamford, E
L. Schreiner, Fl. +. Wing, d. G Bev
an, c. B. Clark and G. r. Norton.
On motion II. E. Wing was ap
pointed agent of the publication fund
!. w. r. Stryker was appointed Pos
Master Of the Conference.
A committee of six on the revision
of the articles of incorporation, was
appointed as follows: A. Robinson
r. B. Allender, w. J. Spaulding, j
B. Hardy, w. G. Thorn and J. T
Simmons.
On motion a committee of three
was appointed to consider the ques
ton Of solemnizing marriage by un
ordained ministers. i. A. Bradrick
B. Mark and w. F. Cowles, were ap
|pointed.
On motion 0. P. Light was APP.
pointed to receive the collections fol
the Episcopal fund. L. l.. Briggs
was appointed to receive the monies
collected for education. j. C. Ken.
drick was appointed to receive col
lections for General Conference ex.
penses.
Rev. W. F. Cowles moved that the
educational collections of the confer.
ence be appropriated to the lows
Wesleyan University. The motion
prevailed. "
On motion of Rev. Cowlcs, com.
mittee was appointed to nominate
Trustees for said University.
The hour for opening conference
was fixed at 8 80 A. NJ, and of adj.
journment, IL NJ.
CHURCH EXTENSION ANNIVERSARY LAST
EVENING.
The exercises were opened by Rev
Dennis Murphy, of Mt. Pleasant, by
reading the 999th hymn. Rev. j. W
Mcdonald, of Muscatine, led in
prayer. Rev. DIR. Reed, Of New
York, and corresponding secretary OF
the Missionary Society Of the Meth.
odist Episcopal Church, addressed the
meeting briefly and with great force
Chaplain McCabe, corresponding
secretary of the Church Extension
Society, followed with an interesting
and somewhat amusing address. He
was called on to sing for the audi.
ence, and did 30, as he always does
most beautifully.
SECOND DAY.
THURSDAY, Sept, this 80 o'cl'k.
The conference was called to order
by the Bishop.
Bro. Light led the opening relig.
ious services.
The roll of absentees were called
and the following brethern respon.
ded: Saml EASTWOOD, II. s. Kenyon,
Jas. L. King, I. w. kirkpatrick, Den.
mis- Murphy. George Mutton, John
Orr, Ed. Pike, J. r. Rice, o. c. Shell.
ton, George Swanston, and f. w
Evans.
| Rev. Reynolds was appointed q
committee on the New York Book
accounts.
i The following were appointed 4