Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-02
METHODIsM.

METHODISM.
dist Episcopal Church Conference at WI
nona-Large Attendance and Interesting
Exercises.
Special Telegram to the Globe.
W1NoNA, Mimi. Oct. The twenty-ffth an
ual session Of the Methodist Episcopal church
conference, Bishop Jesse T. Peck, Syracuse, N.
Y. presiding, opened this morning. Rev. R.
Forbes fred the first gun last evening. His
conference sermon was full of original hits.
He struck out from the shoulder. Early prayer
was held in the parlors of the church this
morning. The regular session opened at 9 A.
M. the bishop in the chair. The sacrament of
the Lords supper was administered by the
bishop assisted by the presiding elders. Sec
rotary Crist called the conference roll which in
Dictated quite number of absentees. Il. J.
Crist was nominated and elected secretary,
d. q. Jennings, NJ. 8. Kaufman and John Penn
berton assistants. The hour for opening ses-
sion was fixed at o'clock. The committees
for the year were read and elected. Among the
committees ordered was one for a division of
the conference, the presiding elders to make
the nominations, also another for examination
of candidates. >s.
this juncture Rev. Drs. Walden, Edwards and
Atashiell. notables in the general conference,
were introduced to the brethren. Ministers
from other conferences and other denomina-
lions were also introduced. DR.. Walden ad-
dressed the conference on the extent condition
and necessity of the Methodist Book Concern,
He said that in order to reduce the price of
church literature it would be necessary to in
crease the circulation at least fifty per cent.
The vital question now is bow is this increased
patronage to be brought about, how can We
reach our people through religious press? The
preachers are to be the agents of the publisher
and jealous Methodist preacher can find
time TO get our church periodicals in the hands
of the people. The doctor spoke at length up
OH Sunday schools and their libraries, and de-
picted the bad influences of pernic;ous litera-
ture and the great necessity for purging our
libraries of too much felton,
At the conclusion, Rev. Cobb offered a reso-
luton appreciative of the reduction of the
northeastern Christian Advocate, and pledging
conference to increase it's circulation ifty per
cent. the coming year. Adopted.
The sum of $500 has been appropriated to
Minnesota for the Freedman's cause, and re-
ferred to presiding elders for distribution.
The apportionment of $500 is placed upon
the Minnesota conference to defray expenses of
delegates to the general conference in Cincin-
natl next May. The whole expense for dele
gates from the United Stutes is placed at $685.
600.
An invitation was extended to the conference
to visit the State normal school, and accepted.
DR.. Wright addressed the conference In the
interest of normal schools, and requested all
ministers to visit the Winona State normal
school.
r. L. Dashiell, D. D., missionary secretary
from New York, addressed the conference on
the Importance of the extension and develop
ment of the missionary cause. He said there
were portions of the northwest country vet un-
developed and he hoped that the society would
be able to extend liberal hand. But he
wished to impress upon tie conference that
Minnesota was receiving double the amount of
money from societies that societies received
from Minnesota about as eight thousand is to
four thousand five hundred dollars. Applica-
ton, if you want good liberal donation from
the societies for missionary purposes, take up
as good collections in the future as you have
in the past. He gave some good suggestions
about raising money in churches which, if
adopted, and they probably viii be, the metho-
two dollars this year where they raised one
dollar last year.
DR.. Crook, of Winona, says Methodism has
grown faster than Winona has. There are al
ready $50 ministers and laymen here, and more
coming.
the several committees are at work.
AFTERNOON.
Rev. Bible the missionary sermon. The
missionary anniversary was held in the even
ing, preliminary to which the business meeting
Lowing persons were elected for the following
year: Rev. J. M. Akers president; B. F. KEEP
hart, vice-president; N. Lathrop, secretary, and
Revs. Maccumber, Forbes and Rork, managers.
EVENING SESSION.
by 1880 P. N. large congregation had as
sembled to listen to the speakers of the even
ing. The first speaker, Ezra Lathrop, says
that although the Methodist church was not as
old as some others, yet she is fast reaching
out to Christianize the world; that she can
raise more money, populate the country faster
and educate the people faster than any other
church on the face of the earth. With all we
have done, we should increase our collections.
Rev. VIM. Mckinley was the next speaker,
who said that among other qualifications the
Methodist church has, is self conceit. We i'm
agine we can do anything, even to making
speeches. We have much to accomplish yet,
and should take to ourselves the words of the
great Roman commander, who said: Consider
nothing accomplished while 50 much remains
to be DONE"
DR.. Dashiell, of New York, followed and
went over the missionary work of forty years,
to see what had been done. China was walled
against the missionary. It was death to preach
there. Now that great Chinese empire has
made treaty with the Christian World, and
stipulation in that treaty is that Cinnamon
who embrace Christianity shall be protected,
etc. Bishop Wiley went to China last year to
preside over an annual conference Of 1000
converts. India, with it's 25O, O0O, 600, has been
opened to the work of missions. Japan, from
one end of the empire to the other, is stepping
to the front line, and we are near the time
when that prophecy shall be fulfilled which
says, nation shall be born in a day. Africa
was an unexplored continent; it was an un-
known land, but to-day commerce and enter
prise have opened Africa, and all the churches
are preparing to enter in and take the land.
All this has been done in forty years. The
speaker went on and told of many things that
had been DONE but depicted the great necessity
of more work.
Destructive Prairie Fires in Blue Earth
County.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
MANKATo. Mimi, Oct. 1.-At half-past two
o'clock this afternoon terrible fire swept tho
prairie between Minnesota Lake and Mapleton
station. Grain, hay and fences went to swell
the confagration. A Mr.. Bowman lost thir-