Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-03
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Especial Telegram to the Globe.
W1NoNA, Sept. Educational exercises
were opened at $50 O'Clock, conducted by
DR.. Cyrus Brooks. At 8 A. N. the bishop
called the conference to order. The absen-
tees were called. No one is allowed q proxy.
The bishop says no one standing around the
doors can be reported as present, and the
members must be in their proper places at
the proper time. After reading the minutes,
Revs. Hall, Rice, Heard, Blair, Akere and
Satchwel were appointed committee on
conference relations. e5
The following preachers were elected to
elders orders; Gilbert, Jacobson, Okey,
Omann, -Kingsman, Davis.
To deaoons of the second class: Geo. G.
Wells, Frank T. futile, A. Peterson, M. s.
Kaufman, j. s. Bean and Warrington. The
latter was granted supernumery relation.
DR.. Brooks, presiding elder of st. Paul
district, made the report of his district; in
some respects encouraging, in others the
contrary. The characters of the following
ministers in his district were passed upon:
Chaffee, Crist, Peter, Rice, Bolles, Lathrop,
Rich, Spates. Sterrett, Park, Gale, Tucker,
lice, Wright, Lamberton, Hobart, Stafford,
and Hurlburt. r .'..
Rev. Sterrett, who is in California on ac-
count Of his wife's health, was granted a
supernumerary relation to Rev. Hurlburt of
the First church of St. Paul, who goes to
Australia for his health. IL
Elder Gossard, of the Minneapolis district,
gave his report, which indicated good de-
gree of success. The ministers in his charge,
as follows, were passed in character: T.
McClarey, s. w. Lloyd, Learned, Heard,
Pemberton, Phelps, Henry Mather, Il. p.
Smith, NJ. B. Smith, Forbes, Gleason,
MARSH, Satterlee, Brooks, Griswold, and n.
Brooks. The two latter were granted super
numerarY relation. :ss~ae H.. II.
At this juncture the bishop introduced the
following persons to the conference: DR..
Kynett, of Pennsylvania; Revs. Thompson,
Lawson, Hamilton, Benham and Howe, of
the West Wisconsin conferences; Rev. Hood,
of the Winona Congregational church; Rev.
Jackson, chaplain United States army; Rev.
Langley, of Colorado. Rev. G. r. Hail, '.of
the Wyoming conference, who has been
transferred to the Minnesota conference, was
also introduced.
DR.. Arthur Edwards, editor of the North
aoeste771 Christian AdU0cGte, at Chicago, ad-
dressed the conference in the interest of that
paper. he was followed by Rev. Alpha J.
Kynett, of Philadelphia, corresponding sec.
rotary of the board of church extension, who
gave the reasons why the Minnesota confer.
ence should respond to the
call of church extension. Minnesota up to
this time, in round numbers, has
placed into the treasury of the board SO, 800
and has received from the treasury 1922 800
There is loud call from all points fol-
churches. It is necessary to build 400 in the
State of Kansas alone, and other portions OF
the Northwest are as much in need as Kan
sas. At the conclusion of the DOCTORS ad
dress the following probationers were called
to the altar and addressed by the bishop
viz: Savidge, Wagner, Bull, Christopherson
Nelson, Innes, May, Vanfossen, Crist, Mower
and Doran. ss 49,.
Among the questions propounded was this
'Do you use tobacco?' ssNo," came from
following were named: Chaffee, Creighton
Soule, Akers, Bible, Jacobson, Barnett anG
Knudson.
The election of delegates to the genera
conference is made the special order for 10
o'clock Friday. The names prominently
mentioned are Chatfee, Cyrus Brooks, Mo
Kinley, Prof. Johns, E. Lathrop, DR.
Wright and Gossard. Among the laity are
Paul, and Hugh Harrison, of Minneapolis
Others will crop out before the voting time
comes.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
In the afternoon the anniversary of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary society was
held, Mrs. Cobb presiding. Mrs. Mind Of
fered the opening prayer. The rostrum wa&
occupied by several ladies, wives of the min.
listers and officers of the society. Bishop
Peck had agreed to speak before the society
for ten minutes. He is always
prompt, and came at once down
to the point. If woman can dc
what man cannot, ought the woman to bf
debarred from the work. Man cannot cross
the barriers of caste aud talk to the heather
women, but the wives can. After the bish
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