The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-03-12
ECCLEsIAsrICAL.


ECCLESIASTICAL.
Proceedings of the south Kansas Confer
enee Of the NJ. L. Church at Ottawa.
OTTAwA.Kas., March 5, $780,
The morning prayer meeting was con-
Quoted by 3. c. Swarlz.
Two members of the conference had
applied for permission to withdraw from
the church, and their cases were sent TO
the committee on conference relations.
Four were re-admitted on certificates
of location, viz: H A Clifford, George
NJ. Dimmett, T. c. Miller and Frank A.
Goodrich.
Tee effective elders of Emporia. indie
pendence, Wichita and Hutchinson dis
tricts were called for passage of charac-
ter.
Reports IRON independence, Wichita, |
Hutchinson and Larned districts were
read by the presiding elders. All these
indicated commendable degree of pro-
gress in the work. The Larned district
had suffered from drouth physically, but
spiritually they had had abundant re
freshing.
The election of general conference
delegates came on at ten o'clock On
the first ballot 90 votes were cast. B. KEEL
ley received 81, and D. P Mitchell "a
On the fourth ballot S. Z. Pendleton
was elected by IA vote of 80. The reserves
will be elected tomorrow at ten o'clock.
The bishop has ordered session with
closed doors till ten o'clock. We await
with interest the developments.
c. NJ. Wysong was granted a superan-
nuated relation.
| This afternoon was held meeting of
the Preachers Aid Society. This society
| has for its object the creation of a fund
for the aid of worn out preachers. Its
funds are increasing, and good future
is before it.
After that meeting was held meeting
in the interests of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society, addressed by Mrs.
Lucy Z. Prescott and Mrs. Mary C.
Hinde, of Minnesota.
The Lay Conference met and organ
lied this morning. This afternoon they
elected their delegates to general confer
ence. c. W. DeWolf, of Garnett, and
F. R. Chrisman, of Hutchison, were
elected.
This evening has been the annual edu-
cational anniversary.
p. L. RhOads, so well known in En-
pOria, the interchangeable agent of Baker
I nj ,la Cbn ODD
forth the financial situation of Baker
University. The condition Is improv-
ing; The status of the school is fine, and
Baker University is second to no insti-
tuition in the state in point of scholar
ship.
VIM. l. Graham, professor of lam
guages, in Baker University, was the
next speaker. Speaking of education,
he said that il was simply learning to
think"-referred to the fact that educa-
> ton furnished peculiar source ofpleas-
ure found no where else; and not only so
bat God demanded the best use of our
intellects. The church is wide awake on
this matter of higher education, and
must not discontinue, but increase her
efforts on this line.
Rev. II Frank, of the Kansas confer
encc, was the next speaker. He said the
: education of which we speak here is that
which educntes the entire man. He al.
so urged renewed interest in Baker Uni
versity, citing its beautiful location, its
= excellent buildings, its faculty of noble
teachers, equal to any in the west, and
g only regretted that the attendance o.
students was not larger.
DR.. Fry, of st. Louis, next spoke H,
referred to the long chain of Methods
J. schools, all along the line westward, ant
We are to take our true place in thes
: ranks.
II We are not moving rapidly, and shall
2 not reach final adjournment befor
Il Monday evening, | think. c.
OTTAWA, Kansas, March g
A session with closed doors, was he'll
this morning for an hour and half, an
- was addressed in kind, but earnes
a manner by the bishop. We trust ths
the day of difficulties is largely over.
- A committee of three were appointe
. to invite the lay electoral conference t
% this body. They soon came, led
their president, Mr.. T. J. Hudson, {
u Fredonia; f. W. Cunningham, of yor
city, had been selected to deliver the a,
dress of the Lay college, and right we
did he give himself to the work. f
made grand speech.
III The Bishop responded in behalf of IL
sc conference, and his words of wisdO
la will not soon be forgotten.
Eleven candidates were elected to f
dcrs' orders, and fifteen to deacons' c
deTs.
A large number of visitors were pre-
- ent to-day, among which were Dr. Davi
- of the Kansas conference, a. ]. Kynet
- ID. D. corresponding secretary of IL
:. board of church extension, at Philadt
phia, and JAS NJ. Freeman, D. D.
q New York.
At O'Clock a temperance meeting W
OF held, addressed by VIM. Whitefeld,
n Dublin, Ireland.
tx The evening service was the churC
extension anniversary. DR.. Kyne
made forcible address setting forth Il
work of that department. We mi
chaplain AIcCaoe, who often comes
us in that interest, but we recognize
hv DIR. .Kynett the. mastery hand whiC
ho guides the helm of our church extensit
-, interests. c..
"a MONDAY MORNING, MarchS, $780,
~ Yesterday nearly all the churches
A. the city were occupied by our preacher
but can only speak for the services
:, the NJ E, for went in time for theI
- Very early in the morning people
:. ing their way to the church, and We
~ soon the audience room, gallery and VI
~, Thule were packed with worshippel
"a A prayer meeting commenced at 81
-. O'Clock led by DR.. Reed and at 9, 4
=, love feast, conducted by B. Kelly.
DC was season of refreshing from the pr,
:, cnce of the Lord. AT 1890 the bish,
-, commenced the public service.
- wish your readers could have hea
:. that sermon as we heard it. For near
- an hour and a half, he held the audien
;, spell bound, while he treated of prophe
~ as one of the proofs of the inspIrati
- OF the bible. He took up these partiC
~ lar prophecies along the line of the 70
thousand years of the worlds histol
e that pointed to the family in viii
~ Christ should be born, to the time, whC
- and the place where that event shou
occur. Picking up these threads
- nronbfcxy he carried Them Orantiiy alo