Omaha daily bee., 1883-09-17
LAY REPRESENTATION.
The Methodist Conference Passes q
Resolution Asking Lay Brothers
to Come,
Or. Kynett's Address In Regard to tho
Work OF Church Extension.

the Eighteenth Street church ct 2 o'clool
Ip. m, Saturday and was opened will
singing and prayer.
w. G. Olinger, OF Tekamah, was chose,
chairman, and David Cole, Of soutl
Tenth Streetchuroh, Omaha, secretary
o. motion, the following were chosen
committee on credentials: d. M. Havsr.
ly, j. t. Spencer and K. N. Crowell, VIII,
reported the certificates of election Of al
present as correct. hessrs. Saunders anC
Tucker were appointed a committee oil
resolutions.
On motion, the laymen proceeded t.
take an informal ballot tor delegates t.
the general conference.
Haverly and Rouse were appointed
t%ellers. This ballot resulted in a ma
Jority of votes for G.. =. Hall, of Teka
msh; and n motion was made to make il
formal, and declare G. p. Hall the unani
NOES choice of this electoral conference
as lay delegate to the general conference,
which motion prevailed.
On motion the meeting proceeded tc
take nm informal ballot in respect to a
reserve delegate, but no one receiving a
majority of the votes cast, at once took a
formal ballot. On the third ballot w.
G. Olinger was elected.
RESOLUTIONS.
To express its opinion on the chief
question now being discussed by the
church, the electoral conference passed
the following
RcSolued, That the lay electoral con-
ference of the north Nebraska annual
conference is in favor of no change in
the time limit in respect to pastoral ser
vice.
The following was passed also:
Resolved, That it is the sense. of this
electoral college that we favor a full lay
representation in all our, annual confer.
ences, and that we instruct our delegate
to labor to obtain such a result at the
next general conference.
DIR. kynctt, secretary of the Connec-
tional Church Extention society, address
ed the conference i'll the evening on the
theme that all the while engages his at
tention, and set out the subject in q plain
and mathematical way. Below is a con-
densed brief of
DIR K%yNBTT's sPBBCH.
Two questions l wish to discuss: l..
h"s - SiulSh SAtCllSloh! Ills ucpdTI-
ment Is a permanent factor in society
church building. Every church should
have a corporate existence, each State
having statutes respecting the i%ncorpora-
ton of churches. When you would Sc
cure a location, be sure that the title is
not impaired. Next, the design of the
church building is an essential part of
making an impression on the public.
Our architects are very capable, and
churches built from their plans are rec
ognizable all over the western country,
and any alteration in our plans is nearly
sure to spoil your building. Next comes
the
FEATURE
case. Every pastor is expected to
preach once a year on the subject of
church extension, and take up a %collec-
ton, which, jointly with the revenue
from other sources, is disposed by the
patent society in multiplying the num-
Der of churches. "Many house shall be
called the house of prayer" is the motto
of God. We can't have the benefit of
churches without work. I'd, The rela-
tions of this work to the general inter.
ests of the country. You have
looked over the geography of
this country, and compared it with other
countries. A learned professor fifty
years ago predicted that the population
of the United States would be so, 600, 900
in 1880. A Frenchman has lately star
tied the continent with the circulation
that in seventy the population of this
country would be equal to all Europe.
The star of empire has been moving west
ward five miles a year. The population
doubles about every twenty-five years.
II MASSES OF THE PEOPLE
are coming to us from foreign lands, with
habits and purposes such as they pos
sessed before crossing the ocean. What
is the meaning of this excitement in re-
spect to the saloons now and already set
up in this country? Who own and ope-
rate them2 This is the crucial hour of
America. Farewell to the better insti-
tutions of this country, except the effect
of these saloons be counteracted. If we
shall be silent, we desire not burial upon
American soil. Institutions teaching
morality-church building among the
best means-must be organized and the
efficient, more than ever, if the country
shall not be given up to bad, and in
creasingly bad, institutions. But this is
u golden opportunity, and if not acted
upon, increasing time only makes more
difficult the working of a reform. We
are at work. A man a few years age
looking over the map of Kansas, said
the Methodists had given the State the
measles. We have given to Nebraska
1927, $40. 90, and loans of n large sum-,
aud have planted 1877 churches, and we
expect a better return than a high license
liquor law.
MORNING SESSION.
This morning the conference again
met, Rev. S. p. Van Doozer conducting
devotional exercises.
William G. Olinger, bearing a %certii-
cate from Tekamah, on motion of j. Is.
Leedom, was elected to elders orders.
Reports were received from the COM
mittees ON auditing, tracts, bible cause,
Alaska, public worship, the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society, and Woman's
Home Missionary Society, the Freed
mans Aid Society, and the Steward Of
the conference. .
Silas ii. Tucker and Chas. +. With
row were admitted on trial.
The question of making Fullerton Col
lege a university for this conference was
discussed and referred to a committee to