Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-04
TEE METHODISTS.
THE OPENING OF TIE FORMAL PRO
CEEDIEGS OF THE CONFERENCE.
The Appointment of Committees and Re-
ports of the Presiding EIders-An Inter
cstlng Record of Procse dings.


bishop, assisted by the presiding elders
and several of the venerable fathers of the
conference, among whom were Rev. Dr..
Hobart, and Rev. Cyrus D. ID.
The devotional exercises being closed
the conference organized for business.
On motion of Rev DR.. Smith, Rev. r.
Forbes was elected secretary by acclama
ton. On the nomination of the secretary,
Rev. Levi Gilbert was elected assistant
secretary, and Rev. W. M. Bowdish, sta
tistical secretary.
COMMITTEES.
Stewards-T. f. Allen, II. j. Orist. J. w.
Martin, J. W. Mower, W. F. Stockdll.
Book Concern Accounts-M. E. Smith,
W. Fl. Matson, q. j. Harringt2u, VIM.
Copp, W. L. Demorest.
Postofices--H. J. Van Fossen.
Auditing Presiding Elders Accounts
S. Boles.
Sunday Schools and Tracts--J.W. Alepper,
L. 81. Shumate. CA. Cressy, Geo. Merritt, D.
s. Smith, T. McClary.
Woman's Foreign Missions.-L.
Gleason, w. Nj. MartiD, W.
S. Matthew, R. G. Amber, J. Door, j. Lam
berson.
Memoirs-Dr. G Hobart, j. N. liscomb.
New York Book Concern Accoazts-J.
Hall.
Temperance B. Cowgirl j. Ginsen,
E. R. Lathrop, F. Doran, Or. O. A.. Van
Anda, @. Hobart.
Bible Society,". Barnard, J. W. Lewis,
W. M. Wright. DR.. Emory Miller, j. w.
Stebbins, DR.. A. @. Williams.
Freedmen's Aid Society,". j. Crist, B.
Y. Coffin, B. F. Kephart, John Walton, J.
M. Ackers, F. Wagner.
| Sabbath Observance. w. Cornish, j.
| G. Ogle, A. W. Edwards, j. NJ. Bull, L. P.
Smith, T. n. Kinsman.
Candidates for Admissions. Gates,
Levi Gilbert, S. S. Burton, A. W. Edwards
J. G. Teter, A. P. Bunce.
Conference Treasurer-T. B. Killian,
| W. E. Means assistant.
District Conferences-J. j. Girls, j. NJ.
| Akers, u. @. John, M. D. TerwiliPer.
| Public Worship--Drs. S. G. Smith, v. &.
Marshall and Emory Miller.
Educat1on-J. O. Rich, H. q. Bible, VIM
Mckinley, NJ. S. Kaufman, G. s. Il. Dunn
Il. B. Molyneaux.
Conference ReIations-J. B. Siarkey,
John Stafford, o. Williams, G. B. B.ecount.
D. Morgan.
The question of having presiding elders
and preachers report their work
was taken up when each mans
name was called and the question
Anything against Bro. =? vas asked
| by the bishop.
! THE ST. PAUL DISTRICT.
Rev. S. G. Smith, Phi. D., presiding elder
of st. Paul district, reported as follows
Under the blessing of Almighty God the
the st. Paul district. Nearly all the charges
will show religious and financial advance.
ment. While there have been no extensive
reYivals of religion, there have been many
conversions, and broader and deeper
spiritual life developed. Among the
church debts have been paid as follows
Grace church, st. Paul, $500; Richland
1925; Faribault, $1,40O; Lake City.
1,450. The church at Saltwater has been
improved at cost of $2,1OO. The church
at Mortified has been completed at cost
of $4,000, nearly all of which is paid. A
church at Dundas has been dedicated and
paid for. A church at Merton has been
erected and paid for at cost of $500.
At Riverside a church has been near
| ly completed at cost of $1,000
| and will soon be dedicated without debt
| This is the third church which has been
built and paid for in the bounds of the
Clinton avenue charge West st. PAUL. in
the past two years. Other St. Paul churches
have assisted in these buildings.
At Cloquet, near the Northern Pacific
junction, society has been formed during
the year and new church nearly com.
pleted at cost of $4,000. This society
has been aided by the Church Extension
society.
The church at Owatonna having suffered
by the twist of cyclone has been beauti-
fully restored at cost os 81 900 and paid
for. The church at Faribault has been
pewed and dedicated without debt. The
church at Oneota has been repaired and its
old debt has been assumed by the church
| at Duluth. The churches at Duluth, Farm
ington, Reeds Landing, Kellogg, Bates
avenue st. PauD have been re-
paired or improved. Extensive
improvements are in progress on the chur oh
at Red Wing, parsonage has been bought
at Newport, Bates avenue church, ST. Paul
has become self sustaining charge.
Three new charges will be added to the
list within the bounds of st. Paul district,
viz: Rice Point, Oneota, Cloquet and West
st. Paul circuit, Jackson street church is
still in the midst of the financial work in
volved in the purchase of a church lot with
parsonage. which has been extensively
improved, and all plans are tending to-
wards the erection of that new church
which is to be blessing to the city in the
near future.
The benevolent collections have been
faithfully attended to and think will show
some increase over former years.
The salaries of the preachers although
yet inadequate, have been increased, on
a number CT charges. Hamline university
opens the present year under favorable
auspices. The faculty has been enlarged,
the attendance has been increased, and
the new college building will be complet-
ed at an early day. Altogether the re-
view of the year is encouraging, yet the
picture is not without its shaded lines.
The lack of an intelligent faith in the
Gospel, and wide spread caralessness as
to church work, growing partly out of
lack of organization, but more out of lack
of conscience, are among the things to be
deplored. The quarterly conference has
been falling into decay in our churches
for years through the inattention of the
officers and the lack of the disciplinary re-
ports.
Several quarterly conferences on the