Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-06

you cannot fully endorse. Some men
think when they have Joined an organiza-
ton which provides them pulpit they are
bound to preach the tenets for the ex-
pounding of which that pulpit was erected.
Never demean yourselves thus. Don't 60
into such pulpit. If you don't believe as
other people of your church do, withdraw.
There is a back door to a church as we'll
as a front door. Retire, get ladder
as Mohammed is said to have done and
ascend to heaven alone Hire hall and
start up creed of your OWE, but never
preach what you cannot believe, and thus
impair your usefulness. Of course men
will change, fer study and research often
leads to changes of opinion, but when you
are satisfied that you cannot entirely up
uphold the tenets of Methodism join some
church where you can.
Advanced thought and progress is what
tho church requires, but it also requires
honesty. But when you change your doc
trine change your church. Stand by the
discipline and method of the church,
Changes of pastors make this absolutely
decessary, If you go into church and do
all the work yourself, lead the prayer and
class meetings, Sunday school and
singing. You may be the best man in the
church to do this. Your leadership will
be wonderfully effective and add members
but when you are transferred what will be
the result? A collapse in the work. Your
successor may not be endowed with your
qualities, the church will lose ground and
get further behind than it was when you
came there. Drill your members into these
various exercises. Have them to do the
work of leading and when you leave there
will be somebody to keep up the work.
Follow the methods of the church closely.
Your method may be a good one, but in
the long run it does not help the church.
There may be geniuses, occasionally who
know more than the church, but it is
better to follow the lead of the church in
its own policy. You are required to
be heroic. Methodism means heroism.
You must study-study five out of every
twenty -four hours. Not newspapers and
reviews but the works of the standard au-
thors, the best books on religion and mo-
rality. Those who fail to follow this rule
do not last. In an experience of many
years have noticed that no matter how
promising the future of young minister
is, if he neglects his study he falls behind
more and more from year to year, and
have no time for trifing and telling light
stories. No time for sitting on store-boxes
and whiting. Take care of your moments
moments count in the life of minister
of God. Be punctual and orderly and sys
tematic. Civilization makes men punotual.
The Pagans take no care of time. Pune
tuality is necessary. When you
make an appointment for
O'Clock don't wait until 7:30. Don't
get your Pensioners into the habit of be-
ing behind time. When you make an an
nouncement stick to it. If you don't they
may agree to pay you every three months
and not do SO only once in six months.
Study your congregation. Visit your PEG
pie. Don't be timid nor forward. Take
hold of your work properly and do it in
good shape. The great trouble with
preachers was they feared repulsion ard
no welcome when they made visits. Christ
experienced the same. He remembered
when he was young man he used to walk
mp and down in front of house he intend
I'd to visit for hours at time until some
QUO came out he could speak to first. lie
AS walked blocks out of his way to avoid
meeting young ladies he knew
on the street. This timidity
by the help of God be soon overcome
however. All could not be great preach
er7, but all could be good pastors. Another
thing he would add before closing, and
that was to take up with the children,
make their acquaintance, take part in
their enjoyments, encourage them in good
habits; in short be the children's friend;
it made the way clear to reach the parents
hearts. Be patient, lose no point of ad-
vantage, and the Lord will bless you in
your work.
Gilbert f. Thompson and John Jamison
we're then elected deacons of the church
ministry.
The Rev. DR.. Hunt, secretary
of the American Bibe soci-
ETY., was then introduced to
the conference as were also T. G. Stringer,
transferred from the Minnesota conference
last year: John Hinton, district superin-
tandent, A. B. S.; John Mason, Michigan
conferences; Brother Bushnell, Wisconsin
conference; Brother Chamberlain, Wiscon-
sin conference; Brother Knight, l. M. e.
c.; Rev. E. s. Terry, Newark, N. j.; Ira
NJ. Price, A. I. of H.; and Rev. j. II. De-
want.
Rey's. VIM. Mckinley, j ohm Stafford and
Chas. SteDbins were appointed COM
mittee on the Rochester and Elgin
churches destroyed by the late cyclones.
DELEGATES TO THE GENERAL CONFERENCE.
Tie election Of delegates was then in Or
der and proceeded with. Tellers Bros. lice,
Stafford, Jennings and Martinson. There
bein; 40 members of the conference it
was entitled to four delegates to the
General conference. The election on mo-
ton vas made by ballot. The first ballot
there was total vote OF 131, &c being a
choice, Rev. j. F. Chaffee received seven
ty-three and S. G. Gale sixty three. The
Rev. DR.. haffee was declared as one of the
delegatca. Another ballot was then ordered
and th' tellers withdrew to make the
count and othsr business was proceeded
with, and an adjournment taken until
2 O'Clock, at which time the tellers were to
report.
DEACoNs.
The following persons were continued
on trial rs delegates: Geo. R. Greer, John
F. Beebe, VIM. Brown, I. Horaer, Geo.
Merritt, Aug. s. Hawgord.
The following deacons were then elected:
Richard B. Satterlee, Chas McNamara,W VIM.
@. Brown, and Fred o. Holman.
The question of fixing the place of the