Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-01
METHODIST CONFERENCE.

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The Minnesota IL. L. conference, which en-
braces the whole state of Minnesota and the
northern half of the territory Of Dakota, will
assemble IN the Jackson street church in st.
Paul at O'Clock next Wednesday morning, with
the celebration of the Lords Supper, the vener-
able Bishop Simpson presiding.
This is the first time in twenty-five years the
conference has been held in this church, and
Dr.W X. Marshall and the membership have been
very active during the past week in providing
for the accommodation of the $50 persons who
Will be In attendance, composed of 200 preach
ers, seventy five of their wives and sixty lay
preachers, which being an unusually large at
| tendance, has taxed their powers OF hospitality
without going outside of their Pensioners, but
last night, with the exception of having to place
| comparatively few at the hotels, places had
been assigned for all.
The visit of Bishop Simpson to the church Of
the northwest Is memorable evens
in its history, and causes
universal interest not only on the part of that,
but all other Evangelical denominations of
ably be his last visit here, he having attained
the age Of seventy-three years, fifty
three OF which he has given to building up the
great Methodist denomination of the world,
with the exception of one, In which his never
strong constitution compelled him to seek rec
reation for his health in travel.
He will be accompanied in his visit to st Paul
by his daughter, and he will be the guest of Rev
DR.. W. K, Marshall of the jackson street
church parsonage during his stay. In order to
accommodate the great audience of people who
will desire to hear him in the only sermon which
he will preach during the conference it has very
wisely been arranged to have that sermon deliv-
cred at the Opera house on Sunday morning
next at 1890 o'clock.
Bishop Simpson was born at Cadiz, Ohio,
June 90, 1911. He entered Madison college,
which was subsequently changed to Allegheny
wherein he became tutor at eighteen years Of
aga. In 1888 he commenced the practice of
medicine and also took O license to
preach in the Pittsburg conference.
In 1857 he was elected vice-president and pro-
lessor of natural history in Allegheny College,
and IN 1889 president of Ashbury University,
whore he remained until 1848, when he was call
ed to the editorship of the Western Christiau
advocate. In 1852 he was made bishop, and
has held conferences in most of the states and
territories of the Union. He was a delegate to
the general Irish and British conference in 1857,
and also to the Evangelical alliance at Berlin the
same year, after which he travelled extensively
in Turkey, the Holy Land and Greece, returning
to his home in Pittsburg in 1858.
In 1853 he removed from Pittsburg to Evanston,
ILL.,, and was made president Of the Garrett
Biblical institution. In 1870 he sgain visited
England as delegate to the English conference,
returned and visited Mexico in 1874, and in 1875
held conference in Germany and switzerland.
He is the author Of many much priced works,
the most noted among which is Zone Hundred
Years Of Methodism,' the Methodist Encyclo-
pedia," and ''Woman, Mans Equal"
The lay electoral conference also meets the
same week with the ministerial conference, and
will assemble on Friday, Oct 5, at 10 q. m Z,
| when two lay delegates will be elected to the
general conference which will assemble in the
city of Philadelphia, on the first day of May,
1884. The ministerial conference will elect
four ministerial delegates to the same body.
The following general conference officers will
be in attendance at the confersRse: DR.. Stowe,
Of the book concern; Dr. Edwards, of the Nerth-
western; DR.. Reid, of the Missionary society;
DR.. Kidder, of the Educational society; Drs.
Rust and Hartze]l, of the Fresdmen's Aid 30
ciety; A. H. Gillett of the Sunday School Union.
Rev. II. Bradley and wife, returned mission
aries from India, will also be present.
The ministerial conference will assemble at
"a N. each week day of the conference session
and close promptly at IL noon.
| The following is the anniversary meetings.
programme of the week, which will be of unusual
interest; also of the Sabbath conference services:
CONFERENCE SERMON.
Tuesday, Z 80 p. ma Cressey.
sEM-CzNTENEIAL SERMON.
Wednesday, 3p. m.-Cyrus Brooks, D. D.
ANNIVERSARY EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY.
Wednesday, sop. m.-speakers, G. Il. Bridg-
man, d. D.; D. P. Kidder, D. D.; j. c. Hartzell,
D. d.
woMANs' FoRNIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
Thursday, 8 p. m,-Speakers. Mrs. n. FL. Win
chell, Mrs. Mary G. Mind, Rev Mr.. & Mrs.
Bradley, returned missionaries from India.
ANNIVERSARY MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
Thursday, 1880 p. m.-Home Missions, J. 3.
6tarkey. Foreign Missions, Rsv. Mr.. Bradley:
General Subject, J. H. Eesd, D. D., mission
airy secretary.
TINs.
Friday, p. m.-Tracts, Fl. Frank; Sunday
schools, F. j. Wagner, A. e. Gillstt.
ANNIVERSARY CHURCH EXTENSION AND FRKED-
MEMS AID SOCIETIES.
Friday, 7:Ss D. m.-Chnroh extension, Fl. G.
Jenning; Freedmen, r. G. Amber, DR.. Bust,
secretary Frssamen's Aid society.
ANNIVERSARY PREACHERS AID SOCIETY.
Saturday, $3.50 p. m. speakers-Jehn Stat
ford, II. G. Bible.
HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
Saturday, $50 p. m.-spoaksrs, Hrs. Br.
Hast and others.
ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE RHETORICAL SOCIETY.
Saturday, 7:S0 p. n. Poem, by J. n. Akers;
annual address, by Wa. Mckinley, subject, ''Pi-
onesr Methodist preachers Of Minnesota"
SABBATH SERVICES.
Ga, m. Conference levs feast, led by J. O.
Rich.
1890 a. m. Sermon by Bishop Simpson.
3p. m. Ordination Of elders and deacons.
3p. m. Gospel temperance meetings. Speak
ers-R. Forbes, W. W. Satterles.
7:80 p. m. Conference missionary sermon by
Levi Gilbert.
FLIES AND BUGS.
Flies, reaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, nice,
gophers, chipmunks, cleared cut by 'Reugh On
Rats" l5c.
John C. Gau1t's Commissionership.
San FRANCISCO, Sept. 29.-The railroad
managers met to-day to consider the conditional
reply of Gault to the offer of the position of the
commissionership of the Pacific railroad pool.
No definite action was taken but it is believed
| they will confirm Gauli for the position with
permission to make Chicago his headquarters
Unanimously Endorsed,