St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-19
THE METHoplsTs.
First District Conference of the st.
Paul District.

evening. continued rs WOrk yesterday. Kew
S. B. Warner, presiding elder of this district,
was IL the chair, and Rev. Noah Lathrop
performed the duties Of secretary. large
part Of the day was .taken up with routine
work, the pastors of most Of the churches re-
porting as 10 their progress and hopes for the
future As rule, the reports were Of very
favorable nature, and there was little said TO
indicate financial stringeney in the church
anywhere in the district. Five committees
were appointed, as follows:
On Examinations-J. Fl. Dewart, S. S.
Burton, F. o. Holman.
Home Missions. Stafford, j. E. Wood
and J. ". Martin.
MISUNDERSTANDING elder and pas
tor.
Apportionments-S. B. Warner, W. S.
Matthew. r. Foroes.
Programme-N. Lathrop, H. C. Jennings,
F. o. Holman
In the afternoon the question. HAS the
NJ. E church retained its moral power dur
ing the last fifty yearsl' was discussed at
some length. tine revival needed was
the subject OF some impromptu remarks by
Rev. J. Stafford, and Rev j. W. Martin refd
a carefully prepared paper in reference to
the SAME subjrct entitled How promoted"
alter which the meeting adjourned to 1880.
p m.
The members Of the district conference
are as follows:
Faribaut-W s. Chase, franklin Carter,
L B Brown, J. Z. Wood, JOHN Close and
E. T. Oliver
Farmington-O. Williams, j. o. Rich, W.
A. Parry. L. p Fluke. c. W Curry.
NUrthfeld-F NJ. Rule. ID. j. Whiting, W.
E. Moses, John c. Gresves
Dnudas-NOah LathrOp, ". f. GlOzian, ".
E. Sloan, ". +. Hutchinson, Vim. Hoover.
Bates Avenue, St. Paul F. o. Holman,
John Jaggar and George Harding.
Taylor's Falls-F X. Hendren and W. II.
c. Folsom.
Newport-w. L. King and VIM. Moore.
Red Wing-W. Mckinley, E. Tucker. S.
Spates, J. G. Johnson, F. W. Hoyt. Alex
COOns, Z. S. Wright and ]. W. Swanstrom.
Red Wing-L- P. Smith, VIM. z Rice, F.
Tether. W. II. II Bruce, T. E. Perkins and
5. 7. Featherstone.
Eaton Avenue, St. Paul-S. G. Smith, C.
Brooks, c. Griswold, S. Sherin, F. S.
Swisher, Ii. Z. Mann and VIM. e. Bennett.
Clinton Avenue, ST. Psul-W. 5. MATTHEW,
Robert MeClarg, A. w. Mortenson, r. a.
Hare and s. W. Boyd.
NedfOrd-S. s. Burton, Mr. Webb, James
Day and E. Freeman.
Owatonna-J. II. Dwarf and A.W. Sperry.
Cannon Falls-S. IL. Dwarf, r VI. Poe,
John Dack, W. z. Poe aud B. F. Define.
Glencoe. ". Martin, E. P Frost, B. F.
Carson, Allan Yount, Jas. Slocum, Jr., and
j. J. Greaves.
Castle ROck-W. II. Soule, Alfred Clague.
VIM. P. Oily and J. C. Dawson.
jackson Street, ST. Paul-R Forbes, ]. s.
Shurick, J. F. Tostevin aud J. S. Smith.
Hamline-S. G.. Gale, z. A. Carroll, L. A
Wilsey, ID. NJ. Sherman, J. A. Sutton, F. A.
Cone, A. u. Dunn, G. S. Perry, F. W. Hart,
z. 7. Robinson, E. B. Higgins, J. w. Fol-
lenster aud F. W. Hart.
st PAUL. PembertOn, Albert J. Gillette,
j. E. Voah and Thomas Wallace
Faribault-H. c. Jennings, T. G. Singer,
s. T. Richardson, A. j. Bell, L. B. Smith
aud F. S. Mears..
Grace Church. st. Paul John Stafford. f.
II. Fitz, Edward G. Habighorst, VIM. Clears
and J. c. Morrison.
Duluth-Levi Gilbert, F. Il. Feetham, A.
W. Bradley Mrs. Gray and c. NJ. Gray.
Austin-A. W. Edwards, A C. REYNOLDS,
Monroe Beck, T. w. Grimshaw, T. Cress and
r. o. Hall.
Hastings-T. B. Killiam, John White and
/. A. Cobb.
Cloquet and Oneota-S. D. Tandey and
Simon Jaffrey.
Lake City-L. Il. shumate, Ed. Wreigle
and J. NJ. Martin.
HutchinsOn-J. w. Keeper.
Srillwater-C. s. II. Dunn.
Wyoming-J. d. MARQUES.
Zumbro Falls. p. Oakley.
EVENING SESSION.
DR.. Bridgman OF Hamline university, pre-
siding, opened the session by stating that
this was the year Of the centennial OF the NJ
E. church, and that in the cause of higher
education measures should be taken for the
better endowment of its educational insti-
tutions. The church now has IA semina-
ries, 300 teachers, &c, 500 students and its
property of this character is valued at $40
SOC, 900 Edward Everett said that this
church had done more for higher education
in this Republic than any other society in
it. The church Of Christ must mould
the future Of this land, and to do this culture,
scholarship, skill and science must go hand
in hand with the gospel.
THE CHURCH AND EDUCATION.
Rev. F. o. Holman in opening his remarks
cited the Buddhist catechism, the Helsen
prophet and the worde Of Jesus himself, to
show that the necessity Of the human race
was knowledge aud that the secret Of human
misery was ignorance. The relation Of the
church to the schools was defined that
every church was school
and every school a church. The first
Chistian seminary ever established was that
of the twelve disciples with the Lord for their
teacher and his command to them was ''go
teach all nations" The church was the
teacher OF the world aud It had been the great
friend of education through all ages It had
taught God, duty and destiny-the develop
ment of the human soul and how 10 live. II
had taught philosophy to find out the mind
OF God; the arts and sciences TO try and I'M
derstand his purposes and the form and pur-
pose Of the infinite as il is about u.s. The
time would come when some men would
arise to reform the public schools in which
everything else is taught but righteousness.
The subject of the relation of the church
TO the college was very ably handled. There
came a time in the lifd of every young man
OF intelligence In which his faith wavered
and he was filed with doubt and distrust OF
those truths which he had been trained up to
believe in the atmosphere Of home-a
period Of skepficism. This came upon him
about college time, when his ideas changed,
and new questions and thoughts suggested
themselves. II was the period in which he
cast of his swaddliug clothes, burst his shell,
and began TO think for himself. Right here
came in the Importance OF a religious school
or college. AT this time he should be
given for his teachers men who had mastered
these doubts which surrounded him, masters
of science and men of God, who in the study
of philosophy and science could point him
to the underlying footprints Of the Creator
and explain TO him how deeper than the mvs-