St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-09
COMFORTING MBTHODISTS.
Their Second Days Work at the
saltwater Meeting.
The Next Conference 10 Be Held at
Minneapolis.

The second day of the Methodist confer
enee opened at the usual hour with a fail
attendance, some of the preachers being
still absent on committee work. The reg,l-
! lar morning sermon was preached by Rev.
+. o. Holman. of Foss church, Minneapo-
lis. upon the theme, 'Partakers of the Di-
vine Nature" At 9 a. m. the regular bust
ness of the conference was resumed. Com
mittees on memoirs of deceased preachers
and preachers wives were then appointed. A
petition from parties unknown regarding the
treatment of the Chinese in this country
was presented by Rev. j. +. Chaffee and
referred to a special committee, of which
DR.. Cyrus Brooks was made chairman. A
committee on church extension, composed
of one from each district, was also appointed.
Rev. j. n. Titcomb, Of the Mankato dis
trlct, then read his report, showing a gain
in membership and additions to church
property. He referred in feeling manner
to the harmony existing between him.
self and the preachers of his
district, who had presented him with
testimonial of their affection and esteem
The reports of his pastors followed. Rev.
Thomas McClary. of the Fergus Falls dis
tTlct, next made his report. His district.
he said. covered over one-half the area
OF the state, territory larger than the
state of New York. He reported work
along the entire line as being prosecuted
theoretically. though there was a pressing
need for more preachers. more chmches and
more MONEY In his great frontier district.
THE HIGHEST SALARY PAID
any preacher in his district was 81, $50. and
the smallest S25e. How some of the preach
ers aud their families lived he could not tell,
but he had few complaints, and none had
backed out. The reports of his preachers
followed. DR.. j. L. Hurlburt whe spoke
the preceding evening, was introduced at
this point. and made a plea for the Sunday
scheel. He said that the Methodism of to-
day was different from that of sixty
years ago. Then. he said, Methodists
were peculiar people. They were
not society people. They visited and
traded among themselves. and were not in
any sense society people. Now all was
different. MethodiSts numbered the best
and the wealthiest people in each commu-
nifty and were leaders in society. The Sab
bath school was needed to restrain the
young Of the church. Another thing
needed was greater attention to the relig-
lous literature placed before the young.
lie would say that the best way to keep
pau OoCho OUT, WIS 10 put good books into
the hands Of the young. He was
listened to with great interest. The
reports OF S. B. Warner, of the st.
Paul district, which included a report of
Hamline university and of c. N. Sterrs, of
the. Winona district followed by the re:
ports OF. their preachers, were read. The
cases of supernumerary and superannuated
preachers were referred to the committee
on conference relations A letter from w.
A. Miles, formerly of MadeIia, applying
for withdrawal from the ministry and the
church, was referred to committee of five
for examination of the case, as it was re-
ported that there were charges
about to be presented against him.
A rule directing candidates for ministerial
examination to present themselves for ex-
animation the day prior to the opening Of
conference was passed. Rev S. ID. Ken
evrer. of Alexandria, from the Minnesota
conference of the United Brethren, and
Rev. William Robert Morrison; from Can
ada conferences, now located at Drayton,
Oak, were admitted to the eonferen ee of
elders.
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