, 1888-07-24
THE CONFERENCE.
Great Sermons Preached in Various
Churches.
Yesterdays Proceedings - The
Appointments.
. Great Revival Inaugurated and
Progressing.

and powerful m were preached by
Rishop Joyce, Rev. Earl Cranston, D. D.,
Rev. Gilbert De La Matyr, Rev. I. C..
lift, d. D., Rev. N. H. Chamberlain, d.
D., and others.
Bishop Joyce preached at the Metho-
dist Episcopal church in the morning, his
theme being How to Capture Men,"
and he took for his text that portion of
scripture which describes how Jesus sat
in Simon's boat and talked to the multi
tude and then told Simon to push out
from the shore and drop the net. Lack
of space precludes even a synopsis of this
most powerful and eloquent The
writer has listened to Bishop Simpson
and other eminent divines as they spoke
from the same pulpit, but this sermon by
Bishop Joyce surpassed them all.
At the conclusion of the services at the
M. e. church in the morning the following
were ordained deacons: Rev. George s.
Oliver, A. A. W. Fesher, ]. P. Long
and W. A. McElphetric.
In the afternoon Rev. Gilbert De La
Matyr preached in the same church to a
large congregation, his sermon, like that
Of Bishop Joyce, being a most powerful
n AT the conclusion of the after
Moons services ordination of ministers fol-
lowed.
Rev. Il. G. lief. d. d., preached an
alnnranf CANNON IN fhn Draohutaion
church in the morning, and Rev. Earl
Cranston, D. D., filled the pulpit at the
same place in the evening. His theme
was Meditation" and his sermon was
eloquent and powerful.
Rev. N. A. Chamberlain, D. D., spoke
at the Baptist church in the morning and
DIR. Ridgeway at the Congregational
church. Other able preachers occupied
other pulpits, and the preaching at every
church in the city was by reverend gentle
men from abroad. A great revival meet
ing was held at the Methodist church in
the evening.
Yesterday forenoon memorial services
were held by the conference and appro.
pirate resolutions were adopted in MEM
DRY Of the late Rev. +. q. Millington,
Rev. G. Zebold, Mrs. Lucinda p. Dyer
and Mrs. L. j. Bremen.
Remarks were made by Rev. Earl
Cranston, d. D., Rev. j. ii. Merritt,
Rev. G. A. Brooks and a number of
others. The memorial exercises closed by
singing.
Rev. It. G. Tiff then addressed the
conference on the subject of church edu-
c%ational work in Utah.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon reports of
various committees were received and
from some church statistics read it was
learned that there now 1862 members of
the church in the Colorado conference, a
gain of about 90C during the past year.
The Freedman's Aid Society work being
taken up. Rev. w. Bula addressed the
conference and spoke feelingly of the
needs of the freedmen in the Southern
states.
In the evening Rev. T. C. Tiff preached
a powerful sermon at the Methodist Epis-
copal church which was followed by a re-
vival meeting. Including those who
came forward on Sunday evening, more
than one hundred converts was the re-
suit.
When the revival meeting was over and
the conference had been called to order
resolutions were unanimously adopted
complimentary to Bishop Joyce, and a
unanimous vote of thanks was rendered
to the people of Cheyenne for the grand
reception rendered to the delegates on
their arrival here, to the families and
friends who had SO kindly entertained
them, to the press for faithful reports of
proceedings, to the railroads for favors
extended and to Rev. D. L. RAIDER for his
untiring efforts made in behalf of OF the
conference and its members.
After some further business Bishop
Joyce announced the appointments.
The Appointments.
Earl Cranston, agent of Western Meth
odist book concern.
D. H. Moore, chancellor.
A. B. Hyde, professor in Denver uni
versity.
l.. j. Hall, chaplain Colorado state
p~enitentiary; G. H. Adams, superln-
tendent.
j. II. Gill and W. H. Williams, mis-
sionaries to Arizona.
o. j. Moore, G. w. Ray and. N. w.
Chase, missionaries in New Mexico,
Il. G. Lift. superintendent of Utah
mission.
Edward McEvers and Alfred j. Pol
glaise, missionaries in Nevada; Thomas
HARDWOOD, superintendent.
+. N. Cardoza, Albert Jacobs. Juan
Garcia, Lachoneous Franklin, Bias Cat
ieries. Marcos Barela, Silvestre Garcia,
Theodore Charyes, Christobel Delager,
David Alva, Alexander Marchane, Efefa-
no Flores. Octano Jones, Jose Cordova,
Tranguilin Arcebes, Marcial Serna, Juan
Sandoral, missionaries in New Mexico
(Spanish) mission.
Northern District.
j. H. Merritt, presiding elder, post
office. Denver.