St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-10
TWO conferences.
The Methodist Conference Of
Minnesota to Be
Divided.
j. T. Wyman breaches a Ser
mon to the Min
listers.
Anniversary Of the Methodist
Book Concern Cele-
brated.
The Closing Exercises and
To-Night's Banquet at
the Holmes.

prOpOrtlOnately. The register was
graced with the names of many new
arrivals and now contains the following
names of people in attendance:
Rev. E. L. Eaton, of La Crosse; Rev.
Earl Cranston, d. D., of Cincinnati:
Rev. w. P. Stowe, d. D., of Chicago;
Mrs. Col. Springer, of Iowa. an officer
of the National Woman's Home Mis-
sionary society; Rev. DR.. j. r. Creigh-
ton, of Milwaukee; Rev. F. M. Rule, of
Mankato; Rev. L. Fl. Shumate, of Fart
bault; Rev. DR.. A. Turner. of Red
Wing; Rev. A. Greasy and Rev. Levi
Gilbert, of Winona; Rev. FL. E. Chase,
of Madelia; Rev. r. n. Avison, of Farm
ingtOn; Rev. j. j. Edwards, of Crooks
ton; Rev. G. r. Hair, of Mankato,
7. Davis, Bloomington: Charles Taylor,
Castle Rock; Malcolm Kennedy, Wa
baSha; Mrs. G.. A. Livingston, Castle
Rock: Mrs. Sarah TOwne, Owatonna;
Mrs. W. Holland, w. l.. Banner, Wi
mona; Mrs. W. d. Abbott, Mrs. D. j.
Shaw, Waseca; II. w. Bigelow, Zum-
brota; Mrs. j. R. S. Cosgrove, Mrs. w.
c. Snow, LIE Sueur; E. W. Brooks, Red
Wing; Isaac j. Bergen, Jacob d.
Schroeder, Mountain Lake; D. c.
Holmes. Worthington: Mr.. and Mis-. II.
b. Wash, st. Paul; Margaret Payne,
Miss Branding, Rochester; Rev. Rich
ard Schulz, Waterville; Rev. j. A. Rich,
Pennington; T. S. Gallrop, Claremont;
Mr.. and Mrs. George l. Parker, st.
Cloud; R. P. FOLSOM, Rochester; 81. P.
Blake, New Richmond, Wis; .: S.
wing; II. c. Maxwell, Appleton; j. W.
Davis. Anoka; K. Record, Farming
ton; Mrs. E. E. Countryman. Mrs. L.
A. Truax, Hastings; Rev. Levi Glea-
son. Castle Rock; George X. Grear, st.
Peter; Charles ii. Budd. Montivideo;
W. II. II. Johnston, Il. 81. Hill
man, st. Paul; G. c. Chamber
lin, Anoka; Rev. Elijah Haley, Eyota;
w. T. Wilson. West Concord: J. D..
Engle, Saltwater; George E. Peck. Owa-
tonDa: Mrs. Annie Gallad Monticello;
Mrs. William Read. Wadena; Marion
L. Russell, Pine City; Mrs. Isabella
Sterling.
Aaron Turner. Lucy B. Turner, J..
Benham, Red Wing; W. II. Spencer.
Philadelphia; F. A. Caul. Redwood
Falls; Rev. Joseph Hall. Zum brota.
MORNING EXERCISES.
After conservation service, led by
Mrs. A. c. Morrow. editor of the Sun
day Illustrator, Rev. Aaron Turner. ID.
D., spoke upon the Use of the Holy
Bible and the Pulpit" The truth Of
the Bible, he said, must be in the heart
of the teacher as well as in his memory,
otherwise he will not understand its
spiritual import. If the truth has been
applied to his own heart, he will have
an experimental knowledge of the same.
fad
hence, no such person can successfully
teach Bible truth. For this work he
must be wise unto salvation, and his
understanding must be enlightened by
the spirit of God. Then will he be able
to bring things new and old out of the
scriptures.
''The Endowment of Power was the
topic upon which Rev. w. Mckinley
spoke. He thought that the truth that
hurts was better than the lie that fiat
tered, and the success of minister
could not be measured by the amount
of his collections. Methodism in Min
nesota needed as much as Christianity
in Tennessee. and the devil and all his
works must be fought with all the
power in our souls.
ID. w. Edwards spoke in favor of the
Methodist Herald under the head "Does
Minnesota MethOdiSm Need a Local
Paper?''
Rev. DR.. Arthur Edwards, of Chicago,
who was to have spoken Oh 1.-The Rela-
ton Of MethOdism to the Republic,''
was not present, and to fill up the morn
ing, Rev. J. B. Hingley's address on
1.-The Missionary Needs and Opportu-
mites in Northern Minnesota" was
substituted. He gave an account of the
condition of the churches and church
less communities in his district. A gen.
eral discussion of the subject followed,
Rev. Robert Forbes, of st. Paul, lead
ing with call for the creation of an
other district in the north. for personal
investigation Of the field by the new
bishop.
IN THE AFTERNOON
devotional exercises were lead by Rev,
F. O. Holman, of st. Paul, formerly the
popular pastor of the Foss church, of
this city. He made the meeting bright
and interesting. President HOyt had
been called away and j. 7. Wyman was
called to preside over the convention
when its regular programme was taken
up at 2:30. The first paper was by Rev.
DR.. J. E. Smith, of st. Paul, on 1.-THE
Commercial Value of Missions" It
was carefully prepared resume of the
discoveries made by missionaries and
the geographicalknOwledge contributed
by them, the great work done by mis-
SiOnarieS in the matter of language re-
searches, and finally the pecuniary value
of changes wrought by missions. He gave
a glowing account OF Whitman's ex-
plOits in saving Oregon for the Union
and its effect upon the subsequent his
tory of the Pacific slope. The mission
aries, the speaker continued, had re-
duced the dangers of ocean voyages,
converted the cannibals who once in
tested the Pacific isles and lessened the
danger of commerce, thus reducing the
cost of all articles transported. The
knot of diplomacy, so difficult to unite
had been deftly severed by the mis-
siOnaries who proved themselves the
best ambassadors. Commercial rela-
tons were first. established with Africa
after the missionaries had opened the
way. 1t had been said that AmericansE
were most easily induced to an expen-
diture when shown that it had pc
cuniary profit. If that were true they
should invest largely in missions. DR..
Smith then went on to review at length
the less material benefits of missions.
After remarks by Bishop Fitzgerald
upon the urgent needs of the mis-
slonary treasury" what proved to be the j
MOST INTERESTING FEATURE z
of the session followed. "A Layman's
Hint to the Clergy" OIL which j. r.
Wyman made some spicy remarks in .
way that characterizes some of his
board of trade talks.
Mr.. Wyman said he felt better quail
fed to give hints to helaity rather than
to the clergy. His remarks were in the
nature of suggestions rather than criti-
cism. Methodism, ne said, was
born in the college. He be-
lieved in an educated ministry
and the time demands it, and minister
should be graduate of both collegiate
and theological institutions. The rea-
son that preachers are in advance of
laYmen is simply because they are bet