Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-04-09
THE MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION.

tN1tfAN ~ AAtllAAA AAlNAiAtA OAfHaVA AHt. =
ference In Convention.
To-day is the second day of the
ministerial association of the Port
land district Of the Oregon confer
ence held at the NJ. T.. church at
this place. Rev. NJ. G. Wire is the
president of the association. The at
tendance this morning is much
better than it was yesterday and
several brethren are expected to
arrive to-day.
Exercises were opened at $3.50 by
prayer meeting conducted by G. w.
Roork. At nine O'Clock the presi.
dent called the association to order
and declared it in session ready for
/ business.
1t was necessary to elect a secre-
] tlry for the ensuing year and Rev.
J. Parsons was nominated and elect
ed to that position,
The reports from pastors was next
in order Rev. G. f. Rounds Of
/ McNlinyille stated the NJ. Z. church
at that point was in good condition
and during the year just passed had
shown increased prosperity, but
that the smallpox scare the last
winter had been the cause of retard-
ing the winters work as the services
were dicontiuued for over a month.
The church had increased in atten-
dance over thirty-thien per cent
during the past year, and the mem
bers had succeeded in paying about
onc-third of the minister's salary.
Rev. G. w. Roork, whose circuit
includes Amity and Zena, said he
has had to labor under many diff
culties, one IN particular is that he
laborcd for two churches, viz: Bap-
list and Methodist, as they both
occupy the same building. Mr..
Roork said that ne was trying to
place good literature before the Sun
day school and was using nothing
but Methodist publications. He did
not approve of David Cooks papers
being placed before the children.
Didn't think they were fit He be-
leved i'm the Methodists running
their churches on the Methodist
plan exclusively.
Rev. VIM. Rollins, pastor Of the
Salem Methodist church, delivered
his report. He said he had been
able to clear all Of the church in
dehtedness except $l75, which he
expects to raise soon. He was well
pleased with the attendance for the
year past, during which time sixty
members had been admitted on
probation and between forty and
fifty by transfer. The Sunday
school he reported as being in a
tlourishing c ndition and that it
would give to the missionary fund
this year about $50. That the school
intended to give an Easter enter
tainment from which they expect
to realize a small sum for the mis-
sionary fund.
Rev. Skipworth, of the circuit in
cluding Hubbard and Woodburn
was hardly satisfied with the work
he had accomplished during the
year. AT Hubbard he said he had
managed to get things in much
better condition than when he was
first placed in charge there. At
Woodburn he said he was
afraid there was too much
goodness among the people,
They believe too much i'm the say
ing that do good as you can and it is
all you have to do to gain ever
lasting life. lie said 1t was hard to
get the people out to church, al
though he had used all the efforts in
his power to bring them.
The program for tomorrow will
be as follows: $50, prayer meeting,
led by j, IL. Wood; Our duty to our
University, j, Parsons, G, NJ. Pierce;
intermediate state, a. Hummer, 5,
A. Starr; Sermon to children, c,
Anderson, E. R, lIoruer Changes in
the discipline, Nj, c, Wire, b. f.,