St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-09
The Methodists Begin Their
Sta.e Meeting With Great
Interest.
The Attendance Fair for the
First Day--Reports and
Addresses.
The w. C. T. u. Elects Officers
Cand IndOrseS Prohi-
bitiOn.
The A. O. u. w. Grand Lodge
Closes To-Day--Matters
Discussed.

The attendance at the Hennepin NJ.
E. church yesterday afternoon, at the
opening exercises of the three days
session, was not large. A conservation
service, song and prayer was pre-
liminary that lasted an hour. Bishop
Fitzgerald presided in the absence Of
Rev. j. Z. w. Coke, D. d.. of the Meth
odist Sunday school union, who was to
| read paper on the needs
and opportunities of the present
| Sunday school work. Frank B. Cow
gill read a paper upon the
'iHeart Preparation of the Teacher"
and was followed by Mrs. Minnie Web
| Der, of Minneapolis, who read a very
ably prepared paper upon Methodist
| DeacOnesses, a subject in which great
| interest is taken, as it touches upon a
branch of church work soon to he IN
augurated in the Northwest.
THE EVENING SESSION
| of the convention was Opened by
prayer and praise service taken part in
by all of the congregation. A short
| time after the opening of tile evenings
| exercises the church was we'll filed by
| those interested in the church and her
work.
The first speaker of the evening was
| Rev. Dr.. McKaig, the pastor of the
| church. His address was welcome to
| Northwestern Methodists of all nation
alities. The genial clergyman made his
words most fitting introduction to the
work of the evening.
Hon. F. w. Hoyt. the president of
the convention, made a somewhat
| lengthy address. speaking of the rapid
growth of the church, its present
strength and its energetic work as a
pioneer.
Rev. j. H. johnson, of the Norwegian
conference, spoke in glowing terms of
Norwegian Methodism. Hetold of how
Methodism was planted in every part of
the globe, and not the least of these
conferences were the ones in the Scan
| dinavian countries. Rev. johnson is a
presiding elder and missionary, and
his enthusiasm called out the Methodist
amens.
Rev. G. G. johnson, of the Swedish
conference, after explaining that the
Norwegians and SWedes were very
much different in language. but very
much alike in feeling as Methodists.
His address was brief and to the point.
He said that Methodism was preached
in Sweden before it was in America.
listeners enjoyed it.
When the speaker was seated. DIR.
Spencer, secretary of the Church Ex-
tension society of Philadelphia, took
his place at the piano and sang "Our
God Is Marching On" in a strong, full
voice that inspired his Methodist listen
ers into singing the chorus with him in
what some of the older people styleda
good old-fashioned way.
Rev. E. q. Funk. of the German con-
ference, for his address, read paper on
the German Methodists Of Minnesota.
After telling of the difficulty to be con-
tended with in spreading the religion
among his nationality, he spoke of the
brighter aspects of the German Metho
dists and their faithfulness.
When the paper was read DR.. Spencer
was called on for another song ard sang
favorite with the African Methodists
in the "Darkee" lingo. His wonderful
voice rendered the verses perfectly and
was brought back by the appreciative
audience, and sang prohibition song.
Bishop Fitzgerald was greeted by APP
plause when he appeared for speech
and said he was going to make bis adj
dress like the barrel with both ends
knocked out. Then he told story of
DR.. McKaig's, of gentleman a little
under the influence of liquor, who
boarded a crowded street car, and after
hanging by a strap for a while grew
tired of it, aud jerked both drivers and
conductors ropes at once. ringing both
bells, and when the impatient conductor
asked why be rang both bells, he said
that he wanted both ends of that car to
stop. And that was the way with his
address, he was going to make both
ends of it stop, and he seated himself
amid the applause of the congregation.
After singing and the benediction, the
meeting closed for the day.
To-DAY's PROGRAMME.
Morning. 80, Conservation Service. led
by Mrs. A. c. MorrSw, editor of the Sunday
s SaU Rb US g9o RaR Re Use Of THE the
ner, D. D.; $3.50, The Enduement of
Power Rev. W. Mckinley, D. D.; 1000,
''Tne Relation Of Metkodism to the Repub-
lic,'' Rev. Arthur Edwards. D. D., editor
Northwestern Christian Advocate, Chicago;
1880, docs Minnesota Methodism Need
Local Paper?'' D. w. Edwards; 1.-The Church
Extension Society, What it Ought to Do for
Minnesota" Rev. W. A. Spencer, D. D.,
Philadelphia.
J. Gotshall; 2:I5, The Commercial Value of
Missions Rev. j. E. Smith, D. D., st. Paul;
1.-THE Missionary Needs and Opportunities in
t Rev b. nngs es
ury," Rev. Bishop J. N. Fitzgerald, D. D.;
discussion; 3:15, "a Laymal's Hints to the
Clergy j. T. Wyman, Minneapolis; laymen
are requested to send in short papers on this
subject, or to be ready to make two-m;nute
speeches.; 4:3O, 1.-THE Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary Society-Twenty Years DID, Mrs.
Mary c. Mind, n. H. Winchel,: Our Medical
Missionaries DR.. Geneyieve Tucker. North
field.
Eyening-7:3O, praise and prayer service,
Rev G. w KILLER, D. D.: 8, centennial ami
versary of the Methodist book concern, Rev.
Earl Cranston, D. D., Cincinnati: Rev. W.P
Stowe, D. D., Chicago, and Rev. Bishop J. N.
Fitzgerald, d. D.