Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-08-21
THE CONFERENCES.
Great Missionary Meeting Held by Dr.
Peck-1hird Days Work.

The work of the Oregon conference
is well along aud all matters are
working smoothly. DIR. Peck held
au immense house against the circus
and showed himself powerful Mt
traction.
THURSDAY NIGHT
DR.. j. o. Peck, of New York,
spoke oil missions and the work of
the church. His subject was "The
Conversion of the World to Christ
an Assumed Certainty"
II was the decree of the Almighty
God. The fact that he has promised
this is guaranty of its futillment.
He has cuvenauted to give the heath
ell to the church for Il possession to
the utiermost parts of the earth.
The triumphs of eighteen hundred
years are pI@of that the work is
surely progressing. 1t took a thous-
and years to secure the first fifty
millions of nominal Christians. In
1880 there were 710,000,000 of all
such. At the ratio Of the past
eighty years of progress by 1850 the
whole world will be under the sway
of Christianity. The increase of
converts in 1890 i'm our foreign mis-
sions was l2l per cent greater than
the increase of the whole church.
There have been 10000 conversions
in India this year. 1t costs ouly $50
year to support native pastor in
India. Tue meeting was very
successful one, and the address was
one of the great features of this con-
ference. DR.. Peck goes to Portland
Saturday and occupies the Taylor
street church.
FRIDAY SESSION.
After prayers, Saturday at IL a.
III. was fixed for selecting place of
next meeting of conference.
J. l.. Parrish and J. H. B. Royal
made interesting speeches.
S. f. Meninger, B, E. Case and
G. A. Landon, were appointed COM
mittee on Portland hospital.
Transfers ordered: Martin Han
son from Norway, d. S., Wickstedt,
from Minnesota, Elmer E. Thomp-
son from Columbia River, and Geo
Whitaker, from New England con-
ference were transferred to Oregon
conference.
Continued on trial: Lewis Wally
Geo. w. Quimby, Christian l.
Westberg, F. H. Lucke, John w
Berkeley, Manfred o. Bruick, ,Gabrie
Sykes, Chas. E. Crandall.
S 2. Wilson and G. G.. Strattor
were elected ministerial delegates
and NJ. G.. Wire and A. Hummer re
served delegates to the general con
ference.
John H. Wood was granted a Ger
tificate of location at his request.
Rev. j. o. Peck again addressed
the conference on practical work fol
missions, in a highly entertaining
manner. He made strong appea
for advance in the work.
Lay delegates to the general con
ference were introduced: G. w
Staver and J. O. Booth, who boil
spoke briefly.
The familiar face of Rev. Ross G
Hpughton is missed at this confer
pnce. He is at the seaside sick.
James Abraham and A. F. Miller
were elected lay alternates to gen
eral conference.
Rows. Skipworth and Landor
spoke at p. M. on Sunday School
and Tract work"
The Freedmen's Aid cause will
take up the time this evening at the
church. Drs. Whitaker and STRAIT
ton will speak.
Miss Hansee, dean of the Wom'
ans college, has returned from the
Sound, and was an interested listen
er at the conference sessions.
Photographer Catterlin was in at
tendance at the close of the session,
and caught the whole conference in
a body.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society and Woman's Home Mis-
sionary Society met at A p. m.
The conference adjourned, to