The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-19
THE NJ. E. CONFERENCE
Statistics Showing the Wonder
full Growth of the Church.
MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETINGS.
Presiding Elders Make Their Report g.
New College Presidents-An Ad-
dress by DIR. George.

PUYALLUP, Aug. ls-[Special. l-Devo-
tional services were held from $50 TO
O'Clock this morning, when the Methodist
Episcopal conference session was begun.
The reports Of the different presiding
elders were received, d. G. lie Sourd. of
Whatcom, being called upon first
by the bishop, followed by T. B. Ford,
of Seattle, who did not follow the
usual routine of confining his report to
certain few plain facts. but INDUCED in
flights of oratory. which elected applause.
o. Z. Olander. of La Conner, followed.
Then Samuel Moore. D. d., of Tacoma,
gave concise report. The church prop
erty in this district had increased $4,000
in the past year. Both of the institutions
OF learning under the patronage of the
Methodist Episcopal church in this state
are situated in this district, and eacI, will
have new head the coming year: Presi-
dent Thoburn, of the Puget Sound uni
versity at Tacoma, and n. P. Ted
rich Of the Olympia Collegiate In
stitute. Seventeen Epworth Leagues
are reported in this district. Rev. Moore
also reported no absence by himself from
his district during his two years service.
The report from the Vancouver district
was given by A. J. Hansen, of Portland,
Mr.. Hansen not yet having removed to his
district. These reports show hard years
work in most of the charges and hardships
among few because Of the stringency Of
the money market: but no dependency
was displayed. as all think it only tenn
porary. The morning session was closed
by an address by Rev. A. N. Fisher. D. D.,
recently elected editor of the Christian i'd
rOcate, in the interest of the paper. At
2:30 occurred the anniversary of the
Woman's Home Missionary Society, the
president of the Conference Wonan's
Missionary Society, Mrs. Suliger, of
Bort Townsend. presiding. Prayer was
offered by Mrs. E. J. Moore; Mrs.
Covington, of Castle Rock, read
the Scripture lesson, and Miss Carroll.
corresponding secretary, read report of
last years work, and delivered an address,
exhorting to better work in the future.
W. p. George d. D., of Seattle, de-
livered the address Of the afternoon, de-
filming the missionary board as the mas
culine organization and the society as
the feminine, both being divided into
home and foreign. Speaking of and de-
scribing the different bottles of sunshine,
he said that John Wesley years ago in an
unclean cellar uncorked bottle ct sun
shine, which has been shining ever SINCE.
A woman's proper sphere is where there
is work for her to do, just the same as q
mans proper sphere.
w. H. Jennings, 1. NJ. Goodell and c. A.
Luse have passed the examination COM
mittee, and will receive the deacon's or
ders next Sunday morning after the morn
ing sermon by Bishop Walden. George +.
Mead, John NJ. Baxter and c. E. Cunning
han have applied for elders ORDERS Hav-
ing passed the examination committee,
they will receive these orders from the
conference next Sunday evening after the
sermon. Three hundred partook of sacra-
ment In 1885 there were 81 appointments
and Is members of the conference. Now
there are lO2 appointments and rs men,
bers OF the conference. In 1855 there
were 81 churches, last year a. In 1885
there were Is parsonages, last year 81. In
1885 $3.50 was paid for benevolence, while
$7,624 was raised in 1891. Seventy-three
charges reported their statistics.
The conference business tomorrow morn
ing is the character Of the ministers. In
the afternoon comes the anniversary of
the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
In the evening comes the Epworth League
girl, sings tomorrow afternoon at the
Woman's Foreign Missionary meeting.
Rev. John Johnson is reported as being
very ill.
The largest number is present at this
conference that has ever greeted bishop
of the Puget sound conference.
DR.. George, of the First Methodist Epis-
copaI church of Seattle, will preach in
the First Presbyterian church Sunday
morning.
At o O'Clock this evening occurred the
missionary society anniversary, S. =. Sui
Tiger presiding. s. 4. Bright gave
lengthy and stirring discourse. The
Methodist Episcopal church now gives less
than 81 900, go each to the home and for
eign societies. Before the next general
conference it will give each Sl00o.0.0. F.
Il. Cherrington gave vivid and compre-
hensive description Of India and ies peo-
pie, disabusing many minds of the impress
sion ofincapacity and unintelligence of
this nation by presenting them as the re-
verse. They composed. 600 b. c., poem
fine enough to he named with the five
great epic poems of the ages.