The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-09-30
Detroit NJ. =. Conference.


49, nJ nornng with the usuai iarge
VI IN attendance at the business ses
a,oa The following deacohs welo eieI,ou
s' Tho elders orders:-J0hn "; onil.h' S"l,n
Scott James Jackson w y y; n"'p Tr;, -,
$500 N G. LAIR, William hrikianu'
Irlpp, uopcock. john A. Rame Zachariah |
hichaIu s Adolnh Roecel. s. j. Brown, |
Din,,H p1a,awin. and f. +. Warren. The |
" 1..a,'ee authorized the purchase of q
Hatroit residence for Bishop Ninde to cost
s,Sb 500. with $1,000 improvement ON the
The money will be raised as follows: To
Detrot So. 900. to those of the conference
out side of Detroit SO, 900, to the Michigan
conference $4,000. Everything went smooth
ly until the appointment was announced
when brother A. r. Bartlett OF Lake Super
ior district kicked. He thought Detroit
ought to raise more than the allotted So, 900.
The report was adopted by rising vote,
Mr.. Bartlett being the only negative vote.
Sixteen members of the class OF the second
wear were then admitted to full member
shin To the conference as itinerant preachers.
Bishop C. IL. Fowler talked to them for
over an hour, giving warnings and advice
as TO their conduc. and work during the
next two wears of trial. His talk was inter
rupted by frequent bdrsts of applause from
the older ministers.
The afternoon was devoted to the an
adversary of the Detroit Foreign MissioIary
Society. The church was crowded Many
Detroit ladies were present. Addresses
were delivered by Rev. ID. j. Y. floyed
and wife, recently of Singapore Malaysia,
and Rev. DIR. Drees, returned missionary
from South America. Miss Lima ocIencS
ola ,racqnt Mr. FlONu
said that over 40,000,OOO heathen III the
#. Maavsian archipelago were in need OF the
assistance of the church. He gave graphic
4, description of the scenery, customs ana
/ neonle of that country. In the evening
Rev. NJ. G. Hawkes., of Bay City, delivered
the annual missionary sermon before large
audience.
The fourth day of the session developed
sensation, and. as William Il. Shier, Oh tue
Palmer Memorial Church OF Detroit, said'
brought forward the most important pisce
of business that had so far come 10 the at
tenton of the conference. Some time ago
he was anpointed chairman of a committee
TO look into the condition of the Epwor n
:. church at Saginaw, which was in sore nnan-
cial straits. Mr.. Shier gave his report DIS
follows: The indebtedness OF the.church Is
BIO $50, drawing the eXOrbitant rate oI
per cent interest. The assets IN slght are
S3.457, The church has been paying 80
ner week TO the local building and loan as
sociatlon. but the resources being eXhausteu'
IL could no longer do so. Unless immediate
helm is rendered the church will be lost 10
Methodsm. The authorities appealed 10
the conference for this aid. and asked ~, ooo
from it, So, 500 from the church extension
society. and agreed to raise S5,Ooo III oagl-
nav. The conference responded geneloualy
ha Chanlain Mc(nDe
method was inaugurated and ire brethren
subscribed 81 900 on the spot. Rev. III.
Roberts. of the Central New York confer
enae. subscribed 800 in cash and pledged
800 more A committee OF one from each
district was appointed to carry the matter
through and report before the session cioSes.
The list of supernumerarles and super
annuaries was called and but few changes
made i'm their relations to the conference.
H. Hodgkiss and A. 5. Fair were gwen the
superannuated relation, and D. W. Bro
was made effective When the annual re-
mort of the superannuated relations was
made II was found that there we've ninety
eight WORKOUT preachers with claims ag-
oregating $40 500. These claimants were
divided into five classes.
The church was crowded in the afternoon
by young Epworth Leaguers ana members
of the conference. The occasion was the
anniversary of the Detroit Conference Ep-
worth League. Owing to meeting OF the
cabinet Bishop Fowler could not stay
through the entire meeting. lie gave tnen
a short talk, however, urging the older
members to look out for the children, us
they represented the church or to-morIow'
He especially emphasized the plan OF or
oanizing Junior Epworth League societies.
The following gave short ten-mlnute
sneeches: Rev. A. b. Storms-''lhe League
in the Masters Vineyard" Rev. f. l.. Us
born9-.'The Pastor and the League" Rev.
q, n. Kennedy-"The District and the
Leagues" Rev. III. +. Wolfe-"Ihe JUNIOR
3 League" Rev. j. f. Berry" Field Notes"
Mr.. Wolfe .'called down" the pastors OF the
district for not being more enthusiastic In
their efforts to organize junior leagues. MI.
Berry. editor of The Epworth Herald, I'M
pressed upon the minds of his hearers the
impor,ance of subscribing for The Herald.
In the evening occurred the anniversary OF
.tbe Church Extension Society. The ad-
dress was delivered by Rev. w. A. Spen-
GER secretary of the society. There Is an
enormous amount of work for the society 10
do although it has been very active curing
the mast year. Churches all over the couii-
trv ought to be built, and the debts or oth-
ers lifted. The Saginaw church Is an eX-
ample. n -,
Sunday was great day. The attend
ance at all the meetings was phenomenal.
The conference love feast was booked for
o'clock and Bishop Fowler's sermon an
hour and a half later, but long before the
bishop cut in an appearance the church was
crowded and the isles and entrances packed.
Hundreds of disappointed people were turn
ed away from the doors The love feast was
spiritual in character. The brethren and
jady members of the Methodist church gave
their testimony and christian experience In
large numbers. 1t was lively meeting.
Bishop Fowler's sermon was the event Oh
the morning. 1t was delivered in his pecu-
liarly attractive style. upon one of the fun
damental doctrines of the church, the "Res-
direction and Atonement AS II to make the
occasion more impressive, terrific thunder
storm came I'D towards the close. The churt n