The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-09-29
H CONFERENCE
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that its bills of exchange are preferred in
India and China to those of the best
banks of America and Europe"
The missionary work is growing. In
most of our foreign fields doors are open
ing as never before. Here the doctor
told a most touching story of the gift, by
a typewriter girl, of fifty dollars to sup
port a pastor-teacher in India, and how.
inside of ninety days, this had resulted
in the establishment of a church and the
conversion of more than 200 heather.
On Sunday morning was held, in the
Methodist church, the Conference Love
Feast, led by A. J. Clifton of Culbertson,
Bishop Walden then preached a sermon
that will long be remembered by those
who heard it. (Which ye scribe did not,
as he worshiped in the Baptist church
and heard a very impressive sermon by
Rev. Isaac Crook, D. D., chancellor of
the Nebraska Wesleyan University
In the afternoon a memorial service
was held in the Methodist church, pre-
sided over by Bishop Walden. Rev. E..
Smith read a memoir of Rev. W. A. Ans
bury, late presiding elder of North Platte
district, who lost his life by the acci-
dental discharge of a pistol, September
nth. Brother Amsbury came into Ne
braska nearly forty years ago, and his
life and work in the ministry have en-
deared him to multitudes within his
made by Reverends c. A. Mastin and w.
f. Hardaway and by Bishop Walden.
The ordination service was held and
the persons whose names are given else
where ordained deacons and Benjamin
S. Haywood was ordained elder.
On Sunday night services were held in
the other churches, and in the Methodist
church a rousing revival led by Bishop
Walden and DR.. Peck. Six persons, we
learn, professed religion.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25th.
Fifth day, eight O'Clock a. m. AS the
Bishop was in consultation with the pre-
siding elders, the Conference opened
with Rev. S. H. Henderson in the chair.
Devotional services were conducted by
Rev. ]. P. Badgeley. Several minor mat
tiers were attended to, when the Bishop
entered and took the chair. The min
utes were then read and approved.
A memorial to congress and to the
president concerning the iniquity of the
Geary Chinese exclusion act, and the
probability of a policy of retaliation on
the part of the Chinese, that will destroy
the work of the American missionaries
in China, was presented and passed.
The Methodists maintain a college in
Pekin, and numerous schools, hospitals
and churches in other parts of China.
The Methodist church property that is
in danger amounts, in value, to almost a
million dollars, with a prospective value
much greater still.
John A. Dryden of Kearney, member
of the Conference Board of the Trustees
of the Nebraska Wesleyan University,
presented his resignation, which was
accepted.
The following named ministers having
passed the Conference examinations in
studies were advanced: Nelson J. Chrys-
Ter, of Franklin; Irving F. Mckay, of
E1wood; Nelson ]. Miles, of Pleasant
Hill; Remus w. Wilcox, of Wauneta;
Jacob M. Longworth, of Wallace. The
following were continued in the present
class: Edwin H. Guild, of Hendley;
Fletcher DeClark, Harry R. DeBra and
Ernest B. Crippen, who are in school,
and Clay Cox and B. H. H. Trip, who
have not been in the pastoral work.
The list of supernumerary preachers
was called. These are ministers, who be-
cause of personal i'll health, or the cir
cumstances of their families, find it
needful to ask to be excused from doing
pastoral work, for a time. The following
were continued: B. H. H. Trip, N. M.
Somerville, I. S. Carr, F. Brock, Allan
BARLEY, c. R. Ford, J. L. Haney, I. N.
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1ation of T. H. Dry was changed to eff
fective, and B. F. Peck from effective to
supernumerary. The relation of James
Mann was continued as superannuated.
Ord and Orleans were nominated for
the honor of entertaining the next ses-
sion of the Conference. Orleans was
selected.
The Bishop and presiding elders retired
to finish their work, S. H. Henderson
being called to the chair. The list of
committees was called and the following
reported: On American Bible study, on
church extension, on education, on freed
mans aid, on Epworth league, on reso-
l~utions, on Sunday schools, on temper
ance, on the tract society, on the wo-
mans foreign missionary society, on the
woman's home missionary society, on
missions.
Afternoon session.-Rev. S. II. Hen