The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-12

Trefren, Sacramento; H. c.. Tallman, Peach
land; John Thompson, Oakland; f. futile,
Antioch; ". S. Urmy, Pacific Grove; ]. A. Van
Anda, Yreka; G. II. Van Yleet; j. E. Wickes
Courtland; f. A. Winning, Pleasanton; W. f.
Warren, Woodland; r. E. Wenk, Haywards; j.
H. Wythe Jr., Los Gatos; 7. II. Woodward, Pet
aluma; w. NJ. Woodward, Watsonville; ]. r.
Wolfe, New Almaden; F. NJ. Willis, Santa
Rosa; E. r. Willis, Napa; T. S. Wallis, Farming
ton; ]. r. Watson, Boulder Greek; L. ?. Walker,
Dixon; ]. f. Wright, Colfax; J. II. n. Williams,
Modesto; F. r. Walton, Occidental; James Will
liams, Jackson; C. E. Winning, Crescent City /;
j. o. Wahlberg, San Francisco; James Young,
Tracy.
Those present who were Continued on
trial. were:
E. NJ. Ill., Boston Theological Seminary; o.
G. Hughson, Fort Jones; ]. F. Jennes, Redding;
]. B. Rutter, Plseerville; o. NJ. Hester, Red
wood City; Frank Hindson, Brownsville; F. A.
Keast, Ophir; W. s. Kelly, East Oakland; F. w.
Lloyd, Kelseyville; John Williams, Forest Hill
E. ]. Wilson, Walnut Greek; E. B. Winning,
Angels Camp; C. f. Withrow, Redding.
L. NJ. Burwell, Montague; C. H. Won
Claim, Byron; W. a. Kennedy, Pesca-
dero, and William Marshall, Windsor,
were received on trial.
Immediately after rollcall, the following
officers were nominated and elected for the
ensuing year, beginning with the business
of this conference: NJ. d. Buck of Sacra-
mento, secretary, with the privilege of
selecting his own assistants; G. w. Beatty
of West Oakland, statistical secretary, who
was also given power to name assistants
F. F. Jewell of College Park, railroad Sec
rotary, and G. r. Stanley, assistant;
Thomas Filben of San Francisco, treasurer;
E. R. Willis, presiding elder of the Napa
district, chorister, and Miss Donna NJ.
Winning of Pleasanton, the only woman
officer in the conference, organist.
In the main the personnel of the stand
ing committees remains the same as last
year.
DR.. John Coyle began to read his report
on the San Francisco district, but gave
way to DR.. Manley s. Hard, church extern
sion secretary, who delivered brief ad-
dress upon the work of his department.
DR.. Coyle will continue his report at to-
morrow mornings session.
DR.. Hard said that there are 206 Metho-
dist churches in this State and they have a
membership OF 1886. After relating sew
eral applicable humorous "reminiscences to
enforce his general remarks on extension
work, he concluded with an admonitiop to
ministers to hereafter get all the prepare
tory work for the conference done ninety
days before the session.
The morning session closed at 12:30 with
the doxology.
Most of the ministers devoted the greater
part of the afternoon to committee work, a
large part OF the preliminary business OF
the conference being done in this way.
Twelve different committees are busy, but
nearly as many more have not yet begun
to arrange their reports, which will be sub
mitted at Fridays or Saturdays general
session.
Bishop Warren and the presiding elders
from the different districts of the State
held their first private meeting this after
noon to discuss the appointments of min
listers whose tive-year terms have expired.
Their inquiries will continue for several
days. The power of the presiding elders
is only advisory. On the last day of the
conference the Bishop will announce the
appointments, and not until then will any
of those to receive new charges know
where they will preach next.
But while many of the men were meet
ing in little rooms and discussing the
routine work of their particular commit
tees the women were holding big meeting
in the main part OF the church, Fully 500
women and few men were assembled for
the annual California conference of the
W 11OAlO 1nlSSlOudEN OOClGly. 1uS
programme began with song and scripture
reading. Mrs Bentley of Berkeley offered
a prayer. and Mr.. Moyes of this place sang
solo.
Mrs. P, G. Buchanan Of Berkeley, COR
responding secretary, read her report. 1t
gave comprehensive outline of the work
done during the past year and showed gen.
eral progress in what the women have I'M
dertaken.
Mrs. Il. M. Carver of San Francisco,
president of the society, delivered a re-
| ligieus address, her subject being 'Obedi-
ence Better than Sacrifice"
In paper on "Our Immigrant Bureau, u
Mrs. L. r. Willis of Napa gave some very
interesting information on that branch OF
the soeiety's work. She said at least l20,-
600 women immigrants annually are
hustled through the office in New York,
and that many young girls are lured away
to their moral destruction under the pre-
text of being given honorable employment
by women who come TO Castle Garden after
them.
But" said Mrs. Willis, "we do not have
to go so far from home to find missionary
work to do. What is becoming of the
| crowds of immigrants who enter our great
western metropolis2 Why not start the
work by having small place near
the ferry and thence send out COM
! mittees to meet the women immigrants on
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