The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-08
KANSAS NEWS.
Elder Billingslea Tells the
Methodist Conference
This Has Been the Hardest Fin
ancial Year In the History
OF TOPEKA DISTRICT.
Almost Entire List of Preach
ers Short In Salary,
But New Churches and ParsOn-
ages Have Been Built.
OF TOPEKA DISTRICT.

conducted at o'clock by DR.. Mcka1g-
At o'clock the bishop called the bust
ness service to order.
After the reading of the minutes DR..
]. H. Lockwood, state secretary of the
American Bible society addressed the
conference. He said that, contrary to
general opinion, the Bible society were
greatly in need of money. Last year
they had balance of $3.50, 900 but there
We're obligations outstanding which
would more than consume this sum.
This conference had only given 5000.
The general conference of the church
cut it out of the list of benevolenceS
and now many pastors do not feel it's
responsibility enough to take a collec-
ton. The Methodists church gets one
fourth of all the donations of the So
ciety-
Presiding Elder BillingsIea of the
Topeka district submitted his report.
He said: This has been the closest
financial year in his remembrance on
the Topeka district. The preachers al
most universally are short in their sal
airy. There have been four churches
erected or improved at Oakland, Car
bOnda1e, Tecumseh and Parkdale and
two parsOnages built at Pomona and
Perry, the whole entailing an expendi-
ture of ST. 900, most of which has been
paid. There is a debt of SIS, $50 on the
church property of the district. There
are in the district 5,248 Sunday school
scholars with 652 officers and teachers.
Five hundred and twenty-five have
been received on probation and there
are O,U3Z Iull mem DSrS- Inc preachers
have delivered 1856 sermons, and made
1880 calls during the year The dis
trict have planned for an EpwOrth en-
campment next summer to be followed
by camp meeting. A new church has
been begun at Wakarusa.
the roll of the superannuates was
then called and those present responded
with short testimony. These men are
those who have worn themselves out in
the ministry, most of them came to
Kansas during the early days. Among
them Rev. John McQuestOn of Topeka,
had attended So conferences; Rev. G.
Griffith had preached over so years,
Rev Joseph Denison had been Meth
cdist preacher for 63 vars. He preach
ed in a log cabin in Manhattan in So
was one of the founders and first pres
idents of the college located here. The
conference were deeply touched by the
testimonies and the bishop called their
attention to the fact that the devil
had no happy old men," The love of
Jesus is one of the things that will
last"
Rev. John Moorhead, formerly chan
lain of the Kansas penitentiary was
put on the supernumerary list. He said
he had been sent to the penitentiary
but had been left out by the new ad-
ministra ton" He did not want to
crowd the young men out of the con-
ference and would take this relation
He said he was in good health voted the
Republican ticket straight, and expect
ed to go to heaven"
The committee on the case of John
L. 1NIOA reported MS connection and
expulsion from the ministry and
church.
A collection amounting to $40 was
taken to pay the expenses incurred in
the trial of John D. Knox
Rev. H. D. Fisher, as counsel for Mr.
Knox gave notice of his appeal to the
judicial conference.
Rev. j. N. McCurdy. formerly at
Highland, was transferred to Adel,
Iowa.
Rev. H. c. Jennings, of the Western
Methodist Book concern, Curtis and
Jennings addressed the conference He
SAID the profit of the Western concern
Tor last year was $40, 600. their sales
nao aggregated within $1,000 of a mil
lion dollars. If it was not for giving a
bonus TO so many weak church papers
they would have $40, 600 more a wear to
give to the old preachers for they re
ceiVe all the profits of the concern The
business in Chicago has Increased +bic
year at the rate of $4,000 per month
The EpWOrth Herald now has n circ11
latlon of 10000 copies, the largest of
any oenOmlnatlOEal paper in the coun-
try over 100000 of the new edition of
the Hymnal has already been sold
over 10000 Bibles have been given
Few months.
Rev Mr.. H. W. Rees addressed the
conference on Freedman's Aid and
9outhefh work. He said at the close Of
me war Methodism had 100, 900 mem
Ders and property valued at So 900 600
IN the south, now they have 500 OOO
members and $4,000, OO0 worth of prop
erty. -
Rev. H. C. Stuntz represented the
Missionary society. He said the reason
Methodist missions have Succeeded in
1HuIa above all others lies in the fact
mat the missionaries are not allowed
TO hold discussions with native reIie~-
consists but instructed to preach the
simple gospel backed by Holy Ghost
There were nine young men received
In,S me conference in full connection
ana VIII be ordained deacons tomorrow.
I-iSnt OF the nine are former students
OF BAKER university, the names of those
received are F. E. Chandler: 7 r
rerno1 n d e, N; Houghtelin: F. ]. Sea
man; u w. Braden; J. A StaveIv. T
H Perdue; F. b. AdeI. All thaee
cept F. E. Chadler who has aIraadv
been ordained, together with Chris y
Relsner We're ordained deacons SUNDAY
At 2:S0 the Woman's Home Mission
airy society anniversary was held An
Instructive address was delivered bv
Mrs. Dale Of Cincinnati, correspondent
secretary of that society.
At O'Clock a business session of the
conference was called to transact bust
ness requiring attention before the
Sabbath. The standing committees
were appointed. Those who are to be
admitted on trial were called, their
grades were reported and were admit
E G: Hollar will go to Wyoming as
missionary and so was ordered to be
e,AilSu under the missionary rule.
chris F. Reisner was ordered to be or
gained deacon on the rule for theolog-
zeal schools. Rev. E. w Mueller. who
was formerly president of the Kansas
wesleyan college at Salina, was also
received on trial. An unusually bright
set OF young men were received. Other
minor business was transacted.
AT o'clock Rev. H. c. Stuntz de1iv-
cred missionary address filled with
illustrations of personal experience He
said among other things, other mission