The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-08
rAo Annual Church
Meeting a Great
Success.
|,,. various Papers Discussed
.,,neiI Wants the Affairs OF
'' mining company Wound Up
other News.

The eighteenth annual meeting o' inc
rnnorior association OF Congrega-
ta's -, churches held at Hancock Friday
| !. v, saturday was well attended but
[a",s e.Oecially the Saturday sessions
n. Storm OF Friday keeping many away
r.. crescent meeting was productive OF
more business discussion than usual, but
4, tbe same time this did not prevent the
ding Of many excellent papers and
| - aiscussion OF them all based on the
,sosral topic Of the conference, "The Holy
Spirit w.... h.;,u
I,svsuted by illness from presiding, the
rhsir was occupied by Rev. j. E. Reilly.
The first address Of the conference on
The Office Of the Holy Spirit" by Rev.
h n Hunter, D. D., was 80 good that
\ general request it was repeatedSatur-
bay evening.
v,;day afternoon was devoted to the
rsstin0 OF the Woman's Missionary
rojou. At this meeting papers were read
|, Mrs. F. G. Coggin, Mrs. j. E. Reilly,
SIr r. ]. Clements and Mrs. E. s. Grier-
nm Rev. W. II. Warren, the State
|uOeriutendent, in an interesting manner,
AVE b;s observations OF wOman's york
b bis field.
Saturday morning devotional exercises
ere led by Mr.. F. G. Coggin, following
Vhch Rev. R. Houston, OF Even. gave
n address on The Holy Spirit in the Pas
or" The paper was discussed by c. A.
triuper and Rev. W. Ii. Warren. Prot.
G. Johnson urged under his subject,
The Holy Spirit in the Church Member"
more thorough test upon their being
omitted to membership. He declared
be churches were suffering from the lack
the spirit among their members. Mr..
&c. Coggin led in a discussion Of this
PAPER.
Following this came the reports from
be association. These were generally
lvorable az regards growth and eepec-
billy good was the report OF benevolences
khich have been unusually large. Fig
rss regarding the membership and ad-
itions to the different churches will be
iven when they are tabulated by the
cretary.
At the end OF tbs morning session Off
eni Tor the ensuing year we're elected as
bllows:
Moderator-F. G. Coggin.
Assistant Moderator-C. f. Mcdonald.
Register-N. b. Vivian.
Executive Committee--Dr. z. T. Abrams.
B. Anderson.
Evangelistic Committee--Rev. 8. T. Morris,
ev' Robert Houston, Mr. o. ID. Bently.
Missionary Committee--Dr. ! z. Reilly. DR..
Rhodes. Mr.. E. s. Grierson.
state Trustee--Dr. H. d. Hunter.
saturday afternoon the first address
asby Rev. William Poyseor on "Why
ave We Not More Conversions in Our
nurches? Has the Holy Spirit Lost His
over" The line OF argument was sim
afto former papers and discussions,
epolnt being not that the Holy Spirit
rs lost power. but that it IS not as
rongly developed in the numbers OF
alcnes. Rev. s. T. Morris gave a
'ong ADDRESS on us it True Now as OF
mat 'Ye Must be Born Again." The
pggood results, urged the ad dress and
eulScussion, INDUCED in by Mr.. E. l..
nSot and Revs. Hunter and Poyseor,
humble submission to the Holy
mt 10 that consists being "born
''a'e superintendent W. II. Warren
"eaamples OF the working Of the
' u the progress OF missionary work
III the evening the same gentleman
,s On the institutional church, its
'.Ous' scope and mission. In the
s1%S also Rev. James M. kerridge
sa.ned a strong sermon on the per.
sa'eall Of the Holy Spirit through the
oich Of Christ.
las Saturday afternoon session was
's'ded by between two and three hun,
auu IN the evening the capacity ol
CHURCH was tested.
a''ns this meeting considerable dis
sSu was had on the bylaws of the
a''on and 1t In probable that the
''.e Will be revision O them. A,
m.s sn'e also a new committee was
.. .,a foreign missionary committee
a Ia Of II. J. McClements, Prof
r., 0unson and Z. 8. Grierson. Mr.
~ a''n's was also made the member
hnittee. '"'0 'ooAou'
W. y, william Poyseor was elected a.
"a sa'e OF the conference to thu
...s V"e'ence at Saginaw. Beside
n - cnurch in the association 10 en-
a. !. ssOd its pastor and one delegat.
os' saginaw conference.
M a .n'o Of Rev. Mr.. Houston
oi,,;ss 0e0 that the fall meeting Of tn,
Ah h.,s the semi-annual meeting
u 's'd either at Ksnton or Trou,