The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-14

fessors tell about the prophets bound
ed by their horizon They hin that
the prophet was no bigger than my
thumb and that he was in a hole at
that. But you let God send along his
chariot n lifts a man up, up and To-
the horizon expands and you can't cell
what he will see. These critics Of
Moses, IL they'd quit 1 would. Think
of the steps in Moses education, fin
ished with 40 years with God in the
wilderness. Moses was a broad-guageu
man. n he was the only man on
Gods earth who could write the Pen
tacost. They say there must have been
different authors. But you can find six
different styles in the writing of James
Russell Lowell. Take the Present
Crisis the 'Bigelow Papers the Ten
der Strain and take his varied prose
styles. How mar different styles had
Shakespeare? Do you know thPt Lewis
Carroll, the author Of Alice in Wonder
land is also a supreme lual
genius; that he wrote mathematical
treatises that would make your head
ache to read the titles? And he also
wrote those delightful little stories. The
fact Is those r~ationalistic German pro-
fessors want to fill their class and so
they exploit their theories. Be a suit
dent, be open to the truth, but do not
be afraid OF them"
IL odutI VI tnt Jay WIS lntD tdktn
up, the proposition made by the Roch
River conference to amend the book Of
discipline so as to ecualize the number
of ministers and lay delegates sent by
each conference to the general confer
ence. The vote resulted; Ayes. "a;
DIR. ]. NJ. Freeman. secretary of the
Sunday School Union and Tract So
ciety; DR.. +. A. Schell, general secre-
tary of the Epworth League, and DIR.
j. d. Hammond, manager of the San
Francisco branch of the Book Concern,
were introduced and briefly addressed
the conference.
F. E. Baldwin Of the North Montana
mission was admitted as a deacon n
der the rule.
The w. +. NJ. S.
Mrs. F. A.. Cutler, conference secre-
tary, presided at the anniversary of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary society.
held in the afternoon. Mrs. S. A. Oliver
read the Scripture lesson and DIR.
Schell offered prayer. The exercises
were as follows: Duet. Come Over
and Help Us" Rev. and Mrs. Guiler;
paper, India" Mrs. C. NJ. kellogg;
recitation. Mrs. Eggleston: music, trio:
reading, The Story of a Dime" Mrs.
Egbert; solo, Miss Macdougall; paper,
Missionary Literature" Mrs. Feese;
recitation, Mrs. Gilchrist: music, trio;
address. China and Japan" Miss Mag
gle Smith; report by conference secre-
tary; duet, God Loveth a Cheerful
Giver," Rev. and Mrs. Cutler. A coll
lection for the society was then taken
up. Mrs. Guiler's report showed that
the society made encouraging progress
during the past year and that the in
terest k in IL by the Methodist la
dies is steadily increasing.
The Mission Cause.
The evening was devoted to the ami
versary of the Missionary society. Rev.
Jacob Mills presided. In his introduce
tory remarks Mr.. Mills said he believed
the people of Montana were the most
liberal people in the world. He had
been informed by the conference statis-
tician that the missionary contributions
of the past year showed an increase of
$500 over those of the preceding year.
Mr.. Mills paid a brief but glowing trib-
ute to the cause of missions and intro
duced Rev. DR.. w. j. Martindale, OF
Kansas, the official representative of
the Missionary society as the speaker
Of the evening.
DR.. Martindale ~eulogized the Montana
Methodists for their generosity and
said II the other conferences would
only do as well in proportion the society
would be free from all debt and trou-
BILE. Gods plan in relation to the sal
walton of the world works from and
with reference to a center. For 10 cen
turtles the Hebrews were his chosen
people. When Christ came the national
religion became international. the local
plan became the universal. For IA
centuries Rome was the center from
which the religion radiated. Rome be-
came corrupt n vitiated and the cen
ter shifted to Germany. The speaker
then dwelt on the beginning of Protest
n N 1 80 49, t..
drifted away into railroads.&c. tenden-
cies n the center of the great relig-
ious system swung to England, and
then came TO the United States, the
evangel of the nations of the earth.
This country is doing a great share of
o d work in bringing the world to
kinship. For the first time in history
the greatest nation has within its own
borders the greatest extent OF territory.
DR.. Martindale dwelt at length on the
greatness of the United States as a
Protestant country and it's significance
in evangelizfng the world. This coun-
try is not only in touch with all the
nations of the earth, but God is bring
ing the nations to it. Foreign immi-
grants coming to us come in touch not
only with civilization but with the Cos
pei and when they return to their na-
tive homes they take the gospel with
them. Our free schools and prev
are making their influence felt.
the results CT the war. he "a q
wherever u flag floats, there the
gospel may be preached" a sentiment
that was greeted with applause. He
presented statistics Of the missionary
work and closed with an earnest appeal
to press forward the cause. The CON
g~regation sang Onward Christian Sol
der" and a collection was taken.
To-Day's Exercises.
6 a. m.-Sunrise prayer meeting, led
by Joel Vigus.
$3.50 a. m.-Conference love feast, led
by T. G.. Tiff.
1880 a. m.-Preaching by Bishop w.
F. Mallalieu, ID. L. LII. d.
1890 p. m.-Sunday school.
3 p. m.-Children's revival service, DIR.
VanScoy to preside. Speakers, ]. w.
TAFT, G. H. Feese and Bishop Mallalieu.
7 p. m~.-Epworth league rally, Rev.
p. w. Haynes presiding. Speakers,
Mrs. NJ. S. Cummins, Miss Alma Evans.