Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-09-10
NJ. E. CONFERENCE ENDED.
Sunday was a Great Day for Meth
odism in Pullman.
Ministers In Various Districts are
Given New Appointme nts.

/
bia River Conference of the NJ. E. church
closed last Monday, and Pullman bade
it's ministerial visitors farewell as they
/ lett, many of to go to new fields of labor,
to leave old associations, and to take up
anew the work of spreading the gospel
in another appointment.
! Sunday was of all days The day of
! Methodism in Pullman, and from sunrise
till night the day was filled with prayer
and preaching and gospel service, and all
+ the neighboring towns sent delegations
to hear Bishop McCabe and other noted
divnes preach. At 1880 the bishop
preached in the auditorium, and the
spacious building proved too small to
accommodate all who wished to hear
! him. His sermon was mastery one,
and held the close and interested atten
ton of his auditors throughout. At the
close of the sermon collection OF 1854
was raised in q few minutes for the pur-
pose OF paying off the debt on the local
NJ. f. church. In addition to this $40
was raised for conference claimants, such
as superannuated ministers.
/ At three O'Clock Rev. G. II. Payne,
OF New York, preached in the audto-
rum, and in tee evening the pulpits OF
the various churches in the city were
occupied by Methodist preachers, and
all were greeted with we'll filled houses.
/ The Epworth League rally was held at
/ seven o'clock, in the Methodist church,
under the leadership OF Prof. Fulmer,
and members of the league were present
from all parts of the Palouse country.
Monday, the closing day of the con-
ference, was of the deepest interest, es-
pecially to the members OF the clergy,
for on that day the bishop WAS to read
the list of appointments, and the indi-
vidual ministers were to know whether
they were to continue to labor in their
old field, or leave for new pastorates.
This reading OF appointments means a
good deal to the Methodist minister, for
the place Of his residence, while of course
secondary consideration to him in his
chosen calling, IL entirely in the hands
of the bishop, who places MIN where he
/ thinks the work will be best conserved.
The Columbia River conference has in
the past been constituted of three dis
! tricts, but at this session the districts
| were reconstructed and fourth, known
as the Moscow district, was formed, the
new district including the Camas Prai-
rie, Palouse and PotIatch countries. The
appointment OF presiding elders was as
follows: Spokane district, Rev. Henry
ID. Brown; Moscow district, Rev. G. +.
| Gibson; Walla Walla district, Rev. NJ.
II. Marvin; The Dalles district, Rev.
Robert Warner.
The appointments in the Moscow dis
trict were as follows :-Almota, to be
supplied Asotin, l. Corun; Beeman,
b Bucholtz; Cold Springs, to be sup
piled; Colfax, NJ A Covngton; Cotton,
q w Rourk; Concord and Anatone, M
S Anderson; Cottonwood, w r Pitt;
Elberton, N Martin; Endicott and
Weeks, to be supplied Pennington and
Tekoa, r Nj Moore; Garfield, John 7
Barker; Grangeville, G + Mccarthy;
Kendrick, + A Thomas; Lapwai, George
Waters; Leland, c d Bell; Lewiston,
Walton Skipworth; Moscow, 6 M Booth;
Moscow circuit, Crane; Nez Perce,
] f Sargent; Oakesdale, T II Fertig;
Palouse, ii l. Beightol; Princeton, G H
Miller; Pullman, B Cozler.
The following resolution was passed
by unanimous vote of the conference
Resolved, That We express our most
hearty approval of the proposition OF the
car of Russia in behalf of universal
peace, and we hereby request our pre-
siding officer, Bishop McCabe, to convey
to President Mckinley our earnest de-
sire that he shall give to that noble
overture OF Emperor Nicholas the cordial
approval and cooperation of this gov
ernment in a movement so noble in its
conception and so glorious in its contem
plated Fastening of the day when ac-
cording to the word OF God, The nations
shall learn war no more. This reso-
luton was wired President Mckinley.
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