El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-10-03
THE METHODIST CONFERENCE AD-
JOURNS.
To Meet Next Year At Albuquerque

The bishop called the conference to-
gether this morning in the work OF the
last day and after opening the meeting
with q prayer the conference got down
to work.
The first report read was on church
extension. This report was very favor
able indeed and the main feature OF the
r1port was for the work of extending
the churches OF this conference. The
report of the committee was adopted.
The next report taken up was that
of missions. This report favored the
pus ng5 OF dom -stic missions rather
than foreign, as The committee said
hat IL was the best way to keep the
churches up with their own finances.
While the matte OF the report on mis-
sions was being discussed Elder Eding-
ION said that this conference was in
debt 1000 at the BEGINNING
of this year. He further said that II
III the different congregations
wou'd put their shoulder to the wheel,
by the time OF the next conference
they would not owe q cent. BIO her
French said that be thought that BIO.
Eddington struck the Key note, and
that the great trouble With this confer
ence was that tse different pastors did
not press this matter OF paying off
this debt, and he thought as did the
other brother il each would try hard to
place this matter continually before
their congregations during the coming
year that it would be paid, but in the
meantime he hoped that this confer
ence would not be assessed any more
than it bad been heretofore.
The bishop made little talk and
recited two or three instances of how
the women in different churches would
walk mile or two to save the nickle
spent in riding on the street car and
use that same nickle in church debts
and If the sisters of this conference
would follow the example of these
other sisters he felt sure that success
would crown their efforts.
The commi' tee on sunday schools
and Epworth Leagues reported for the
ast year. The report was very un-
favorable as a whole. A letter from
the National Secretary OF the Epworth
League was read, which told of the
good work which was being done by
the leaguers over the country and hop
ed that the leagues of this conference
would do great good, and grow rapidly.
Report adopted
The committee on educational ex-
tension was then read and also letter
from DR.. Hammond of the National
board telling of the progress being
made by the board and asking for the
assistance of this conference.
After the reading of the letter Elder
Edington said that there was q matter
which he would like this conference to
take up and that was the matter Of es-
here in Ell Psso Methodist
college.
DR.. Lambuth addressed the confer
ence and said that he thought this a |
good field for college or school and |
thought IL the community was fully |
that half Of the amount need |
ed for the work could be raised as the |
grounds for site Of such an institution |
had already been offered and the ma
tional board of education would meet |
this conference half way and in that /
manner n good school could be built |
here in FL Paso.
Elder Eddington made a motion that |
r committe of five be appointed to look
into the matter Of placing a school |
here and on that committee he would
suggest G. Z. McCiintock. w. S. Hug
gett A. Z. Brown J. T. French and one
more aud the bishop placed him on it
The committee was instructed to at
once take any Subscriptions offered and
II 1t was advisable to accept the
grounds which we're offered The
motion was placed and carried.
The Bishop gave the conference his
ideas en- college work in o town like Ell
Paso. He said that he wanted the
to think of putting 10 some
good woman in the primary depart
ment of the school and then children
should all be brought up from one
branch to the other, from u graded Ce-
partment to the college department
then they would finish here fit to en-
Ter the oest colleges in the east.