The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-19

The 2Sth annual session of the Meth
odist Episcopal conference met at Og-
den yesterday morning at o'clock and
was presided over by Bishop Malta
lieu OF Boston. The first item was the
administration of the sacrament of the
Lords supper by the bishop, in which
he was assisted by a number of the
ministers present
The roll was called and 20 members
answered to their names. Then there
We're introduced Revs. J. T. Pierce OF
Ogden, G.. L. Marvin of Mercur. j. d
WATSON of Montana, ]. e. Kirby Of
Michigan. J. d. Hammond Of the Meth
odiSt Book Depository at San Francis
co. J. NJ freeman OF the Tract So
ciety and Sunday School union, w. F..
Steele of the University of Denver and
". J. Martindale of Kansas. represent
ing the missionary society of the
church; Mrs. Spencer, Mrs Hansen and
Misses KuhlenDerg and Potter of Salt
Lake as deaconesses were introduced.
j. D. GILLIAN WAS ELECTED.
secretary, having had such election
every year since 1885. Joseph Wiiks
was made statistical secretary and T:
c. Tiff treasurer.
CONCERNING THE WAR.
T. C. Tiff presented the following res
olution, which was adopted by rising
vote and ordered telegraphed to the
president:
ITO William Mckinley, President:
The Utah Mission Methodist Epis
copal church. now in session. offers you
congTatulation on the successful and
early termination of the war, and for
your mastery leadership. We most
earnestly desire that the Philippines,
as we'll as Cuba and Porto Rico. be de-
nvered from Spanish misrule and open
ed to the light and liberty of our
Christian civilization.
wv. F. MALLALIEU,
Presiding Bishop.
1T. c. ILIFF,
Superintendent
Attest: ]. D. GILLIAN,
Secretary"
Committees were appointed as fol-
lows:
A1issions-J W. Taylor, E. P. F.
Dearborn.
Freedmen's Aida. H. Henry, F. j.
Bradley. J. T. Pierce.
State of Affairs in Utah-NY. Murphy,
L. z. AIork, J. Wilks.
Sabbath. Wilks. N. Bascom.
Church EXtensien-C. McCoard, G. c.
Waynick, G. l. Marvin.
Bible cause-A. W. Hartshorn, j. NJ.
Hansen.
Epnorth League-O. o. Twede, w.
Murphy.
Temperance-E. C. Hunt, c. Nc
Coard.
Woman's Home Missionary Society
and Deaconess' Work.. E. Mork, G.
E Jayne, J. w. Taylor.
Tract Society and Sunday School
Union-F. j. Bradley. F. n. Lapham.
Education-G. Il. Jayne, T. J. Pierce,
W. FIurphy, a. H. Henry.
Auditing-J. D. Bird n. NJ. Hansen.
Book Accounts-H. A. Parker.
Periodicals.. Wilks, w. Murphy.
Worship and Programmed. J.
Pierce. s. Gates.
Nominating Committee-G. E. Jayne,
c. BIcCoard.
PublishinS-J. NJ Hansen.
DIR. lifts REPORT.
Several of the ministers reported
their work for the year, but by far the
most valuable of them all was that of
Rev. DR. 7. c. Tiff, the superinten-
dent, who read as follows:
Dear Brethren-A year ago l pre-
scented what I supposed was to be my
last report to the Utah mission. Con-
trary TO my wishes. Bishop McCabe
returned me. l cheerful1y submitted to
his authority and to your request, and
no one has heard from me a word of
Travelled 21,07S miles and held 309 SER
vices, this being more than ever be-
fore in one year
During the year. % ministers have
been employed in the mission, 10 teach
ers and women missionaries. l be-
lieVe they have all sought TO do the
work assigned them faithfully and he
roically. This field requires the best
stuff of which men and women are
made; the work is hard, the salaries
small. the difficulties great; but I wish
TO say with emphasis, bishop, that
everything considered. there sit before
you few of as self-sacrificing men
and women of God as ever wrought in
the kingdom of righteousness.
NEW CHURCH BUILDINGS.
September &c. 1897, 1 dedicated the
church at Bingham canyon, the gift of
Mr.. C w. Seamons of Brooklyn. It
contains an Epworth organ, the gift of
the Williams Organ company of Chi
cago:. April 2S l dedicated the church
at Marysvale. Lots have been donated
ward the erection of a church at Mer-
cur.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
1t is with pleasure I welcome to our
mission the Rev. Dr. Freeman a gen
eraI officer of the Sunday School union
and Tract society. To these we are
greatly indebted, most if not all of our
charges having at some time had as
sistance from them. / am glad to re-
port. Also that our own publications
are used in every Sunday school in the
mission. Let us never open the door
to the so-called cheap literature. Meth
eSiist literature for every Methodist, old
and young, should be our motto and
practice.
EPWORTH LEAGUE.
In the presence of this eloquent
fiery and increpid general secretary,
DR.. Z. A Schell, why should / say
anything? Hail and welcome, nay good
friend, and the friend of millions of
Young people. Stay with US long as
you can, that your contagious enthus-
iasm and loyalty may innoculate US ALL
1t is difficult in many Of our charges
to maintain a chapter; the membership
of the church is so small and the young
people so completely under the eoa-
troll and influence Of the dominant
church that ii requires courage and
devotion to stand for God and Meth
odism. Nevertheless. pastors and peo-
pie are loyal to this providential move
ment and rejoice that this mighty
army is marching under Methodist
banners and to the music and the the
ology of the Wesieys.
REVEALS
The chief work to which Methodisn
is called is the salvation of souls 1t
may do many things incidental to this
end, hut its primary purpose is to seek