The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-26
Of the State Congregational AssO-
citation of Utah.
THE OFFICERS SELECTED
REV. C. T. BROWN DELEGATE TC
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL.
A Number of Interesting Papers On
Church Work Read-Rev. B. M.
Hogen of Park City Delivers the
Annual Sermon - Today's Pro-
gramme.

The initial sessions of the ninth annual
conference of the State Congregational
association were held yesterday at the
First Congregational church. The
morning was devoted to organization
and business, and the consideration of
the various church reports. Rev. David
PEBBLES of Bountiful was chosen mod
orator. and H. P. Webb scribe for the
ensuing year. Rev. Clarence 7. Brown
was elected delegate to the national
council, to be held at Boston next Oc-
tober. Committees on resolutions, ed
ucation and missionary work were aD-
pointed, and Rev. W. 5. Hawkes. out
lined the general work of the home mis-
sion.
In the afternoon 1.-The Function Of
the Prayer Meeting" was considered by
Rev. George Lindsay.
The Congregational Educational So
ciety" was Mrs. Ivy LOar Corfman s
subject She spoke of the ministerial
aid department of education, OF the
maintenance of infant colleges, of acad-
emies and mission schools, and, IL CLOS
ing, reviewed the work of the Proctor
academy at Provo.
Professor w. ". Parker spoke of
1.-The Christian Endeavor Society and
the Evening Service" He dwelt on the
benefit of the Endeavor society to the
church, showing that the organization,
according TO it's pledge, stood loyal
first, to Christ; second, to the church;
third, TO itself.
Mr.. A. n. Walters next handled
Christian Citizenship" His paper
showed a great deal of careful thought
and study, embracing the following
-Ql
ment; publication of politics; temper
ance and social reform.
The papers were generally discussed
before adjournment.
EVENING SESSION.
Rev. B. NJ. Hogen of Park City de-
livered the annual sermon last evening.
He chose for his text the words OF
Christ to his disciples Shen asked to
0artal-e of some food afIer long and
wearisome journey. He replied:
have meat to eat, that We know not "
Rev. Hogen outlined the circumstances
Of this occasion, and as an illustration
of the text depicted a watcher at the
bedside OF a loved one during siege OF
sickness; how faithfully he attends to
the invalid's wants, and how he goes
through a long period of time with
seemingly never a thought of rest nor
nourishment for himself. He is held up
under g power which the eyewitness
does not feel. When the crisis is reach
ed IN the disease the strain is broken.
and upon the assurance that the pa
tient IS out Of danger the anxious
watcher is content TO realize for the
first time that he needs rest and nour-
ishment. This viii enable US more
readily to understand the words of our
Savior.
The preacher then entered into a de-
tailed sketch of the characters of the
men whom to speak, and the inter-
probation OF Christ's words. The
Lord" he said. had become SO alb
sorbed in the spiritual significance of
the conversation that followed his re-
Guest FOR q drink of water from the
Samaritan woman shortly before the
disciples came upon him. that his own
physical wants were utterly forgotten
in the more important spiritual needs
of the woman and those she had gone
to summon. Hence his words: 1 have
meat % eat that We know not-my
meat is TO do the will OF him that sent
me- He had Keen sense of the
transcendent importance of the SDir-
itual over the physical. His own spir-
itual food was found in feeding the
starving souls of those about him; even
these desDised and neglected Samari-
tans. Such food the disciples knew not,
because they knew not the need of it.
nor did they know the means of sup
plying had they known the need
Rev. Hogen spoke for over an hour
on this text, and the sermon was voted
4 literary treat by the audience.
The fourth meeting will convene at
o'clock this morning, when the follow
ing programme is 10 be carried out:
9-BusinesS.
9:S0-"The Congregational Sunday
School Society'-Mr. H. P Webb.
9:45-'Tne Ministerial Relief Society
Rev w. S. Hawkes..
10-4'The American Missionary Asso-
ciation''-Nrs. NJ y. Jones.
10:15-"The American Board'-Mrs.
D. e. Hemphill.
10:30-Devotiolal service.
11:15-"Interdenomin Comfy
and the New Mission Fields'-Pro-
lessor II. S. Cooley.
12-social and dinner at the First
church.
The words of praise bestowed upon
Hoods Sarsaparilia by those who have