The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-09-14
OREGON CONFERENCE
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Meets Here Wednesday.
Bishop Vincent Will Preside and Impor.
tant Business Is Likely TO
Come Up.

The annual meeting OF the Oregon
NJ. T.. Conference will convene IN Salem
on the Goth inst. for the first time since
1891. There will be about 200 delegates
present, ministers and laymen. The lay
electoral conference meets once in four
years.
A reception will be given on theeyen-
ing Of Tuesday the 10th, and General
W. II. odell aud Mayor c. i. Bishop
will give addresses of welcome, which
will be responded 10 by Bishop Vincent.
There are eighty appointments in
this conference, representing a member.
ship Of $4,000, and the conference en-.
braces all of Oregon west OF the Cascade
mountains and one or two in Southeast
orn Oregon.
The conference will elect two ministers
aud two laymcn to represent il in the
GenoplC Conference inChicago inNIay 1900
But the most important business
likely 10 come before this conference re-
lates 10 tho matter OF the willamette
University and its one-time would-bc
rival the Portland institution.
The principal act OF the last confer
cnce which met in Salem. in 1891, was
the virtual recognition as a Methodist
school of the Portland university which
certain ministers and lnymeu had or
ganized without the sanction Of the
church.
The new university Involved land
scheme which was said 10 promise large
rcturus ~ an endowment Tor the new
institution. But during the past year
theschemo has collapsed and the uniycr-
sity is with out foot OF land or a dollar
Of money, II IL hoped by the Method
lists OF Oregon and the friends OF Will
annette University that the conference
will see the folly Of attempting TO main
tain two universities and repair as Tar
rs possible the damage Of its mistaken
action in 1891,
Bishop John IL, Vincent, whose por.
trait is given herewith, comes To pre-
side over the conference for the first
time
Outside Of the NJ. +. church he is
widely known as the chief founder of
the normal and International series of
Sunday school lessons, and the chief or
saniler OF the Chaiauqua Literary and
Scientific society For many years he
was at the head of the sunday school
department Of the M.E,church, and he is
the author Of large number OF puhlica.
tions.
During his stay in our city Bishop |
Vincent will deliver his famous ! 'ture
on "Tom and His Teachers"
The bishop will he accompanied by
Dr, John X, Morris, one Of the profess
sors in Boston university, who will de-
liver series OF lectures during the
conference, ON the ministrial vocation
and its varions functions,
ruRspAy, sKrr ~,
1850 p. m, Reception.
Address of Welcome w. H. oden,
Mayor c, Z, Bishop,
Response Bishop j II. Vincent,
WEDNESDAY,, sgrE ~.
$50 a. m.-opening OF conference and
administration of l.ord's supper; or
ganisation aud session,
7;So p, m. - Fnedman's Aid and
southern Education Society anniyorsaryi |
address by Rev j, W. Hamilton, d. ID.
THURSDAY. sErr, "a.
$3.50 a, m. - Devotional seryice and
lecture ON Paul's Letters 20
by Bishop Nincont coniercnoe
session.
2;30 p, m.-Anniversary Moman's
Foreign Missionary societyi addrss by
Rev. n, =, Jenkins
ip. m.--l.ecture by pr, John X. Nor
~. ~ Bosion school OF Theology,
1850 p. m.-Educaiional sermon By
Rev. NJ. G. Wire, u. d,
FRipAY, sHI'r, -.
$50 a. m.-- Devotional service aud en-