The Denison review., 1899-09-15

Frank L. Hart addressed the Confer
ence in behalf OF the Church National
Insurance company. DIR. Schell made
a few hopeful remarks for the League
and DIR. M. B. C. Mason presented the
interests of his cause. He spoke of the
educational institutions Of the south
owned by the NJ. 3. Church for the poor
whites and blacks, and gave q very
optimistic view OF the work among the
colored race: He referred with pride to
the fact that Of the thousands Of young
men educated in our schools not one
had committed any grievous crime.
The announcements of the commit
tees We're made and the Bishop pro-
nounced the benediction.
The Cabinet, which consists Of the
Bishop and Presiding Elders. meets
every afternoon from 5 to s .. M. and
each night from to p. M While
these men are making the appoint
sments for the ensuing year the regular
literary program OF the Conference is
being carried on and the many COM
mittees are at work in their various
places OF meeting. The ministers come!
IN ana seem ready for q good rest un--
til they are placed on some important
committee. then they become as busy
as bees, and with the committee meet
ings, the talking over likely candidates
for General Conference, the visiting
with old friends and the settling of the
annual accounts with the book concern,
the Methodist church is the most busi-
nesslike place in our city. This Con-
ference seems to be filled with unusual
interest. owing to the fact that there.
are to be ten delegates to be elected to
the General Conference Of the M E.
Church, which is to meet in Chicago in
May 1900. Five of these will be min
listers and five will be laymen. It is
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chatting over the good traits OF their
peculiar favorites, either in the minis
try or the pew. Among the ministers
the Presiding Elders always stand a
good chance of being elected to Cen
eral Conference; besides these there
are two or three prominent men from
each District. From Des Moines, A. e.
Griffith and T. Mex. Stewart are mem
toned. Emory Miller OF Indianalo has
large following; DR.. Hamilton of
simpson College has his especial
friends; Charlton District has II. p.
Dudley of Mt. Ayr and William Ste
venson Of Osceola. Besides these, M. C.
Wickersham of Boone and c.
J.. Nye of Creston, are men,
toned. Among the laymen the
names Of many OF Iowa's prominent
citizens appear: Gov. L. NJ. Shaw of
Denison. Dr. Kennedy Of State Board
OF Health, Hon. John Gibson of Cres-
ton Hon. A. E. Rhea of Corydon, w. e.
Weeks of Guthrie Center, E. T. Roberts
of Audubon, NJ. L. Dudley of Des
Mofnes, and many others.
The time of reading the appointments
has been placed for Monday morning.
Wednesday afternoon the Preachers
Aid society held their anniversary
Rev. Fred Harris of Missouri Valley
and Rev. L. B. Wickersham made ad-
dresses.
The Des Moines Conference. at its last
session in Creston. Ia, voted to request
DIR. T. Nick. Stewart to present a pa
per on Destructive Higher Criticism,
or the Authenticity of the Bible.' The
| address will be found in full in another
issue.
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
Wednesday evening was the anniver
sary of the Freedmen's Aid and South
ern Educational Society. W. H. w
Rees and NJ. B. G. Mason of Cincinnati
addressed the audiences. Rev. w. II
w. Rees. the assistant Corresponding
Secretary Of the society spoke in part a.
follows:
Two civilizations in this country wer.
planted about the same time one BY
the Pilgrim Fathers at plymouth
Rock, the other at Jamestown, Va
The one stood for the common school
the academy. the lege and the uni
versity. A cultured ministry, chris
tian home, broad brotherhood, fre'
press and a New England of to day
The other civilization meant colleges 70
the rich, ignorance for the masses. poy
erty for the poor. and slavery for tn
black man. Result 5000, 900 people il