The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-08-15

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METHODIST CONFERENCE CLOSES
Rev. Mills God .a>4s'en~ an" Rev. stun
Will Return to Billings.
The Montana conference Of the Meth.
odist Episcopal church closed last night
after a six days successful session in
Livingston, presided over by Bishop
Isaac W. Joyce Of Minneapolis. The
conference was the largest ever held
and one of the most interesting as we'll
as successful. there being a large at
tendance both of ministerial and lay
delegates.
Helena was selected as the place for
holding the conference next year. The
selection Of a minister i.b delegate to
attend the general conference to be held
at Chicago in May, 1909, resulted in the
selection Of the veteran preacher, Jacob
Mills Of this city, as delegate. There
were five candidates for the honor, but
Rev. Mills was the choice on the third
ballot. The selection of a lay delegate
to attend the Chicago conference re-
suited il the election Of Representative
Lindsay of Glendive OH the first baal0t.
Ex. Governor Richards was chosen re-
serve delegate.
The following young men were ad-
mitted to the conference on trial: Mel
vim Rumhor, William E. Snyder, Alvin
Fl. Morton, Charles D. Crouch, Angus
tus w. Hammar, Laurence r.. kupus,
all off Montana; Thomas Stevenson, OF
the Wyoming mission, and James Opie,
Of the Canadian conference.
The report OF the various PASTORAL
changes throughout the state showed a
prosperous and healthy condition of all
matters relating to the church, the I'M
come feature Of the reports being es-
pecially hattering. lit may be of I'M
terest to some to see some of the Stats
tics relating to the church, which docs
not jnelude the North, Montana Mis-
sion, which has twenty churches
Number Of full members and prOba-
TONERS, 1891; number Of Sunday
schools, 81 number Of scholars, 5,s41
officers and teachers. 729';; value of
church buildings, $I51l, $50; nuisber of
churches, So; plumber Of parsoaages,
AZ; value of same. $4z, s50'S paid for
support Of pastors, $ssss, 976; raised foa
benevolent purposes, $7,6So9
Following is a list of the following
appointments Of preachers made In the
district east from Livingston:
LivingstOn-L. b. Nickel.
Park City-Jehn Oliver.
Red Lodge-Sanford Snider.
Gebo and Carbeaado-E. T. MariDg.
Billings-G. q. Stull.
Foryth-W. W. Howard.
Miles City-H. A. James,
Glendive-H. Warman.
Ekalaka-W. e. Snyder.
It will be seen that tire Billings
charge is reserved for Rev. Stull, who
is now in the Philippines rs chaplain
Of the First Montana regiment. The
presiding elder will arrange for the
supply of Billings as ool as possible,
until Rev. Stull returns, which will
probably be about sixty days. Rev. ].
w. Bennett Of Bozeman was re-appoint'
ed presiding elder Of this district, this
DeluB Jne iaSC yeal tHat He Gau III tne
position.
Rev. Jacob Mills, who supplied the
pulpit in this city the past year fol
Rev. Stull, takes the Helena district al
presiding elder and will reside in Hell
ena, for which place he will leave next
week. Mrs. Mills, who has been in ths
east some time, will join him there IN
about Il month. Rev. Mills has made
many warn friends during his pas
torate here and all will join III wishing
him success in his new field. He il
one of the Oldest, if not the oldest, pas
tor in the Methodist church of Mon
tana, having been engaged III his Chris
tian work in this state nearly
eighteen years.
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