Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-08
WOULD DISCONTINUE
Hedrick Minister Wants No More
District Conferences.
MEASURE WAS DEFEATED YESTERDAY

|
ference Now in Session at Pleasant
Plain-Pastors of ottumwa's Three
Methodist Churches Are Present.
The pastors and some of the laymen
of the Ottumwa district as outlined
by the Methodist Episcopal church are
in conference at Pleasant Plain. The
4 pastors of the three Ottumwa churches
of this denomination are in attendance,
as are also large number of minis
! tiers from different parts of this coun-
ty and the surrounding vicinity. Rev.
D. C. Smith, pastor of the Willard
street church of this city, favors the
Courier with report of yesterdays
proceedings, which will be found be-
low.
Preachers Hour.
i Tuesday morning at s o'clock the
preachers present at the conference
came together for The Preachers
Hour" The presiding elder led the
4 devotional service for time in which
there was heart searching and conse-
Grafton to the work. Then followed a
conversational address by President
Hancher concerning our conference
college and other interests.
At nine o'clock with Rev. ]. Villain
bert in the chair and Rev. w. F. Gil
more as secretary, business was called
and after some appointments of COM
mittees the following substitutions
were made for persons on the program
who were absent: The Modern
. ol,e i,l- 10
S. Downs instead of Fred d. Mason, OF
; Abba; The Possibilities of the TWEEN
tieth Century Movements w. G.
Thorn instead of DR.. Parks of Tracy;
THE New Constitution; Why Adopt
; IT." D. G. Smith instead of Judge Rob
erts, of Ottumwa; Our Responsibility
to the Iowa Wesleyan; Its Financia
/, Needs" H. B. Scoles instead of Geo.
Heindel, of Ottumwa.
Pastors Report.
, The presiding elder made a very en-
couraging report of the district. The
), following pastors reported their re
spective charges: T. B. Hughes, Al
, bia; c. E. Coggeshall, Cnilllccthe; G
1T. Tenant, Fremont; H. B. Scoles
Hedrick; w. S. Thorn, Knoxville; ]
! S. Decker, Melrose; A. E. Craig, Firs
, church, Ottumwa: w. F. Gilmore
: Main street church Ottumwa; D. c
Smith, Willard street church, Ottum
wa; J. c. Caughlan, Packwoo d. Thu
time having arrived for literary work
e 1920 O'Clock, T. B. Hughes, of Abba
read a paper on Mature and Desigl
of the Christian Sacraments," which
was followed by very earnest and wei
y timed discussion, participated in b.
J. Revs. Lambert Tenant, Smith, Thorn
= Craig and Hughes. Business and sar
: nouncements took up the remainde
u of the forenoon Five more OF tn
e preachers and some laymen came L
{ during the morning.
Aftenocn Session.
Il In the afternoon the conference me
s at 2 o'clock After devotional servic
q disciplinary business was taken III
9 The treasurer reported upon the cos
s of the programs and that there is
=. surplus of money in the treasury III
. Rev. c. E. Tenant made motion t
o discontinue the district conferences j
+ Ottumwa district provided a majorit
of the quarterly conferences would al
= prove After lively discussion tn
d motion was lost by vote of nearl
three to one Later, however, a mt
, ton prevailed that for next year onl
n one such district conference be hel
instead of two as now. AT 3 o'cloc
+ Rev. J. S. Decker, pastor at Melros
preached a short sermon from til
j, text-"Study to show myself approve
II of God, a workman that needeth ne
to be ashamed" Second Timoth.
n ills.
n Members Read Papers.
le Rev. C. w. Wilson of Bussey read
paper on THE Lay Member for tt
Times" The paper was heartily e.
D. dorsed in the discussion that followe
Rev. C. E. Coggesnall, pastor at Chi
Is licothe, read a paper on THE Citizen
Attitude Toward Statutary Law" TIL
"a paper called out discussion in the lii
of of the writer in favor of loyal att
:. tude and strict enforcement of the LAY
Id Reports were given by Rev. T. r. Blu
10 dock, pastor of Blakesburg charge al
m Rev. w. T. Fry, pastor OF unionvil
#. charge Some more laymen answert
ri. to roll call and then adjournment W;
#. taken until the eevning session.
o. Evening Services.
tie At s O'Clock the devotional servic
at were conducted by Rev. c. W. Wilso
tie and Rev. Dr. A. E. Craig of Ottumy
delivered a gospel sermon from Il
all text: "Who now rejoice in my SUITE
IN ings for you, and fill up that which
IS, behind of the Affections of Christ
ed my flesh for his body's sake, which
es. the church, Col i-24.
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