Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-02
CONFERENCE
Two Methodist Conferences.
Comprising the North Half
Of Iowa. In Session.
Upper Iowa Ministers Holding
Their Forty.sixth Annual
Meeting at Vinton.
Northwest Iowa Conference Con.
venes at Algona..Details OF
the Proceedings.


the Proceedings.
1 Special to Times Republican.
Vinton, Oct 2.-The fortieth annual.
session of the Upper Iowa Conference
met in the First NJ. E. church at this
place yesterday morning. Tuesday was
the day for examinations. The church
maintains a stiff course of study along
the historical, philosophical and theo
logical lines. This covers a period of
five years. Every person, whatever
his scholastic attachments, must take
this course and pass examinations on
! all the studies of the course before he
can become full tiedged Methodist
minister. The following brethren hay
ing been duly recommended by their
district conferences, took the examina-
ton for admission into travelling con-
nection with the conference: D. c.
Dutton, Kirk w. Robbins, Charles A.
Thompson, j. z. VanHorn, c. A. Felt.
Henry Farmer, A. A. Brooks, L. M.
Wilson. A. II. Hirsch and G. "A. Reeder.
A trial preacher does not become a full
member of the conference until voted
in by the elders, after two or more
years of preaching. Twelve were ex-
amined in the studies of the first year.
eighteen in the studies of the second
year, fourteen in the studies Of the
third year and eight in the studies of
the fourth year.
To- co1
of professors Of the colleges and the
Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston.
Ill. The president is Thomas Nichol-
son, d. D.. of Mount Vernon. and the
secretary is A. NJ. Mcintosh, of Ep-s
worth. The book concerns have some
two thousand volumes of books on ex-
hibition in the parlors of the Presby-
terrain church and are represented by
G. H. Kennedy, our pastor at Ackley.
The conference lecture will be deliv-
cred Thursday evening by Lou j. Beau
champ, 1.-The Laughing Philosopher"
at the First NJ. z. church.
Last evening was given up to an
Epworth League rally. the address be-
ing delivered by Rev. F. w. Luce, D..
d., of Cedar Falls. Dr.. Luce is a man
of splendid ability and an excellent
orator. The effort is one that will be
remembered. The following is brief
sketch of the address:
The speaker showed that in the
moral and spiritual conquest of the
world, which he assuemd was Gods plan
thru the agency of man. heroism Is a
logical necessity. The enemies which
are found ever in the pathway stub
bornly guarding 1t against the evolu-
ton of the race toward God, are ignor-
ance, superstition and vice. Wipe
them out and the Kingdom OF this
world will have become the kingdoms
of our Lord and His Christ"
!, He then showed that personal con-
quest is necessity, as these elements
i of evil are personal elements and must
be conquered, IL conquered ut all. by
personal antidotes. It is Gods uni
versal law of iconiclasm to destroy by
creation. Darkness is destroyed by
light, ignorance by knowledge, vice by
virtue and superstition by intelligent
faith in the unseen. And these are
positively the only forces which will
successfully vanquish their respective
force. He called attention to perilous
elements at work in historic science
and theology to minimize personal re-
sponsibility, and appealed for the dig.
nifty of personal accountability to God
I and human government The worlds
conquest for morality and religion is a
personal one Hence a hero is ne
cessity. He then showed the necessity
| of an ideal hero. and set forth the
Christ as such an ideal. Full orbed
lheroism he indicated as containing the
elements of self mastery. frmness, per-
sistency, gentleness, moral and physical
courage and the application of these
elements with zeal, in a course worthy.
In a sweeping climax he Jesus Christ to
be such a hero.
He then showed that Christ mani
tested these heroic elements in ways
(which command the admiration Of uni
yersal humanity. The giving of life
to save life. the giving Of liberty and
by self sacrifice and self abnegation.
That by living faith in the supernatural
/ the spirit of Christ Is given to his fol-
lowers Only Christendom can show
full orbed heroic character He built
a climax in illustrating the concluding
proposition, naming and eulogizing
characters in Christian history. be-
ginning with Paul, following along the
| ages ana reaching lle CAlIadA oil d
eulogy of our deceased president, Will
liam Mckinley, then swept the name
of Christ above them all as the source
l;of all light without which all others
iwould have been vagueless and hope
Hess.
The address was closed with Pc
roration which epitomized the argu-
ment of the discourse.
| An informal reception was rendered
| the conference in the parlors of the
church after the address.
| THE NORTHWEST CONFERENCE.
Thirtieth Session Begun at Alsona,
Bishop Joyce Presiding.
| Special to Times Republican.
Algona, Oct 2-The thirtieth session
Of the Northwest Iowa conference of the
| NJ. E. church began here yesterday with
1.-THE examinations on the conference
course OF study. Last night reception
to the conference was given. The at
| tendance is large and the city is alive
1 with ministers and lay delegates. Bishop