The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-27
TO MEET AT MORRIS
Eighth Annual Session Of the North
ern Minnesota M. Z. Conference
Begins Next Wednesday.

ern Minnesota III. II. conference
Begins Next Wednesday.
Few Changes Expected in Pastoral
Assignments to Minneapolis
Churches.
In Morris, Mimi, next Wednesday, Oct.
i, the Northern Minnesota conference OF
the Methodist Episcopal church will meet
In it's eighth annual session. Under the
control Of this conference are the Metho-
dist Episcopal churches in Minneapolis,
Duluth and all that part of Minnesota
lying north Of and Including the towns and
cities on. the Hastings 8, Dakota division
Of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
road. This practically includes four fifths
Of the state. In this territory there are
probably ITO pastors and about $1,000
Methodists. the English speaking Metho-
dists only included. There are German,
Scandinavian and African Methodists in
this territory that have their own confer
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The conference will begin Wednesday
at 9 g. M, with a sacramento service con-
This Is the bishops third visit to this state
to preside over a conference. He was
elected bishop by the general conference
Of 1872, and in 1877 presided over the Min
nesota conference at Faribault, and In 1855
presided over the same conference at
Rochester. This week, by a strange COIN
ctdence, he is presiding over the Minneso-
ia conference at Rochester again.
The business sessions Of the conference
will begin with a prayer meeting at $3.50
a. m. and will close at IL m. During these
sessions the character Of the presiding
elders and Of the preachers will be passed
upon and no Methodist preacher can re-
ceive an appointment until his character
is passed by his brethren, and each
preacher goes back to his old charge or a
new one, after conference, with a clean
bill Of moral health. About dozen young
preachers have finished their two years
probation and are ready to enter into full
connection, If the conference so Wills. But
they must have passed in their studies
and have proved by their work that they
are worthy of membership. Some Of the
young men have not been ordained either
as deacOns or elders and the conference
will vote as to their ordination. Each
preacher must report as to his benevolent
collections and to the condition Of his
charge. :. F..
There are no important questions up
for discussion and the sessions will not
be exciting. The woman question: has
been settled and they are now entitled to
membership In the next general confer
ence, something the women have been
struggling for for years. But It will be g.
long time before the lay conference Of
the Northern Minnesota conference ever
sends woman as delegate to the general
conference; too many of the brethren
want to go. ~ For the first time in the
history of the conference not one memt err
has died during the year, so that there
will not be held the memorial service on
Sunday afternoon. Not single preacher
but has lived blameless during the year,
| and the session will not be disturbed by
the trial Of any member. -
The Anniversary Meetings.
The afternoon and evening Of each day
will be devoted to the anniversaries Of the
great benevolent societies Of the church,
| The secretaries from New York and Chi
| cago will be present and present their
causes. Both agents of the Western
| Methodist Book Concern, Samuel Fl. Pye
Of Chicago and DR.. H. c. Jennings of
| Cincinnati. will be present. On Sunday
| at $3.50 a. m a love feast will be held, led
by one OF the older members Of the con-
ference. At 1880 a. m. Bishop Andrews
| will preach, and In the afternoon will be
| held an ordination service, at which a
number of the young preachers will be
| ordained as deacons and elders. Monday
morning, after all the business has been
transacted, the bishop will read the ap-
| pointments. This will be the great event
of the session. One hundred and fifty
preachers will receive their appointments
for the coming year. While these APP
pointment sare supposed to be unknown,
with rare exception each preacher knows
where he Is going. On each day at 2
p. m. the bishop and the four presiding
elders have met in what Is called a
| cabinet meeting. and have fixed the ap-
pointments. These meetings are execu-
tive but news leaks out. In this way q
member learns that he is to be sent to an
undesirable place, and at once he be-
sieges the bishop and his presiding elder
for change. During the whole session
the bishop and elders are consulting with
/ preachers and committees from the vari-
Gus churches about appointments.
/ Few Minneapolis Changes.
| There viii be but few changes In III.
pastorates Of the Minneapolis churches
Nearly all the pastors have been asked By
their quarterly conferences to return
This Is true OF DR.. ]. 8. Montgomery o,
wesley church: DR. s, D. Hutsinpiller 8,
Hennepin; DR.. Wiliiam~Love Of First; DR.
p. A. Cool OF Fowler; DIR. ]. II. Dewart d
Foss; Or. w. III, Rider Of Simpson: Rev
T. w. Stout OF Lake Street: Rev. J. II
Cudlipp Of Forest Heights; Rev. A., a
| Graves Of Franklin Avenue: Rev. w. a
Shannon OF North; Rev. Il. "A. Wilsey B
Trinity; Rev. q. q. VALENTINE OF Parl
/ Aycnue and Rev. e. T.. Allen Of Thirteenth
Avenue. Rev. G. F. Davis. who has had
five very successful years at Bloomington
] Avenue. desires to move. The quarterl,
Iconference has requested the appointmen
OF Rev. sR. J. Swinnerton Of the Richfielt
/ church. Rev. ]. G. Shetland will leav,
4 Western Avenue. Who his successor will
be = unknown, The quarterly conference,
OF the Minneapolis district has asked To-
the return Of the presiding elder. DR.. Wm
i Fielder. who has had very suocessfu
j year, The other presiding elders, DR.. Rob
i ert Forbes Of the Duluth district, DR.. ]
B. Hinseley Of the Litcht,eld district, an,
Dr.. La TAyette Qodds Of the Crookstoi
/ district have had very succAssful years
There will be but few changes outside I'll,
city.
This year the churches viii report a.
i to the amounts contributed for the s"Twea
tisth Century Thank Offering. Thrs,
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