The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-27
ENTERTAINING CONFERENCE.
Committee Has Found Homes for 200
Visitors and Others Will Be Pro.
videt For
DR.. LEE OF ST. LOUIS TO LECTURE

The st. Louis District Confer
ence of the NJ. f. Church, South,
is Just about one month off, and
great preparations are being made
for the entertainment Of the guests.
Members of the Presbyterian, Chris.
tian, Baptist and Methodist Episco.
al Churches have offered Their
homes to the visitors, and the most
pleasant Conference of the st. Louis
district is assured.
Pennington has already displayed
her hospitality twice during this
year, and when the ministers OF
the Southern Methodist faith come
to hold their annual meeting, they
will not find her wanting in any Of
the ways of good, wholesome enter
tainment.
The NJ. Il Church, South, will
entertain in the neighborhood of
100 guests; the NJ Il. Church 25 ;
Baptist Church p; the Christian
Church 30; Presbyterian Church
%, making total of over 200.
These figures are based on the re =
ports given by members of the diff
ferent churches to the committee
on arrangements at its meeting Fri
day afternoon. They are not final
as only partial canvasses were made
in several of the churches.
About 200 guests are expected,
though the number may slightly
exceed that. There are l2l minis
ters in this conference district, the
majority of whom will be present.
The number Of lay delegates is "A -,
there being four delegates from
each of the six districts in the con.
ference.
The number OF distinguished Wis
itors promises to be large. Among
them will be: Bishop c. b. Gal
loway of jackson, Miss who will
preside, and Mrs. Galloway; Rev.
Edward Thompson, l.. l.. d.. of
San Antonio, Texas, who repre-
sents the Sabbath Observance
League; Rev. John Mathews of st.
Louis, Rev. w. s. Woodward of
Fuyette, Mo-, and DR.. c. c. Woods
of the st. Louis Christian Advocate,
all of whom are representatives OF
theNeteran Ministers organization,
The officers of the different Con-
ference Boards who will be pres
ent are: h. 5. Lewis, Treasurer of
the Board OF Missions; DR.. j. w.
Vaughn, Treasurer of the Board of
Education; a. II. Robbins, Secrc-
tary and Treasurer of the Sunday
School Board, and W. s. Parker,
Treasurer of the Church Extension
Board.
DR.. c. IL. Lee, one of the most
prominent divines in st. Louis, has
been requested to lecture on Tues
day evening, September %, preced-
ing the formal opening of the Con-
ference on the following Wednes-
day morning.
The Conference will be formally
opened Wednesday morning by the
administering of the Holy Sacra-
ment to the ministers by Bishop
Galloway and the Presiding Elders
Of the st. Louis District. Wednes-
day evenings session will be de.
voted to the anniversary of veteran
ministers, and the services will be
conducted by DR.. John Mathews.
Services in commemoration of the
Bicentennary of John Wesley will
be conducted Thursday evening by
Bishop Galloway and DR.. j. G..
Morris, President of Central Col
lege. The other sessions of the
conference will be purely business
meetings, though other services Of
a special nature may be announced
later.
A visit to State Hospital No. 4
has been discussed by the commit
tee on arrangement, and if it is
feasible the visitors will be shown
through the buildings on Friday
afternoon.