Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-25
A. N. B. CONFERENCE.

As VIZ IL VVUl0XA0UVl
The twenty.first annual conference
of the Iowa district OF the "A. M. q
church closed Sunday night at the Y
M. G. A. auditorium with . sermon by
DR.. p. j. Carey and the announcement,
Of the appointments by Bishop Grant.
DR.. Carey chose as his text Psalms
102:26 %, and from this endeavOred ia
establish the mutability and perish,
ableness Of earthly things and the i'm
mortality and eternity of God. Incl
dentally he. paid a glowing tribute ;o
the church. DR.. Carey said in part:
THE history Of the church, it is
true, has been characterized by differ.
ent dispensations. This has been for
the deepest and wisest reasons. Yet
the same Saviour and the same hope
of personal salvation which were pre-.
sented to Adam, to the patriarchs, to
the Jews. TO the Gentiles, to us, and
which eternity of God pledged for its
immutability and church is more dur.
able than the solid granite.
See that huge, gigantic boulder,
heaved by volcanic power from the
mountain side, lying upon the ocean
shore amid the accumulated debris
of centuries, exhibiting the abrasions
Of the tides and drifts, worn by winds
and driving rains and SCARED and
cracked by the heavy tramp OF ages
even Its indurated structure has not
been able to resist the power Of
change. But the church, thang Col.
uncorroded by the teet h Of flying
years, unmarked by the fragments IF
thrones and republics continually
drifting by on the roaring current Of
time, and unbattered by the concus-
sion of hell's infenal thunderbolts
lifts the walls and turrets in un-
scathed and imperishable strength TO
heaven. as Interchangeable and unil.-
preg nable as the thone of Goa.
The Banner Still Floats.
The same banner of lily white.
which waved over Adams family altas.
and under which Abel enlisted, fought
and fell; the same banner which Roa--
ed in front OF the three of life and
Its guardian sword of ever-turning AMI
ever circling flame, and which, in the
light of Gods favor, breaking through
the darkness OF mans dispelling nigh,
flashed defiance In the very teeth of
the serpent and was the symbol Df
an inauguarated, organized opposition
to hell, which would result in HE'LL;
defeat and the everlasting consign-
menI Of its legions to Erebus sti,l
floats at the head Of the church's col
umns. s,
1T is a banner which has never
been lowered, but high and lifted up.
unfolded upon the air OF every embat-
tied field and scene Of contest which.
has marked the progress Of the church
--in sunshine and darkness It has ever,
In triumph, while the meae.
slre OF human ambition have trailel
In the dust. It will never be folde /
lis standard till the gates of Paradise
are rolled wide open and man is re-
deemed and saved.
The church has withstood the revo-
lutions of time, the mutations of for
tune. the desolating trend of ages and
the disintegrating fall of dynasties.
the rayages Of famine and the vast
ing scourge Of pestilence. It Outlived
the flood, the confusion of tongues, the
Of Goshen, the temple, the
Jews, the astrological lore of the
Chaldeans, the mythology of Greece
and Rome, it Outlived the Op9ositions.
the ecclesiastical commissions of the
Dark Ages. In the very hour of its
EXTREMIST encouragement, when weep
ing piety thought all was lost and
laughing iniquty thought all was
gained, the sun of the Reformation
shone from its sanctuary and illunl-
ined the world.
The church has been attacked by
devils and demons, by physics and
metaphysics, learning and ignorance
genius and talent, strategem and Chi
canery. intrigue and diplomacy, IRONY
and ridicule, sarcasm and invective
books and presses, mails and rostrums
sabres and cannon, prisons and inquisi..
tions-in fact all that the human mind
has been able to invent, human skill
execute, and human wisdom employ
have been arrayed against It; but ire
sistible and plenipotent, it has pressed
its foes from field to field, and driven
its conquering chariot over their fallen
armies"
The Appointments.
& Following the reading Of a scripture
lesson from Matthew wherein Christ
enjojned the apostles to go forth AMI
preach the gospel, Bishop Grant an.
nounced the following appointments
for the ensuing year:
Z, T1uyo nisfr;ot Mo1o-n ~,
siding elder; Des Moines. H. s.
Graves; Keokuk, T. w. Lewis; Buxton.
r. H. Williamson; Burlington, w. viii.
liams; Abba, F. j. Peterson; Ottumwa
and Keokuk, M. I. Jordan; Muscatine,
T. J. Phillips; Milwaukee, Wis, F. NJ.
Fenwick; Clinton. A. Boyd; Washing
ton, NJ Payton; Cedar Rapids, j. R.
Clemins;l Sioux City, E. j. Jackson;
Newton and Colfax, G.. Wright; Boone
and Saylor, J. D. Peterson; OttumWa
and Charlton, Jonathan Brewer; Du-
ibuque. to be supplied; Iowa City.
Wiley Hume; Garden Grove, P. s. Irv-
ing; Indianola, to be supplied; Yanls.
ton, S. D., l.. A. Joplin; Mt. Pleasant
"A. T. Clark; Oskaloosa, G. w. Slater:
Ft. Madison, A. Ford; Davenport, r.
e. Wilson.
Chicago District Geo. G. Booth, pre-.
siding elder; Quinn's Chapel, Chicago
DR.. E. J. Carey; Avondale, Chicago,
G. Goggins; Rock Island, D. w. Brown;
Boston Avenue, Chicago, J. w. Fesii.
mum; Knoxville, ILL.,, Silas Wright;
Rockford, Steward Moore; Trinity Mis-.
sion, Chicago, r. H. Manley; Lagrange.
near Chicago, to be supplied; Prince.
ton, e. R. Edwards; Harvey, 20 be sup
piled; St. Mary's. Chicago, Jesse
Woods st. Johns Chicago, G. M. Till.
man; Hyde Park, Jesse Higgins;