The Grit-advocate., 1903-09-04

Denver, Sept 1.-The harmony when
has marked the present annual confer
ence of the Methodist church of Colo
RADIO was especially marked at the con-
Guiding meeting yesterday afternoon.
In an affecting speech. of farewell Bish-
op Earl Cranston closed the successful
session. The congregation rose and
sang the Tie Deum" with vigor
which made the walls of Christ church
ring.
Aside from the appointment for the
ensuing year no business was trans
acted yesterday that was Of greater
importance than the acceptance of the
Peniel trust This trust. whereby
Henry Cole gave an endowment valued
at 100000 to Il board of trustees. to be
administered in the interests of the
Methodist and other Protestant
churches, gives an income of about
$50 900 a year. The conference decided
TO accept the trust, and named as trus-
tees for the following year the Rev.
Frost Craft. president; Rev. Charles
B. Allen, vice president; Albert j. Cole,
secretary.
Pueblo was selected as the meeting
place for the conference in 1904.
Previous to making the announce
ment of the assignments for the year,
Bishop Cranston spoke of the system
under which the names had been Sc
lected.
Il do not claim" he said. that
these are ideal appointment. But | do
claim that they We're made in good
faith and that | made them in the fear
of my Cod"
The following appointments were
then read:
Denver district-R. A. Carnine. pre-
siding elder, 229 South Fourteenth
street, Denver.
Akron. W. r. Perry; Brush, w. S.
Moffett; Burlington and Lansing, G.
| X. Mcleod; Cheyenne Wells and Hugo,
NJ. 7. Long.
Denver-Argo, ]. +. Coulter; Asbury,
Benjamin Young; Berkeley, Il. r. Ad-
ans: Cameron Memorial, A. l.. Chase;
Capitol Hill, o. p. Wright; Christ
Church. L. F. Howe; City missions, R.
A. Carnine and X. NJ. Barnes; Fifth
avenue. n. II. Lee: Grace and Evans
Memorial, c. +. Resner; Grant Ave
nue.. NJ. d. Hornbeck and Z. E. Bean;
| Highlands, Superintendent George Win
terbourn; John A. Cloueh and Wright
Memorial. Austin Chapman: Merritt
Memorial, Samuel Knupp; Myrtle HILL
Il. F Crowell; St james. c. b Alien;
Simpson. c. f. Setter; Trinity, Frost
Craft: Overland j. NJ. Bell; Bethel.
Dow Pinerman; Greenwood, C. S. Har-
per: Petersburg and Wilson, A. S.
Clark; Edgewater, L. E. Gather;
Briggs. ]. w. Winkler; Peoples, to be
supplied; Hess, p L. Ashby; Park
HI, r. NJ. Barnes; Fort Morgan. j. r.
Long: Haxton, John Oliver; Holyoke
B. E. Jacobs; Littleton. A. B. Clock
ner; Wray and Glendale, c. w. Gun
ningham; Yuma, w. Z. Perry.
II. A. Buchtel, chancellor of the Den
yer university, member of Trinity quar-
terly conference.
A. B. Hyde, professor of the Den
yer university, member of the Univer-
sity Park quarterly conference.
C. B. Spencer, editor of the Christian
Advocate, member of the Asbury quar-
terly conference.
A. c. Peck, City Temple, member of
the Grace quarterly conference.
John Collins, agent of the Preachers
Aid Society, member of the John Col
Inns quarterly conference.
Fl. l.. Beardsey, assistant secretary
of the Colorado seminary, member of
the University Park quarterly confer
ence.
J. II. Merritt, conference evangelist.
member of the Asbury quarterly con-
ference.
William Osborn, professor of the Gin
cinnati university, member of the AS
bury quarterly conference.
Rio Grande Districts. H. Kirk
bride, presiding elder: Alamosa, to
be supplied; Aspen. Z. N. Edgerton:
Basalt and Carbondale. to be supplied:
Bethel. w. l.. Decker; Buena Vista,
Grant Teeters: Canon City, II. B.
Cook; Cedar Ridge, to be supplied;
Center, Andrew Van Brunt; Chama.
stephen Lumley; Crawford, Lyle l..
Gather; Crested Butte circuit. to be
supplied; Delta, ]. j. Lace; Del Norte,
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