The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-09
MeihOdisi Conference TO Do Something
for The Supsrannuated.
Committee Appointed TO Draft a Plan
10 Raise $4,000.
Bishop Fowler ttdrssses Young Men
of Conference Class.
Rev. ]. ". Robinson Gives Interesting
Talk on India.

Redwood Falls, MIMI, Oct 2.-Ihe
item of business which excited the great
est interest in yesterday mornings SEES
sion of the Minnesota Methodist confer
ence was the consideration of plans to
raise an endowment fund, the interest
of which is to be devoted to the support
of superannuated ministers. Drs. Jen-
nings and Bridgeman addressed the con-
ference in, the interest of the fund.
A committee was appointed to draft
plan providing for the raising of an en-
dowment fund for the superannuated Of
$4,000 by the end of 1906.
The young men in the studies of the
conference course were advanced to the
next year and the class of the second
year was elected to elders orders and
membership in the Minnesota conference
Bishop Fowler addressed the class in
his usual happy and forceful way. The
opinion of the address, as expressed by
the members of the conference is that
Bishop Fowler was at his best in this ad.
dress and that his plain, earnest utter
ances viii bear fruit in more faithful
service by all the ministers who heard
them.
The afternoon session of the confer
ence was devoted to the consideration
of missions. Rev. w. R. Kelsey of Ell
more, Mimi, delivered the sermon At
p. m. Professor Charles Horswell, PHI.
D., ID. d., lectured on "a Faith Founded
on Reality" He said in part: "The
greatest gift of God to the world is a
great man. Such a man is a revelation
to the world. He sees new visions of life,
and what he discovers he discovers not
for himself alone, but for all the race
"'There is an inside view of life and an
outside view. The point of view makes
a vast difference in the Judgment con-
corning life. Looked at from without,
life is an enigma. Looked at from with
in, the universe is made plain. The point
of view makes the difference.
Having had vision of the throne
of God lifted up and exalted, the man
must move up to that plane of life or
die. Isaiah's vision led to action"
Professor Horsewell was listened to
with earnest attention by large audi
ence, and many words of appreciation
were spoken by those who heard the lee
ture.
At the evening session the principal
address was delivered by Rev. j. W.
Robinson of India, presiding elder of
the Lucknow district. He spoke of In
dia as a mission field.
Rev. DIR. Rule, presiding elder of the St.
Paul district, in reporting to the con-
ference, showed some results of the
years work which are noteworthy. At
Kellogg, on the Wabasha charge, new
church, valued at $500, has been COM
pleted and dedicated Rev. o. V. Sniff
is the pastor.
Bates Avenue church in st. Paul, Rev.
S. E. Ryan, pastor, is to be removed to
another location and house of worship
adequate to the needs of the growing
congregation erected At the First
church, st. Paul, H. v. Givler, D. d. pas
tor, forward movement is in progress
which promises to result in the sale of
the church and the building of new
house of worship on the hill.
At Central Park church, st. Paul, the
debt is steadily being reduced.
1t is announced on the best of au-
thority that the change in the confer
ence will be more than at any previous
time in its history. 1t appears that
Bishop Fowler and the presiding elders
who make up the list of assignments are
not pleased with the work of the past
year, and as result by switching the
ministers around they expect to have
better work DONE This will even strike
those who are regarded as the best minis
tiers of the district.
The bishop in his address to the class
yesterday morning aptly put it they did
not want so much preaching as they
did active work in getting people inter
ested in Methodism and the church.
The delegates to the lay electoral con-
ference are commencing to come in, and
the city is crowded with both classes.
The lay conference occurred today, and
there are four delegates to be elected
to the general conference to be held in
Los Angeles next May. For these four
positions there are nine candidates: w.
III. Gold of Redwood Falls, Dr. A. G.
Jacobs of Elmore, j. W. Andrews of
Mankato, A. G.. Weld of Slayton, E. A.
Knowlton of Rochester, Thomas Simpson
of Winona, L .B. Sperry of Owatonna, H.
r. Brill of st. Paul and Arthur z. Drew