Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-15
ELDERS REPORTS
SECOND DAY or METHODIST
CONVENTION AT MUscATINE.

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j. w. Neasham and Chris HaW of Of
tun1Wa May Be Delegates to Los An.
geles Conference Next May The
Dead Remembered.
From Fridays Daily.
One hundred and thirty ministers
were present at the morning session
yesterday of the fiftieth annual meet
ing of the Iowa district of the Metho
dist Episcopal church. which is being
held in Muscatine The three Ottum
wa pastors, DR.. A. e. Craig, Rev. d. G
: Bevan, and Rev. r. L. Patterson, were
among the number as were also Rev
J. w. Lambert, presiding elder of the
Ottumwa district, and ]. w. Neasham
Chris. Haw and j. T. Smith, lay dele
gates from the three local churches
There were also large number OF
Ottumwa people in attendance who die
not go in any official capacity.
The morning session was devoted te
che hearing of the reports Of the pre-
siding elders of the Otrumwa, Oska-
loosa, Keolluk, Burlington and Musca-
tine districts, which together comprise
the Iowa district. These reports show
that the Methodist Episcopal church is
in ,fiourishing condition in the Iowa
district, that many members have been
added during the year and that large
amounts of money have been raised
for ChIlrnh J,llrnOSnS
Characters Passed Upon.
With the submission of the reports
The character tests to which every
member of the conference must submit
annually, were made. No charges Were
preferred against any member.
Collections Report.
The collections of the various
. churches for missions. conference
claimants and educational purposes
were announced by the respective pre-
siding pastors. while the reports of the
elders We're being received.
Assignment of Pastors.
The appointmentof pastors for the
various fields of work in the Iowa
Conference of the Methodist Episcopa
church will be made next Sunday aft
ernoon According to the rules ol
the church any minister may be trans
ferred whenever it is deemed for the
best OF the cause, and while many will
be allowed to remain in their present
position, it is within the power of the
presiding elders, constituting the cab
met having charge of the appointment
to place each member OF the confer
4 ence in new field.
The General Conference.
II w Neasham and Chris Haw Law
deleaates resnectiyely for the First
E and rho Main Street Methodist Ennis
conal churches are being spoken O
urona;nenttv as Law delegates to The
general conference which is to be he'll,
next NAV in Los Angeles. Cal DR. C
/, Stafford stated Yesterday mornin.
that the election of delegates to the
general conference will probably bt
held Saturday. The Iowa conference
4 is entitled to four lay delegates.
Electioneering in the ranks of the
preachers is said to be not an unusf
( althiIlg in the election of the delegates
and it has been limited that some who
have ambitions in this direction have
been laying wires ever since their ar
AA'NA ~ 1'iuoN1oehhS.
Wednesdays Session.
The onenine of tho conference IN
Wednesday morning was marked wifi
ID a large attendance in snite of tha IN
favorable weather. The meeting open
ed with devotional service lead by
5 rev. j. II. Payne, OF Wilton
Following the devotional period
communion service was held. Presid
ing in this service were Rev. ]. c
Willis, presiding elder of the Oska
loosa district, J. W. Lambert, presid
ing elder OF the Ottumwa district
Rev. G. S. Cooper, presiding elder O
the Keokuk district, T. ]. Meyers, pre-
siding elder of the Burlington district
and w. G. Thorne, presiding elder O
the Muscatine district
The communion service was follow
ed by the memorial service for those
OF the. conference or relatives OF mem
s bers OF the conference who have diet
during the past year. 1t was presided
over by rev. n +. Hulburt OF Burling
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