The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-13
FINE
|RepOrtt0beSent
This Year
By M. E. Church to
Conference.
BANNER YEAR
In History of Local
Denomination.
Church Notes of Interest to
Those Who Attend Dr.
vine Worship.

The First NJ. z. church of this city
will report to the 49th annual session
of the Central Ohio conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church which will
be held in Marysville commencing
Tuesday evening. with the largest
Sunday school and church attendance
and collections ever enjoyed by the de-
nomination.
Rev. Jesse Swank, pastor. and A. Le-
Sourd, superintendent of the Sunday
school, state that the regular collec-
tions in the Sunday school have aver
aged the past year $15. The sum of
$3.50 has been collected in the Sunday
school the past year. The average at
tendance at Sunday school has sverged
over 400 and there have been 1900 in
attendance on special Sundays.
HAS MANY FRIENDS.
Rev. Swank is busiIy engaged in
preparing a complete report of the
church to be presented to conference.
The congregation has asxed for his re-
turn. He has been pastor of the
church for the past year. He is an
able and eloquent speaker, conscien-
tious pastor and has made friends
among all denominations since coming
to Bellefontaine.
DIR. J. S. Blair will leave Tuesday
evening for Marysville and Rev.
Swank and other officers of the church
will go Wednesday morning.
The conference will last six days
and there are 270 ministers.
A PROPOSED CHANGE.
The sessions will be held in the
large NJ. E. church which win seat
1900 people. The church has just
been frescoed and fixed up for the oc-
casion at cost of 81. 500. The minis
tiers and noted speakers will be enter
tanned in the homes OF the members of
the church. Many important matters
will come before the conference. The
official boards of the churches will
make their reports One of the mat
ters to be disposed of will be the pro-
posed change of time for holding the
annual conference from fall to spring,
and will be acted upon by the presid-
ing elders, who are as follows: DIR. A.
j. Fish, Of Findlay; DR.. J. II. Beth
ards, of Defiance; DIR. J. H. Fitzwater,
OF Delaware; DIR. Z. d. whitlock, oi
Fostoria; Dr. ]. NJ. Mills, OF Lima
and Dr. W. G. Waters. of Toledo.
BISHOP CRANSTON.
The conference will be presided owe
by Bishop Earle Cranston, of Washing
ton. d. =. This will be the first tim'
that the conference has been held II
Marysville in twenty years All o
the necessary arrangements have beer
made. and at present large numbe
Of Bellefontaine people are makinl
plans to attend.
Leaving the--city on the o o'clocl
car the members of the Grace A. M. E
church went to Silver Lake Sunda,
morning where number were bap
tized.
At Sunday school at the Church O
Christ Sunday morning Rev. W. I
Groom gave chalk talk on the les
son which proved a unique way of i'm
pressing the lesson on the minds O
the scholars. The talk was greatly en-
joyed.
The last service of the conferenc
year was held at the First M. E
church Sunday. The morning them
of Rev. Swank was The Secret O
Achievement, and the address wa
= both eloquent and instructive. A
Sunday school there was a specia
musical program.
On Sunday, September 4. Rev. J
Walter Light. of Bergholz. Ohio
and Rev. Geo. W. Anderson, of Troy
n. Y. former Bellecenter young mer
preached in churches there. The La
a ter conducted union service whic
9 was larSoiy atteHueu. ne tAlktu
: education. scientific and spiritual.
: The Dayton Baptist Associate on wi
convene at Dayton Tuesday mornin
at 10 O'Clock In the First Bapti
e church. Following are delegates fro
y this city: G. G. Parker, Mrs. Jenn
e Jordan. Mrs. Mary Hunt, Mr.. al
> Mrs. Joseph Freyling and Rev. J.
u Winans. The meeting is for the IN
tual discussion of things beneficial
% the church.
Rev. Winans will respond to an a
- dress of welcome to new pastors d
!, livered by DIR. Colby. of Dayton. T
a session will last two days.
In Mr.. Frank johnson rendered a We
I'd beautiful offertory solo at Trim
be church Sunday evening.
ie Rev. T. G. G. McCslla will be {
=. vanced to the sacred order of Prize
Is hood the 2and OF this month at d.