Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-09
M. E. CONFERENCE.
viii Convene at ChiIIicothe Aug. 9,
11-Eine Pronram

11-Fine Program.
Chiliicothe, Aug. s.-(speciaD-The
following is the program of the OF !.
tulnwa district conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal church held at
this place August 9. 10 II. conducted
hop. Rev. J. w. Lamber, presiding
elder. Committee on programmed
D. +. Stiles, Rev. r. A. Bruce, Rev. j..
w. Lambert.
Tuesday, p. M, Aug. 9, 1904.
2:0o-Devotional Service, Rev. ]. W.
Lambert, P. E.
DIFFERENTIATION.
s:oo-Address, Our Veterans" Rev.
]. C. Coke, D. D..
Conference agent OF the "Perman-
ent Fund.")
A:oo-The Epworth League. Rev. R.
L. Patterson.
s:Oo--Devotional Service, Rev. o. q.
circuit.
S:9o--world Wide Evangelism.
l. The Foreign Field. Rev. G. NJ.
Tuttle.
Tuesday Evening.
2. The Home Field. Rev. II. N.
Smith.
3. The obligation Of the Church to
These Fields, Rev. H. f. Gilbert.
Wednesday, Aug. 10, 1s04-Forsnoon
S:30-Devotional Service. Rev. lin
coin Hughes.
g.: o0-Business Session.
1o:00-The Place of the Sunday
School In the Work of the Church,
Rev. J. c. Coughlan.
1O:3O--A Review Of the Work of the
Recent General Conference, Rev. ]. ".
Lambert.
11:O0-Reports.
AfA>nAee~
300 Devotional Service, Rev.
Thomas Rowe.
2:3O--The Iowa Wesleyan Univer-
sity, Rev. J. w. Hancher, S. T. D.
3:30-Our Own Literature for Our
People and Our Sunday Schools, Rev.
c. s. Cooper.
observation-disclosures Business.
Evening.
S:00-Devotional Service, Rev. J. A.
! Sinclair
| S:3o--Sermon. Rev D. c. Bevan.
! Evangelistic Service, Rev. A. S.
Loveall.
Thursday, Aug. II, 1eo4-Forenoon.
s:30-Devotional Service, Rev. w.
S. Knight.
| s:00-Business.
9:3O-The Woman's Home Mission
airy society, Mrs. P. B. Davis.
S:46-The Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary society, Mrs. c. G. Cushing.
1o:0O-our Conference Claimants,
Rev. P. B. Davis.
10:30--Closing exercise.
Committees.
TO Examine Candidates for License
to Preach-Rev John Davis, Rev. E. j.
Shook and Rev. r. A. Bruce
To Examine Candidates In Each of
the Four Year Course Of Study DR..
A. E. Craig, Rev. c. S. Cooper and
Rev D. S. Stiles.
To Examine Candidates for Admis-
sion to Annual CONFERENCE.-THE. D. C.
Bevan, Rev. A. s. Loveall and Rev S.
M. futile.
To Examine Candidates for Orders
Rev j. c. Coughlan, Rev. L. D. King
and Rev II. N. Smith.
On Home Mission Work-Rev. Lin
coin Hughes, Rev. r. l.. Patterson and
Rev. Renix Weese.
Members of District Conference
All travelling and local prea cheers with
In the bounds of the district, exhort-
ers. the district stewards and one class
| leader q Sunday school superintend-
| emit, and a president of an Epworth
League chapter from each charge In
the district.
Pastors will see that the lay mem
bers make full reports for their re-
| spective departments of work, and II
possible present them in person.
1t is desirable that each pastor at
tend the conference, and, if possible
remain to the close.
Personal and Otherwise.
| Erwin Cottrell, Of Ottumwa, visited
| last Tuesday with friends here.
Rev. and Mrs. r. A. Bruce returned
Thursday from months visit with
relatives In Canada.
Ray McCarty returned home last
| Fridav from South Dakota.
Misses Mary and Elva Jackson WIS.,