Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-11
DR.. CONLEY NEW PRESIDENT
Faster Of 0mahaI First Church HODSred
By Baptist Conference
OTHER OFFICERS FROM the METROPOLIS
Reports show that Pastors Are Cover.
ina wide TerritOries-Ten Thou
sand Dollars Handled Dur
ina the Year.

Rev. J. w. Conley, pastor of the First
Baptist church OF Omaha, was elected
president Of the Pastors Conference Of the
Baptist church Of Nebraska at the ThirtyA
eighth annual convention at the First
church Tuesday morning. The other Of
ficers and trustees elected we're:
First vice president, 1. w. Carpenter.
Omaha; second vice president, c. A.
schappel. Pawnee City; corresponding sec
rotary, c. w. Brinstad, Omaha; record
ing secretary. F. w. sturdevant Tecum-
seh treasurer. w. e. Rhoades Omaha;
historian, Rev. A. w. Clark. Omaha; trus-
tees, e. e. Bennett Lincoln; ]. F. Car
penter Omaha, and Levi Kimball, Wake
field.
AS showing the neavy work the ministers
are doing in Nebraska the committee on
pastoral supply reported through Rev. p.
II. Mcdowell. its chairman, that this COM
mittee had settled fUenty-seyen pastors to
serve thirty-one fields one missionary
pastor was said to be covering a large por-
ton OF two counties in western Nebraska,
where counties are larger than several
eastern states.
Report of Treasurer.
Treasurer Rhoades submitted his report
| showing that S1O,9e1 had been handled dur
auditing committee consisting of George C.
Haskins of South Omaha, NJ. @. Macleod Of
Omaha and c. A. schappel Of Pawnee
City. Rev. A. w. Clark historian, read an
interesting sketch Of the life and labors
Of Rev. I. d. Newell, one Of the pioneer
missionaries of Nebraska.
Rev. George Sutherland d. D., OF Grand
/ Island read the report Of the committee on
important topics OF the annual report OF
the Board Of Managers. suggesting the ap-
| pointment Of two district missionaries tc
| labor in western Nebraska. both west OF
| Grand Island, one north of the Platte and
/ the other south. The report also favor ID
/ the issuance Of a bulletin to disseminate
information concerning the work of the
convention. An interesting discussion en-
| sued and the convention recommended the
report Of the committee to the board.
Reports from the Field.
The delegates spent the afternoon II
hearing reports from the field. The com
mittee on the state of religion reported
through its chairman, Rev. Samuel J. Bat
ten, d. D.. of Lincoln. Attention was called
| to the fact that a considerable number
OF churches need speedy help in the way
OF preachers or extinction may be looked
for. Church members needed to realize
their personal responsibility to the cause
of Christ The Importance of all-the-yeal
evangeliZation' was emphasized. Preacher
were urged TO foster studious habits
Churches should not be Indifferent to evi
social conditions of their communities. !
more militant Christianity was declared L
be necessary. 1t was pointed out tina
Nebraska is a rich state and that tn
present is a season OF unbounded prosperity
yet many churches are conducting thei
affairs on hard-time basis. 1t was urge
that Baptists should devote themselves I
their great work with greater enthusiasm
and liberality.
In the report of the COMMITTEES on obitll
aries as presented by Rev. "A w. Clarl
special mention was made OF the life an,
labors of Rev. c. z. Bentley. He wa
pastor at Surprise Neb., for over a quartz
Of a century and appreciative mention wa
made of his labors In behalf OF temperate
and general social reform. Tender allu
sion was made to number of men an,
women who had been honored laborers Il
their respective churches, among whom
were ]. c. Knight and DIR. w. s. White o
South Omaha and Mrs. L. d. Holmes o
Omaha.
Another hour was given to reports iron
pastors. Rev. T. L. Smith told of preach
ing in log school houses. Rev. George L
White of Lincoln, who has the ofica
title Of pastor-at-large. told of his wor
in supplying pastorless churches and build
ing parsonages. Rev. C. Peterson of waho
declared that his city had too man
saloons and too many churches. He advo
Gated closing the former and consolidatin
some Of the latter.
The last hour was devoted to reports fror
the district associations. The largeness O
opportunity and the urgency OF the nee
were pointedly depicted.
sermon In the Evening.
At the evening session Rev. ]. H. Ola,
district missionary. gave a report of ac
! eretions during the year and showed
strong, healthy condition. This was fo
, lowed by the annual sermon delivered b
Rev s. 2. Batten of Lincoln Mr.. Bate
took for his text OF the words found in IN
: book of revelation, twelfth chapter an
sixteenth verse. He said: "The apocs
lypse is an unwilling and not a hiding,
Z Is book OF light and not of darkness.
4 Mr.. Batten spoke first OF the divine orde
0 OF the world and argued for the recol
milton by the universe of the distinctio
between right and wrong and drew man
striking illustrations from profane histor
and human plans OF determining the ju,
l tice OF controversies The speaker the
a ! showed that the inductons of science al
e in perfect accord with the teachings {