Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-11
DR.. CONLEY NEW PRESIDENT
Faster Of 0mahaI First Church HOpSred
By Baptist Conference
OTHER OFFICERS FROM THE METROPOLIS
Reports show that Pastors Are Cover
ins wide TerritOries-Ten Thou
sand Dollars Handled Dur
Ing 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
icers and trustees elected were:
First vice president, l. 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-
sch; 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.
H. Mcdowell, its chairman, that this com
mittee had settled twenty-seven pastors to
serve thlrty-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,2s1 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 /. d. Newell, one Of the pioneer
missionaries OF Nebraska.
Rev. George Sutherland, d. D., Of Grand
Island read the report Of the committee or
important topics OF the annual report OF
the Board Of Managers, suggesting the ap
pointment Of two district missionaries Il
labor in western Nebraska, both west Of
Grand Island, one north Of the Platte and
the other south. The report also favors %
the issuance Of a bulletin to disseminate
information concerning the work Of thu
convention. An interesting discussion en-
sued and the convention recommended thu
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 calleC
to the fact that a considerable numbe
OF churches need speedy help in the wa!
OF preachers or extinction may be looke'
for. Church members needed to realiz
their pfTbOnhl EeSpOnSlDlhNy u Nlb NduS'
Of Christ. The Importance Of all-the-yea
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 t
be necessary. 1t was pointed out tina
Nebraska is rich state and that tn
present is a season of unbounded prosperity
yet many churches are conducting thei
affairs on a hard-time basis 1t was urge
that Baptists should devote themselves I
their great work with greater enthusiasm
and liberaiity.
In the report OF the committee on obitr
aries as presented by Rev. "A. w. CLAIR
special mention, was made OF the life an
labors of Rev. c. e. Bentley He wa
pastor at Surprise. Neb., for over 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 a number of men an
women who had been honored laborers 4
their respective churches, among whor
, were ]. c. Knight and DIR. w. s. White q
South Omaha and Mrs. L. d. Holmes O
Omaha.
Another hour was given 70 reports fror
pastors. Rev. T. L. Smith told of preach
ing in log school houses. Rev. George 1
Whlle OF l1lnCOln, VINO mas the Off1ciH
title of pastor-at-large. told of his wor
in supplying pastoTless churches and build
ing parsonages Rev. c. Peterson OF waho
declared that his city had too man
saloons and too many churches. He advc
Gated closing the former and consolidatin
some Of the latter.
The last hour was devoted to reports fror
the district associations The largeness &
opportunity and the urgency OF the nee
were pointedly depicted.
sermon In the Evening"
At the evening session Rev. ]. II. Ola,
district missionary. gave report of az
s, cretions during the year and showed
strong, healthy condition This was 70
. lowed by the annual sermon delivered b
! Rev. s. z. Batten OF Lincoln. Mr.. Bate
? took for his text OF the words found in II
Z book Of revelation, twelfth chapter an
: sixteenth verse. He said "The apocs
: lypse Is an unwilling and not hiding,
z is book OF light and not of darkness
3 Mr.. Batten spoke first of the divine ord,
o OF the world and argued for the recoI
: milton by the universe of the distinctio
between right and wrong and drew man
striking illustrations from profane histor
ana human plans OF determining the ju
Il tiee OF controversies. The speaker the