Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12
1905 Meeting At GrlnnelI.

Doon one OIL the DSSC IQo iowa CONFER
ence has ever had.
1905 Meeting At GrlnnelI.
The meeting of the conference in
1905 will be held at Grinnell. Fair
neld and Moulton also extended irvi-
! kations but Grinnell was chosen on the
nrst ballot
The Iowa conference will enter act.
lvely-more actively than ever before
Into the temperance movement this
year. Rev. G. S. Cooper, who, while
pastor of the Abba church during the
year Just closed, has made strenuous
fight against the liquor traffic in Al
bia, was appointed conference agent
for the Iowa conference temperance
society and during the coming year
he will devote all his time to this
work. His appointment does not
meet with the entire approval OF the
membership of the Abba church, but
1t Is believed by the conference and
by Bishop Warren that he will be able
to do better work as conference agent
than as a local pastor.
Defles Saloon Element.
Bishop Warren. in endorsing the ac-
friend of the saloon element in Mon
roe county had asked him to relieve
Rev. Cooper Of his Abba charge. The
bishop stated explicitly that in max
Ing Rev. Cooper temperance agent he
Is not yielding to the forces that the
Abba pastor has been fighting but in
taking from his shoulders the duties
Of pastorate so that he may devote
his entire time to the work for tenn
perance. He will make his headuuar-
ters in Abba.
Commend Hepburn Bill.
The conference adopted the report
Of the temperance committee today,
expressing endorsement of the Hep
burn-Dolliver bill regarding Interstate
shipment Of liquors and every Iowa
member Of congress will be notified
Of the action. The following officers
in addition to Rev. Cooper as agent
were chosen for the Iowa conference
temperance society:
Presid j. R. Payne.
Secretary-Rev. j. A. Longnecker.
Treasurer-Rev. d. c.. Bevan.
Veteran Secretary Resigns.
w. r. Cole, for several years sec
retary Of the board OF trustees of the
Iowa Wesleyan university, presented
his resignation to the conference this
morning and it was accepted He
asked to be relieved from the work
because OF his advanced age.
Active EvangeIization.
Rev. J. C.. willetts. presiding elder
OF the Oskaloosa district, reported on
a nf cP1,1 fN
several points through his district,
recommending that conference evan.
gelist be appointed for this work.
Rev. Wflletts work was commended
very highly by Bishop Warren.
Peace Treaty Endorsed.
The members Of the conference
took occasion to endorse the action of
President Roosevelt in securing the
adoption Of peace treaty. putting an
end to the war in the Orient.
Resolutions were passed expressing
this endorsement and expressing also
pleasure at the decrease of strikes
and lockouts and the growing popu-
larlty OF arbitration in the labor field
Bishop Warren spoke briefly but feel.
ingly of President Rooseyelt's efforts
In behalf of peace and said that this
acnleVement places the United States
at the head of all the governments of
the world
Missionaries to China.
Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Eyestone. form
erly of Keosaun"a. were introduced to
the conference and smoke of their f,,.
ture work in the Chinese mission field
They will leave soon for Foo Chow. IN
begin their missionary work and we're
hidden Godspeed hv the conference
Sundays Services.
Tho servines at the various Al1,ia
churches Sunday were conducted nv
Methodist ministers. All the meetings
were well attended and highly success
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