Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-10-06
Upper Iowa Conference Devotes
Time to Discussion of Alleged
Erring Ministers
Shell Rock Pastor Said to Have
Thought Too Much of Pensioners
Wife-FormaI Action Necessary on
Conference Relations-Great Scarcity
of Ministers Threatened.
Special to Times-Repup1lcan.

special to TimeS-RepubIican.
MaquoSeta, Oct. >6.-The third day
of the Upper Iowa Conference saw a
great deal of business transacted. The
cases of Revs. StabIer and Reeder
came up for consideration. 1t will be
remembered Stabler was the Shai
Rock preacher who had the escapade
with the wife of one of his parishi0n-
ers last June. r. NJ. Reeder. of Dy-
sart was accused of indiscretions. Both
resigned their charges at the time, and
sent their ordination papers to DR.. Bis
sell, their presiding elder.
Having Withdrawn from the minis
try and the church, their cases We're
referred to the committee on confer
encc relations. What the disposition
of these cases will be is not questioned.
Having Withdrawn and surrendered
their relations to the church, official ac-
ton OF the conference will be neces-
sary, and with vote of the conference
all official relations will be forever
dropped.
The missionary societies held forth
yesterday afternoon, and the address,
es We're exceptionally good. The ei1-
cational society had charge of the
evening services, and splendid address,
es were delivered by DR.. Anderson, of
New York, and President Lewis, of
Morningside College, Sioux City.
Ministers Are Scarce.
Preachers are SCARCE rTbaro will ba
a shortage on all the districts. Just
vacancies is not now known The
ministers coming in are few. Several
are going out, some are retiring, and
others have left the connection in other
ways. Some charges seem to be
afraid they will not get one this year,
as number of committees are here
"button-holing" the bishop and pre-
siding elders and looking over the
preachers. That there will be consider
able moving is a foregone conclusion.
The Laymen's Association.
The Laymens Association of the
Upper Iowa Conference met yesterday
in the Congregational church. Presi-
ent Rohde said in his opening address:
"A lew ldyIleu met year ago anu
organized this association. Today we
meet in the first annual meeting, and
I congratulate you brethren upon your
splendid attendance. We are yet in the
formation period. The success of our
depends largely on the per-
sonal efforts of the layety in every part
of the conference. We combine for
mutual helpful work. We are living in
a strenuous age and with this wave
of wonderful commercial prosperity
that is sweeping over the land, Offer
ing great commercial and social po-
sitions to men, we are inclined to neg
lect our duties toward the church. Our
pastors deserve greater consideration
than they receive. We can and ought
to do much to improve business meth
DDS in the church. The church should
receive the same attention as our pri-
waite business. We are all fellow work
ers with God. Upon our fidelity to it
depends the success of the church"
LoveIand Gives Conference Shock.
The Rev. Frank Loyeland, of Water
loo, gave the conference a shock yes
terday, when, he boldly declared that If
more attention was paid to saving souls
and less to closing saloons more good
would be accomplished. Fully 400 min
listers, delegates, and Epworth Leag-