The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-07-04
ANNUAL SESSION
II. E. CONFERENCE
ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF COL
UMBUS DISTRICT WAS IN
PROGRESS HERE DUR
ING PAST WEEK.
The Sessions Were Held in the Sec
ond Methodist Church, and a
Large Number of Dele
gates Were Present.


umbus district of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, South, met at the Sec
ond Methodist church in this city last
Wednesday morning. The meeting
was called to order by Rev. L. NJ.
Lipscomb, presiding elder, and Rev.
S. L. Pope, of Brooksville, off1ciated
as secretary. Devotional exercises
were then held, having been led by
Mr. Lipscomb, and the reports of the
ministers of the different churches
composing the conference were then
called for.
Rev. r. A Clark, pastor of the
Second Methodist church in East Co
lumbus, was the first minister called
on, and made a most excellent re-
port He stated that during the past
year there had been one hundred and
thirty additions to the church and
that the progress in every department
had beer/most satisfactory. Besides
the new members which have been
added, the church has been painted
and repaired and other needed i'm
provements have been made.
Rev. w. C. GaIceran, pastor of the
Columbus circuit, stated that things
in his district were doing fairly we'll,
and that there was a gratifying spir-
itual growth among his people. Mr..
Galceran stated that there are three
Sunday schools included in his cir
cult, and that they were all in a
fairly prosperous condition.
Rev. E. S. Lewis, pastor of the
Methodist church at West Point, re-
ported fifty-two additions to the
church during the past year, and said
that his Sunday school is exceedingly
prosperous, having about one hun
dred and eighty members. He said
that his church had subscribed S1064
to the Millsaps College fund, and
that the subscription would be large
ly increased before the end of the
present year.
Rev. D. w. Babb, pastor of the
Crawford circuit, after having re-
ported the spiritual condition of his
people as only fairly good, devoted
quite a deal of time to the discus
sion of family prayers and the tenn
perance movement. He said that in
his Judgment it was the duty of every
minister to preach frequent sermons
on temperance and to continually
u,rge the heads of families IN their
CONGREGATIONS to hold family prayers
regularly. he asked the different
ministers present about the condi-
tion of the co amunities which they
represented and the local ministers
made very fattering reports. Both
DR.. Shoaff and Mr.. Clarke stated that
during their residence in Columbus
they had never seen a drunken man
or heard an oath. DR.. Shoaff stated
further that he considered the moral
condition of Columbus to be better
than that of any city of similar size
of which he had knowledge.
Rev. H. B. Gladney, pastor of the
Starkville church, stated that the
past year had been the most prosper
Gus that his church ever enjoyed.
He said the he recently conducted a
revival at which there were more than
one hundred conversions, and that
he had a large number of additions
to the church. Mr.. GIadney said that
the spiritual condition among the
young people was exceptionally graf
flying and declared that he had
among his membership at least one
hundr. I young men who would speak
in pubic or lead prayer meeting
whenever requested to do so.
Rev. J. E Thomas, of Macon,
said that both spiritually ard finan-
ciaIly his church was in good eondi-
ton. He said that his stewards
looked after the finances and that
during the past year they had raised
sufficient sum to purchase a pipe
organ for the church and 20 repair
and improve the parsonage.
Rev. T. ]. Hopper, of Winstonville.
and Rev w. A. Bowlin, of Sturgis,
reported normal conditions in their
churches, and Rev S. L. Pope, of
Brooksvilie, reported affairs in his
district to be most prosperous He
said that during the year a new
church had been erected two miles
west of Brooksville, and that all the |
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