East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-09-10

from a meeting of the an
nual conference of the Columbia
River district of the NJ. E. church,
which has been held in Spokane dur
ing the past week, and will preach his
farewell sermon in. this city next Sum-
day.
His successor, Rev. w. T. Euster-
of Lewiston, is expected to arrive in
about 10 days and will at once enter
upon his duties in the Pendleton
church.
Change Is a Surprise.
Although the congregation of the
Pendfeton church had asked Rev.
Warner to return to this church, and
although the conference and the
bishop wished him to return, yet he
declares that he feels that he has
finished his mission in this field and
while he is grateful to the church
here for its most hearty co-opera-
ton and assistance, yet he believes
that his activity will be of more ef-
feet among new surroundings and in
a new field of action.
He has been absent from his work
this season for two months and as he
is a delegate to the general confer
ence at Baltimore next year, that trip
will require at least two months and
he felt that he should not take so
much time from the Pendleton
church.
For the past five years Rev. Warner
has labored in the Pendleton field and
has built up the First NJ. E. church
in a very satisfactory manner. Be-
fore coming here he was presiding ell =
der of this district and resided at The
Dalles for six years.
The Wilbur Memorial church in
Walla Walla. to which he goes, is one
of the largest churches and one of
the most active religious bodies in
the northwest, and he feels that it Of
fers him an especially appropriate
field for labor. A new building cost
ing $4,000, was erected by that con-
gregation two years ago and it owns
one of the finest pastorates in the
state of Washington.
Conference Well Attended.
The conference was attended by
about 800 ministerial and lay dele
gates and was very successful meet
ing. Six delegates were appointed to
the general conference which meets
in Baltimore next May, as follows:
Rev. L. F. Hawks, Spokane; Rev.
Robert Warner. Pendleton; Rev. NJ.
II. Marvin, Pullman, as ministerial del
egate, and C. F. Cox of Walla walla,
d. G. Wells of Wenatchee, and John
Sargenson of Spokane as lay dele
gates.
Rev. Warmers Successor.
Rev. w. T. custer, who has been
pastor of the Lewiston church for the
past few years, and who has Just
completed at Lewiston a $4,000
church building, is known throughout
the conference as the church build
err" He has been stationed at Spo-
kane, Anaconda, Great Falls, Moscow
and Lewiston, and at all of these
places, except Spokane and Moscow,
has succeeded in erecting elegant
buildings for his congregations.
He is a middle-aged man of Ger
man descent. very active, highly edu-
Gated and a vigorous, alert man Of
broad guage and practical tempera-
ment and is regarded us one of the
strongest men in this district.
He is expected to arrive in Pendle-
ton with his family in about 10 days
to begin his work in this field.
There are many expressions of re-
gret at the decision OF Rev. Warner to
leave Pendleton, just now, after hav-
ing labored so long and faithfully to
build the elegant stone church build
ing just completed, 1t was hoped
by the congregation that he would re-
turn to preach in the new building at
least another year.
Rev. Warner and family have made
hosts Of friends in the city who re-
gret to see them leave, but who re-
joice that they are not going further
away than Walla Walla, where they
may still remain in touch with the
Pendleton congregation.