The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1907-06-27
THE METHODIST
CONFERENCE
WILL CONVENE IN THE SECOND
METHODIST CHURCH IN CO.
LUMBUS NEXT WE'D
NESDAY MORNING.
Conference Will Remain in Session
Three Days, and VIII be Pre-
sided Over by Rev. l.. vi.
Lipscomb of this City,

The annual conference OF the Col
umbus district OF the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, South, Will convene at
the Second Methodist church in this
city at eight o'clock next Wednesday
morning. The conference will re-
main in session three days, and will
be presided over by Rev. l.. NJ. Lip
scomb, presiding elder OF the Colum-
bus district. The district embraces
about fifteen churches, and in addi-
ton to the pastors of these fifteen
churches there will be an equal num-
Der of laymen, making a total of
thirty delegates who will attend the
conference. The conference is very
important in its nature, being de-
voted to extended discussions of the
various branches of religious work,
embracing churches, Sabbath schools
and local Epworth Leagues.
The conference will be opened with
devotional exercises at eight o'clock
Wednesday morning, at which time
organization will be perfected and
the reports of the various pastors
will be received. The morning exer-
cises will be concluded with a SER
mon by Rev. r. H. B. Gladney, and
the afternoon will be devoted TO
discussion of Epworth League and
Sunday school work. The exercises
will be opened with prayer by Rev.
J. Z. Thomas, and Epworth League
topics will be discussed as follows:
The Place of the League in Our
Economy" DR.. J. w. Shoaff How
to Make the League Co." Rev. r. A.
Clarke and Mr.. Pat Hogan; Work
of the Third Department" Mrs. J. E.
Thomas; The Reason We Have Not
More Leagues in the Columbus Dis
trict," Rev. E. S. Lewis and Rev. J.
A. Poe; The Relation of Depart
ments of League Work to Life and
Character Building of Our Young
People," Prof. Joe Cook. The Ep-
worth League discussion will close
with a series of live-minute talks by
various League workers, and the re-
mainder of the afternoon will be de-
voted to Sunday school work, which
will be discussed as follows: "The
Meaning of the Sunday School Idea,
Rev. J. E. Thomas; The Scope of
Sunday School Work. Mr.. Gid D.
Harris; How to Make the Sunday
School the Greatest Possible Sue
cess" Messrs. w. H. Carter and S.
L. Pope; Difficulties, AS Seen by the
superintendent" Messrs. J. H. Re
dus, Walter Price and S. B. White;
The Sunday School as a Factor in
the Moral and Religious Training of
Mr.. w. w. Magruder This discus
sion will bring the afternoon exer-
cises to a close, and at eight o'clock
Wednesday night there will be a SER
mon by DR.. J. ". Shoaff, at the con-
clusion of which the Sacrament of
the Lords Supper will be admins
tered by Rev. A. P. Leech, Rev. T. c.
Weir and Rev. J. C. Lowe.
Thursday morning the discussion
of Sunday school topics viii be con-
tinued, and educational matters will
also be discussed. The exercises will
Babb, and the discussion will pro-
ceed as follows: What is the Pri-
mary Factor in the Ideal Sunday
School?' Mr.. o. P. Brown and Mr..
w. V. Connell; "Our Sunday School
Literature Prof. Dabney Lipscomb;
THE Home Department, Rev. J. NJ.
Hall. Work in the educational de-
partment will begin with the report
of the committee on education, which
will be presented at the conclusion
of Mr.. Halls talk, and the discussion
will proceed in the following man
ner: The Place of Religious Ele-
ment in Education" Prof. Dabney
Lipscomb and Rev. II. b. Gladney;
Our Educational Needs and Re
sources Rev. d. ". Babb and Rev
E. S. Lewis. There will then be short
addresses by several visiting dele
gates, and the morning session will
close with a sermon by Rev. t. w.
Lewis.
The afternoon session on Thursday
will be devoted to church work and
missions. Te report of the commit
tee on the general state of the church
will be submitted. and the discussion
will proceed as follows. What Are
the Proofs of the Churches Life and
Power?" Rev. @. A. Oates and DR..
J. W. Shoaff: What is Our Pre-