The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-30
BIG ATTENDANCE
AT CONVENTION
Twenty-SiXth Annual Gathering
of Utah Congregational
Association.
ALL OUTSIDE POINTS
WE'LL REPRESENTED
Woman's Missionary Union
Holds Session in the
Afternoon.

The twenty.sixth annual convention
of the Utah Congregational association
opened Thursday morning with an excel
lent attendance, over sixty delegates
being present from Ogden, Park City,
Lehi, Heber, Coalville, Bountiful, Rob
inson, Sandy and Provo. Owing to the
trains from Ogden and Provo not reach
ing the city on schedule time, the morn
ing session was somewhat delayed, and
consequently two of the topics on the
programme, namely, tho reports from
tho Sunday-schools and the teachers
round table, were postponed until Fri
day morning.
The meeting was opened with short
business session, the reports from the
various churches of the state being read
and adopted. These reports showed
growth and progress in the work and &
large increase IN membership.
Rev. Mr.. Veazie Heard.
A very interesting and instructive ad~
dress was made by the Rev. w. C..
Utah and Idaho. He took for his text
Philippians IL, 1918: Wherefore, my
beloved, ye have always obeyed, not
as i'll my presence only, but now much
more in my absence, work out your
own salvation with fear and trembling:
For it is God who worketh in you both
TO will and TO do his good pleasure.
The Rev. Mr.. Veazie 8 remarks were
very timely. He told of the progress
which is being made in the mission field
aud declared that the future prospects
looked very hopeful. He said that the
good in man had to work from
the heart out, and that the mission Of
the church was not to bring about q
better religion, but TO put true life into
the religion. At the conclusion of the
morning session luncheon was served by
the ladies Of the First Congregational
church.
Union Has Meeting.
The afternoon session consisted Of q
meeting OF the Woman's Missionary
union, 1t was called to order by the
president, Mrs. d. Il, Hennphill. who led
tho devotional service. The minutes of
the last annual meeting of the associa-
ton were read and unanimously adopt
ed, after which the reports of the state
officers were read, The various reports
were very satisfying and showed the
work to be progressing rapidly. Mrs.
j. c. Smith OF Provo was elected secre-
taTy of the meeting.
The special feature OF the session was
the reading of paper on the General
WI n VI Ihp American AotD-
citation of the Congregational Church. -
by Mrs. ". ]. Larkip of Texas. The
paper was an interesting one and
showed careful preparation. 1t showed
that the association was growing
rapidly.
Mrs. Simpkin S Paper.
Mrs. P. 4. SimplJin read q paper on
the recent international council of the
Congregational church, which was held
at Edinburgh, Scotland. A paper euti~
tied "Womau's Work" was read by
Mrs, G, Ii. Norton of the First Cougre-
gational church of this city, in which
she declared that missionary work
should begin in the home, She spoke
at some length on the training Of chill
dren and urged mothers to be more con.
siderate. Her remarks were extremely
practical.
The session closed with the prcsi
dent $ appeal and the rcciting of Psalm
xiii. IN unison.
The Rev. r. s. Nickcrsou opened the
evening session with song service.
after which an able sermon was deliv-
cred by the Rev. \. S. Elderkin. The
theme of Mr.. Elderkiu s discourse was
- brotherhood. - He dealt with the
problem Of race hatred and the prevail.
ing attitude Of Americans regarding i'm
Following the sermon com.
muuion service was conducted by the
Rev. w. Q. Feazic. The meeting was
closed with prayer. The convention will
pe called 10 order again at 9 clock
this morning