Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1908-08-28
METHODIST CONFERENCE.
Interesting Session-Enlarged District
Ministers Appointed.

Ministers Appointed.
The Lead Call gives the following
account Of the NJ. %. conference held
at Custer last week:
The Twenty ninth Annual Confer
ence of the Black Hills Mission met at
on Sunday evening August 23rd,
Bishop Mcintyre, D. D.. l.. D., pre-
siding.
This is probably one of the best
annual meetings of the Black Hills
Mission, at least it was the best to
those who were privilegedto be pres
ent.
The reports of the ministers from
their various charges showed that five
new churches and one parsonage have
been built and that three more, includ-
ing the one at Lead City, are in process
Of erection.
While there was a slight falling off
in benovelences, there was large in
crease in the amount of money eA.
pended on improvements and repairs,
so that the parsonages aud churches
are all in fine order and we'll insured;
but the most gratifying statistics were
those of the increase of the member
ship showing that the work of revival
done at Spear6sh, Belle Fourche, Hot
Springs, Deadwood and other places
is the way to increase and enlarge the
churches of the Black Hills Mission.
The bishop in his ministrations per-
suaded everybody that the general con-
ference made no mistake in enlarging
the field of the Black Hills Mission, so
as to include all South Dakota west of
the river, he cordially concurred in the
unanimous action of the mission meet
ing ratifying the putting of the line be-
tween the Dakota conference and the
Black Hills Mission at the Missouri
river. While the consummation of this
waits for the vote of the Dakota con-
ference in the coming October, it is
firmly believed by the bishop and
Mission that the Dakota conference
will ratify. On account of the ex-
pectation he formed new district and
placed the Rev. G. d. Royse, the pastor
at Rapid City, in charge. II the con-
ference of Dakota shall ratify the
bishop gives them the privilege to
agree upon man, and put him in
charge of the district and brother
, Royse will return to the pastorate of
the Rapid City church. Drs. Geo.
Elliot and j. B. Trimble representa-
\ tives of the boards Of home and foreign
! missions delighted everybody by their
J instructive and able addresses and
: we're exceedingly helpful and useful
in their association with the members
of the Mission.
!, Miss w. L. Chappelle who is grad
t uate of the Chicago training school
5 and soon to be licensed as deaconess
Of the Methodist Episcopal church
told the conference in most enter
tanning way of the great movement for
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= nurses, missionaries and deaconesses.
Q DR.. c. B. Clark, Chaplain of the
8 Battle Mountain Sanitarium, was
:. present and rejoiced in the prospects,
g of the Mission.
9 E. E, Hunt inspired the young peo-
S pie by his able address to 90 to col.
9 lege and get an education.
d Bishop Mcintyre impressed every
9 body as holy, God sent man, his ser
y mon on Sunday morning on the text
II have not Stunned to declare unto you
the whole counsel of God," assured ev
eryone that Gods hand was in his cleo
Z tion to the episcopacy; his address tt
J. the two young men whom he ordained
+ deacons was direct, unique and force
full.
He will be in charge of the Blacl
Hills Mission until next June and vii