Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-26
PREPARATIONS
COMPLETED
Excellent Program Has Been
Arranged for Methodist
Conference.

The Columbia River Methodist
conference will convene In this city
Tuesday evening, August 81 for a
Ave days session, and about three
hundred delegates will attend. The
sessions will be held in the Methodist
church throughout the entire confer
ence. The opening session will De
in the nature of a reception to the
bishop and the conference given by
the Methodist church and the public
generally. During the evening
Mayor Boyd Hamilton will give an
address of welcome from the city of
Occur d'Alene, and the president of
the Commercial club will welcome
the ministers, which organization
gave the invitation to the conference
last year to meet in this city at this
time. Bishop Charles w. Smith, d.
D., LID, of Portland, who is the
persiding officer of the gathering,
will give the response.
The opening day of the conference
is the anniversary of the Epworth
League, and in honor of this event
an address will be given at $3.50
O'Clock by Rev. l. G. Roach, D. d.
All Epworth Leaguers in this city
will attend this service in body.
The conference proper will start
on Wednesday morning, and will be
opened by administering the sacra-
ment of the Lords supper, conducted
by the bishop, followed by a confer
ence session. The morning sessions
of each day will be given over to
devotional exercises under the direc-
ton of the bishop, followed by con-
ference sessions.
Wednesday afternoon will be de-
voted to the anniversary of the
Freedman's Aid and Southern Educa-
ton society, presided over by Rev.
H. l. Rasmus, of Spokane, and an ad-
dress will be given by Rev. w. H. w.
Reese, D. d. The evening will be
devoted to the anniversary of the
board of education, Rev. H. d. Kim
ball presiding, and addresses by Rev.
E. H. Todd, D. D., of the Puget
Sound university, and President
Fletcher Homan, d. D., of the Will
lamette university.
Thursday afternoon will be the an
niversary of the board of conference
claimants, Rev. T. B. Ford presiding.
The address of the occasion will be
given by the Rev. Henry Brown, d,
d. A conference missionary serm On
will follow, given by Rev. c. E. Glib
son, d. D. Thursday evening will be
given over to a delightful steamboat
excursion on Lake Occur d'Alene.
On Friday afternoon will come tie
anniversary of the Woman's Home
Missionary society, Mrs. Nina G.
Black presiding. The speakers Of
the session are to be selected at the
time OF the gathering. 1t is also the
anniversary Of the Deaeoness' hos
pital, and an address will be given by
Rev. E. NJ. Hill. The evening SEES
sion viii be devoted to the work o,
the board of home missions and
church extension. Mr.. c. E. MAJ
will preside. and the address Of tbs
evening viii be given by Rev. ID. L
RAIDER. ID. ID.
During Saturday mornings session
there will be a conference memorial
service. presided over By the bishop
In the afternoon will occur the an
niyersary Of the Womaa's Foreign
Missionary society. Mrs. Henry Brow
presiding. Addresses will be giveI
by Reys. F. H. Pemberton. Albert G
Ayers, AZ. H. Marvin. In the even
Ing comes the anniversary of thu
board Of Sunday schools. which is ;
very interesting service and viii b
especially valuable to the younge
people. 1t win be presided over b,
Rev. w. R. Spaulding, and the ad