The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-22
THIS WEEK BIG
FOR METHODISTS
Utah Mission viii Convene
Thursday at First Meth
OdiSt Church.
ASSIGNMENT OF PULPITS
SOCIETIES WILL
ALSO HOLD SESSIONS.

The twenty-ninth annual session Of
the Utah Methodist Episcopal mission
will be held at the First Methodist
Episcopal church in Salt Lake, COM
mencing on Thursday forenoon at 9
o'clock. Bishop Joseph Berry, D. D,
Ii. D.. of Buffalo, win preside at
the sessions Of the mission.
At the opening session Bishop
Berry will administer the sacrament
Of the Lords Supper. The sessions of
the mission will continue on Friday and
Saturday, at which the detailed bust
ness Of the mission will be taken up
and discussed.
Important work of the mission will
be the receiving of the assignments by
the pastors for the ensuing year from
Bishop Berry. 1t is not expected that
there viii be many changes made. 1t is
understood that Rev. D. NJ. Helmick,
for the last six years pastor Of Illif
NJ. z. church, viii report to the Column
bia River conference for work, and that
Rev. D. w. Crane, who was formerly
a minister in the Utah mission, will
succeed him as pastor of Tiff church.
DR.. II. J. Talbot Of Salt Lake, super
intendent of the Utah mission, will sub
nit to the mission his report of the
work in Utah for the year, a conspicu-
Gus part of which is the financial show
ing made by Dr. Francis Burgette
Short and the First Methodist Episco-
pal congregation Of Salt Lake.
Missionary Society to Meet.
On Thursday afternoon the anniver-
sary meeting of the Woman's Home
Missionary society viii be held. Sew
eral addresses by prominent workers in
this field will be heard at the meeting.
The WOman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety viii hold its annual meeting on
Friday afternoon, at which Mrs. Mont
gOmery, a returned missionary, viii de-
liver the annual address.
A reception and banquet will be given
Bishop and Mrs. Barry by the members
Of the mission at the Liberty Park NJ
E. church on Saturday afternoon and
evening. A public reception will be
held at the church during the after
noon and at 6 o'clock dinner will be
served.
Bishop Berry will preach the morning
sermon at the First NJ. z. church on
Sunday. At this service Mrs. A. S.
Peters viii sing. In the evening at the
same church a mass meeting of Metho-
dist young people viii be held, at which
Bishop Berry viii deliver the principal
address.
Fifty Ministers Expected.
In attendance at the mission there
viii be about fifty ministers and mis-
siOnary workers from all parts of the
state. Bishop Berry is the only one
expected from outside of the state
Bishop and Mrs. Berry will arrive in
Salt Lake from Buffalo on Wednesday.
While in Salt Lake they viii be the
guests of DR.. II. J. Talbot, superin-
tendent Of the Utah mission, and men,
bers of the First NJ. z. church.
Bishop Berry occupies a. conspicuous
position in the history and development
of the EpwOrth league, an organization
composed exclusively of Methodist
young people. From its organization
he was for eight years its secretary,
and as such was largely responsible
for its wonderful advancement in
numerical growth and religious eficien-
cy. He was then elected. editor of the
EpwOrth Herald, a position which he
held with great credit for eight years
He had the faculty of reaching, inter-
esting and enthUsing thousands of
young people who each week read this
paper.
Five years ago, as the young peoples
leader, he was elevated to the eDisco-
pacy. During that time he has at
tanned a national reputation for re-
HgiOus influence not confined to the
Methodist denomination.