The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-09-28
Conference Of the NJ. E. Church.

nCClOulSG GplScOp9l c0urc0 mas udu
busy session since being called to
order on last Wednesday morning. and
completed thier arduous duties yester-
day at noon.
Bishop Hoss has shown that he pos
sesses much executive ability in the
way he has managed and conducted
the conference. We noticed in last
edition the principal business that was
done up to Friday.
On Friday morning the Conference
was called to order promptly at. 9
O'Clock by Bishop Hoss and business
proceeded with the call of districts.
The character of each minister and
the report of his church being heard
and all favorably acted upon.
The Woman's. Foreign Missionary
Society then made their report of the
years work, the conference being ad-
dressed by Mrs. Edward Grubbs. Of
Winchester, and Mrs. j. ]. Dickey, Of
Perryville. DIR. Gross Alexander, OF
Nashville, Tenn, then addressed the
conference on the work of the quarter
ly review and was followed by DR.. j.
ID. Hammond on the same city, on the
subject of Ministerial Education.
One of the first acts of the confer
ence Friday morning was to present
Rev. j. d. Walsh, of Paintsville, who
was placed on the superannuated list,
with $5G in gold raised by dollar sub
scrlptions from among those present.
Greetings were received from the
Christian church conference at Licking
ton and the conference acknowledged
receipt of the same by extending
greetings.
The Association of Laymen OF the
Kentucky Conference was organized
with officers as follows: John A.
Johnson, CovingtOn, President, John
Vern, Ludlow, Vice President, Coving-
ton District; A. M. Dreher, Barbours-
vile, Lexington district; Harold
Means, Ashland district; A. L. Ben
nett, Louisville, Louisville district !;
Secretary, j. II. Richardson, Treas
urer Joshua P. Shaw, Lexington.
1t was voted that all churches in the
Kentucky conference give all the col
lections taken up for the American
Bible Society to the fund of $500, 600
d mated by Mrs. Russell Sage upon
condition that the church raise an
equal amount.
The principal feature OF Saturdays
session was.the election of clerical and
lay delegates to attend the general
conference to be held in AsheviIle. N.
g., in May, 1910.
fell to DR.. E. G. B. Mann pastor of
the First Methodist church Of Lexing-
ten. and editor of the Central Metho-
dist. Rev. j. L. Clarke, Presiding
Elder of the COvington district and
secretary of the conference was the
second delegate elected, and DIR. ]. o.
A. Vaught presiding elder of the
Frankfort district, as third. The lay
delegates selected were Mr.. Henry A.
Power, Of Paris, Judge Ed C. O'Rear
of the Kentucky Court of Appeals and
Mr.. Ben j. Durham of Danville..
Rev. Geo. d. Prentiss of Burnside,
and Rev. o. B. Crockett. pastor of the
Park Avenue Methodist church in Lex
ington. two young ministers who had
completed the two year probationary
term. were admitted to full confer
ence.
The following young ministers were
admitted to the conference on trial !:
W. S. Vandelpool and R. A. Selby,
West Liberty w. B. Campbell, Nicho-
lasvilie; Wv. Cropper, johannesburg,
and j.. R. Hollon, Campton.
The report of the committee on tenn
perance provoked more discussion than
was looked for, several speeches being
made ins support of the committees
finding in modification of the report.
The conference after much discus
sion objected to any policy that
would commit it to any political party,
and approved the anti-salUon league
upon the ground that it was non-parti-
san.
DR.. j. L. Weber. of Mt. Streling,
was granted transfer to the Memphis
conference where DR.. Weber goes as
pastor of the First Methodist church
of that city DIR. Weber is one of the
most distinguished men of the Ken
lucky conference, having served the
congregations at Winchester and Mt.
Sterling and for. a number of years
was president of the board of trustees
of Wesleyan College.
On Sunday morning, Bishop Hoss
preached at the Methodist church be-
fore the largest congregation ever as
sembled in that, church, there was
taken from First John, third chapter,
lA0L d1O oCCOuO VERSES his sermon
was profound and eloquent and made
great impression on the large con-
course of. people who heard him.
The pulpits of all the protestant
churches were occupied by ministers
of the conference at both the morning
and evening services.
At 3 O'Clock pm, the memorial SER
vices were held at the Methodist
church in memory of Rev. F. M. Hill
Missionary secretary of the confer
ence, who accompanied By Mrs. Hill
lost their lives September 90, 1908,
while crossing Caplin river. Rev. E.
c. Savage. who died at SimpsonviIle,
and Rev. j. C. Minor, an aged minis
tire residing at Galifornias Ky.
(, At 7:S0 p. M. a large congregation
heard the Rev. Mr.. Willard Cram, a
returned missionary from Korea. who
preached an excellent discourse on
Korean missionary work.
CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS.
The following is the list of appoint
ments handed out by Bishop Hoss yes
terday at noon. only few minutes be-
fore conference adjourned: