Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-20
METHODISTS TO HOLD
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Southern California Churches to Meet
at San Diego in Yearly
Convention

The thirty-fourth session of the
Southern California conference will be
opened next Wednesday in the First
Methodist church. San Diego.
Preceding the session of the confer
ence a. reception will be rendered
Bishop Hughes, the presiding bishop
for the conference, Tuesday evening
The entire program for the confer
ence will be as follows:
Wednesday September p
Welcoming the conference, DR.. John l.. Pit
ner d. S., presiding.
Praver-Rey. Bede A. Johnson.
On part of the city-Acting Mayor John L.
Sehon, --, 49,,
tor Methodist Episcopal church. south.
To first church and our homes-L. T. Guild
Response-Bishop Edwin H. Hughes
Social greetings in the parlors.
a. m.-Opening of conference; the hoy
communion; organizations memorial services
Thursday
2:3O p. m.--Anniversary Woman's Home Mis-
sionary society. Reports by Mrs. George Bay
ley, Mrs. P. II. Bodkin and Rev, B. G. Cory
and address by DR.. S. E. Wishard' The
I'D, m.-Bible lecture by Prof. John G. Hill
(series on the prophets). Amos, the Relent-
less Prosecutor of Greed and Gratt.
Evening-"On the Firing Line'-Missions.
1880 p. m.-Address by Secretary Homer H.
Stuntz.
$50 a. m.-Devotions, led by Rev. F. NJ.
Larkin.
2:15 D. m-Anniversary of the W. f. NJ. S.
Address by Dr. c. E. Locke.
400 p. m.-Blble lecture, Prof. j. G. Hill,
Hosea, the Heartbroken Pleader Against 90
Evening-Educational anniversary. Address
by Dr. Matt S. Hughes THE Christian Col
Iege."
Saturday
$3.50 a. m.-Devotions. led by Rev. ]. A.
1880 a. m.-Address to the class for admis-
sion, Bishop E. H. Hughes.
2 D m-Members of the conference and their
wives go on excursion on the bay to Fort
Rosecrans Bennington monument, etc Guests
of the San Diego chamber of commerce.
sontbern California. "A Sabbath for Cali
fornia," C. l.. Tufts; 1.-The Death of the Sa-
LOOM" D. NJ Gandier; Methodist Young
People, Not a Field but a Force " Oliver C.
clark, president conference Epworth league;
aggressive Methodism," H. w. Peck.
Sunday
a. m.-Conference love feast, led by DR..
1890 a. m.-Divine worship Sermon by
Bishop Edwin H. Hughes.
2:15 p. m.-Missionary sermon, DR.. Charles
Coke Woods of Fresno, followed by ordination
of deacons and elders.
4:SO D. m.-Bible letcure, Prof. John G. Hill,
Isaiah, the Statesman-Prophet, Correcting
Official Abuse"
615 p m.-Epworth league anniversary A
young peoples model devotional meeting, led
by Oliver c. Clark, president of the Confer
ence Epworth league
1880 p. m.-sermon by DR.. Charles Edward
Locke, ''christianity's Greatest Problem and
Opportunity"
$3.50 a. m.-Devotions, led by Rev. Alfred In
wood. Conference session.
2 p. m.-Members of conference as guests of
city of San Diego, leave the church for auto
mobile trip, arriving on return at $3.50.
r. m.-Bible lecture Prof j. G. Hill,
"Habakkuk, Jehovah the Unfathomable'
Evening-The church of the future. Sunday
school mass meeting. Address by DIR. H. w.
Broadbeck, 1.-THE Sunday School from a Su-
perintendent's Point of View;'' address by
Rev. Alfred Inwood, representative of general
conference board.
$3.50 a. m.-Devotions; G. W. Wilson. Con-
ference session.