The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-09-30
T. CONFERENCE
METHODlSTS OF STATE WILL
MEET AT HURON ON
OCTOBER
TWENTY FIFTH SESSION
WILL BE ATTENDED BY MORE
THAN THREE HUNDRED
CLOTH AND LAITY

The program for the 25th annual ses-
| sion of the South Dakota Methodist
| Conference, has been competed and is
now being sen out. TIL. conference
continuing over the following Sunday.
Bishop John l. Neulsen of Omaha, will
preside and it is expected that 800 or
more ministers and laymen will be in
attendance.
Tuesday, October 5th. will open
| with the examination of undergradu-
ates. In the evening a reception will
be given, when H. S. Mouser OF Huron,
will deliver the address of welcome on
behalf of the local church. Rev. F. e.
Hudson of tie Huron Baptist church,
will extend the fraternal greeting,
| which will be followed with a brief
address by Prof. Martin Remp, on be-
half Of Huron college. Responses tc
these addresses will be by DR.. J. w.
Taylor, of Aberdeen, and DR.. S. f.
Kerfoot, president of Dakota Wesleyan
university, Mitchell.
Wednesday morning, Pentecostal
| services will be conducted by Dr.. j.
M. Brown of Sioux Falls, after which
the sacrament OF the Lords Supper
| will be administered by Bishop John
l.. Neulson of Omaha. In the after
noon, DR.. Charles NJ. Stewart Of Chi
cago will speak on the ARTS of Sermon
| Construction after which David G.
Downey, d. D., of Chicago, general
secretary Of Sunday School work and
w. A. Green, conference secretary, will
give attention to the consideration OF
Sunday school interests. Wednesday
| evening will occur the Sunday school
anniversary; r. c. Shearer will act a.
| chairman. The address will be deiiv-
cred by General Secretary Downey.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LEAGUE.
Thursday mornings session will be
opened with Pentecostal services, at
ter which conference business will be
transacted. At three oc'ock in the af-
ternoon, DR.. j. P. jenkins, of Water
town, will deliver a missionary SER
mon. At four o'clock, Edward Thomp-
son of FIT. Worth, Texas, will talk on
the Sunday School League of America.
the evening session will be devoted TO
| conference claimants anniversary. J.
b. Kingsley, general secretary Of Chi.
/ cago,a and G.. T. 4,Otestein, con e ence
secretary, will speak.
Friday mornings session will be de-
voted to regular conference work and
the afternoon feature will be a tenn
perance anniversary; addresses to be
delivered by o. w. Butterield, chair
man and DR.. J.. S. HCagland of Mitchell.
The woman's foreign missionary So
ciety will observe its anniversary al
| three o'clock, with Mrs. j. p. jenkins.
| secretary; address by Homer G. Stuntz,
assistant missionary secretary. Friday
| evening will occur the educational an
| niversary, with G.. w. Rosenbury as
chairman. Addresses will be deliver
ed by DIR. Thomas Nicholson of New
| York City and Samuel S. Ke.f1ot,
| president of Dakota Wesleyan uni
versity, Mitchell.
BISHOP WILL PREACH.
Saturday forenoon will again be de-
voted to conference business and al
two O'Clock the Methodist brotherhood
anniversary will be held, with G. F.
| Hopkins of Aberdeen, as chairman
and an address by w. B. Patterson OF
New York City. Home missions and
church extension will be considered
with d. w. DECIDE as chairman, ana
an address by DIR. A. G. Kynett OF
philadelphia. In the evening, the
Freedman's Aid anniversary will be
| observed with Lewis L. Lane as chair
man, and an address by DR.. G. b.
Mason of Cincinnati.
Sunday morning, following a love
feast conducted by rev. Thos. SIM
mons, Bishop Nuelson will deliver the
sermon. At three O'Clock in the after
noon, ordination services will be held.
after which memorial services, with
]. r. Quincy as chairman, will take
place. In the evening will be held the
foreign missionary anniversary, with
HI. l.. Hastings as chairman; and an
address by DIR Homer G. Stuntz, ID. d..
of New York City. The pulpits Of tbs
various churches of the city will be
supplied Sunday by visiting Gle gy-