The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-04-08
N. f. CONFERENCE
Meeting to be Held in Sauk
Centre Next Week
The BRAINERD DISTRICT
Gathering to Last Three Days During
Which an Elaborate Program
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Is to be Given

The third district conference of the
Braine rd district of the Northern
Minnesota Conference will be held in
the Methodist Episcopal church of
Sauk Centre, April Is, IA, and Is. The
officers are: resident bishop, Rev.
Robert Mcintyre, D. d. st. Paul;
presiding bishop, Rev. Luther B. Will
son, d. D., l.. L. d., Philadelphia;
district supertendent. Rev. Edgar X.
Copper, Brainerd. The program COM
mittee consists of; Rev. Edgar 4:
Copper, Barinerd; Rev. w. H. Farrell,
Wadena; Rev. J. T. Brabner Smith,
Sauk Centre; Rev. ]. Fl. Dennlston,
Bemidji; Rev. E. r. Stevenson, Park
Rapids; Rev. Chas. Fox Davis, Brai-
nerd; Rev. r. G. Breen, Akeley.
The local entertainment committee
is composed of Rev. J. T. b. Smith,
E. E. Compton and DR.. H. f. Henne-
man.
The conference is to open on Tues
day afternoon at 3 o'clock with devo-
tional exercises led by Rev. j. j. Noe
of Minneapolis. Mr.. Noe, it will be re-
membered, supplied the pulpit here
while the former pastor, Rev. j. 5.
kingan, was in Scotland for his health
last year. Following the opening
exercises there will be business ses-
sion.
Tuesday evening at 7:3O Rev. w. A.
Mackenzie of Hewitt will lead the
devotional services. Rev. F. H. Och
ler, pastor of the Congregational
church, will then deliver an address
of welcome Oh behalf of the other
churches Of the city; Mrs. c. B. Bre-
count will follow with 9 welcoming
address from the local Methodist
church; and DR.. j. A. Dubois will de-
liver the welcome of the city OF Sank
Centre. Rev. E. r. Stevenson OF
Park Rapids will respond for the con-
ference. Rev. H. A. Cleaveland d. d.,
of Long Prairie, will then deliver an
address on "Wendell Phillips Oratory
and How He Came By IT,. A formal
reception will then be given the visi-
tors.
At $50 Wednesday morning Rev.
H. H. Parish of North Branch will
lead the devotional exercises, follow
ing which Rev. L. II. Koch will preach
the conference sermon. Following
this there will be a business session
during which committees will be ap-
pointed. At 10 O'Clock Rev. Chas.
Fox Davis of Brainerd will talk Oh
s'The Preacher and His Voice., to be
followed by discussion. pulpit Man.
nerisms that Mar the Effect Of Ser
mons" will be the subject of a talk
by Rev. John Blackhurst of Royalton.
A discussion followed by prayer and
benediction will close the morning
session.
Rev. r. w. Bell of Ronneby will
lead the afternoon devotional servic-
es. Following this there will,be four
fifteen minute papers on sermon
building, as follows: Selection OF
Texts, Rev, r. G. Green, Akeley;
Selection of Sermonic Material,
Rev. J. H. Denniston, Bemidji;
"Choice of Illustration, Rev. J. G.
Jewell, Little Falls; "Length of Ser
mons", Rev. ]. H. Keppel, Ogilvie.
Discussion will follow.
The event of the evening, and in
fact of the conference, will be lee
ture by Rev. Andrew Gillies d. d. of
Minneapolis, on "Jean Valjean".
DR.. Gillies is pastor of the Hennepin
Avenue Methodist church and is Sc
cond to none as a platform speaker.
This lecture will be a great treat.
Rev. NJ. A. Soper of Menagha will
lead the devotional services which pre-
cede DIR. Gillies' lecture.
The devotional services Thursday
morning will be led by Rev. G. o.
Parish of Cass Lake. Then will come
a business session and reports by the
individual preachers on the work in
their respective churches. Three if
teen minute papers on ''The New Era
in Sunday School Work" will be given
as follows: ''The Sunday School
and his Great OppOr-
tunity", ID. r. Bradford, Park Rapids;
''The Teacher who makes Application
of Modern Helps in Sunday School
Teaching, Rev. ]. j. Parish, Mora;
What Results Should we Expect from
the Work Done in the Sunday School,,
Rev. W.. G. .Follensbee, Motley. Rev.
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