The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-16
Ministers of Conference Are
Highly Gratified by Recep-
tion Given Them
PASS RESOLUTIONS OF THANKS |
Conference is Declared to be the Most
Successful Gathering of the Minis
tiers Ever Held in the wisconsin
Conference

Ministers of the WISCONSIN, Confer
ence left Kenosha for their homes last
night and today all of them are full
of praise for the hospitality shown to
them by the city of Kenosha. The
conference just closed was the most
successful ever held by the Methodist
church in Kenosha and the local com
mittee in charge and DIR. S. G. Bron
son, the retiring pastor of Park Avenue
church are entitled to the highest
praise for the manner in which the
conference was handled. To DIR.
Bronson the greatest credit is due. He
was simply supply at the Kerosha
church knowing full we'll that he would
not be the pastor of the church after
the conference, but he attended to
every detail with as much care as he
could possibly have given had he>been
seeking appointment from the confer
once. This action of DR.. Bronson has
laid upon the church at Kenosha a
large debt of gratitude. While DR..
Bronson will soon return to his work
at Garrett Seminary he will ever re-
main one of the best friends of Park
Avenue Church and he will always be
welcome visitor to the city.
The Wisconsin Conference voiced it's
appreciation of the entertainment it
received at Kenosha in the following
resolutions.
In view of the fact that the sixty
third session of our annual conference
is fast drawing to close, your COM
mittee on resolutions offers the fol
lowing:
Be it Resolved:
That we express our great apprecia
ton, first, for the fine entertainment
given us by the pastor, Rev. DR.. Bron-
son, and the church at Kenosha;
second, for the automobile rides
around the city; and third, for the
beautiful decoration Of the church
We also deeply sympathize with this
church, in the keen loss sustained
through the translation Of their form
er beloved pastor, w. w. Stevens His
life was such a benediction and his
influence was SO mighty for good that
both as conference and church we are
one in this sense Of loss.
That we felicitate the local press up
on the enterprise shown in giving our
people throughout our boundaries the
news of the sessions, and thank them
for their sympathetic treatment of
every item.
We have greatly enjoyed the splen-
did address of Mrs. Lamoreaux on the
religious training of the child; also
the fine representations of Biblical
truth by Miss Ben Oiel, and commend
with much heartiness these elect ladies
to any church within the bounds of the
conference.
That we make acknowledgment of
the services of our faithful and far
sighted committee on Sunday schools,
confident that time will only add to
our obligations to them and compen-
safe them for their labors.
That we congratulate the Laymen s
ence upon their successful Inauguration
and welcome them to distinctively
useful field of service, bidding them
God S speed in the noble work they
have undertaken for the emeritus
pastorate.
The announcement Of Bishop Nc
Dowell s visit to us for the first time
excited keen anticipations of the skin
of his administration and the blessings
of his counsels. The event now clos
ing has amply justified our expecta
tions.
He has shown us our shortcomings
with touching tenderness. He has
spurred us to plain dealing with our
selves and heroic determinations for
the future The force of his exhorta-
tion and example will, by the help of
God, not fail of marked results in our
labor. He has brought to the judg
ment'' and he has put some of us 'sup-
on a second probation We want
him to judge how we measure up and
urge, as. strongly as Methodist confer
ences permit, that he be allotted the
presidency of the Wisconsin Confer
ence next year.
Herbert Wiltsee,
Chairman
A. Fl. Christensen,
James Churm.
Thomas Austin,
L. E. Shanks.
There has been general shake up
of the ministers in Kenosha county as
c IL. Al