The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-09
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE.
Sixth Annual Meeting Of the Aber-
deem District Methodist Minister'S.


deem District Methodist Ministers.
A Fine Hody of Men, who Report a
Pleasant and Profitable Gathering.
We are indebted to Rev. A. S.
Hart, the secretary of the dis.
trict conference of Methodist
ministers which was held in this
city Wednesday and Thursday of
ehis week, for the following out
line of the proceedings;
|. An enthusiastic aud in every
way inspiring conference of the
ministers of the Aberdeen dis
trict of the Methodist Episcopal
church of South Dakota has been
held in this city on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday of this
week From the very impress.
sive sermon of Rev. j. w. Tay-
Tor on Tuesday evening, to the
closing papers and discussions
yesterday afternoon, the ses
sion has been of marked power
and inspiration; twenty one min
listers and several laymen from
different parts of the district
we're present.
The Wednesday morning ses.
sion opened with a devotional
service led by Thos. Davies, of
Westport. This was followed by
a business session, in which
James S. Hardness, the district
superintendent, presided.
One item of business which
will be of interest to the
churches of this part of the
state was the invitation extend
ed by J. W. Taylor and accepted
by the con erence, to have the
Epworth League young people of
this district meet with his local
chapter in Aberdeen, in con-
ventlon in which Dr.. Ed ward M.
Randall, of Chicago is expected
to speak.
Concerning the papers read at
this conference it will be impos-
sible to present them ia full.
They were generally regarded to
be ol~high mel it, and on subjects
which are supposed to command
the interest of the churches.
A very interesting and we'll
written paper by H. J. Ozanne.
of Cress bard, on The Child
and Church." emphasized the
Importance of the work with the
children in building the future
church
J. A. Wiley read paper on
the primary Object of Preach
ing, and showed that the first
concern of preaching Is the
bringing of men to Jesus Christ,
and the saving Of men in Christ.
At the afternoon session James
S. Harkness. district superin-
tendent, read finely thought
out paper on Pastoral Evangel
ism This was followed by O.
M. Hyde's paper on "The Boy
Problem.' and this paper was
worthy of special mention be-
cause of the thorough manner
IN which it analyzed this prob.
lem, and because of the thor.
oughly sympathetic manner ia
which it was written.
J. w. Taylor of Aberdeen, by
requst Of the conference, gave
an explanation of "Family Day
an institution which original
ed in his own ministry and ob-
served by him for the past
twelve years.
A very impressive paper on
The Church and the Social
Problem,' was presented by Err
nest Holgate.
The timely and interesting
topic, "The Graded Lessons in
the Sunday School," was we'll
taken up by T. G. Morrison Of
Andover.
w. r Crist, of Webster,
spoke very effectively on Pas
tors and Benevolences of the
Church. >
On Wednesday evening Pres
ident 8. F. Kerfoot of Dakota
Wesleyan university at Mitchell,
gave a splendid address on
christian Education"
Following are the ministers in
attendance:
James s. Harkness, district super
intendent of A berdeen.
J. w. Tayler, Aberdeen
F. =. Morrison, Andover
r. K. Vernon, Ashton
O. M. Hyde, Big Stone
Harry Lee, Bath
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