Williams news., 1910-10-15
METHODISTS CLOSE
 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

morning at 9:3O with Bishop Hughes in the chair and the morn. ing session was taken up by the regular routine business pertaining to the work of the church in Ariz. In the afternoon the Woman's Home Missionary Society held their annual meeting presided over by Mrs. s. J. Rogers of Phoenix, and helpful addresses were deliv- cred by Mir. E. S. Miller and Mrs. T. N. Reynolds of Pasadena, Cali fornia. The evening session was devoted to the anniversary of the Board of Home Missions and Church Extension: and was ad- dressed to the delight of all by Rev. F. D. Bovard of San Francisco, and MT. Whitfield of Phoenix.
 The Saturday morning session opened with most interesting and powerful lecture by Dr. Hill of the University of Southern California. on the subject of the churches. At 9:3O Bishop Hughes took the chair and the rest of the forenoon was given to business and to addresses by various visitors and prominent church workers. Among the speak CTS of the morning was Mrs Lucy Rider Myer Saunder and superin tendent of the Deaconess Associa. ton of Chicago. Dr. Winans of Los Angeles addressed the confer. ence on the work of the Sunday school union, and Frank c. Reid of the Presbyterian church, ad dressed the conference, explaining plan for an enter. denominational university to be located at Las Vegas, New Mexico. The morning session closed with spirited ad- dress by Dr. Burke, of Phoenix, on the work of the anti saloon league
 Saturday afternoon was devoted entirely to business. The most oi the time being taken up in hearing reports from the various confer. ence committees and was made
 interesting by the discussion occa' sioned by the report of the commit
 tee on Sunday schools, which al
 legged that the articles written by
 the editor of the Sunday Schoo
 Literature. on child conversion and
 published in the Sunday Schoo
 Teachers Journal was not in keep
 ing with Article VII Articles o
 Religion of the Methodist Disci
 pline,
 The evening session was mos
 interesting one, it being the ani
 versary of the Board of Foreigr
 Missions. The speaker was th'
 Rev. Isaac T. Headland of China
 whose wife was the interpreter ant
 medical adviser to the Empress
 Dowager of China. His address
 was full of information on condi
 tions in China, and was greatl. enjoyed by the large audienc present.
 Sunday was the last day of wha |. all the ministers said was the bes conference ever held in the histor, of the church in Arizona, and wa greatly enjoyed because of the kin' : and courteous treatment accorde, ) them by the generous hearte'
 people of Williams
 Bishop Hughes preached uni que and interesting sermon fron the text "And Christ also love : the church." In the afternoon l Ordinations, Deaconess Consecratiol , and Baptismal services were con t ducted by the Bishop, and in tn t evening the anniversary of tn , Board of Sunday Schools was held presided over by Rev. E. T. Rale f and addresses were delivered b
 Rev. Whitfield, Bovard, MT. Apple v ton and Bishop Hughes, afte r which the Bishop read the appoint
 ments to the various churches, : Following is a list of appoint @ ments for the coming year: e s. J. Rogers. Superintendent.
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