Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-11-24
NEGRO BISHOP
 MAKES APPEAL Tells Negro Ministers At Conference That Greed for
 Gain Has No Place
IN THE CHURCH WORK
Two Hundred Ministers titend Meet. ine-lf0rking For tlIe Pine
 Bluff School.

A strong gospel sermon by Rev. W. M. Cato, from Richmond, Ark. and the welcome address by Dr. G. W. ; Wall, Of Pine Bluff, on behalf of the negro citizens, and the response by Rev. pr. I. M. Reed, of Hot Springs, were the features of last night ses- ; sion of the Little Rock conference of the Colored Methodist Episcopal , church. which on Wednesday morn;n ng began it's twenty-first annual session in the New Hope c. M. E. church at Twelfth avenue and Georgia street. The conference is presided over by Bishop Elias Cottrell of Holly Springs, Miss. one of the most prom inent church and educational workers in the south, and brings to Pine Bluff about 200 prominent negro miu- isters and laymen iron, the Southern half of the state Besides the mem- bers of the conference lHill also come the various general officers of the church, including the Rev, A. R. Cal hOun, of this city, who at the recent general conference in Augusta, Ga, vas elected general secretary of the EpWorth League. Rev. E. ". Nose ley D. D., of Jackson, Tenn, general secretary of the church extension board. is already attending the con- ference.
 Rev. Cato's sermon was based on the text: Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel. His sermon was strong and impassioned plea to the gospel ministers to follow up his calling consistently. We are told to go to all the world and preach, he said, "If we go We will be pro- tected by the Holy Ghost, just as the nation is protected by the Army on the frontier. It is not necessary to think of self Simply go. If there were no Holy Ghosts, Christ himself would be ample projection.
 After the sermon and fervent prayer by Dr. J. M. Reed, Bishop Cot trell extended an invitation to any persons present to unite with the church.
 The conference was opened We'd nesday morning with impressive re- 'gious exercises. Bishop Cottrell and the five presiding elders leading in administration of the holy sacra- ment. In his opening address Bi- shop Cottrell made strong plea for higher motives in church work and declared that greed for gain should have no place II church work.
 c. s. Lyus was elected secretary; J. M. Reed assistant, and w. M. Will i liamson, statistician, and all the pre- liminary work incident to the or ganization of the conference conclud- ed.
 The session opens today at o'clock and the reports of the individual ministers will be taken up immediate ly after the announcement of com- mittee assignments by the presiding elders. Rev. T. Suttles will preach the Thanksgiving sermon this morn ing. A spec al meeting will be held 1 tonight in the city ranch in the in- terest of education work, under the au- spices of the conference, at which Bi- i shop Cottrell will make the princi- pal address.
 It will be remembered that only a ! few months ago the Pine Bluff
 Board of Trade presented to tn connection 100 acres of land for a school site. Two hundred additional acres of contiguous territory |!
 been puhchased by the two Arkansas conferences. This conference is mak- ing a special effort to raise sufficie1
 money for that purpose. White pee
 pie are given 8 special invitation tt hear Bishop Cottrell tonight. | --------