The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1910-09-15
Conference REPORT CONTINUED
Many Sermons and Lectures
Mark the Week a. an Event
full One For Philip
(By Rev. Edmund G. Thickstum

MISSION that we printed last week,
ending with the morning session of
last Thursday, we must add the
following:
At the regular business sessions,
reports from the superintendents
and pastors were made. These in
many cases were deeply interesting,
and, according to Bishop Mcintyre,
were the finest things in the Con-
ference.
The reports of the many CON-.
mittees and of the statistical secre-
tary and treasurer showed commen-
dable gains on all material and
financial lines, but there was a
lamentable falling off of increase
in conversions. This called forth
a searching but tender rebuke from
the Bishop. Last year the reports
showed over 400 gain in member
ship, this year the gain is only 161.
A committee on aggressive evan
gelism was created, and Rev. X.
G. McReynolds was appointed Mis-
sion evangelist.
Very outspoken de liverances
were made on the subject of sinful
amusements as the church UNDER
stands them, in the report of a
special committee on the state of
the church.
In the afternoons the business
was mostly confined to the bishops
cabinet which met privately. At
the same hours there were address
es at the various anniversaries, and
also in the evenings. Among these
highly instructive addresses wenote
the missionary sermon by K. G.
McReynolds; the speech on Freed
mans Aid by T. B. Wilbur; the
address on China, by Miss Jennie
Hughes, missionary to China on
leave; on Home Missions by G. T.
Notson; on Women's home by Miss
Nellie Snyder; and on Education
by DIR. Kerfoot.
On Sunday morning at 9 o'clock,
the Conference love feast was held.
j. c. Baker led, and the greater
part of the audience participated in
the stirring exercises.
At II o'clock the Bishop preach
ed on the Fatherhood of God. 1t
was a sermon of great logical acute
ness and of tremendous spiritual
power. He led his audience past
the four witnesses, Reason, Moses,
Agnasticism and Saton to the per-
feet witness Christ. The first re-
vealed God as Creator; the second
as King; the third as "a cypher
with the rim rubbed out;" the
fourth as a tyrant. Christ reveals
him as Our Father" This SER
mon will be one of the notable
events in the history of Philip for
many years to come.
/ In the afternoon at 2 o'clock an
evangelistic service was led by the
new Conference Evangelist, r. G.
McReynolds. The money for a
conference tent, in which to hold
revival services, was raised.
At 8 o'clock, Bishop Mcintyre
ordained G. w. Prather, L. I.
Mcdonald and j. G. Baker, to the
office of Deacon. The impressive
ceremonies were witnessed by an
other full house. Then G. f.
Clein, E. O. Machamer and Ed
mund Thickstun received the Office
of Elder, the Drs. Deliver and
J Royse assisting the bishop in the
, imposition of hands.
il A street meeting on Saturday
night and another on Sunday night
tested the revival spirit of the con-
| ference. II is said that the evan.
], | gelical pulse Of the conferences
} steadily arose from the FIRST. The
old time revival power Of the con-
) ferences was again realized in :
lsveatef deeres than y eenmop e