The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-04-29
SPLENDID PROGRESS
SHOWN IN REPORTS
TO THE CONFERENCE
COLUMBIA DISTRICT MEETING
COMES TO CLOSE AT CEDAR
GROVE.
DELEGATES ARE ELECTED
2. N. Massey, Howard Ranek, Of Giles
County, and John p. Graham and
]. |. FinneY Of Maury, Are Chosen
to Attend Annual Conference.
lFrom Friday's paiIy.l

annual conference which convene
next October to Clarksville the Co
lumbia District Conference of the
Methodist church came to a close a
Cedar Grove, in Giles county yester
day afternoon
The conference was one Of the best
attended and most profitable ever held
in this district. There were fifty lay
delegates present and every preacher
In the district attended. The reports
Of the preachers indicated progress in
almost all lines of church endeavor.
The following delegates were elect
cd to the annual conference at Clarks
vile: Howard Ranck, of Cedar Grove;
F. M. Massey, of Pulaski; John p. Ora
ham, of Culleoka; and ]. /. Finney,
Of Columbia. These alternates we're
elected; John H. Stephenson and w.
N. CTdlks u lilies County,
This being the last district confer
ence of the presiding elder, Rev. T. A.
Kerley's quadrenium, resolutions ex-
pressing appreciation of his work in
the district and pledging the interest
and the prayers of the conference in
his behalf wherever he might be sent
were unanimously adopted by rising
vote Mr.. Kerley made most feel
ing response.
The conference went on record as
endorsing the present temperance
laws and being opposed to any back
ward step on this question. The re-
port of the committee on education
shows marked progress in the bounds
of the district. (This report will APP
pear hereafter in The Herald.)
Rev. A. E. Clement, commissioners
for the Galloway Memorial Hospital,
appeared before the conference in be-
half of that institution and substan-
tial collection was taken making the
amount subscribed by the Columbia
district to date over $1,000.
j. l. Ffnney submitted the following
report from the committee on mis-
sions, which at the request of mem
bers of the conference, is published
below:
It should be a source of gratifica-
tion to every member of this confer
ence and to every Methodist in the
Columbia District that there is not q
charge within the bounds of the dis
trict that receives any support from
the Missionary Board and this is the
only district in the Old Jerusalem
District of which this can be said. |
Two missions are the special objects I
of the prayers and efforts of our dis
trict and during the past year God
has prospered and blessed both these
works. Glorious reports of an abun-
dant harvest came from the Chestnut
Grove Mission. During the past year
there have been $50 conversions and
a net addition to the church of 116
members We cherish the hope that
the day is not far distant when this
work will be altogether self-sustaining,
and there will not be mission in the
confines of the district. y
The mission work sustained by the
district in the Isle of Pines under the
and supervision of Brother
Redmond has more than met the most
sanguine expectations of our church 4
In difficult and exacting situation
Brother Redmond has demonstrated
capacity for organization and a devo- q
ion to his high calling worthy of the a
highest commentator. We rejoice at
he success of his past efforts and
ray Gods richest blessings upon him
md upon those under his charge.
We earnestly recommend renewal l
I the appropriations heretofore made
" this conference for the Chestnut
lr0ve and Isle OF Pines MISSIONS ana
ye urge that there be the most earnest
nd active cooperation between pas =
ors and the leading laymen OF their
espective charges in obtaining the
lnds for these special missions and
4 this connection we deem 1t alto v
ether Appropriate that we recommend
nat our pastors shall utilize the con-
ecrated laymen of the churches as
,uch as possible in presenting the
Missionary interests Of the connec- II
on. We believe there should be a
oser and more vital relationship be-
veen the laymen and ministry in
i that Affects the material interests II
the church and especially the great
visionary efforts Of our denomina-
Dn.