The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-11-02
DR.. Q, Dale King Does Fine
Church Work in This
State.
CHURCH IS HoNoRED
AS Having One Of the Elected
Members OF Next Cen
eral Conference.

PSIboudl representative
at the General Conference OF tho
Methodist Episcopal church next
year will be quite distinction for
the First Methodist Episcopal church
of this city. The conferences will
open in Minneapolis next May and be
in session the entire month. 1t is
the greatest religious law-making
body in the world and its members
will be from all parts of the globe.
numbering from 500 to 1000. The
representative from the Clarksburg
church Will be the Rev. Dr. o. Dale
King, the church's new pastor. The
West Virginia Confidence in recent
annual meeting honored the Clarks-
burg church by not only sending DR..
King to its pulpit but also by electing
him as member of the General Con-
ference. DR., King was elected from
the passionate, peculiar distinction
and is one of six ministers Of the
denomination in this state chosen as
members OF the General Conference.
Most gratifying to the Methodists
of West Virginia has DR.. Kings sue
cess as minister been and it is
worthy of mention that several state
newspapers recently commented on
his pastoral work in the highest
terms. Such recognition on the part
of the secular press indicates that
DR.. King has made an indelible i'm
print on the development of the state
along practical religious lines anG
that he is ever forging ahead for the
better and higher ideals in modern
American life.
Dr. Kings ministerial activity has
been great, marvelously SO for one
not more than half way to the me-
ridian of life. He was graduated from
the Illinois Wesleyan University al
Bloomington, ILL.,, one of the leading
Methodist educational institutions IL
the country, taking the degree OF
bachelor of arts Splendidly equipped
fr life's work, he was not conten.
until after he had taken a POSTCARD.
uate course at the same institution
the degrees of master Of arts and
doctor of philosophy being well
earned by him. And year ago last
June at the annual commencement,
the degree of which he feels most
proud doctor of divinity, was con-
ferred upon him by his alma mater,
DR.. King is not unknown in this
section of the state by any means nor
is he known only by the reputation
he made at Charleston. He used to
preach in this part of the state. He
was pastor of the Bridgeport church
OF his denomination two years
then two years of the West
Milford church, and following
this he was stationed at Fairmont
four years Next he served two year,
as pastor at Elkins, and going to
Charleston, he was the popular pas
ter of the First church in the capital
city of the state four years, serving
UP to the date OF the recent annual
meeting of the conference, when he
was assigned to the Clarksburg pull
pit,
Especially notable was DR.. Kings
work at Charleston. During his pas.
torate there his congregation erected
one OF the most magnificent edifces
ii West Virginia. the lot and buildins
costing $125,OOO, and the fact tina,
half of. the present membership O
the church came into the church
during his pastorate is a tribute ia
more eloquent than, mans pen car
give
Dr. King was the pastor of tn
governor of the state before comm
to Clarksburg as Governor Glasscoc
worships in the First church a
Charleston. The Charleston church !
doubtless proud to have the governo
of the state as one of its communl
cants, and while the Clarksburl
church does not have that pleasure
1T takes delight in having a governor
former pastor as its minister.
The successful career of DR.. KIM
proves that he is an earnest, Jealous
effective churchman and only to know
him is to admire his genial person
ality. He is splendidly fitted both b
nature and training for the work t
which he was called, and it may b
stated as a certainty that his pas
torate of the Clarksburg church Wi
be a constant expansion and exten
sion of life work SO well done al
ready.
HUNTINGTON, Oct. 26-Tor