The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-28
METHOO|STS WILL
HOLD CONFERENCE
Eightieth Annual Session
Will Be Held at Bloom
ington Next Month.

BLOOMINGTON. Ind. Aug. 2s.-
Bishop william F. Mcdowell OF Chi
cago. d. D., LII. D., former Vice Pres
ident of the United States Charles w.
Fairbanks, former Governor J. Frank
! Hanly and q number of other notable
speakers are on the program for the
eightieth annual session of the In
diana Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church, which meets In the
new $105, 200 Methodist Church in this
city from Tuesday. Sept. IL to Mon
day. Sept. Is.
DIR. J. w. Jones, pastor OF the First
Methodist church of this city, has just
announced the completed program for
the coming meeting which will be as
follows:
Tuesday.
7:30-Public reception, the Rev. J.
w. Jones, the pastor, presiding. Pray
er by the Rev. l.. F. Dimmitt, d. d.,
district superintendent. Addresses of
welcome: On behalf OF the city, Judge
James B. Wilson; on behalf OF Ind.
lana University, President William
Lowe Bryan; on behalf of the sister
| churches, the Rev. T. Fl. Hanna, ID.
D.; on behalf OF the local Methodist
ichurches, Judge E. G. Hogate. Ad-
kdress OF response; Bishop William F.
Mcdowell. d. D., LII. d. Conference
sermon by the Rev. c. D. Wilson; al
Iternate, the Rev. J. F. OHaver. I'm.
I mediately following this service there
will be an informal reception in the
parlors OF the church.
! Wednesday.
S:3O-Conference session. Bishop
w. F. Mcdowell. presiding. admins
tering the holy communion. Organiza-
ton OF conference and regular bust
ness session.
4 2:00-Epworth League anniversary
! Chairman, the Rev. J. w. Larmore.
Address by the Rev. Paul c. Curnick,
d. D.. and the Rev. J. H. Doddridge.
of the Epworth League.
! 7:15-The Rev. Henry A. King. D.
D., presiding. Lecture by the Rev.
! Marcus d Buell., ID. d. ILL., d. Of Bos-
ton. Mass. Subject: THE Epistle Of
Philemon-The Incompatible Human
Document-Christ in the Home"
8:O0-Anniversary of the Foreign
Rev. II. c. Clippinger. d. D.; speaker.
the Rev. Homer C. Stuntz, D. D., LII.
D.. corresponding secretary.
Thursday.
8:30-Conference session. with Bish-
op Mcdowell presiding.
2:00-Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society anniversary. Chairman, Mrs
Charles r. Asbury; speaker. Mrs. Will
liam Boyd. president Of the Northwest
ern branch.
3:15-Anti-Saloon League and con-
ference of temperance societies.
mass-meeting. Chairman, the Rev.
James s. Washburn; prayer, the Rev.
w. B. Farmer Addresses by j. Frank
Hanly, former Governor OF Indiana.
and the Rev. Joshua Stansfield, d. d.
LII ID.
1880 to 5:3O-Reception to all visit
Ing ladies by the ladies' of the church
at the parsonage at Ala South College
avenue
7:15-Lecture by the Rev. Marcus
ID. Buell., u. d.. Subject: "PauPs Per-
sonal and Scriptural Arguments for
His Gentle Gospel"
S:00-Popular lecture by the Rev.
Charles Bayard Mitchell, d. D. LII. D.
Of Chicago. Subject, "The Original
Idiot"
Friday.
S:30-Conference session, with
Bishop Mcdowell presiding.
2:00--Anniversary Of the Preachers
Aid and Veterans Home Societies. Ad-
dress by the Hon. Charles w. Fair
banks, former Vice President of the
United States. The Rev. James A. Sar-