Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-09-22

tive session.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
The Conference listened to reports OF
committees on State of church and
committee, on State Of Country by W.
d. Cook. Also educational report by
Rev. Timothy Tyler and report Of Home
and Foreign Missionary by Secretary
w. H, Griffin of La Grange. Ill.
SATURDAY EVENING SESSION.
The evening session was given to the
reports of circuits and stations which
reports show that 5000 was turned into
the conference.
DR.. J. C. Caldwell, Secretary of AL
len Christian Endeavor society address
ed the conference in very strong and
able address. then the balance Of the
evening was given over to the Ladies
Missionary society at which time sev.
eral ladies and gentlemen addressed
the conference.
Sunday morning the ordination SER
mon was preached by Rev. H. E. Stew
art Of Chicago There were three dea-
cons and five elders ordained as follows;
Deacons -Reverends, A. L. johnson,
T. Coleman and r. T. Reid. Elders
Reverends. B. Lewis, P. S. Irwin, G.
w. Richardson, H, E. johnson, ], H.
Wood. In the afternoon the crowd be-
oming too large for the church, they
moved the meeting for the balance Of
Sunday services at the Y. M, C. "A. au.
ditorium. Here at So, o,clockA very able
sermon was delivered by Rev. j. C.
Caldwell, a general officer. In the
evening Rev. J. Brewer Of Duluth,
Mimi, preached the sermon.
MONDAY MORNING SESSION. .,.
The session was opened after which
the minutes of the previous session was
read and adopted. The financial com.
mittee made its report which was very
long. It showed that the conference
had received from all sources $8103. "a
of which a balance of 3011.47 was left
in the treasury. The conference expen.
ses in Des Moines was S310.25. The
conference decided to hold the 1912 an.
nual conference in Galesburg, III
This morning session did not stop fol
dinner then at about $3.50 o'clock. The
Bishop then announced that the work
was ended and the Journal read and
approved, Then the Bishop cleared the
deck to announce his appointments.
Then came the climax every ministe,
became somewhat nervous; even the
old veterans, and the highly educated
became somewhat decomposed in ap.
pearance and the good Bishop announc.
ed the following appointments:
DEs MONIES DISTRICT.
Presiding Elder, Rev. s. B. Moore;
st. Paul's, Des Moines, B. U. Taylor;
St. John Is, Buxton, D. E. Butler; OF:
tumwa, NJ. I. Gordon; Abba, R. B. Man
ly; Oskaloosa, J. H. Bell; Council
Bluffs, J. L. Wharton; Sioux City, J.
N. DoWden.
CIRCUITS. +.@ "
Clarinda and Bedford, j. P. Sims;
Yankton and Sioux Falls, N. R. Nor.
gan; Newton and Colfax, M. G. New.
man; Osceola, Charlton and Garden
Grove, A. G.. johnson; Centerville
and Mystic, --------; Boone and Mar.
shalltown, N. H. starks; Carney and
MISSIONS. 49, .
Buxton, R. L. Allen; East Des
Moines, N. B. Jones; Indianola
----;; --;; Green Ridge, 0. L. Coleman
Hawkeye, -----; Transferred, W.
A. Moore. 's..
KEoKUK DISTRICT.
Presiding Elder, Rev. I. N. Daniels;
Allen Chapel, Galesburg, T. Tyler; st.
Paul's, Moline, J. W. Saunders; Bethel,
Davenport, T.. B. Stovall; Cedar Rap.
ids, R. H. Hackley; St.. James, Mon.
mouth, w. A. Searcy; st. John IS, Bur.
lington, s. Mcdowell; Bethel, Clinton,
J. H. Feribee; Wayman Chapel, Rock
Island, w. W. Williams; Washington,
Iowa, D. w. Brown; Mt. Pleasant, Iowa,
R. Thomas; lincoln and Knoxville, H.
M. Rivers; Dubuque, VIM. B. Lowery;
Fort Madison, Major Peyton; Prince
ton and Kewanee, ILL.,, B. F. Hubbard;
;Muscatine and Iowa City, B.. R. Penn ;
Fairfield and Keosauqua, I. w. Bess.
.y CHICAGO DISTRICT.
Presiding Elder, Rev. Timothy Reave,
D. D.; Quinn Chapel, Chicago, Rev. w.
D. Cooke, D. d.; Bethel Church, Chi
cago, Rev D. P. Roberts, M. DIST.
stepen's, Chicago, Rev. R. E. Wilson;
Institutional, Chicago, Rev. A. J. Carey,
D. D.; Wyman Chapel, Chicago, H. E.
Stewart, D. D.; St. Marys Church, Chi
cago, Rev. James Higgins; st. John IS
Church; Chicago, Rev. S. L. Brit !;
Bethel Church. Aurora, Rev, J. s,