The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-10
BISHOP WARREN
IN SALT LAKE
Will Preside Over the Annual
Conference of Methodist
Episcopal Church.
20 MAKE ASSIGNMENTS
FOR THE COMING YEAR
Rev. Francis Burgette Short to
Remain in Charge of the
PastOrate Here.


,.r.,t, Park Colo the venerable Meth"
odIst Episcopal divine who VIII presioe
nj tho annual conference OF the Meth-
odjHt EpIscopal church of the Utah mis-
sion which begins this forenoon. arrived
In Salt Lake yesterday and is a guest at
the Hotel Utah.
D.sn,te his eighty years. flfty-siN OF
which have been spent IN the ministry
Risbon Warren is I'm excellent health ana
has the energy and good Spirits OF '''u"
half his age. s,. ,.,,o yos-
terday afternoon Bishop Warren was
taken on an automobile trip about tne
city. It has been several xedrs stao and
he was greatly impressed WIN recen. r
public improvements. He was cspcG,aiS
pleased with the paving In Salt af,nr, l-aTe.
You have so much and such eScellcht
cities may we'll be envious OF you.
don't know that have ever seen i,%, DALI .,,.
Impressed with the streets which were
so beautifully parked In the center
Bishop Warren said that he did not an,
tIcipate any variation from the usual
rontine of conference business at the
present session OF the Utah conference;
Methodist Glergymen from ,snn n paFIs Warreo oi
The work of the missions viii be dis
cussed and the assignments for me com
ing year made,
in Utah were in excellent condition nu"
merlcaiiy and financially and that sub
stantial growth during the past year was
shown.
Church Growing Rapidly.
THE Methodist church throughout the
world is growing rapidly" said Bishop
Warren. I'VE have churches and mis-
sons in every country on the SioDe es-
ship of 2.500.o00 and this is being IN
creased annually by thousands In our
mission fields. In our foreign missions
especially in the far east, our growth Is
phenomenal Our church spends large
amount each year in extending our for
eign missionary work. Our members con
buildings. To care for our growing num-
hers and to supply the places OF those
who have grown too old to continue IN
active service 1000 new ministers are
needed annually
In connection with his religious duties
Bishop Warren has travelled around the
world several times and has visited al
most every country on the globe. Bishop
Warren was born in Williamsburg, Mass.
In 1881 and has been In the Methodist
ministry since 1s5b. He is a graduate OF
Wesleyan college and Dickinson college.
He was a member OF the Massachusetts
stale assembly In 1863.
Bishop Warren's diversion IS astron-
omy. He studies the stars as n recrea-
tion and in addition To his religious work
has written several books and short ar
iicies on astronomy. Bishop Warren Will
remain In Salt Lake unit! Monday. when
he Will return to his summer home in
Santa Cruz, Cal.
Dr. Short to Remain.
II is probable that there will be no
important changes In the assignments of
the pastors in the Utah mission for the
ensuing year. The members Of the con-
Grcgation of the First Methodist church
have asked that DR.. Francis Burgette
church for the past four years. be re-
assigned TO the same church. and II is
considered certain that he will remain.
During the time that DR., Short has been
pastor OF the First Methodist church the
members Of the congregation have re-
duccd the church debt from s22.5oo to
debt at present. It has been reported. Is
$3.50. but more than $4,000 OF this amount
has been subscribed 10 be paid before
The conference will open this morning
at tho First Methodist church with the
administration Of the sacrament at 8
VIII then make the opening address. At
2 o'clock this afternoon the annual meet
Ing OF the iWomen's Missionary society
Will be held. In the evening al s O'Clock
at the First Methodist church Bishop
Warren will lecture. taking for his sub
ject Forces in a Sunbeam"
fridays session will open at 9 o'clock
Ferris on The Place OF Christian Edu
cation In Mission Work" The afternoon
session will be devoted 10 conference
j.
feiter. Methodist Episcopal missionary
in the Orient. will lecture
j: ii. Irvine will open Saturday morn
ing's session with an address on Inter
cessory Prayer In Church Growth and
Evangelism. The programme for the re-
nainder Of the day Is LEFT open. but 1t is
probable that Dr. Charles NJ. Boswell will
be The speaker for the evening.
The Rev Z. E. Mork will lead In the
annual love feast on Sunday morning at
10 o'clock. and at 1o:45 Bishop Warren
q Int of Irctb f,ty@
odist church, delivering the annual con-
ference sermon. AT o'clock the Ep-
worth worth League service will be held. at
o'clock Or. Charles n Boswell will
speak on home missions and church cx-
tension work with the announcement
by Bishop Warren the conference Will
come 10 close.
Officers Selected.
Announcement was made yesterday of
the officers and committees Of the First
Methodist Episcopal church OF Salt Lake
Trustees-W. w. Armstrong. Newell
Beeman. w. II, Dayton, r. L. Evans, Fred
Eberhardt P. A.; Dix. J. c. Mccain. j.
Stewards-Mrs: Annie Beeman. Mrs.
Ida Jacobs. Judge George r. Goodwin.
Alex e: Eoerhardt, o. A Honnold r. F.
grist, A. s. Peters. II, H. Rowe. B. w.
Stearns. John II, Pape.
Finance committee-.E. F. Mills. a Z.
Isbcrhardt G.. F. Goodwin. n. II. Rowe
John II. Pape
Estimating salary-E. o. Lee. a. E
Eberhardt. f. r. Mills. J. r. Foulks
Missions-Professor Stearns Mrs. E, c.
Post. Mrs. j, B. Davis, Mrs. Emil Josi,
Mrs. McEuen
Music-Judge Goodwin. Mrs. Jacobs
Brothers kibbcy and Evans.
Ushers[Morning. E. F. Mills; evening,
Z, r. Fisk.
House committee-Mess-s. Eberhardt
F Morningstar and Peters.
Sunday school-Profcssor Ketchum. =.
w, McEuen Professor Vorhics. Mrs. Peak
and Miss May Moorehead.
Education-Mrs. Fritz. Misses Bond
Burch, Lake and Arnold.
Conference clalmant-Messrs. Morning
star. Dayton and Lee
Freedmen's aid-Dr. Wherry, o. ], Yost
Mrs. Alcott. Rose korous.
Church extension--Mrs. Bowdle. Miss
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