The Sentinel=record., 1912-12-07
BISHOP MAKES
 FIRST ADDRESS
LARGE AUDIENCE AT CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH HEARS
 PRESIDING OFFICER.
Day Sessions Are Marked With Cau- tions to Stick Close to Divine Ser vlce-And Use Individual
 Drinking Cups.

1 the Methodist Episcopal Church South,
 l,aow in s@sion here, made his first I open address to the conference last
 evening when ne delivered powerful
 sermon, the church ping filled to over
 flowing with members of the confer l ence and visitors.
 I A feature of the mornings session
 was the instructions given to the class
 of eight young ministers by Bishop
 l Cander He impressed on the young
 | divines the necessity of devoting their
 entire life and energy to their wo-K.
 He cautioned them against getting
 into any other occupation.
 | T once knew a minister" said
 l Bishop Candler, who sold salye. It
 was a mighty good salve, too; good
 for burns and a lot of other things,
 and this minister sold a great deal or
 lit; but the more salye be sold the -Ipoorer preacher he became. He
 couldn't preach and sell salve at tle
 same time, and while his salve cured
 lburns, it got him into hot wa5er. I eI would not go to hear Gabriel if
 he were selling trumpets. l think I that Gabriel should stick to his music. | want you young men to keep from
 dabtling in real estate, too. Stick to i ipreach.1g and you'll find you have
 your hands full, and you'll be inspireds
 vita your work. When you feel that
 preaching won't inspire you, get out of
 l the ministry"
 The report of the committee on pub
 lication was received and a resolution
 was introduced that the Western I Methodist, concern in Little Rock
 form a corporation aud that stock in T the same be sold throughout the state.
 Il The members of the Little Rock con
 l ference of the Methodist Episcopal
 church were treated to a surprise
 when Rev, Forney Hutchinson of this
 city read a communication from Ham1
 Williams, president of the Business
 Mems League requesting the confer
 ence to bend it's efforts to save lives
 as well as souls, after which, on be- half of Mir. Williams, the local divine presented each delegate with an in- i dividual drinking.
 Nov, while you are saving souls, assist in the great work of saving lives" wrote the local business man. Spread the gospel of sanitation and hygiene; clean bodies as well as clean souls; clean inside and out Please drink 10 the health of your respective organizations and request the mem. bers of the next legislature to give power to the Arkansas state board Of l health so that it. in turn. can protect the health of this great common i. wealth.
 The communication from the Rev. Mir Dickinson. pastor of the Third ] Marbndfcf nh Of fs ntt . asked for the prayers of the confer- ence. He is ill at the Ozark Sanitar ium. The Rev. D. D. Scott, presiding elder of this district, lead the prayer , in response.
 Rev. c. o. Steele, a superannua,ed Ipreacher of this city, suggested a vol untary offering in behalf of the Rev MT Dickinson The ready response was beautiful and extremely gener- 1 ous.
 il S. w. Radney of Des Arc, asked to be put on the superannuated list J. IS. Ellis, secretary of the publish ing committee gave an interesting re- port and suggested that the second 1 Sunday in January be set aside as church literature day
 Dr. John Anderson and Dr. James E Anderson, of the Western Methodist publication, both told something Of their work. The latter stated that it . was a scandal that so few church peo- pie subscribed to the church literature and that the time will soon De, if yea don't get under the church papers, when there would be no church. Dr. Gros Alexander, editor of the l. Methodist Review, in brief outline explained the range of topics his mag aZine covered
 The name of F. w Harvey, of Mag ] noia district, was called His presid- ing elder asked for a location for him. w. T, Manard, J. Abner Sage, A. D. Clanton, Edgar Seay, Don Holman and j. Snyder were advanced in their re- spectiye positions.
 i The following travelling preachers were elected elders: Phillips $. Her !! ron, John c. Williams, Fl Dorado cir. cult; John D. Rogers, Murfreesboro; J. E Waddell, Redfield Mission, and H. L. Simpson, Richmond circuit F. M. Armstrong, Camden circuit, will remain in the same class. Jas. Craw- ford surrendered his credentials Jas. F. Simmons of the Texarka1a district was elected a deacon
 The local preachers elected to eld- CTS were: James Rhodes, J. w. Mann, J. w. Williams, l.. c. Beasley. U. l.. Hoover, w. F. Rogers, G. F. Hughes, c. N. Baker, and H. H. Me Guire.
 At the afternoon services, Dr. Thomas Hearn, returned missionary from China, was the speaker. Rev. ". A Steele gave out the Eymn, From All the Dark Places in which the con- gregation joined. The prayer was made by Dr. Hearn. who afterward read from Isaiah, twelfth verse, of the twentieth chapter. He said: q am
 an Arkansan by birth, and came into i this conference at 19 years of age. I see men in the audience who were in strumental in getting me a license to preach the gospel. l belong to the old class of 1882. When I gave my heart to God, had a strong convic. ton that l ought to go into tae mis- sionary field | begun work amoag the negroes, teaching temperance and christianity, bur found that I could 1 get no encouragement from some of the people. l went to the allwise No l.