The Colorado statesman., 1914-09-26
THE COLORADO ANNUAL CON-
FERENCE HOLDS THIRTY
NINTH SESSION AT COLO
RADIO SPRINGS.
Bishop H. B. Parks of Chicago Pre-

Colorado Annual Conference held in
Colorado Springs last week was, in
many respects, a remarkable gather
ing. First of all, Bishop II. B. Parks,
who presided over the sessions, was
never in finer spirit and he never
greeted the brethren in a more cordial
manner than on this occasion. His
manifest determination to uphold
high moral standard for our ministry,
even when it meant personal sacrifice
to himself, was beautiful and greatly
| endeared him to his brethren.
Our local churches made splendid
reports, Shorter Chapel reporting over
, one hundred accessions and S460 dol
lar money; and Campbell Chapel, over
one hundred accesSions and $164.50
dollar money. Shorter not only re-
ported the largest amount of any
| church in the conference, but her in
Fcrease over all previous reports was
also the largest, being $40. Reports
from charges throughout the confer
ence, with few exceptions, showed
that the work is enjoying healthy
| growth.
The entertainment of the confer
ence was all that could be hoped for.
Rev. Spurgeon d. Davis and the Peo-
pies NJ E. church and the members
d. A. Graham and Payne Chapel in
seeing that every comfort was pro-
vided for visitors. The Peoples
church went so far as to serve din
ner Friday for the entire conference.
| A strong spirit of brotherhood was
manifested by members of the strong
er race also. The mayor of the city
addressed the conference in terms
which spelled WELCOME, and the
pastor of the First Methodist church
not only welcomed this body to the
city, but also invited the conference
to supply his pulpit on the Sabbath,
which invitation was accepted.
The opening sermon was by the
Rev. d. R. Jones of Albuquerque, and
the ordination by Rev. John l.. Will
Jams. Prof John R. Hawkins of
Washington, D. c., delivered the edu-
cational address. Revs. ]. w. Warren
and W. H. Thomas also preached
splendid sermons
Revs. Robert L. Pope and James
Washington were returned to our To-
cal pastorates, and Rev. A. M. Ward
was returned to the district, for
which Denver is justly proud.
The number of ministers trans
ferred both into and out of the con-
ference was unusually large this year.
Those going out were: Revs. A. H.
Brooks, to the Kansas conference; j.
H. Brown, to the Oklahoma confer
ence: s. D. Lowell, to the N. Missouri
conference; w. H. Thomas, to the
New York conference; d. A. Graham,
to Spokane, Wash, Puget Sound con-
ference: T. d. Cate, Anaconda, Mont,
Puget Sound conference, and ]. W.
Warren, to Kansas conference. Those
coming in were Revs. John l.. Will
Jams from Seattle, Wash; F. L. Dono
hoo from Spokane, Wash; VIM. Haw
kins from Joplin, Mo-; John Adams
from Butte. Mont; r. H. Herring and
s. E. Newell from California confer
ence.
Appointments.
Rocky Mountain District-Rev. A. M
Ward, Presiding Elder
Shorter Chapel, Denver-Rev. Rob
ert L. Pope.
Payne Chapel, Colorado Springs =
Rev. John L. Williams.
Campbell Chapel, Denver-Rev. Jas
Washington.
St. john Pueblo-To be supplied.
st. Paul, Pueblo-Rev. John Adams
Salt Lake City, Utah-Rev. ]. w
Fant.
Cheyenne, Wyo.-Rev. D. R. Jones
Boulder-Rev. ]. w. Rodgers.
Grand Junction and Glenwood -
Rev. 7. H. Pool.
Ogden, Utah-Rev. II. L. Margue.
Sheridan, Wyo.-Rev. S. r. McGin
mis-.
: Cripple Creek-Rev. w. E. Wash
ington.
Alliance and Crawford-Re Gram
Kirby. =
Rock Springs and Laramie-To bt
supplied.
Leadville and Salida-To be sup
piled.
Albuquerque District-Rev. F. L. Don
ihoo, Presiding Elder.
, Albuquerque, N. M.-Rev. VIM
Hawkins.
Phoenix, Ariz.-Rev. r. Fl. Herring
Trinidad-Rev. j. NJ. Endicott.
Tucson, Ariz.-Rev. j. c. Carter.
La Junta-To be supplied.
Clifton, Ariz.-Rev. w. l.. N. Baker
Ration and Rouse-Rev. w. I
Thornton.
Las Vegas and Santa Fe-Rev. F
o. Graves.
| Globe and MiamiARev A. C. Tay
lor.
Walsenburg-To be supplied.
Durango, Silverton and Alamosa -
Rev. S. f. Newell.
Prescott and Gallup-Rev. r. H. Nc
Claim.
Douglas and Bisbee-Rev. w. H