The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-09-10
FREE METHODIST
CONFERENCE WAS
GREAT SUCCESS
CHURCH THROUGHOUT DISTRICT
sENEFtrEo sY MEETING.
S, S. SECRETARY is APPOINTED
Rev. w. J. TrimbIe Win Devote En-.
tire Time to Work-Foreign Mis-
sionary Society Raises $500
> for Coming Years Work.

The. Free Methodist conference and
camp meeting in Oskaloosa was a
most successful affair and greatly en-.
Jpyed by the many In attendance. The
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
of the conference held their anniver-
sary on Sunday afternoon and the
address was delivered by Rev. l.. w.
Baker, of Chicago, the missionary
evangelist of the church. At the
close OF the address some 5000 was
raised for missionary purposes. At
the evening service another large
crowd was present and during this
service Rev. F. Fl. Irwin, of Marion,
was ordained as travelling elder.
Bishop Pearce was assisted by Con-
ference Secretary Dickson, District
Elders Il. N. Miller and r. M. Fen
wick and the local pastor, ID. G. Eddy.
Closing Business Session.
Promptly at o'clock the confer.
ence convened for the closing bust
ness session and the devotional eXer.
cises were conducted by Rev. l.. Men
denhall, of Fairfield.
The matter of a Sunday school con-
ference secretary and evangelist was
taken up and Rev. W., j. Trimble was
selected for this work and arrange
ments made so that ne could devote
his whole time to this work. One
hundred and fifty dollars was appro.
priated out of the conference fund for
the use of the South Hill church at
Burlington.
Ministerial and lay delegates to the
next general conference were select.
as follows: The conference being
entitled to two of each class. The
ministerial delegates were Prof. A.
L. Mendenhall, of University Park,
and Rev. l.. Mendenhall, of Fairfield.
Reserves, District Elders Rev. r. NJ.
Fenwlck of Ottumwa and Rev. L. H.
Miller, of Evansville, Wis. The lay
delegates chosen were, c. |. Tenney,
of Des Moines, and John Grimm, Of
Morning Sun. Reserves, o. 4. CAT
fin, of Waterloo, and G. w. Holmes,
OF Birmingham.
The secretary of the conference
was instructed to send letters of ap-
probation in behalf of the conference
to Rev. w. w. Vinson of Ottumwa,
who goes to California and to Rev.
q. A. Anderson, of Waterloo, who al.
so leaves the conference. No recon-
nendation was made regarding the
holding of the general conference at
Grand Ridge, Mich.
The selection of a place foS the
holding of the next conference was
left to a committee comprising the
district elders and the secretary. Com.
plimentary resolutions were passed
regarding the presidency of Bishop
Pearce, the work Of the district ell
ders and the local pastor, Rev. d. C.
Eddy, to the Oskaloosa College for
the use of their building and grounds,
to the cooks and mattresses of the
dining hall, to Rev. l.. Mendenhall for
his work in clearing the titles of the
church property, to the secretary
and treasurer for their faithful work,
to c. I. Tenney, of Des MOines, for
his financial assistance to Evangelist
A. D. Zohniser, Prof. J. L. Ladue,
Prof c. A. Stoll and Rev. l.. w. Ba-
her for their helpful and inspiring ser
mons and to the Herald for its re-
ports of the daily proceedings.