The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1915-12-02

read further.
The matter was finally settled by
the failure to adopt either report, DR..
}J. NJ. Williams of Searcy now hat
both reports be received and n
the archives of the conference :. une
motion being adopted.
After a prayer meeting, conducted
by Rev. J. l.. Bryant of Sloan
Springs, the conference was called to
order by Bishop Morrison at 9 o'clock.
Reports of the following boards and
committees were read and adopted
at the morning session: Joint board
of finance, Methodist hospital com
mission, board of church extension,
Epworth league board, board of mis-
sions, committee on spiritual state of
the church, board of education, or
phanage board, committee on books
and periodicals, committee on evan
gelism, committee on district confer
ence journals, committee on Sabbath
observance and Bible society board.
DR.. A. c. Millar, editor of the
Western Methodist, delivered a short
ADDRESS TO Cne conference.
The name of Rev. d. J. Weems of
onway was referred to the committee
on conference relations for the super
numerary relation and that of Rev. O.
H. Tucker of Byers, Tex, was re-
ferred for the superannuate relation.
The principal and most largely at
tended of the various conferences SER
vices held in Conway Sunday was
that at the First Methodist church at
II o'clock in the morning, when Bish-
OPP H. c. Morrison delivered a SER
mon, which was followed by the or
dination of deacons.
After scripture reading by DR..
James A. Anderson and prayer by
DR.. A. C. Millar, DR.. F. S. H. John
ston introduced Bishop Morrison, who
announced his subject as 1.-The High
est Knowledge Taking his text
from Philippians 3:8, "And l count
all things but lost for the excellency
of the knowledge that Christ is my
Lord" Bishop Morrison said that all
knowledge is circumscribed and is
based upon the unknown. Reasoning,
he declared, must rest upon faith.
The highest knowledge is with Him
who knows the unknown and was
brought to US by Jesus Christ. Rel
gion and science, Bishop Morrison
said, are twins and cannot be sepa.
rated; religion is to know God, science
to know what God did.
Nature and the universe, Bishop
Morrison said, bear witness to Christ
and the man who has learned to read
the laws Of nature has learned to
read the handwriting of God. All
life, he said, moves forward, never
backward and everything in the uni
verse points to the future. "Why?'
asked the speaker, and he answered,
Because God and the eternal verities
are there. By Him was all things
made and toward Him are all things
trending.' The knowledge of Christ,
Bishop Morrison said, is the highest
knowledge, because it transforms, en-
powers and perfects men.
At the conclusion of the sermon
the following deacons were ordained
by Bishop Morrison:
Travelling: Samuel G. Watson, I. c.
Brodsher, E. M. Kelsey, E. A. Moody
and Norros Greer Local: ]. w.
Black, J. W. Johnson, Fizer M. Noe
and Hiram M, Anderson.
A meeting of student volunteers
was held yesterday afternoon before
tho foo ct
sided over by Rev. J. F. Jernigan,
one of the veterans of the old White
River conference.
Before the love feast Bishop Nor
rison ordained the following elders:
( Travelling: C. H. Bumpers, M. A.
Fry, G. F. Villines, c. F. Hively, S.
M. Yancy, J. L. Wilcoxon, j. S.
Seneker, O. C. Lloyd and H. L. Wade.
Local: Glen l.. Cole.
A memorial service for the confer
ence dead preceded the services at
the ethodist church last evening.
Memorials were read for the follow
ing:
Rev. G. w. Evans, w. T. Locke,
John McKelvey, John c. Shipp, T. B.
Williamson and Mrs. Florence NJ.
Martin, Mary E. Register and Mary
E. Southworth.
Rev. J. D. Hammons of Helena
preached at the evening service AT
the Baptist church this morning Rev.
C. M. Reeves of Paragould was as
signed by the committee on public
worship, and Rev. J. S. Seneker OF
Fort Smith for the evening.
Assignments for the Presbyterian
church were t. Y. Ramsey of Mari
anna and H. B. Trimble of Claren-
don.
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