Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-16
M. E. CONFERENCE
EXONERATES REV.
s. A. DANF0RD
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presidency and X. A. Lathrop OF
Hope was made secretly. The US
ual committees we're appointed and
considerable other business was tran
sacted by the meeting.
The session opened by a devotional
service conducted by DR.. L. T. Guild
of this city and was followed by an
address of welcome by William H.
White. J. W. Ogren Of Grand Forks
delivered a response on behalf of the
laymen who are in the city for this
big meeting. -.
One of the principal speeches of
the morning at this session was by
Attorney w. J. Clapp of this city who
took for his topic the big lay mission.
ary meeting that will be held in this
city in January. Mr.. Clapp told of
the objects of the meeting and what
was to be expected from the gather
ing. "
During the morning Miss Clara Pol
lock presided at the organ.
Dr.. Asher Made Delegate.
When the business session of the
conference adjourned yesterday noon
there had been two ballots taken to
choose a third of the ministerial dele
gates to the general conference. Mel
Their of these ballots resulted in a
choice and this matter was again TAX
en- UP at the session this morning.
DR.. j. I. Asher was elected and the
following a%lternates were also chos.
en-: DR.. 8. A. Danford, Bismarck; Dr..
J. M. Walters, Fargo; DR.. E. P.-Rob-
ertson, Grand Forks, president Of
Wesley college.
Bishop Quayle.
At the meeting of the conference
this morning Bishop w. A. Quayle,
presiding at the meeting, delivered a
powerful address and later in the ses-
sion Rt. Rev. j. Poyntz Tyler, bishop
of North Dakota Of the Protestant
Episcopal church, gave a short ad-
dress to the Methodist ministers that
was splendidly received.
Bishop Quayle talked in his usual
powerful way, bringing out some i'm
portant points among which vas the
effort of the church to put the in
dividual above the organization and
the necessity for this, the futility of
trying to "institutionalize men and
women into the Kingdom Of Cod,
and the necessity of keeping people
from going to hell after they had al.
ready got there"
During the course of his talk Bish.
op Quayle touched upon the subjects
of labor unions, socialism, old age
pensions and in fact upon the many
laws that are being instituted to sup
press the individual and raise up the
organization" In speaking of the old
age pensions the speaker said that he
would rather be a compelling, vigor.
GUS, aggressive man and do some
thing in the world and be in poverty
than to be a nobody in a palace.
He pointed out the duty of the
church to the individual, saying that
Christ died not for the whole world,
''but for you and me-"
He talked Of the legislation to
make people better and stated that
the proposition will never work and
that the thing to do is to give them
religion. II have always said that
the thing wrong with Chicago was
sim"
Bishop Quayle also said that if he
were building thousands of churches
he would provide a ROOF in the base
ment where children could play in
the name of Christ and that he would
also provide places for the entertain.
ment Of the young people,-good,
clean entertainment.
Bishop Tyler complimented Bishop
Quayle on the thoughts brought out
by him and he urged upon the minis.
tiers to be true to the church in the
great work that the Methodist church
is doing for the Kingdom of God.
Mission Work Up to Us.
Because of the European war it is
impossible for Germany, england and
France to do much work in the for.
eign mission field and for this reas.
on it is more than ever up to the
churches of the United States to get
busy and supply the demand for mis-
sionaries, was the assertion of Mrs.
G ". Taylor, secretary of the Mime.
apolis branch Of the Women's For.
eign Missionary society, who spoke
to the conference late yesterday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. Taylor asserted that the
church Is asleep as a crisis has been 4
reached when it Is either the cross |