El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-04
BISHOP SPEAKS
At CONFERENCE
Reports of Local Churches
Made Thursday Show a
Substantial Growth.
By REV. G. *. CAMPBELL.

It is not a thing Of the day. Its con-
tinuity suffers no break To share
divine gift with another is to enrich
that life. There is no friendship with o.
out sharing. Friendship measures its
strength by what il gives, not by what
IL gains The friendship of Jonathan
and David was not one Of earthly
gain, but a supreme desire on the
part Of one man TO empty his life in
to another mans. The basis Of true
friendship are sincerity, community
OF interests. mutual self revelation
and self giving The test Of friend
ship is that IL brings out the best and
truest in another. Beware OF friends
that cause deterioration Of character
Friendship that drags you down is In
sidiOus. The silent herOisms Of
friendship are nOteW orthy- that for
example of Charles Lamb. The friend
ship Of David an Jonathan was the
miracle Of the death Of self"
Visiting Ministers introduced.
DR.. W. D. Bradfield. Of Dallas, editor
Texas Christian Advocate. was intro
duced to the conference, together with
local ministers, Rev. c. L. Overstreet
and Rev. Fuller Swift Rev Hugh T.
MitchelmOre addressed the conference
on religious work among the soldiers
at Fort Bliss. and invited the dele
gates To visit the camp.
Bishop Lambuth viii speak at the
AXton tabernacle at o'clock tonight.
The special order Of the session
was the call of question 90 Are all
the preachers blameless in their life
and official administration?
Pastors Reports
Rev. J. II. Messer reported for Al
pine; Rev. J. T. Mcclure for Roswelli
Rev. ". 5 HugEett for Sierra Blanca;
Rev. J. J. Jones for Albuquerque, Rev.
J. B. Cochran for Artesia; Rev W W
Turner for POrtales; Rev. Arthur
Marston for CarrizOzO; Rev. T. l.
Lallance for Las Cruces
Rev. p. T. Knickerbocker reported
the greatest year in the history OF
Trinity-i36 new members, 200 Of
whom received on profession Of faith;
the Sunday school has an enrolment
Of 4-6 and budget Of Sl5S4, total
amount raised by all department OF
the church. S19.10S.
Rev. G K. Campbell reported that
Asbury had closed the fifth year OF
its history with 277 members; a S25.-
600 church erected; missionary So
ciety more than doubled its member
ship and raised 1886. The Sunday
school enrolment is 413 and raised
$500; the league has 9S members and
el represent tives in the u. s. army.
Rev. J. T. Redmond reported for
Clovis; Rev F. B. Faust reported for
Van Horn His report Of the mission
airy society showed that in proper
tiOn TO its strength IL was the best in
the conference. Rev. J. G. Golden re-
ported for Alamogordo; Rev J. H.
walker for Pecos- Rev J. W Camp
bell for Fort Davis; Rev. W. ?. West
for Lakewood circuit, Rev. Fl. ". Car
ter for Dayton. Rev J. ". Hendrix for
Hagerman and Dexter; Rev. a. c. Bell
for Carlsbad
Conference Evangelist Reports
Report Of conference evangelist,
Rev. Jerry Jeter. Number OF meet
ings held. 16- conversions. about
1000; reclamations. 1000: volunteers,
IS: additions D churches. $50. fam
lily alters erected, So pledged to tith-
ing. 224, prayer meetings held. tlAs
number In attendance, 6s0l- new
meeting leaders, 194; conversions in
g g55.y meetings 81 services h'ia'
A-leriean Bible society Represented.
F. Romus. colporture Of American
Bible society, made a thrilling adj
dress on the work OF that OrganiZa-
ton in Mexico He stated that dur
ing the year more than 5000 copies
OF gospels, new testaments and por-
tons had been put in circulation in
Mexico. He related many interesting
Incidents connected with his work as
cOlpOrteur- The bishop called on
l. IS. Rodriguez to pray in Spanish
and Rev. J. T. Redmond in English for
The anniversary OF the board Of
education viii be held tonight at 1880
when Rev. Caspar Wright, former
Trinity pastor will preach
WOmen's Missionary Conference.
The Women's Missionary Confer
ence met in its seventh annual session
in Trinity Church Wednesday after
noon.
The personnel Of the conference is:
Mrs +. Arlington. president. Mrs T.
J. Ayers. first vice-president- Mrs. r.
W. Cooper, second e-president;
Mrs. d. ID. Swarenger. cores onding
secretary; Mrs. Ben Randals, treas
urer; Mrs W A Taylor, superinten-
dent Of social service; Mrs. G.. H
Givan, superintendent Of supplies
Mrs T. II. Wilson. recording secre-
study; Mrs J. H Hitson, secretary
Albuquerque district. Mrs. h c.
Childers. secretary Roswell district;
Mrs J. II. Derrick, secretary FL PasO
district.
Delegates to Conference.
The delegates elected to the confer
are: From Albuquerque. Mrs. J. c.
Jones and Mrs T. p. Weiser. from
Gallup. Mrs. Cantrel; from Nagdalena
and kelby, Mrs. T. W. Medley, from
san Marcial, Mrs BrOyles. Mrs. Ralph
Airs. II. ~ Barton. from Vaughan.
.ALo- = a soeDi. Ems WIS =. L. N.tQes
Mrs Jeffries. from Alamogordo. Mrs.
J. T. Lane, Mrs O'Riley: from Alpine,
Mrs. J. H Messer; from Ysleta. Mrs
Grace stone. Mrs. A. 3. Weaver: from
Trinity, FL PasO. Mrs. S G. Douglas
Mrs. S. S. Birchfield: from Asbury.
Mrs. J. II. Harper. Mrs I. y. Winans-
from East Fl PasO. Mrs. C. G. Ander-
SON; from Highland Park, Mrs. L.
FUNK; from la Mesa. Mrs. C. W.
Brown. Mrs. ". r Floyd. Mrs F.
White; from Fort stockton. Mrs
Petty, Mrs Westerman; from Las
Cruces. Mrs. T. L Lallance, Mrs. S.
G. Kilgore: from Lordsburg. Mrs. 7.
F. Fuller, from Maria. Mrs. =. c.
Morgan; from Toyah, Mrs. Lewellyn;
from Van Horn. Mrs. +. B. Faust;
from Clovis. Mrs. sam BrattOn, Mrs.
X c. Childress: from Pecos. Mrs
John HibbdOn, Mrs. a. Sisk. from
Roswell, Mrs. J. T. Mcclure. Mrs. W.
@ Triton, from Deming. Mrs ! d.
Bell. from Hagernau, Mrs. J. W Hen
dirk; from Be~ino. Mrs S. G. KilgOre,
Mrs J. ". Johnson.
REPRESENTATIVE from young PEG
pies societies were. From Pecos. Mrs.
J. H Walker; from Maria Miss Willie
g Minis; from Trinity. Mrs H. y.
Haislwain. Miss Bates. Miss Lucy
Esquird, Miss Marie Grider
Prayer Service Held.
The prayer service conservation was
conducted by Miss Lucy Harper. An
address OF welcome was delivered by
Mrs. $. S. Birchfield. TO which a re-
Spouse was made by Mrs. w c. UrtOn
Of Roswell Mrs W. ID. Howe rem
dered a solo.
Mrs. Empress Arlington read the
presidents message TO the confer
ence. Bishop Lambuth made an adj
dress on "Woman's work in mission