The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-09-13
N. { CONF :REACE
To BL0ONF IELD
INVITATION FOR THE 1918 MEET
ING Is ACCEPTED.
BISHOP HUGHES TO PRESIDE
Scores of Laymen Have Arrived and
That Section of the Convention
Has a Large Attendance
Joint Meeting Tonight.

Washington, Ia, Sept. 8.-Next
| year the annual Iowa conference OF
| the Methodist church will be held in
the Bloomfield church of which Rev
Harry B. Scoles, formerly of Keota
and well known in Washington, is
pastor. The matter of the next
meeting place was taken up and
Bloomfield's invitation presented and
unanimously accepted.
In connection with the plans made
for the 1918 conference a resolution
was adopted asking that Bishop
Matthew S. Hughes be asked to pre-
side at the sessions next year.
Trains have borne scores of Meth.
odist Iaymen to Washington from all
sections of the conference and a
large attendance at the laymen's sec
ton of the convention is the result,
although the rains and muddy roads
will cut down the attendance of those
who would come by automobile.
Last evening the annual college
banquet was served in the church
dining room by the local Ladies Aid
society, with President e. A. Schell
of Iowa Wesleyan at Mt. Pleasant, as
the speaker. At eight O'Clock the
anniversary service of the board of
education was held with DR.. U. S,
Smith of Muscatine, presiding. DR..
w. Hancher of New York was the
speaker.
All day today sessions of the con-
ference are being held at the Meth
odist church and of the laymen's or
ganization at the Baptist church.
This evening both meetings will join
in temperance rally in the Method
list church ........... #.. ...t.
Foreign Missions. ..
DR.. George Heber, Jones'. OF New
York made powerful address in be-
half of the foreign mission movement
in the Methodist church. In the course
of his address, Dir. Jones gave some in
teresting figures on the work that the
Methodists are doing in foreign mis-
sions. They have he said, 1858 mis-
sionaries, in "a countries, speaking
more than 100 languages and dialects,
The foreign mission church has 673, 900
members. There are 1000 Sunday
schools with $4,000 pupils. The prop
erty valuation of the mission plants is
100000. There are 96.021 students
in the foreign mission schools. There
are 1858 elementary schools in the
foreign mission fields, 81 high schools
and II colleges and universities.
The Memorial Service.
The memorial service followed the
communion, Rev. T. J. Meyer, D. D.,
presiding.
During the year three members OF
the conference have passed away. OBJ
ituraries were read.
DIR. E. II. Waring died Oct. 5, 1916,
aged 80 years, IL months, IL days. The
obituary was prepared and read by DR.
c. L. Stafford.
Thomas B. Hughes, ID. D., father oil
Bishop Edwin X. and Matthew Simp'
son Hughes, died in Pasadena, Cal.
July %, 1917. DR.. J.. A. Boatman pre-
pared and read the obituary. ...-
Thomas Rowe died at Packwood
Iowa, Aug. IA, 1917, aged SO years, II
months, 8 days, The obituary was pre-
scented by DR.. l.. M. Grigsby of Oska
loosa. .....
David infant son of DR.. and Mr.
Geo. l. Minear, superintendent of Os
kaloosa district. died May II, 1917
aged years, month, "a days. DR.
Grigsby read the obituary.
The sermon was preached by Rev
L. G.. Robaugh of Hedrick from the
text Gen. 5:24, And Enoch walker
with God and was not, for God tool
him"
At the Business Session.
! f. S. Seeds was referred to the com
mittee on conference relations with {
view of again taking up the activ'
work 81
o. G. Circuit, state superintendent
of Methodist Sunday Schools for Som
and Richard Collins, pastor of River
side, were excused from further at
tendance on the conference.
The request of Richard Breedan TO
transfer back to the Iowa conference
was referred to the board of confer
ence claimant.
Rev. w. A. Longnecker. secretary o
tn elast conference, called the roll an
lilo members and eight probations re
sponded.
On motion w. A. Longnecker SEE
rotary, C. A. Field, statistic secretar
and Thomas S. Pool as treasurer, wer
lelected.
There are LAT different charges 1
1.-THE conference. divided up into fou
districts.
4 The bishop presented check {
f$3,l8O to the conference as its shar
of the profits of the book concern fc
the last year. to be given to the wor
tout preachers. IA.
Il w. J. Phillips was appointed as til
conference postmaster.
Anniversary Sermon.
Rev. w. G. Thorn, ID. D.. one /,
our honored citizen and a member
the conference. preached his fiftiel
Anniversary sermon, having been a
United to the conference In 1867, on