The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-20
METHOD!S7S COMPLETE
PASTORAL ASSIGNMENTS
Rev. p. D. Hartman Trans
fered From Missoula to
Stevensville.
ARIZONA MAN COMING
Rev. b. H. Medley to Take
Trinity Charge, Begin
ming at Once.
ARIZONA MAN COMING

The appointment of ministers for
the ensuing year was the subject of
Eian interest at the closing session Of
the annual conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church. South. of Montana
which was held at the Trinity Meth
odist church last night.
Missoula will have "A new Methodist
minister next year, as Rev. =. D. Hart
man. who has had charge of the local
parish for the past two years, has
been transferred to Stevensville. Rev.
g. II. Medley, who has just finished
his quadrennium in Arizona, will take
his place. Rev. Mr.. Medley, with his
wife and two children, is expected soon
in Missoula to regin his duties at once.
Key. Mr.. Hartman intends to leave
for Stevensville in Il few days.
Dr.. McCausIands Elder.
DR. c. l.. McCausand has been re-
appointed presiding elder of the Mon
,ana district, and the following clergy
men have been distributed about the
state:
South Side and st. Paul church of
East Helena, G. a. Hyatt: Boulder.
y,
r. j. Stanley: Willow Creek, Rev. w.
Il. Mcpherson; West Galatin and
Summit valley. Rev. Haskell Tudor;
supply, Rozeman. Rev. J. G.. Snowdon:
clyde Park, to be supplied; Deer
Lodge, II. p, Nelson; Heron. Rev +.
l.. Lee; supply. Corvallis, Dev. b. T.
t'lannery: Stevensville. p. d. Ha,,
man; Missoula. b. II. Medley. r. l.,
pmann has been transferred to tie
Columbia conference, S. Il. Steele to
the Baltimore conference, and r. il.
l,ewelline to the New Mexico confer
ence. Rev. p. ID. Hartman was APP
pointed conference missionary seer, :
tary, and Rev. d, V. Price retained lis
office as conference educational secrc-
tary.
Publicity Man is Speaker.
pr. A. J. Lamar. Methodist publicity
worker of Nashville. Tenn. was the
speaker of the evening. and he used
the gospel as his theme. He empha
sized the necessity of the Bible in ad-
rancement Of civilization.
I'VE can give mp everything else in
the world but we cant live without
the gospel. The gospel must endure
said DIR. Lamar, as he traced effect of
the Bible from the beginning down to
the present day. He was optimistic in
his Views, and declared that love, and
the Christian doctrine has spread over
most of the world, but sin has not ad =
Nancod. Dr. Lamar declared, however,
that such CreedS as DOwieism ana
Christian Science are holding the
church back, and he expressed the
hope that such religions would soon be
stamped out.
Bible People "Just Folks"
The men and women of the Bible
were just like YOU and me-" continued
the lecturer, They had the same
emotions. the same desires. and the
same faults. and Jesus had them in
mind when He gave forth His gospel.
The twelve disciples didn't realize the
cnOrmity of their task when they
elected to follow Jesus. They loved
and believed him, and concluded that
everyone else would readily adopt the
Christian belief 1t was not until
after Christ explained the situation.
and subsequent events took place that
the apostles discovered that all the
world was not for Christi
DIR. Lamar scored the people, who
are easily convinced. He declared
, them to be like the seed sown in shall
low soil. They soon lose their ardor