The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-09-06

of the Columbia River Conference O,
/ the Methodist Episcopal churcl
closed at noon today following the
reading of the appointments for the
coming year. 1t is safe to say there
are many more appointments thar
disappointments for few changes
were made. The list of ministers and
their charges were read Just before
adjournment but they were generally
pretty well known before being pub
licly announced
Strong resolutions were passed
among them being resolutions indor-
sing the action of Moscow citizens
generally and the Methodists, in par
ticular, for their splendid entertain
ment of the conference delegates dur
ing their stay in the "Athens of Ida
no." The delegates are all loud in
their praise of Moscow's efforts and
it was announced that because of the
splendid way in which Moscow en-
textained the conference other cities
feared to invite the 1927 conference
because they felt that they could not
equal Moscow's fine record. AS a re-
suit the conference "invited itself" to
meet in Spokane at st. Paul's church
next year.
Rev. 81. O. Perry Returned.
The Rev. H. 0. Perry, who has been
pastor Of the First Methodist church
of Moscow for the past three years
and has built, up the church to it's
present proportions and has a pro-
gram outlined for enlarging the
church building and extending the
scope of the work and the field of en-
deavor, was rturned to Moscow de-
spite the fact that st. Paul's, one of
the largest churches of Spokane and
the largest in point of attendance, had
sent special invitation to him to ac-
cept that appointment. He felt that
his duty is here until the work under
taken in Moscow is completed and
Bishop Shepard granted the prayers
Of the Methodist congregation of
Moscow which had unanimously ask
ed for the return of their pastor, and
ne will be with US another year.
All of the district superintendent,
Of which there are five in the confer
snce, were returned to their districts
for anothr year, the policy of Bishop !
Shepard being to make no changes if |
hey could be avoided.
Conference Growth Shown
Interesting reports showing the !
growth Of the churches in the confer
,nce during the past year were read. |
These show a healthy growth in
,very department. The amount of |
money raised for the various funds |
hows big increase over the pre-
vious year. The disciplinary bencv-
'lence fund was given S101 ,479, an in
rease of $35,545, and other confer
ence funds were given $52, 2,149, an
Increase of $35,545, and other con-
erence funds were given $52, ,149, an
Increase Of $30,996, or considerably
nore than 100 per cent This makes
total of benevolences, of $153,618.
he disciplinary fund is for home and
oreign missions, Sunday school
7ork, the American Bible Society
oard Of temperance, church dea-
oness, etc. The conference fund is
or hospitals and the endowment fund
ependents.
N1lulStcIA OdLdIlcS lOt ,Ot0
That the pastors of the conference
ct a large sum, when totalled, is
hown by the report which gave the
mount paid in salaries to pastors
uring the past year, as $187,575, an /,
lcrease of $25,194 over the previous
ear. During the year there were
oent, for buildings and improve ]
tents in the conference district, $72,-
76, and $30,558 was paid on church
ebts.
Nearly 10000 Members
That the conference has wonder
ii strength in membership was
Town by the report on this, which
ives the membership as 1920, an
crease of 1851, or more than 10
er cent for the year. During the
Ear there were BAL adults and $50
lildren baptised into the church The
unday school membership exceeds
at of the church, the total being 28-
g. There are 1876 Sunday schools
the conference The membership