The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-08
NJ. E. CONFERENCE
TO Be HELD IN V.C,

The North Dakota Conference of the
| Methodist Episcopal church will hold
it's annual session in Epworth Church,
Valley City, October SO 1921, Bishop
Charles Wesley Burns, D. D., l.. L. D..
of Helena, Mont, presiding. The
North Dakota Conference embraces
the state of North Dakota except that
part which lies between the Missouri
and the Yellowstone Rivers. It is in
cluded in the Helena Area which is
constituted by the Conference Of the
states of Idaho, Montana and North
Dakota, the Episcopal residence being
located at Helena.
When the first Conference was held
in Fargo, October 2, 1884, it reported
2,O16 members and probationers. At
the last session in 1920, the statistics
show total membership of 14,469,
and the number of pastoral charges is
144.
The last and only time that Valley
City entertained the Conference was
in October 1lth, 1906. the famous
Bishop (Chaplain) C. C. McCabe pre-
siding. Many will remember his sing
ing, his preaching, his great lecture
on "The Bright Side of Libby Prison"
and his great slogan flung out to the
church, "A Million Dollars for Mis-
sions." He was deservedly popular
with all classes Of people.
Bishop Burns, who is to preside at
the coming session, is one of the new
and younger bishops of the church,
having been elected at the General
Conference held in Des Moines, Iowa.
in the spring of 1920. He was born
in Pennsylvania, and has spent most
of his ministry in the Philadelphia
Conference, where he filled number
of its leading pulpits. He was elected
to his episcopal Office while in the pas
torate of Hennepin avenue Methodist
Church of Minneapolis. His pulpit
eloquence, fine executive ability, and
his brotherly attitude toward the min
listers have already made for him a
large place in their affections. Among
the "high spots" Of our Conference
program will be the Bishops lecture
on Thursday evening, October 6. His
theme: "Looking Through John Wes-
ley's spectacles" was doubtless in
spired by the fact that he has recently
come into possession of a pair of spec
tacles that belonged to the sainted
founder of Methodism.
Another pleasing feature Of the pro-
gram will be the daily address at 4
p. m. given by Rev. Edward S. Ninde,
D. D., son of the late Bishop Ninde;
and the successor of Bishop Burns in
the pastorate of First Methodist Epis-
copal Church of Philadelphia, where
he is still serving. His general theme
wilt be: -"Evangelism--tD Prepaia-
ton (2) The Method (3) The Demon
stration.' These. and all other ad-
dresses are to be free to the public
except the lecture on Thursday eve-
ming by the Bishop, the proceeds of
which are to be used to defray the en-
tertainment expense of the local
church.
The Board of Education will be rep
resented by President J. R. Harker Of
the Women's College, Jacksonville.
III. Rev. E. D. Kohlstedt, D. D. will
speak each day at Centenary Hour. DR.,
Sutherland will be the Anniversary
speaker of the Board Of Foreign Mis-
sions. DR.. N. E. Davis of Chicago
will speak on Hospitals and Homes.
Miss Dora GLADDEN. Of Mexico will
speak on her work in that country;
Bishop Burns will address the Wom-
ans Home missionary Society. A
full, rich program, lasting five days
has been prepared, and only a few of
the good things in store have been not
ed. One hundred and fifty Methodist
ministers will be in Valley City and we
invite the cooperation of all our fellow
citizens to help make their stay in our
city a bright spot in their pilgrim
age. The ministers have wanted to
come here for a session for number
of years, but we have said, mo room:
too many students" They have a high
estimate of our city's beauty and cul-
ture. By the warmth Of our hospital
ity, let US not disappoint their antici-
pations, but show slearly to these itin-
Grants that our city's beauty is not
all on the outside-that we have
hearts and homes amply large to re-
ceive those who come to us in the
name of God and the Church.