Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-23

Time held worker in Methodist Sun
DAY school work gave the audience
birds eye view Of the church
school work in the Maine confer
ence. Miss Browns remarks were
most 1nspirational and carried an
earnest plea for extension Of the ac-
tivities IN regard to the children of
Sunday school age.
Something of the place Of Kent's
Hill Seminary in the educational
program of the Maine conference
was described by Principal Watkins
of that institution. He told of the
several groups of students who go
to Kent's Hill for their secondary
school education, and of the Christ
ian training which Is a part Of the
curriculum of that seminary.
MORNING SESSION
Prayer. praise and sacrament
marked the early hours Of the Maine
Conference Of the Methodist Episco-
pal church, Wednesday morning at
the Green Street Mthodist church,
as presided over by Bishop Thomas
Nicholson of Detroit, Mich, and at
tended by fully 400. including about
500 ministers from al over the State
Of Maine.
A hope and a prayer that every
minister will return to his field OF
duty with new conservation was
the expression of the bishop from
the Detroit area, who Is presiding
at a number of conferences in the
eastern part OF the United States.
Bishop Nicholson. Rev. Ralph F.
Lowe of the host church and the
dfcf ri ~ 81, :
Maine, Rev. d. b. Holt, d. D., Au-
gusta. Rev. Thomas Whiteside, Ban
gor. Rev. j. M. Arters. Portland,
Rev. o. March. Rockland. ofIiciated
at the sacrament Of the Lords Sup
per. in which about 800 partook.
This was a most impressive part of
the Wednesday morning program.
Officers Elected
A. I. Oliver Of Auburn was elect
ed secretary Of the conference and
he named as his assistants, l.. s. Sta
Piles OF Livermore Falls. c. F. Smith
of Milo. c. H. Draper of Westbrook.
II. F. Milliken of Portland was
elected statistician and he named as
his assistants, J. F. Burce OF San
ford. ]. w. Barr OF New Sharon, A.
g. Davis of Smyrna Mills. r. r.
Fowle Of Orrington. F. L. Littlefield
OF Cape Porpoise. The treasurer
elected was Cymbrid Hughes of
Portland and his assistants named,
r. M. Staples of North Yarmouth,
A. H. Graham of Gorham, N. H., w.
II. Cass Of Brownville Junction, w.
H. Stewart Of Woodland. M. G..
Plummer of Berwick. f. E. Stacy of
Hampden, N. f. Atwood Of Thomas
ton. r. s. GRAHAM of West Kenne-
bunk. The canvasser for the Meth
odist Review was named as r. J.
Weber Of Union. C. w. Lowell of
Midtown was elected neurology Sec
rotary apd a vote Of thanks was CIV
en- him For his services in the past.
It was voted that the bar Of the
conference include the first eight
rows from the front Of the church.
Important Amendments
Friday morning at 11.30 o'clock,
the conference will vote upon the
proposed amendment to the consti-
tuition calling for the unification Of
the Methodist Conference North and
the Methodist Conference South and
also the admission of laymen to the
conference. These two amendments
figure among the most important
phases Of the 1925 conference work.
Vacancy Nominations
The following list of nominations
for vacancies was made: E. c. Chap
man for I. A. Bean. deceased on the
conference relations committee: AL
bert I. Morris for William Snow on
the conference claimants committee;
Lewis e. Staples for Prof. f. L. Rus
sell on the claimants commission. 1t
was voted that the adjournment of
the conference sessions at noon be
placed at 1890 P. M, The centen-