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Show UTAH METHUBISTS 11 - Assignment of Ministers WiU ;! Close Most Interesting ''! Meeting. THIS WILL F0LIW THE . SUNDAY NIGHT SERVICE i.' 1 Park City; Provo and Logan Are After Next Year's . Gathering. ' ;H ! 4 MISSION SERVICES FOE ? 4- SUNDAY. 4- 4 Love feast led by tho Rev. 4 4- D. W. Crane, 9:30 a. m. 4 . Lfl 4 Preaching- by Bishop Berry, 4- H Vl 4- 10:-15 a. m. 4- f ("H 4 Woman's meeting, addressed 4 lT'l 4 by Miss Montgomery, 4:30 p. m. -I- r - 4 "Young People's meeting, ad- 4 i ' 4- drcssod by Bishop Berry, 8 p.m. 4- j'" -H 4 Appointment of ministers to 4 1 'f ' 4 work, following evening serv- 4 j 4 4 4 .' The annual meeting of the Utah ijj' Methodist mission will close this even- i!'l ing at the First Methodist church with K-H the appointment of tho ministers of tho 'll mission to their work for next year. '"jlH The session, lasting since Thursday morning, has contained much of inter- , j'H est and profit, and the members of tho ' 'H mission will go back to their duties for ( ' j tho coming year withfresh enthusiasm. () Bishop Berry- of Buffalo, N. Y., who flPl is presiding over the conference, will j "jSli preach at the First Methodist church j''ftt Suuday morning at 10:15 o'clock, fol- H lowing a love feast, to be conducted by f ' the Rev. D. W. Crane, beginning at 'H O -qn T"r,i Vclinn will nillrnac n mnpf.- '. i ' ing of voting peoplo at tho church Sun- j I'VH day evening. This will be followed by j r Ji the closing session of the conference, k with tho appointment of ministers to r"'i-l their churches for next year. A meet- )' ing in the afternoon at 4:30 o'clock for ! women only -will bo addressed by Miss ? , IH Urdell Montgomery of Corona. Cal., a j, returned missionary from India. i '1' ! Tho leading event of tho Saturday M' jH afternoon session of the conferenco was J ' iH an impromptu address by the Rev. G. JH B. Smyth, D. D., of San Fraucisco? ( JH Cal., an assistant secretary of foreign t 1 missions for tho Methodist Episcopal f JH church. Dr. Smyth chanced to lie pass- ( t ing through Salt Lake, on his way to ' , attend somo of the eastern conferences, ) 1 and took advantago of the opportunity 5 , to visit tho Utah mission. His address i ' ' JH followed the report of tho committeo j .H on foreign missions, which he strongly j ' 1 commended. He said that ho stopped ; ' to sec the Utah mission because ho i liked to como in contact with fighters 1 ' in a good cause. Ho then entered into j a discussion of tho foreign missionary j 1" movement. Ho began bj- the statement J 'M that there wero no racial barriers to H ; the spread of Christianity. ; ' IH Ho cited tho case of Coroa. which i , had no Christian church twenty-fivo i i H years ago. Today the Methodist do- 1 'M nomination alone numbers 50,000 cou- j verts there. Tho Presbyterians have ' . IH an equal number, besides many of other ; , donominations.i all accomplished by : . 1 missionary work. Corea has tho dis- . Unction of tho largest praycrv meeting i in the world. A church at Pyeng has f un average attendance of 1200 at its ; .. prayer service; ' rH In China and Japan. 'H , In China and Japan tho multitudes ' of Christian converts have been ac 1 J. quired since 1SS2. It is claimed that il' the Christian missionary has made a ilt,' present to Japan of its women. In r' t other' words, the spirit of Christianity ki 'g has induced the education of women 'VWi and has given to the nation women of Ut Vj higher intelligence and influence. I There are no race distinctions in tho IT WiM sight, of God. All nrc ono and all en- Jt'1,! hH titled to the best form of religion. f'i IH The object of the Christian mission , 11 ry is to plant churches in foreign lands and to leave the rest to tho 11a- ' five converts. In the mission of tho J 'M Methodist Episcopal cnurcn in China, L; 200,000 have been brought into Iho !" church by native workers. Tho Orien- tal is a born ovangelist. When he is ) 'M Ronvortcd ho wants to tell some one : M about it, and share what ho has found good with others. His cry is for peace. f i, He seeks in vain for it in'Buddhism aud -finds it in Christiairily, What all Christians need, according ! 1 lH to Dr. Smyth, is a larger vision of tho ' possibilities of religions 'work. Aid to - 'I christianize heathen lands will make l"' work at home easier. Optimism, big )t " jH thoughts aud big hopos.jnake anything ' possible aud are the only inspirations 1 which make life worth living. ! Tho report of the committee on home -missions aud church extension was ! J given by tho Rev. D. AV. Crane. It waa i an encouraging one. Tho report of the Woman's Foroigr. Missionary society, tho Woman's Homo I 1 Mission society and tho American Biblo j ' t sociutv. which wn.i read hy the Rov, 1 1 H Mr. McGroery of Ogden, recognized tht , ll importance of these societies, nnd ex r H pressed thu thanks of the mission for j. . tho aid afforded bv them, The auditing committee, through the I i;IH Rev. Ransom P. Nichols of Price, re j ifjl ported that the accounts of the scto-tary scto-tary woro correct. The Rov. C. L. An- dcrson of Beaver gavo Iho report for , iH the committee mi education. He brought ;H out the need of school funds nnd said 1 : iH that the denomination which spent tho . most ou education would have tho j ; greatest influence. U Tho Rov. Mr. Anderson also submit- j ' ' ted the report of tho commitluc on tern- i 'H perauco. It nfiirmcd that (ho cause of Uj flH temperance was growing aud would soon 1 bo the paramount one in Utah. The Hi'i!H earnest wish was expressod that Utah , n miqlit soon abolish the liquor traffic. ' The committee on conference minutes , reported that 500 copies of tho minutes ' could bo printed for $75. It was do ;' H cided to order .1000 copies, which could 1 be secured for a slightly larger sum. Th.' 1 . ('1 H'i f report ivns made by the Hev. Martin H,'j ji Tbomas of Logan. ; ' Report ou Homos. . Th a report of tho Deaconess' liomes Hj' in the Utah mission was given by Miss H , 7 J3. C. Robinson, supcrinlondont of ilic V Deaconess' homo in Suit Lake It j showed u croat work accomplished the hr p:ist year. H'L'f ' Alf of tho reports ivero adopted v tho confcroncc and ordered recorded in Hj', r. the minutes. I 1 An important resolution recommended H.j by the committeo on federation, was - adopted with sonic amcndnipntH. It pro- f j ides the .union of the Mothodist wit.ii H' i qllior Christian denominations in Utah Ht in thoir work in tho. stale. . It was urged i because of tho weakness of the various Hi! I denominations in some places and tho l ' advisability of combining forces in the H.v' common cause of Christianilv, ' It was jj: strongly advocated by tho Itov. .11. J. f Talbott of Sail Lakesuperintendent of Kjv tho Salt Lake mission. t ' r Morning Session. Hil,' ' In the morning .session of the con- li) ) j forcuce, Park City, Provo and Logan H-ij i I wero surest od as the jioxt places of Hi' i j meeting. A committeo was appointed i to decide upon the place some Mine dur- : i ing the year. This committee, appoint- Mi j od by Bishop Hrry. is com posed of the liev.'O. YV. McCro'ory, .Ogden; tho Kev. I.v II. I. Hansen, Salt Lake., and the Hcv. '- i D. W. Crane, Salt Lake. , , The Rov. D. R. Carter of Milford, il statistical secretary, nave his report. H which showed a inombership of 14Gb' itg Methodists in Utah; '2(i)n in Sunday fj schools; collections for bono valences. 5l70i; for pastor s salaries, $10,33-1. The H';' treasurer's report, given by tho Row 13. (j; W. Crane, practically duplicated that H'l. of the statistical secretary. Tho Rov. C. L. Anderson of Bcavcv. . the Rov. D. K Carter of Millord and the Rev. E. C. lUoove of Provo were H". passed as undergraduates. A request it was made of tho upper Iowa conference that the Rev. H. W. Driver be ordamod t a deacon. j; I The conference board of home mis- H'J sion and church extension was appoiut- h ' ed as follows: Tho Rev. B. Short, ; tho Rev. D. W. Crane, tho Rov. II. I. I Hansen. A. Traccv. the Rov. II. .1. 1 al- . bolt, George P. Goodwin, U. U. His- 'i' key, all of Salt Lake, and tho Rov. ? 33. E. Mork of Mt. Pleasant. |