| Show I I II METHODISTS AT SESSION Meeting Opens With Optimistic Reports of Work in Utah BISHOP BERRY SPEAKS WOMEN OF MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEET IN AFTERNOON tt ministers and missionary workers in the Methodist Episcopal church met yesterday yei at the First Methodist ial al church In hi the opening session Meton of tho the annual meeting ef f th the Utah mission of the Methodist church Every section and e every er Methodist t tion ih IS represented at this thie session Bishop Joseph Jo eph Berry is II presiding pre officer U At t j esterday s session ion the mission n was formally y opened with devotional services Bishop Berry administered the sacrament of t th Ix Lords Supper to ministers and lay members of the church At the conclusion ion of the devotional service Dr J II 11 I Talbot of Salt Lake Luke superintendent of the Utah mission was wat chosen ch n chairman I of the thi session Ion Rev Samuel Allison on of Eureka was elected secretary Rev Re Mar Martin Martin ar artin tin Thomas Thom of Logan o I Rev D n T W V Crane Trane of Murray treasurer 1 l He v D E K Carter of or Milford statistical and Rev farl Oarl arl Anderson of Beaver assistant a Bl tan statistical secretary I In his opening address Bishop Berry BelT ex el expressed e pressed ed great pleasure at coming to Utah H J M praised th the work of the Methodist ministry in the state and congratulated the ministers on the excellent showing howing mode mude durin during the tile last year Th The bishop said that Utah U tab was 18 just JOlt beginning to grow He Re spoke POke of the wonderful re rc resources sources of the tho state tato and of its Ita phenomenal enal growth in wealth and population in ill recent years i I I I I i Optimistic Report An report of the years ears work w Ik of the Utah mission was read reed by Dr fi fl 1 J Talbot superintendent of the mission He lie emphasized emphasised the abundant mining and agricultural wealth in the mountains and valleys of the state He said that the theata I state ata was a showing rapid progress both bothIn In religious and material lines lin Special mention was made of the extraordinary success of the time First Fint Methodist church of Salt Lake in lii a financial way during the thelast thelast last year ear earTh The Th Rev E E K Mort D D I presiding elder of the Richfield district submitted his report re Ort on tho tim growth of the church during the past pa t year ear in tt t southern BOuthern portion of the state The best of or feel feelIng ing prevails he said Mid The church in inthis inthis this part of the state has a firm foot foothold foothold foothold hold and the prospects pro for the future I were never brighter than at present Extended fields of activity were report reported ed by the thc educational committee of ot the j mission t All AU of the educational tlona tiona for the advancement of Methodism were reported in excellent condition with increased enrollment each month The educational part peart of the work of this mis mission sion it was wag reported it Is in an extreme extremely ly satisfactory tate state Other reports were ere received from com corn committees from the subsidiary organisations of the church in Utah Zach report in indicated Indicated indicated that an ILD active sail and lid energetic line Une of work was being pursued pUnned by bJ the mem members hers bers of each organization with flatter flattering flattering ing success Banquet for Bishop It was wag announced that on Saturday evening a reception and banquet would be given In honor of Bishop B Berry at atthe atthe atthe the Liberty Park M K E church Owing I to the fact that the Liberty Park church churchie ie Is very small email only one hundred tickets will be issued ta The guests guest will include the Ui official members of or the Utah mis mission mission mission sion the officers of the different auxilIary iary lary organizations organisations and a few of the more prominent lay members of the Methodist church I At noon the mission adjourned to recon reconvene reconvene vene vane at 9 this thill forenoon at the First M 1 E church The regular business session will wUl be preceded by b a devotional service s of half halt an hour Another busi business bu business l ness neu session will be held tomorrow and the tte mission will win conclude on Sunday with devotional services at the First 1 M E church Bishop Berry will preach at the morning service In the evening a mass meeting of the young people Ie of the Meth Methodist odist t church will win be held Bishop Berry who for years has 11 been prominent in the young peoples work of the will make the principal address at this tbt meet ing Women Hold Session On yesterday ye afternoon the annual meeting of the Womans Woman Home Mission Missionary ary sty society was held Mrs Xu Elizabeth Post Pt presiding pre There were several re reports reports reports ports read showing the progress made by this organization organisation during the last year In an address on The Factor of Women omen to In Missionary Work Vork Bishop Berry spoke warmly of the great creat assistance of the women in the mission ml ton fields both at home and abroad The Foreign Missionary so society clety will hold its It annual meeting this thin th afternoon at the First Finst M lL E B church In tere talks on the work in the for foreign foreign foreign eign mission fields will be given by soy sev several eral returned missionaries Bishop and Mrs Berry were enter tamed last evening at dinner at the reM resi deuce dence of the nev Dr Francis Francie Burgette Burgett I Short pastor of the First M lI H E church |
