Show METHODISTS ARE AR ENCOURAGED Rosy Colored lored Reports Made to 10 Conference Confere ce at Ogden i a MEETING M ETING OF MINISTERS OPENING OF ANNUAL A GATHERING q TRE tING ING INGe e Special to the Herald Ogden Aug 18 The annual session Or of the Utah mission of ol the Methodist Episcopal was opened open this morning at the First Methodist church In Ogden Bishop Earl Cranston ne ao in Ii attendance and conducted devotional at the tue th opening Bishop Henry Sp arrived l during the day and in the evening delivered an all address for the mission n workers and for the general public After the devotional exercises in the morning the business session was vas h l bold ld Under the th organization or the Metho Methodist M tho dist dint church Utah is still denominated as a mission The various pastors and their au an authority teachers a 81 1 work here hore derive from various subdivisions of ef f ft the church called conferences The t business of or this mission is 19 practically i of o the tte same am character as that of a state conference I Reports Are Encouraging The preliminary prel business yesterday i was confined d to the reports of or the pre presiding presiding siding elders and pastors of themis mis mission sion nion and to 10 the appointment of or com coin committees The report of ReV BeV Rc EL E E B Mork presiding elder eider for the Richfield district had in It a note of triumph that speaks peaks encouragingly for Meth Methodism In Utah In fact all submitted were of a nature to en encourage encourage encourage courage and uniformity of lope tupe ape purpose characterized the reports reau J I 1 session season at this mornings D M 11 Helmick was elected secretary G M Hansen assistant nt secretary ry Samuel Allison statistical secretary E B J Heckner ReCkner assistant H J S Talbot treasurer H R Ft Bailey Ball y assistant Tle following conference committees for 1004 were elected Foreign missions which include the i I regular and the Womans Foreign For ign ignI S I Mission society 9 ciet D M Helmick J d JI dF I F Price G E B McCarger Home missions ns which include church extension W TV H M I S S S U Tract j society and Deacons Work T P PI I Cook and Richard Wake 1 Education which includes in ludes F A AB S SE SI E B and local and general educational work C J 3 Heckner J W V Bain and andR R Ft E Gilpin Reform Reft rm which includes temperance and Sabbath reform S Wanless J 3 S SAnderson SAnder SAnderson Anderson Ander on and Sand S Church publishing g interests tnt H I Hansen G F Cook Resolution D Benjamin Young D DM DI DM M I Helmick Auditing committee Samuel V Blair J 3 JM Jo JoM M Hansen Committee on publishing minutes minutest the secretaries Ministers Present ThoU Those Tho e present were Samuel Alli AltI Allison Allison son J S W v Bain Samuel S R H HBailey Bailey BatIe G F 1 Cook T P F Cook H L Hanson J 3 M r Hanson C O J 3 Heckner D M N Helmick E B E Mork J d H Wor Wot Worrall rail rall J S Anderson Anderon G E B McCarger r rS S A Wanless J d F Price Wake The of the church was wao W fairly well filled in the evening even In and Bishop preached a power powerful powerful powerful ful sermon from the text Seek Ye the Word of God The bishop argued that the Bible was the only book that had endured through all ages and that satisfies all the demands of man His sermon was followed with the closest attention att and at the close a resolution re thanking him was unanimously ly passed He will wUl not pot remain during the confer conference conference ence enee but leaves for the west wet tomor tomorrow tomorrow row Tomorrows a m business session 2 p m anniversary Womans Foreign Missionary society 3 p m in anniversary Women Home Missionary society 8 S p ra rn anniversary sarI sary Church Extension society Ad Address Address dress by Rev Re Dr Forbes |