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Show TH I UI DAY'S SESSION. . Resume or the Itusine'S Transacted by tho I tuh Mission, The third day's session of the conference con-ference of the Utah mission of the M. E. church opened this morning with a brief prayer meeting led by Rev. E. E. Murk, pastor of tho Scandinavian church. Dr. C. 11. Payne, 1). D., L. L. D., of New York, secretary of the board of education was present -at this morn-iue's morn-iue's meeting. With the opening of the conference regular this morning the report of the commit tee on church extension was received. re-ceived. Jt .showed that the amount raised by the mission for contribution to tho home society during the past year was 178. This'is $7H more than was asked. The committee ou church periodicals reported recommending the - Rocky Mountain Christian Advocate of Denver Den-ver as the official organ of the missiou, and Rev. J. D. Gillilau was appointed corresponding editor. The committee on admission to the conference recommended that H. A. Jones, of St. Louis; Charles L. Baxler, of Salt Lake seminary, aud J. T.Wit-zell, T.Wit-zell, of Illinois, be admitted to the conference con-ference ou trial. Rev. Sam. S. Small, who is so widely known as an evangelist, addressed the mission, accepting the presidency- of the Utah university at Ogden, and giving giv-ing his reasons for the same. J. W. Hill, of Ogden, also made a brief statement in writing in regard to the election of Mr. Small. S. M. Freslmw and J. W. Hill, both of Ogden, and M. Nelson of Provo were elected trustees of the Utah university for a period of three years. Tho committee on temperance nlso reported urging to further efforts in the suppression of the Honor traffic. This eveuing Rev. Dr. Payne of New York, secretary of the educational work of the M. E. church, and formerly president pres-ident of the Ohio Wesleyan university, will address the conference at the Scandinavian M. E. church. AIL are cordially invited. Last eveuing the ladies of the First M. E. church gave a reception to Bishop Niudo and the members of the conference in the church parlors. The committee iu charge consisted of Mrs. D. E. Moore, Mrs. J. F. Updegratf, Mrs. C. L. Libby, Mrs. S. W. Eddy and Miss F. Haines, who were assisted by Dr. T. C. Iliff, Rev. J. W. Jones, Prof. C. L. Baxter, A. M. Jaucs, C. L. Libby. There were a number of guests present, among whom were Governor A. L. Thomas, Rev. Sam Small, Dr. McNiece, Rev. W. S. Hawkes, Col. M. M. Kaiglin, Judge Bowman of Ogden and Dr. C. M. Harvey of Tintic. The reception was of a social character charac-ter exclusively. There was "a solo by Mrs. Graham, and it was followed by Mesdames Graham, Dayton and Updegratf, and Miss Moore, as a quartette. Mr. Graham Gra-ham then sang a solo, after which Mrs. Sams followed, aud iu turn was followed fol-lowed by a duet from "Marguerite." iu which Mr. Graham and Mrs. Updo-graff Updo-graff took part. The solo, "A Sweetheart Sweet-heart When a Boy," was then rendered effectively by Mr. Graham, and the musical mu-sical portion of the programme was brought to a close by Miss Moore, Mrs. Updegratf, Mr. Graham and Mr. Day-tou, Day-tou, us a quartette, giving an excellent rendition of ""lis Moonlight on tho Lakes." |