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Show HILL MEMORIAL CHURCH First Methodist of Ogden to Be Thus Known in Future, special to The Tribune OGDEN Nov. In. At the quarterly Meih-rdlst Meih-rdlst conference, h.-ld at the first llathodtst church this ei-nlng. Pr II J Talbot superintendent super-intendent of thi- I'tah tnlsolons, after a brief address of welcome vas made chairman of thn ronfereneo and rpf. . L,. L'ndi-rwood B.cretoo'- fter k number of reporis of nocleUes had bSSP received, the Rey Samuel Hlulr. pallor of th.- church, reported that the church vn.s Int-irlng nude, n debt of $4000. that of th'a sum It had ofl In hand and still owed the Board of Extension 11000. Mr. flair's statement Incurred one Of the liveliest seslona that the Methodist church hare or elsewhere e,-r experienced He sold thai be hud recently been In Brooklyif and had met Ilr .1 Venc Mill, who Is credited with being the builder and promoter of th present hundsome structure occupied bv the MethOdlStS In ogden Mr Mill had agreed to liquidate the remaining Indebtedness of 11000 and "v -hiing, the namu of the church f r. .ii. ii,, i ii m i , inn h t,- ii., ii ii Memorial Me-morial church " Mi Blair explained that .1 Wesley Mill did not hiii this for his own honor, but as a memorial to h'.a wife. Th proiiosition seems to be Ilka this, ac-cordlng ac-cordlng to tho testimony of Mi Blair and other nicmbiiM of tha Ogden congregation: When J. Wesley inn left Ogden the First M. U. churrh owed MJ.OOO. By various efforts ef-forts ihw Indebtedness bus been reduced to llano The old congregation assorts that tho hi 'ivj Indebtedness was due to mismanagement mismanage-ment by J Wesley Mill. At this hour Mill i nmcs In and desires that the name be i hanged to glvo him iiroinlni neo In tho Church and agrees to discharge the remaining debt of SHOO lr. Taltnit .'.tated that he hnd observed that the Hgdn charge had been attended by mom dlffloultlos than any other In his mission, and thought that the trustees would be wise to accept tho proposition, but demanded that an expression should be made before dechdvo action is taken. At this point Rev Bla!r offred a mild criticism for th publicity the newspapers had given In advance of the pr.ih,se.l change In the name of the church. Thi' conference then went Into executive xeioilon to consider Mr Blalrs proposition to name the church after Mr. 1(111. v A Kenned announced thai he would follow the land of his pastor. I do not admire ad-mire Mr Mill, and I am oppoi.-d i,, his luim bt Ing connected with any chinch In the Methodist Episcopal church " Me went on to Mty that If then wen not other objection to Mill s name, he regarded It as a slop backward, in rnrt a return to paupery, when all church w . m named ufler all kinds of , salsts. ) It. Drane agr. od with Mr. Kennedy and said that it was like filing th birthrights' for a moss of pottage. Judge Jacob s. Ro reman stated that he urantod peace in the church, Hut you will never have peace with the mune of J. WeMey Mill on this church. It will leave a greater opprobluni th:tn that which attached to the debt he left the church. Tho Klrst M. K chui-ch of Ogden has a bad name now, and It Is nil on account of J. Wesley Hill ludge l lore ni an reviewed a number of actions un tho part or J. Wesley Hill which condemned !t reprehensible and pleaded for ono month extension that the i.ongtegntlon might In-tonn In-tonn theniMep es In which event, ho decided One luti- would cast for inn. After considerable discussion Mr. Hiair withdrew bla proposition for Rill and the matter remains itatus uuo. Blame s Proposal Cariies. After the- Conference hart reconvened the matter of iu HIH'i name being tubstltuted aatn lino ii,, , I,, ., .,,,. t,, , lm, Hlalr's proposition canted. unl thiee votet being recorded ugalnst it A, Ilnglj the Plrsf M. E. church ( Orden vin bsreaftei be known as the jnn Memorial church, though the name of the latter was one time chiseled out of the comer none, in compensation for this j West?) mil agrees to rav the remain. Ing Indebtedness of the church amounting to 10. as Btale.l |