| Show M METHODISTS I I T I Ir IN r l fb I Bishop David Dvid D vid H Moore of Port Portland Portland Portland land Presiding Officer MANY REPORTS SUBMITTED l I I Attention A t I Ill t Drawn Irol I I rn i i to tl Ic ilio Iho I I in Wo to 1 IIII 1111 I I Home I MN I I I II ry 3 it It t I I If II I O it ii lug Sc Sti The Th annual session 01 of or orthe the Utah Uth mIssion of ot the Methodist l church opened this morning at 9 a in I at al the Ilia II Methodist copal e cO I church corner I of 01 Ninth Hast I t aid ald Pint lint South streets The suasion lon will wil l J u until Monday Mond of ot next rek I and An dally daily meetings will 1 b b he lucid held This Tl mornings morning 1 session lon for tOl an open openIng olen lag Ing In unction function runcton was wu quite quie well Hell Iel attended til th He David lovid H 31 Moore Iol LL D of oC Portland Or JI Many IRn of those thol expected exp I d to attend were un unavoidably avoidably delayed thIe but It I Is II I that by b evening practically all the members of or the t IJ Utah will wt have put In an appearance stout among those pm nt st Rt thIs mornings sessIon a ion were David DavidH H ii I Moore 1 00 t Portland lIev HI H Ii I J Tal Tl superintendent of or e missions Salt Lake Uke Hey Hev K It K 1 Murk Mork liev He John M 1 Hanson City le J S Beaver ff It i j K P Corinne Charles Chari H I Lewis lelII f C u K F F Smith Murray lurrA Ie Ogden I Martin Thorna rhomBI lark City CI Il II f v Samuel Alit Ali son soil Ml aton H Ht v H It I H II I Johnson Fork J H Ii I H II I Fleer Iler OK OR ORd Ogden den d n HI Young Voting of t the lir church hurh of Ut Salt Sail It Lake Uke H D M 34 Helmick of or the church of or Silt Salt l Lake Uke and ald tIer Hn J II I Murray lur of ot Salt 1 The M lon selon was Wi opened with prayer after communion n was 1 55 1 by h Moore 10 the th native morning after this thui was Wait taken up UI UI full ll the II reading of or various reports on Ott d different nt branches branCh of I the work chief among HIM being the li report of or H II I J Talbott dent Int in of r missions The rite reliant began bt 81 with wih H a hearty acknowledgment of ut the value aluc lul Iud and titi appreciation of or the cervices 01 OJ In II the va vay ar of Ir pal al supervision sermons and the dedi dedication dl l cation of or during the year II General health conditions through throughout throughout h hout out the mission were vere touched tou hd upon and with few rew exceptions pronounced I excellent Special attention was wall wallI drawn to tu the tle Womans Home Mission Missionary 1 tol I ary NI Nt society anti and tre lIe splendid work be he HI M IJ i hureh was I gone IIII Into In detail Mention M wa math made mII of or the sale Kile le of oC a 1 apiece piece If of f properly on ci Third South 8 uth street and the th purchase of another Inre suitable to II the th needs of t the church Many Maity Improvements un were ere i I it ported on oit In property at various point beld i the tl acquiring gf of on 01 onor or tr two tWI pieces In the th southern part of the lile tate Th TIt report from a titian cial standpoint left little to be bs IH desired I G OK OF A school Va was i opened ened In connection the at II with wih the th work of tt tit Heaver Beaver in II December last II and ha h hail since In Inn al ii although although n ROM w rk r with wih a slight alight though regular tr lucre increase lu In II attendance right along Ion Notice was wa given of ot an we o Intention to tn consider rn lr the tIte owning openIng of or similar schools ho at it other otle points and the hiring of ot additional teachers for those how IhM now flow nn open l A list II of or th UH the various Improvements tinting during the th put pat pati puti Itt p i months month wits next read rad td the II num number nm jee ber br r considerably 00 I Vice of nr properties on which no im ha improvements I has h been made The T total moneys In this way n were wera w lt f t which the 1111 It church chu re ra rec reo c tI Ul Ut OK OF The matter wl of church work In hi the th Tt reservation o was gone gl into COd ami 11 the t h fact ft set I forth firth that It I had heel been ln the intention lo to it begin a vigorous cam cm there Ihl nome ionic Ire months month ag ago The lg scarcely willed condition of or th tb ills I however rendered nd this th a difficult I matter and the Idea 14 was Y eventually gives given 11 up tags A reference t was U made to tn I Jh the Ih advisability of 4 r commencing work ork with Uh the Ih aid of If a gc l wagon but the Ihl conclusion Ln cun was reached that I ht the he which Ihl IhIl hi euid uld lake ml might ht oc h more mor real gum gumIn OI In lit II the II way 53 af of itt f permanency If expend expended Ip nd ed d ci In other dIrections The T report port gm 10 gate f on cit In to II laud luc the Ihl work accomplished In II lah by b the t b early earl pioneers al mg b both oth lh church hurth and lar tar lines line In n the Ihl far face of ot the almost almo In Insurmountable surmountable obstacles tact met et with when the tit country Yo was a young The Tract Trat the Missionary so till Ift ety and other nth church al atlon next nu rants canie in iii tot mention the lite work of nt all 11 these there being of a highly salts Mil satisfactory factory factor nature II with It II both loh and aci membership a steady Id U II grad giad gradual ual usi gro groath th t h The report closed with a reference to the tit business and of f the lIMo work which alch ap Mp appear pear In to have ha required special attention for tor come months past pant Not withstand withstandIng I lag Ing In the UI time ed in this the mis missionary tat i branch of ot the cork ork ha b 1 not aol I been neglected n and the fO made along the these e lines line whIle I leav leaving I Ih lug ing h to lei lie ie I desired was we w on en the Ibl whole hok satisfactory lator TO A motion molten was WAil Introduced lo to 0 h hive re the report rJ In the Ih minutes nf tt the meeting and afterwards to have MIf it I printed In la pamphlet form oral for distribution tion among the members was finally decided upon UlOn Reports of ot the work of ot pastors at 1 t outlying post poste were next heard and while some Ome ef or th showed hawed but little in III the Ih way of ot actual results H It general genNa feeling of or confluence t of results ultA to be lie had ht In the future exists and the tbt hard 1 ork being done by b all l Is III highly O Some little III tie time was devoted to the th threading reading of or the report of or the work In the district known as ii Five Points but the principal point disclosed appeared to lie He In the tact fact that the number of ot fam tam who were er of o no church a at I all iii 11 exceeded the total of or every fer other r denomination In the dIstrict with the exception of or the Mormons The fhe annual report of ot the tho th Methodist Hook Boak Concern shows hows that Institution to 10 be In good financial condition although attention was wu drawn to the fact that competition grows stronger yearly and profits smaller A it number it hymns were ere sung sunt throughout the session which was waa brought to lo II a close At 1110 11 with prayer by h p Moore The Womans Foreign society met at al JJ thin thIs aft Itt afternoon afternoon and tonight at III 8 S ser services r vices will to lit b lucid held In the Ihl IlIff church at al which addresses dd will be made by the Rev fey U Samuel and Dr F 1 D Ilo Be Beyard yard editor of or the th California Advocate Dr will wilt take for fer or lilt his subject the thu reint r nl San Francisco dl aster as isa It applied d to church work ork there The address to be an unusual ly I entertaining one |