Show congregational church holds state conference at vernal this national and state attend meeting held kingsbury church tiles day Wednes wednesday Uy and a nd tc to day Th thursday unY the n utah con ference held here this belc wa was concluded today thursday elt sea shorts wen held tuesday wean day and thursday rev john R scotford new forte york editorial secretary of the the congregation aalst it rev pran L moore chicago secretary of nev james juns r walker Wall pocatello Poca Aello idaho intermountain superintendent and nev harry W johnson cheyenne wyoming pastor at larae large were dis dig anie opening 1 of the conference confer erce waa was held tuesday night rev george juaa of the kocul organization tIm had charge of the meetings mayor R 0 cooper of vernal de do livered an address ot of welco welcome na at the opening session a banquet hev rev A L nice of salt lake city was toastmaster bo a st master talk talks were viere made during the evening by L it IL page ot of salt lake city moors rev johnson L C thorne rev rice ric e and rev my scotford at the wednesday aft afternoon erwan ses sea slon an election of officers took place aa as follows for superintendent rev nev jamea F walker pastor at lare large rev nev lurry W johnson moderator rev nev N C wallin of provo assistant modem moderator tor rev george E quaid beri benevolence treasurer miss madeline oue gile salt lake registrar treasurer hev rev arthur L rice scribe and auditor ward C ireland trustee three years yews 0 A spear layman member of conference convention loi ioa mr mrs I 1 L H page dele delegate prate to conference rev waxin and dr E P mills of Bite mates 0 A spear and mrs Wal lim A number of fine tributes were paid to dr kingsbury founder of the kingsbury congregational church at vernil where the sea a sons of the conference were held dr kingsbury VMS wm one of the first organizers of the congregational church and established church churches e in utah arizona and wyoming he waa was pastor of the church of bedford maes mass one of the th finest in new england the model of thil this church was selected Belec ted by henry ford for the outstanding deairs in church architecture dr kings bury left thia church at the ago ace of 70 and cam eVest undergoing under eoln many hardships to establish churches in utah and surrounding stat stafa q hev rev scotford in his hi opening address tuesday night told how the indians indiana of south america combar ed with the people of the united states they ire n much like us said mr scotford only they have gone much farther persons going from cne one c ne civilization to another should become enough with the keople of the new on to understand der stand them and see their viewpoint to form a bridge of or andert star ding the united states needs such a bridge we are the richest and most people in the world all our sins gins are am re galled to the people of other nat icis is they kaow OUT our faults more than our virtues we need representatives writ atolls arri ard neonie to correct this error rev moore told of the heritage of the congregational church out of a small lias grown a treat great church he be ald wd chuan of 0 united states came oer in the mayflower the bas diu c idea under lying iving the church at B booby may my be found in any congregational church in the most isolated part of the world the autonomy of the local church and fellowship of all of the churches has freedom of thought ag lt it comer atone stone we of the present are A challenge to faith in action we recognize a treat great deal that has his gone on under the name of christianity reler wa was christianity we come to a mat many affirmations there ere can cw be but one possible law of life that which jesus jews exemplified th the law of love god a will mould be the 8 pring of all action it Is 13 a time therefore to lose ourselves in service these great can cam be the answer to the note of despair said the speaker I mr tr thorne gave an interesting talk on the prehistoric residents of uintah basin he explained the nature of many prehistoric fossils and relics unearthed in this section he ile told of the modem con enjoyed in the vicinity of vernal at the present time isolated as a it Is from railroad rall roads there are about ono million members of the congregational church in ameria about 5 00 Is spent for in missionary work annually by the ahm charch ch |