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THE MINUTES OF THE

FORTY-SECOND SESSION

--OF THE--

NEBRASKA

ANNUAL CONFERENCE

--OF THE--

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

--HELD IN--

WYMORE, NEB., SEPT. 17-21, 1902

Organized April 4, 1861

PUBLISHED BY ORIEN W. FIFER, Secretary

OFFICERS OF THE CONFERENCE

PRESIDENT BISHOP CHARLES H. FOWLER, Buffalo, N. Y.

SECRETARY ORIEN W. FIFER, York, Neb.

ASSISTANTS, J. W. Scott and O. T. Moore.
RECORDER, G. A. Hobson.

STATISTICAL SECRETARYE. D. GIDEON, Carleton, Neb.

ASSISTANTS, J. W. Embree, A. V. Wilson, E. M Furman,
E. F. Gates, A. M. Perry, C. E. Giwits, E. L. Barch,
G. C. Cobb, C. P. Metcalf.

TREASURER A. C. CROSTHWAITE, Edgar, Neb.

ASSISTANTS, G. M. Jones, W. K. Williams, L. F. Smith.

POSTMASTER A. E. CHADWICK, Talmage, Neb.

STEWARDS P. C. JOHNSON, Chairman, Holmesville, Neb.;
J. R. Woodcock, E. J. Randall, C. B. Lenfest,
G. W. Abbott, T. H. Worley.

CONFERENCE BOARDS AND SOCIETIES

BOARD OF EXAM1NERS: -- G. H. Moulton, O. T. Moore, C. M. Shepherd. O. W. Fifer, G. W. Abbott, John Gallagher, L. C. Lemon, P. C. Johnson, W. M. Balch, R. N. Orrill, J. W. Scott, T. H. Worley P. P. Carroll, B. W. Marsh, U. G. Wilcox, F. A. Colony, M. A. Wimberley, W. T. Cline, I. W. Kenagy, A. G. Forman.

EDUCATIONAL: -- President, J. S. W. Dean; Vice-President, J. W. Stewart; Secretary, W. T. Cline; F. M. Esterbrook.

FREEDMAN'S AID AND SOUTHERN EDUCATION: -- President, Hiram Burch; Secretary, J. W. Swan.

HISTORICAL: -- President, H. T. Davis; Secretary, John Gallagher; Treasurer, Hiram Burch.

MISSIONARY: -- President. J. F. Kemper; Secretary, G. W. Abbott: Treasurer, A. C. Crosthwaite.

WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY: -- TOPEKA BRANCH, President, Mrs. C. F. Wilder, Manhattan Kas.; Cor. Sec'y., Miss Matilda Watson, Lincoln, Neb.; Rec. Sec'y., Mrs. E. L. Madison, Topeka, Kas.; Treasurer, Mrs. A. M. Davis, Lincoln, Neb.; Nebraska Conference Secretary, Miss Ella Watson, Lincoln, Neb.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY:--President, Mrs. Mary Stewart, Pawnee City: Vice-President, Mrs. Victoria Morrow, Syracuse: Treasurer, Miss Allie Davis. Lincoln: Rec. Sec'y, Mrs. Emma Crooks Gilbert, Mead: Supply Sec'y. Mrs. Celia A. Gates, Fairmont: Cor. Sec'y, Mrs. Annie Hobbs Woodcock, Aurora.

DISTRICT MISSIONARY SECRETARIES: -- Beatrice, L. G. Parker; Hastings, E. M. Evans; Lincoln, H. G. Wilcox; Nebraska City, B. W. Marsh; York, Geo. C. Cobb.

BOARD OF CONTROL OF DEACONESSES: -- G. W. Abbott, F. L. Wharton, O. W. Fifer, Mrs. Isabella Spurlock, Mrs. A. W. Nickel, Mrs. Rachel Hyde, B. F. Farley, B. L. Paine, C. S. Polk.

Sept. 1902]

NEBRASKA CONFERENCE.

EPWORTH LEAGUE DIRECTORS AND AUDITORS: -- W. M. Balch, U. G. Brown, L. F. Smith, J. W. Scott, O. W. Fifer.

TRIERS OF APPEALS: -- O. W. Fifer, L. G. Parker, J. K. Maxfield, M. P. Dixon, G. W. Abbott, W. B. Alexander, Asa Sleeth.

SERMON: -- A. C. Crosthwaite; Alternate, J. W. Stewart.

MISSIONARY SERMON: -- W. M. Balch; Alternate, M. R. Crisp.

BOARD OF CHURCH EXTENSION: -- President, L. C. Lemon; Vice-President, P. P. Carroll; Sec'y, J. B. Ferguson; Treasurer, B. L. Paine; L. F. Smith, N. A. Martin, H. T. Davis and the Presiding Elders.

DELEGATES TO CHURCH FEDERATION CONVENTION: -- D. W. C. Huntington, F. L. Wharton, Asa Sleeth, G. W. Abbott.

TRUSTEES NEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: -- John W. Stewart and A. L. Johnson, term expires 1903; J. H. Mickey and L. C. Lemon, term expires 1904: J. S. W. Dean and F. M. Esterbrook, term expires 1905; G. W. Isham and G. I. Wright, term expires 1906.

MINISTERIAL VETERAN ASSOCIATION: -- Commander, P. C. Johnson; Sen.-Vice., J. W. Stewart; Jun.-Vice., W. M. Worley; Quar.-Master, J. W. Royse; Adj., J. T. Roberts: Chaplain, Francis Deal.

   DISTRICT BOARDS OF CHURCH LOCATION: -- BEATRICE, L. G. Parker, E. L. Barch, A. W. Nickel, J. B. Parker and the Presiding Elder.
   HASTINGS, G. M. Gates, R. N. Orrill, J. C. Hedge, C. L. Lewis and the Presiding Elder.
   LINCOLN, F. L. Wharton, P. P. Carroll, S. D. Hyde, B. L. Paine and the Presiding Elder.
   NEBRASKA CITY, J. W. Scott, B. W. Marsh, J. F. Neal, John Bath and the Presiding Elder.
   YORK, John Gallagher, C. W. Day, F. A. Colony, N. C. Keck and the Presiding Elder.

STANDING COMMITTEES, 1902.

   AUDITING: -- I. W. Kenagy, G. C. Cobb, W. M. Morrow, J. W. Royse, C. L. Meyers.
   BIBLE CAUSE: -- M. A. Wimberley, E. S. Burr, J. G. Walker, A. V. Wilson, M. S. Foutch.
   CHURCH INSURANCE: -- A. G. Forman, T. S. Fowler, D. B. Lake, Leander Morrison, N. J. Chrysler.
   CONFERENCE RELATIONS:--F. L. Wharton, U. G. Brown, J. W. Embree, F. A. Colony, W. B. Alexander.
   CHURCH EXTENSION: -- A. W. Shamel, Frank Mills, G. M. Gates, L. F. Smith, C. E. Rowe.
   CURRENT BOOK ACCOUNTS: -- E. L. Barch, H. Zinnecker, L. F. Harmon, J. W. Warfield, John Calvert.
   DISTRICT CONFERENCE RECORDS: -- H. V. Price, E. D. Gideon, G. M. Jones, Geo. Shuman, E. F. S. Darby.
   EDUCATION: -- R. N. Orrill, Wm. Worley, Asa Sleeth, W. M. Balch, John Gallagher.
   EPISCOPAL FUND: -- P. P. Carroll, D. S. Davis, Charles Burns, David Fetz, J. A. Rousey.
   FREEDMAN'S AID AND SO. EDUCATION: -- Duke Slavens, F. M. Esterbrook, E. J. Randall, R. A. Barnes, F. L. Wharton.
   MEMOIRS: -- J. W. Stewart. J. H. Presson, C. W. Wells, H. T. Davis, H. Burch.
   METHODIST HOSPITAL AND DEACONESS HOME: -- M. C. Smith, B. F. Summers, J. K. Maxfield, J. M. Darby, F. W. Bean.
   MISSIONS: -- The Presiding Elders.
   PERIODICALS: -- M. P. Dixon, C. A. Hale, E. F. Gates, D. L. Thomas, L. C. Lemon.
   POST-OFFICES AND LOCAL PREACHERS: -- H. G. Wilcox, E. B. Maxey, W. W. Hull, M. R. Crisp, C. P. Metcalf.
   PUBLIC WORSHIP: -- J. R. Gettys, L. G. Parker.
   RESOLUTIONS: -- F. P. Blakemore, J. T. Roberts, J. R. Woodcock, E. L. Wolff, A. M. Perry.
   STATE OF THE CHURCH: -- F. M. Esterbrook, J. W. Scott, B. W. Marsh, L. C. Lemon, O. T. Moore.
   SUNDAY SCHOOL: -- S. T. Walker, A. G. Forman, M. E. Gilbert, Wm. Van Buren, E. M. Furman.
   TEMPERANCE: -- E. M. Evans, J. G. Stanard, C. M. Shepherd, J. T. Roberts, W. K. Williams.
   TRACTS: -- J. A. Nichols, H. F. Smith, J. D. Hammel, D. W. Wilt, E. S. Burr.
   WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY: -- J. H. N. Cobb, J. W. Lewis, E. M. Reed, C. P. Metcalf. A. B. Grossman.
   WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY: -- G. M. Morey, W. H. Mills, J. E. Rippetoe, C. E. Giwits, H. W. Cope.
   BOARD OF STEWARDS: -- P. C. Johnson, C. B. Lenfest, F. J. Randall., J. R. Woodcock, G. W. Abbott, T. H. Worley.

STANDING COMMITTEES, 1903.

   AUDITING:--Leander Morrison, J. E. Rippetoe. J. W. Royse, C. L. Myers, E. M. Furman.
   CONFERENCE RELATIONS:--J. W. Swan, C. A. Hale, W. B. Alexander, G. M. Morey, F. A. Colony.
   CHURCH EXTENSION: -- C. E. Giwits, A. W. Shamel, J. D. Hammel, C. B. Lenfest, C. P. Metcalf.
   CURRENT BOOK ACCOUNT: -- John Calvert, H. Zinnecker. C. D. Metcalf, E. D. Gideon, J. G. Stanard.
   DISTRICT CONFERENCE RECORDS: -- F. W. Bean, H. V. Price, A. B. Grossman, G. M. Jones, Wm. Van Buren.
   EDUCATION: -- John Gallagher, R. N. Orrill, W. M. Worley, Asa Sleeth, W. M. Balch.
   EPISCOPAL FUND: -- E. L. Wolff, J. A. Nichols, P. H. Smith, J. W. Lewis, David Fetz.
   FREEDMEN'S AID AND SOUTHERN EDUCATION SOCIETY: -- N. A. Martin, Duke Slavens, Chas. Burns, E. J. Randall, A. G. Forman.
   MEMOIRS: -- G. H. Moulton, P. C. Johnson, J. H. Presson, C. W. Wells, H. T. Davis.
   METHODIST HOSPITAL AND DEACONESS HOME: -- D. L. Thomas, J. R. Woodcock, G. M. Gates, J. W. Warfield, J. M. Darby.
   MISSIONS: -- The Presiding Elders.
   PERIODICALS: -- L. C. Lemon, L. F. Harmon, P. P. Carroll, E. F. Gates, F. M. Esterbrook.
   POST-OFFICES, AND LOCAL PREACHERS: -- B. F. Summers, M. C. Smith, E. F. S. Darby, M. R. Crisp.
   PUBLIC WORSHIP: -- Presiding Elders, F. L. Wharton.
   RESOLUTIONS: -- T. A. Hull, F. P. Blakemore, I. W. Kenagy, W. T. Cline, A. C. Crosthwaite.
   SUNDAY SCHOOLS: -- J. H. N. Cobb. W. H. Mills. S. T. Walker. C. E. Rowe, L. C. Lemon.
   TEMPERANCE: -- J. W. Scott, L. G. Parker, M. A. Wimberley, E. M. Evans, F. L. Wharton.
   TRACTS: - -J. A. Branson, C. E. Ruch, J. A. Rousey, J. G. Walker, M. S. Foutch.
   WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY: J. W. Embree, U. G. Brown, A. M. Perry, G. W. Ayers, O. T. Moore.
   WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY: -- M. P. Dixon, T. S. Fowler, H. W. Cope, W. W. Hull, J. T. Roberts.
   BOARD OF STEWARDS: -- P. C. Johnson, C. B. Lenfest, E. J. Randall, J. R. Woodcock, G. W. Abbott, T. H. Worley.