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in detail the work on each charge. Taking them in alphabetical
order we first come to Bartlett.
This is a name that suggests hardship and toil
under discouraging circumstances. But however hard such fields
will always find some Methodist preacher ready to go to them. The
pastor has wrought faithfully, and his labor has resulted in:
Eight conversions.
Seven accessions.
Improvements, have been made on property to the
amount of $12, and an old debt of $175 on the parsonage provided
for in notes. R. N. Throckmorton. pastor.
Battle Creek, one of our old new fields,
has been well organized, and starts out on a new career of growth.
The year's work has resulted in:
Fifty conversions.
Thirty-four accessions.
and the inauguration of a new church enterprise
which would have liven well under way but for the money
stringency. R. J. Millard. pastor.
Bloomfield is a new and growing town in
the center of the eastern half of Knox county, and is the present
terminus of the Wayne branch of the C. St. P. M. & O. R. R.
The first years of our work in this place were years of struggle.
But the victory has been complete, and our church is at the front
with a harmonious and hopeful membership. The pastor reports:
Eighteen conversions.
Twelve accessions.
One hundred and thirty dollars; expended on
improvements in the way of carpets, pulpit sets. etc. E. W.
Erickson, pastor.
Creighton has made rapid progress this
year. The first six months Rev. J. H. Frazer had pastoral charge,
and during this time a very gracious revival took place under the
labors of Sister M. Phillips, resulting in:
One hundred and twenty-five conversions.
Eighty-five uniting with our church.
About the first of April Rev. Frazer was at his
own request changed to the Coleridge charge and Frank G. Perry was
placed in charge, and has since served them.
The parsonage has been papered and two rooms
elegantly furnished for Epworth League parlors at cost of $100. I
ought to add that the pastor took up work at Bazile Mills, three
miles north of Creighton, and in June held a series of meetings at
which there were twenty conversions and twenty-five
accessions.
Creighton circuit was formed last Conference,
but has not as yet
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developed as much strength as we had hoped. but we have reason
expect that the near future will greatly strengthen the charge,
and the faithful work of the year will bear fruit. W. A. Wilson,
pastor.
Elgin has had marvelous growth this year
and reports:
Eighty-five conversions.
Ninety-three accessions.
There have been improvements amounting to $75.
D. R. Collings, pastor.
The work on the Emerick charge has been
pushed vigorously by the pastor, J. A. Roads, and there has
been:
Twenty conversions.
Twenty accessions.
Amount paid on old debts $36. improvements
$45.
Ewing has made a healthy growth, and the
year's work has resulted in:
Twenty-two conversions.
Twenty-eight accessions.
And improvements to the amount of $125 have been
made. Bartley Blain, pastor.
Lone Tree has held its own with E. E.
Morse, pastor.
Neligh is our most important field, and
in some respects the most difficult. The location of Gates College
at this place in some respects gives our sister Congregational
church the advantage, but our church continues to grow. Though the
town has not grown in the last three years, in that time the
church has doubled its membership. and this year there has
been:
Twenty conversions.
Twenty-eight accessions.
The marked feature of the revival last winter
was the large number of old people converted, many ranging from
fifty to seventy. A ten-year-old debt of $222 due the Church
Extension Society has been paid, and improvements made on church
and parsonage amounting to $180. Total $440.
Wm. Gorst is closing his third year as
pastor.
Newman Grove has been blessed with
another year of prosperity, as indicated by:
Thirty conversions.
Twenty-five accessions.
One church is about completed at Lindsey at
cost: of $1,500, another well under way at Newman Grove to cost
$1,800, the old church at this place becoming too small.
C. G. Rouse closes his second year as
pastor.
Niobrara was left to be supplied at last
Conference, and I secured the services of Rev. J. C. Ingersoll.
The charge has made good
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growth. There have been good congregations, and some
conversions and accessions, but I have not been informed as to
numbers. Seventy-five dollars have been expended in papering and
improving the church.
Oakdale, one of our most important
charges, has had another year of growth, all departments of church
work being well cared for. An addition, in the form of an L has
been added to the church, connecting with main auditorium by
sliding doors, and cost $522, all of which has been provided for
except about, $50.
There have been fifty conversions and as many
accessions.
John Crews is closing his second year.
O'Neill is one of the largest and most
progressive towns on the district, and our church is making rapid
advance. A neat parsonage containing five rooms has been erected
at cost of $600, and paid for with the exception of $50. A
gracious revival in which the pastor was aided by Rev. J. J.
Walters of Central Illinois Conference, resulted in:
Twenty conversions.
Twenty-four accessions.
The church has been reseated and otherwise
improved it a cost of about $100. F. Ellis, pastor.
The church at Osmond has rapidly come to
the front and is thoroughly established. There have been some
conversions and, some accessions. The most improved opera chairs
have been placed in the church and the church replastered and
repapered at a cost of $400. B. B. Keister is pastor.
On the Paddock charge a new church has
been erected at a cost of $700, and was dedicated by the Presiding
Elder assisted by Rev. B. Blain, Rev. Wm. Slothower, former
pastor, and the present pastor, Rev. J. W. Kern. The entire claim
was provided for. There have been good revivals, resulting in:
Thirty-five conversions.
Nineteen accessions.
Page and Inman is a charge of six
appointments, requiring preaching three times every Sabbath.
Thirty-five conversions partly tell the story of the year's work.
H. H. St. Louis, pastor.
At Pierce our little flock has held
together well, though pressed by a large burden of debt and other
discouragements. There have been:
Twelve conversions.
Ten accessions.
One hundred and twenty dollars paid on old
debts. A new bell has been purchased and paid for at cost of $100.
Other improvements made to the amount of $50.
J. H. Wilcox is closing his second year.
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Petersburg seems to be gradually
passing into the hands of the Catholics, so that though our church
is the only Protestant church ther, it is difficult to make
progress under the circumstances. A heavy debt is pressing them
and they have been discouraged. Rev. Mr. Wain was appointed to
this charge, but the labor required was too much, and at his own
request he was changed to Ewing. After a delay of three months I
employed Rev. W. H. Newman to serve as a supply. There have
been:
Fifteen conversions.
Ten accessions, and improvements on church
property to the amount of $75.
Of Plainview it must be said that another
year has been added to the series of successful ones. Last year
their debts were reduced to zero. This year the membership has
been doubled. This is due in part to a gracious revival. resulting
in:
Fifty-five conversions.
Sixty-five accessions.
The pastor was aided by Miss May Phillips. The
church has been repapered and painted at a cost of $175. Another
factor in the achievement of these results was the excellent wife
the pastor, E. R. Adriance, took to himself early in the year.
Plainview circuit has been supplied by Rev. Wm.
Slothower, and has had a year of substantial and healthy growth.
with some conversions.
Reservation charge has made good progress
under the pastorate of Rev. C. T. Adams. who has supplied it.
Besides, twenty conversions and thirty-five accessions, the field
has been organized, and a new church projected, which we hope to
see finished by winter.
Savage charge has held its own under the
pastoral care of Rev. W. Stanner. Some improvements have been made
on parsonage property. Bro. Stanner has been somewhat hindered by
the long and painful illness of his wife.
Though alphabetically Tilden and
Meadow Grove charge comes last, it is not therefore least.
Numerically it is the largest charge on the district and has made
a good record on all lines, as the following facts will show.
revivals at two points in which the pastor, Bro. Hosman was
assisted by Miss Phillips resulted in:
One hundred conversions.
One hundred assessions.
A new bell and other improvements at Tilden,
amounting to $162.
All indebtedness against the Churches at Tilden
and Meadow Grove amounting to $760 paid in full. E. E. Hosmon,
pastor.
This record of success in the individual charges
fittingly culminated in a glorious camp meeting held on the old
camp grounds at Oak-
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dale. which like all the others seemed to most of us the best
of the series. Besides the pastors of the district and some
visiting brethren, we were aided by Rev. J. J. Walters, who had
charge of the evangelical work. Miss Phillips was with us part of
the time and rendered good service. Besides the quickening of the
spiritual life or believers, there were at least seventy
conversions.
An enthusiastic District Epworth League
convention was held at Oakdale in April. It was well attended and
showed that much has already been done along this line, and gave
promise of much more to follow.
There were two District Conferences held during
the year. The first one was well attended. and among its marked
features was an enthusiastic missionary meeting addressed by J. H.
Frazer. D. R. Collings and Wm. Gorst. I think in no small measure
we must attribute to the influence of this meeting the 15 per
cent. increase in missionary collections which we hope to report
this year.
At our first session charges were preferred
against J. Delos Wilson, a local elder, by Wm. Gorst and D. R.
Collings, a committee appointed by a previous district conference
to investigate and see whether there were grounds for complaint.
The case was referred to a select number, which met at Ewing and
tried the case, finding the accused guilty as charged. and he was
expelled from the ministry of the M. E. church. I herewith submit
the records of the trial.
With high appreciation of the faithful and
efficient services of the pastors. and devout thanksgiving to God
for his blessing, I respectfully submit this report.
INDEX
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Anniversaries and Special Services |
34-35 |
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Appointments |
3 |
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Committees. Conference |
7 |
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" Standing |
8 |
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Conference Roll |
11 |
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Disciplinary Questions |
4 |
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Episcopal Directory |
2 |
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Journal |
13-33 |
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Local Preachers' Directory |
11 |
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Memoir |
36 |
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Officers of Conferene |
7 |
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Reports: |
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Auditing |
58 |
Bible |
58 |
Church Extension |
58 |
Camp Meeting |
60 |
Current Book Accounts |
60 |
District Conference Records |
61 |
Education . |
63 |
Epworth League |
63 |
Episcopal Fund |
64 |
Freedman's Aid and Southern Education |
64 |
Miissionary Appropiations |
65 |
Missions |
65 |
Methodist Hospital and Deaconess Home |
66 |
Memorial to Senate and House of Representatives |
66 |
Nebraska Wesleyan University |
68 |
Periodicals |
67 |
Resolutions |
69 |
Sabbath Observance |
70 |
State of the Church |
70 |
Sunday School |
71 |
Stewards |
72 |
Temperanc( . |
73 |
Woman's Home and Foreign -.Missionary Society |
69 |
Presiding Elders: |
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Omaha District . |
75 |
Norfolk District. |
77 |
Grand Island District |
85 |
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Elkhorn Valley District |
90 |
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Sessions and Officers |
2 |
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Statistics |
41-56 |
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Secretary's Financial Account |
57 |
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Treasurer's Report |
57 |
ERRATA.
Page 3. -- Insert Geo. W. Martin. Chaplain
State Industrial School. at Kearney.
Page 15. -- Question 14. add C. B. Allen to the
Central IIIinois Confrence.
Pages 11, 12. -- Transfer Local Preachers'
Directory to page 12 aid Probationers to page 11.
Page 11. -- Insert in Local Preachers' Directory
the following:
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