Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1909 — M. E. CONFERENCE IN SESSION AT CRAWFORDSVILLE. [ARTICLE]

M. E. CONFERENCE IN SESSION AT CRAWFORDSVILLE.

Ministers of Northwestern Indiana Assemble and Will Receive Their Appointments. ' . - v Final prep&tatioas were completed at Crawfordsville Monday for the 58th annual session of the Northwest Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, which opens there Tuesday, Sept. 7th. The conference begins with a sermon by Rev. William Fornley Hovis, of South Bend. This will be followed by a reception at the Masonic Temple. The business of the session will begin Wednesday morning with Bishop Daniel Ayres Goodsell, of New York, presiding. ; , __ Rev. H. L. Kindig, of Trinity M. E. church, is attending the conference. He has nq expectation of being returned here, having already been here six years, which is longer than ministers of the M. E. church usually are permitted to remain in one place. Dr. Kindig is one of the most able ministers that ever held a pastorate in this city and his removal from the city will meet with general regret. The appointments will probably not be made public until the last of the week.