The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-22
THE THREE SESSIONS.
Bible School Work, Orphanages, Re-
vivaIs and other Topics.


At the Springfield convention a meeting
Of Bible school workers appointed a COM
mittee to suggest a plan for the enlarge
ment of their work, and report to the pres
ent convention. This committee was COM
posed of j. G. Waggoner, /. N. McCash,
Howard C. Rush. II. ]. Legg, S. Wilcox and
II. +. Davis. These gentlemen made their
report to the convention recommending the
appointment of a committee of five by the
society, whose duty it shall be to stir up
interest in Bible school sentiment, to pro-
vide programmes at the various conven-
TONS to establish Institutes, gather ,tatis-
tics and to publish articles from time to
time on Bible school work. The commit
tee is also to choose national Bible school
superintendent, subject to the approval of
the managing board. These various rec
concentrations were concurred in by the
convention, and this closed the business be-
fore the body.
During the morning session addresses
were made by d. r. DUNCAN of st. Louis.
w. B. Craig Of Des Moines, Ia, and Mark
Coils of Lexington, Ky. Mr.. DUNCAN made
the preliminary Bible talk his subject be-
ing Paul the Missionary" Rev. Craig,
who is chancellor of Drake University, de-
livered a valuable paper on Our Duty in
Education" which was mainly a plea for
greater consideration of educational work
Mark Coils spoke on THE Relation of the
Pastor to the Missionary Conscience of His
People" The speaker was rejoiced at the
strong missionary conscience evidenced by
the reports made to the convention.
In the afternoon a committee from the
Friends convention was received and the
decision was made to hold a Joint union
prayer service this morning at Roberts
Park Church.
lowed ten minutes in which to lay before
the convention the claims of the Orphans
Home Association, and she shared her time
with Superintendent IennySOn, of the St
Louis home, and Miss Williamson the ma
iron of the same institution. Mr.. Tennyson
declared that there were from $4,000 to 100,-
600 homeless children in the country. He
urged the churches to do what they could
toward supporting the work of caring for
some of these children. A life membership
in the Orphans Association costs SIS and
an annual membership 81. Miss William
sons address was very wholesome, moth
erly one, in which she told Of the noble
qualities of Some of the eighty-three chill
dren under her care.
j. A. L. Ronig, of Benton Harbor, Mich.
occupied the last hour OF the afternoon SEES
sion with the delivery OF an address on the
subject Our Cities for Christ" Mr.. Ro-
mig is the general evangelist of the church,
and his remarks consisted chiefly in de-
scribing his methods of work. He said it
was impossible TO save a city for Christ
by holding a two weeks service in Ii and
then leaving the field His method is IL
stay with it, At Altoona, Pa. he recently
held a series of meetings that lasted eleven
weeks and as a result baptised l76 into the
faith. He also said that he never spoke
about the religious doctrines of other de-
nominations. which expression ELECTED
much applause. He urged the necessity Of
providing funds for new church buildings
His labor is a labor Of love, for since last
April he has received for his own use only
500, which has been supplemented by a vol
untary payment of $50 to him by the man
aging board. the meetings he holds are
expensive. but their cost is betrayed by coll
lections, he believing the paying of
oney in the contribution basket TO be one
of the best assurances Of earnestness on