The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-14
FIFTY ONE MEN
Given License at Adventist
Conference Yesterday.
FIVE WERE ORDAINED
Prof. Wilkinson Lectures on
Education.

A session of the Kansas Conference Ad-
ventists convened yesterday morning in
Riverside park, and some important bust
ness was transacted. Twelve ministers
were given credentials. and FIVE were rec
commended for ordination and credentials.
eleven were granted ministerial license,
and twenty-three were given missionary
license. The ordination service took place
in the afternoon, following an interesting
address by Elder l. H Evans. All of the
ordained ministers were called to the desk
and took part in the service. Elder s n.
Haskell offered the prayer, and Elder G.
A Irwin, the president of the general con-
ference, gave the charge. This makes a
total of seventeen ordained and eleven
licensed ministers in the Kansas confer
ence.
The report of the treasurer showed quite
surplus in the treasury and in view of
this fact, the following resolutions were
presented:
Whereas, The Foreign Mission board
is greatly embarrassed for funds with
which to support its many workers in
other lands; and
Whereas, The Kansas conference has
a surplus after paying its own workers;
therefore be it
Resolved, First-That we donate the
sum of $1,000 at once from the treasury
to the Foreign Mission board.
''Second-That we pledge the conference
to sustain at least one worker in other
lands for the coming year.
''Third-That we heartily endorse the
plan Of donating weekly not less than
10 cents to foreign missions.
''Fourth-That as workers and members,
we pledge ourselves to carry out as far
as possible, and urge upon all a united
action in this donation"
Another resolution of interest to Wich-
ita people was offered as follows:
Whereas, The citizens of Wichita have
extended every courtesy and kindness TO
Us during our campmeeting. in freely fur
nishfng us Riverside park, and other IA,
vors; therefore, we extend to them our
sincere thanks for their many favors. and
we authorize our secretary to send the
park commissioners a copy of this reso-
lution''
=. The meeting adjourned pending the con-
sideratiOn of these resolutions, as the time
allotted to the meeting had expired. It
is expected that they will come up for con-
sideration at 9:1J this morning The re-
port Of the committee on nominations will
also be considered at the next meeting.
at which time all of the conference officers
VIII be elected
Professor G. ". Wilkinson, of Union
college. Lincoln. Neb delivered an able
discourse at he camp Tuesday afternoon
on the subject of education. The pro-
fessor is an interesting speaker and all
were so well pleased with his remarks
that we give the substance of his theme
here. He said:
The promise of Christ to His church,
a. embodied in the great commission.
that He should be with them unto the
end of the world. rested UPON two con-
ditions:
First, that they should go out and make
disciples of all nations.
Second, when these disciples were bap-
tized, they should be taught whatever
Christ commanded.
That the early Christian church under
stood the great commission in this light. /
may be discerned in their fight on the
educational question. AS soon as early
Christianity had been launched forth. she
encountered the old Graeco-Roman sys-
tenn Of education. As this system faced
heathenward and would virtually dis