The Iola register., 1901-08-30
NEW CHURCH DEDICATED
Bish op Joyce Raises S4500 Which
Clears the SlA,00 Methodist
Church From Debt

was the dedicating Sunday of the
handsome house of worship recently
finished by the Methodists of lola.
The excellent condition of that organ
ization, due in large measure to the
efficient leadership of Rev. John Mac
lean, is most gratifying to all their
friends. The dedicating services were
most impressively conducted by Bish-
op Isaac w. Joyce, d. D., L. l.. D.,
of INDIANAPOLIS.
Bishop Joyce is one of the strongest
men in the Methodist Church, and he
came all the way from Pennsylvania
just to dedicate this church. He did
big days work Sunday. After
the sermon he started in to raise the
"a, 500 yet due on the building. BY
one o'clock he had raised about half
so the services were closed and the
dedication ceremony postponed until
night. The rain coming up just at
church time kept many away and there
was only about half as large an at
tendance as in the morning but the
Bishop went to work with will and
in about an hour had raised all but
$780, The trustees had that in sight
and with the joyful exclamation 1--WE
are out of the woods" he announced
that they could proceed with the dedi-
cation. The regular ritual form of
the Methodist church was used.
The services began with Love
Feast at $3.50 and by ten O'Clock the
church was filled. Extra chairs were
put in the aisles and when the pastor
announced the opening hymn for the
church services every foot of space in
the building was in use.
In the pulpit with Bishop Joyce and
and Rev. Maclean were Presiding
Elder Durboraw, Revs. N. V. Moore
and f. w. Fem of Humboldt, d. H.
Manley of LaHarpe, Angus Maclean
of Strong City, Guy Hamilton Of
Funston, ID. b. Shuey and j. A.
Leonard the two latter having dis
missed their service for the day.
THE BISHOPS ADDRESS
After the usual opening exercises of
the church Bishop Joyce preached
taking as his textI Timothy 3-15, "The
Church of the living God, the pillar
and the ground of the truth" His
theme was "Why do we want
Churches? Why build Christian
Churches?" He spoke in part as fol-
lows:
''It is a satisfaction to follow along
the track of man who knows what
he is talking about. The man who
wrote this text was a marvellous man.
From life of hate and superstition
and persecution he hadcome over into
a life of peace and contentment and
joy. He is writing to young man in
whom he is deeply interested about a
manly life.
Why do we build Churches? Some
think that Churches are built to eX-
hibit the strength of their respective
organizations. That they are the
material embodiment of what they
want people to think about their
organizations. 1t is little man who
thinks that. The man who studies
principles, the man who studies the
make up of the community won't think
that.
There is a single fact that ought
to confront every American. 1t is
this. Never did the world face such
conditions as now. England is taxed
to the last nerve. Austria is bank
rupt France is little better. Italy is
in "a whirlpool. Germany don't want
any more un her hands than she has.
The condition of Heathendom is
critical. China is puzzle to the
world.
There are fifteen hundred millions
of people in the world today. If one
wants to get out ofhis narrowness and
know something of other mems lives
he should try to know men where
they live. | have Travelled over the
world and seen nearly all of them in
their homes. Out of this fifteen hun
dred millions the majority of them
went hungry to bed last night, the
majority of them will go hungry to
bed tonight. Who will take care OF
them? What is to be done with them!
There must be conscience culture in
the world. We are doing good work
and are national power in the world
but what are our seventy-siX millions
beside all the rest? England has one
hundred and fifty millions under hel
rule but her conditions are not whar
her best thought would desire it to be
We maintain that there shall be NJ
union between church and state but We
carry it so far that in some states
we do not even allow the Lords
Prayer recited in the schools. Sixty
per cent of our homes do not have Goo