The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-10-09
THE MISSIONARY CONVENTION
A Very Interesting Meeting at the
Christian Church.

A Very Interesting MeeJlng az I'LL
Christian Church.
The State Missionary Conven
ton of the Christian church com
menced Monday night at the frs
Christian church, the pastor o
which, Elder w. ]. Shelburne, de
livered pleasing address. L. L
Riddell, of Memphis, conducted the
devotional exercises, and ]. E. Cor
sush, of Memphis, preached tbs
opening sermon on Paul, the Mis-
sionarv, His Motives, Aims and
Methods
Tuesday morning, after few re-
marks by ". H. Shelter, there was
song and prayer by ]. M. Hardy.
Devotional exercises were conduct
ed by Rev. Robert Stewart, OF
Knoxville, he making pleasing
talk on the Christ child, After
several songs and ten sentence
prayers, ]. E. Stewart, of Jackson,
delivered an address on "Our Open
Doors and Adversaries, which was
we'll received. The report of the
State Board was then read by Cor
responding Secretary A. l. Myhr.
Tuesday night was given to an
address on discovery
or Invention, by Elder ]. M, Hardy.
The afternoons session OF the
society was opened with song, after
which Elder r. p. Meeks, of Hen
derson, offered prayer. Devotional
exercises were conducted by Elder
Robert Stewart, continuing his
Of the morning on Christ
From Babyhood to the Age of
Twelve, and From Thirty to the
Close Of His Ministry
The following were appointed as
a committee of permanent funds:
J r. Morgan, J. F. Robertson, Mrs.
A. B. Lamb and DR.. E. K, Leak
christianity aud Education"
was the subject of an interesting
address by Prof. e. c. McDougle,
of Henderson. There were several
other speakers on the same subject,
all favoring higher education.
The following committees were
Programme, ]. e. Cor
such, r. c. McDougle; time and
place, ], j. Caseleberry, }. n. Ar
A. A. Ferguson; future
work, J. e. Stewart, Prof. Macon,
A. J. Myhr, W. E. Ellis, Robert
Stewart,
christianity and Education
was the subject of an address by
Prof. Z. c, McDougle, Of George
Robertson College, of Henderson.
Tenn.
Elder Armistead, of Nashville,
was in favor OF the church educat-
ing it's children in it's own schools.
Elder A. j. Myhr, the wit of the
convention, was the next to make
a talk along the line under discus
sion. He stated that there were
300 preacherless churches i'll this
state.
Robert Stewart conducted the
services at Wednesday mornings
services.
The committee report on perma-
nent funds was read and approved,
one of the most important sugges-
tons being the raising of the fund
to 100000.
Prot. G. A. Macon, OF Memphis,
made an able and entertaining talk.
lie wanted a church organ in the
State, and believed that of the so,
600 church members the majority OF
them who could raise dollar would
become subscribers. He thought
that 500, 900 worth of bonds could
be issued, which could be put OF
the market at 10 per cent, and that
$4,000 would start the paper and
keep it gong.
II. w. Stancill, editor of the
Christian at Work, ColIierville anc
Memphis. made a talk strongly il
favor of the church having a State
paper, and showing what he hac
done with the Christian at Work
which now has 1850 subscribers
All of the speakers were in favor o
starting the paper at Nashville
e c. Wilson, r. L. Carr and J
Il. Roulhac were elected a commit
tee on nomination.
One of the best sermons hearC
here IN long time was that Wed
nesday morning by L. D. Rrddell
who took his text from the secont
chapter of Pauls Epistle to tn
Philippians.
The convention was opened will
PRAYER Wednesday afternoon by
e. Stuart. Rev Stewart couducte,