The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-10
TWO new BISHOPS.
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/ Rev. T. D. Critics is pastor.
/ The real headquarters of the chuTcn
/ are maintained at Dayton, Ohio, Where
/ the publishing house is stationed. me
| church controls a fine History building
! a large part Of which is given over TO
/ its publishing department.
! The various boards of church cree
ton. missions and Sunday school held
sessions this afternoon in Representa-
/ tive hall. These are the regular an
nual meetings and were held in Topeka
( at this time because many members
! of the various boards are also mem
bers of the general ceb1ferenee-
Sunday School Report.
Colonel Robert Cowden, secretary of
the Sunday school board, presented his
annual report. The report is one OF the
best which has ever been made. Num-
erous suggestions for improvements
were outlined in the course Of the re-
port.
The mission board has just cancelled
| q debt of $50 which has been hang
ing over it. With this cancellation the
mission work of the church will be
carried on more actively than ever.
One of the most important things
which will come up in connection with
the matter of missions is the reported
division of the work between home and
foreign. Two secretaries, one for each
department, will be provided for by the
/ conference instead of one.
The Church Erection society have in
| creased their assets from $4,000 to
/ s133000. Numerous parsonages and
! churches were aided materially in their
! building from the funds of this depart
/ ment.
The following are extracts from the
various reports read this afternoon:
The report of the general Sabbath
school board contains among the
items of interest:
We have in the last forty-seven
months granted 15241 donations to
probably 900 different schools, aggre-
eating $5,642. Our people do not
know the great good their money,
given to this board, does. Some splen-
! did visible results of these gifts are
seen in cities where fine churches now
| stand where none stood before.
! Conservation and preparation are
| the two words, and in the order stated,
/ that express the qualifications neces-
sary in a Sunday school teacher and
neither, alone is sufficient This
board emphasizes this work, and
/ through its secretary, by holding Sun
day school institutes and enrolling
/ persons in classes and 1nstructlng
! them by correspondence and keeping
at it, it has succeeded in enrolling
! 6,174 members and in graduating in
4 the full Chautauqua course 1,l9os
! The report on Sunday school Itera-
! ture says that one of the greatest de-
! velOpments of the nineteenth century
/ is the organized Sunday school move
ment with its 25,O00,o0o Bible stu
dents.
Much Sunday School Literature.
Since the adoption of the interna-
( tional lesson system in 1872 the vol
une of Sunday school literature has
/ been steadily increasing until 1t now
| comprises more than so per cent of
the current religious literature Of the
world.
! fe. hotter anIIinnPG
teaching force. These are times when
/ the world is requiring skilled labor in
I every department of it's activities, Sun
day school work not excepted
The report of the department OF
missions says that the deas OF hfty
! years standing has been paid to the
/ amount of $4,000 and there is money
/ in the bank The total of new funds
collected for. the quadrennium was
i S2O6,997, and the disbursements were
I S169.583 In the home field the so
/ ciety has maintained an average OF
/ twelve presiding elder districts each
4 year and an average of Sixty-One mis-
sionary pastors. The congregations IN
! these home missions have contributed
N on church property $88,167. The
average weekly attendance was 49,
51S; average weekly attendance in the
II Sunday schools was 1902, and the
accessions to the church 1925.
The special features of the quadren-
!
4 dedication of a $4,000 church at
4 Bonthe, Africa, and a $4,000 building
at Ponce, Porto Rico.
4 About rs per cent of the funds have
l been expended in the nome held ana
the remainder in the four foreign
missions Japan, Germany, Porto Rico
and Africa.
Work among freedmen has been
conducted in Virginia and Tennessee,
and at institutions of learning at
White Pine and Lawrenceburg, Tenn,
and Turkey Creek, La.
Programme of Conference.
The programme for the conference,
which lasts ten days, for the remainder
of the week is:
Thursday. May II, 2 p. m blouse
of atives.) General confer
ence called by Bishop n. Castle, D. D.
Il Address by Senior Bishop N. Castle.
Thursday, 8 p. Organization.
Thursday, 7;30 p. M Auditorium.
Bishop Castle presiding. Addresses
of welcome, Governor Hoch, of Kan
sas: Charles NJ. Sheldon, D. D., author
of In His Steps," Hon. Matt Edmonds
and Pew. T. D. Critics. Responses by
Rev. H. S. GabeI and Rev. T. c. Car
ter, D. D.
Friday. May -, g a. M blouse OF
atives.) Bishop E. p Keep
hart, D. D., presiding. Business ses-
sion.
Friday, p. m.-CHouse of Repre-
sentatives.) Bishop E. P Kephart
D. D.. presiding. Business session.
Friday. 1890 p. m.-(House of Rep
resentatives.) Bishop E. P. Kephart
D. D, presiding. FraternaI delegates
from other denominations. Addresses
and responses.
Saturday. May 10, 8 a. m.-(House
of Representatives, Bishop J. s.
Mills, D. D., presiding. Business ses-
sion.
Saturday, 1880 p. m-(Auditoriurl ~
Concert and entertainment, De Moss
Lyric Bards.
/ TAFT And ROOSEVELT.