The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-10-09
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Arrangements Are Being
Made for the National
Convention to be Held
in This City October
80, 81 and November !.

of the Luther League of America, has
been in Canton to confer with the To-
cal committee with reference to the
National convention which will be held
in this city on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday. October 80 and 81, and
November 1. He brought encouraging
reports from the east and west regard
ing the interest being taken in the
convention.
The convention program the exact
makeup of which will not be an
nounced until the arrival of the dele
gates, is nearing completion. The
program committee makes the follow
ing announcement:
The theme of the convention is in
keeping with the Luther Leagues edu-
cational purpose. 1t is: knowledge
Fact; Wisdom-Tact; Understand
| ing-Act"
Practical Luther League topics will
be discussed by competent Luther
League workers. One feature of the
|
ade." The first evening will be the
report of President W. c. Stoever, of
Philadelphia, and an address on the
Lutheran Church in Ohio, by Hon.
John Zimmerman. of Springfield, one
of the most prominent laymen of the
Church. On the second day there will
be an address on "The Church and
Education; It's Aims and Results" by
Rev. Clarence E. Gardner, D. D., of
Ohio Also an address on "The Re-
| ligious Education of the Children OF
the Church." by Rev. G. K Solberg, of
Chicago. The night session will lis
ten to addresses on 1.-THE Power and
Work of the Christian College," by
President Kildahl, of St. Olaf's Col
lege, Northfield, Mimi: "The Position
and Opportunity of the Lutheran
Church in American Education" by
President ]. A. w. Haas, of Mullen
berg College, Allentown, Pa, and an
address on "The Christian College and
Aggressive Christianity" by Rev. Or.
| Bauslin, of Wittenberg Seminary,
Springfield, Ohio. At the grand rally
the Rev. Dr. William j Miller will
speak on "The Bible as an Educating
Power" "The Responsibility of the
Educated and Christian Citizen" will
be discussed by Judge Stake, of Phil
adelphia. Arrangements have also
been made to have the Rev. c. L.
Brown, of Salem, Va, the returned
missionary of the United Synod in the
South to Japan, present to address the
grand rally. Besides these addresses
during the day sessions there will be
practical papers by prominent laymen
on League work. The daily morning
devotional services will seek to give
spiritual uplift to the sessions of the
day. The themes for these services
will be, for the first morning, Spirit
ual Education" by Rev. o. A. Ander-
son, of South Dakota, and, for the sec
ond morning. Motives for the Ac-
quirement of Wisdom" by Rev. c. P.
Mclaughlin, of Chicago The pro-
gram as already outlined is calculated
to stimulate our activity and foster
our loyalty.
On the evening of November 1 a. |
grand rally will be held in, the Audi |
torium. At that time the Canton |
Choral society and the Boy Choir of
the Trinity Lutheran church will sing.
Monday and Tuesdays program will |
be held in the Trinity Lutheran !
church on West Tuscarawas street.
The local committee is composed of !
ten sub-committees. the chairmen of
which constitute the general commit
tee. They are as follows:
General committee-Lester Deweese,
chairman; e. G. Cutchall, secretary; c.
w. Keplinger. treasurer.
Reception-James e. Flohr.
Ffnance-Charles w. Keplinger.
Music-John d. Frank.
Entertainment-Ed M. Shreiner.
Registration-E. c. Cutchall.
Publicity and Press-George Scho-
ner.
Hall and Decorations-M. w. Lutz
Bureau of Information-Rev. G. c.
Schaub.
Printing-Rev. G. M. Schmucker.
Ushers-Thomas C. Whipple.
Not the least interesting of the news
Rev. Kuhns brought with him is the
announcement that two or three large
cities are preparing to contest for the
honor of entertaining the convention
of 1908 Chicago. which is one of the
contestants, held meetings in the diff
ferent parts of the city during the past
week to work up sentiment In favor
of their city and to arrange to send
strong delegation to Canton. Rich
mond. Va. is also in the field for the
1908 convention, but is keeping secret
its nlanS to stamnede the Hantan oon |