The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-21
REV. STOEZ ER
!. !. PRESIDED } { { ! J 4 |!

AT LAST MEETING OF PREssYTE
RAN { SYNOD AT FIRST
CHURCH, WHEELING.
WHEELING. Oct. el.-The fourth
annual session of the Presbyterian
synod, OF West Virginia, was conclud.
ed last evening in the First church.
with popular meeting that was par.
ticIpated in by many Of the congrega:
tons OF the city. Two able addresses
were delivered along lines of mission
work during the evening. and the con.
gregation orerfowed the seating ca.
paclty OF the edifice. This was the
concluding service OF the synod meet.
fng. though earlier In the day the min.
listers filed various engagements al
the y. NJ. CA. and other religious
gatherings and in the forenoon the
majority of the city pslpits were occu.
pied by visiting clersymen.
The service last evening ut the First
church was presided over by the Rev.
II. G. Stoetzer, while the first speaker
OF the evening was the Rev. George H.
Trull. He spoke upon various phases
OF mission work and It's needs. The
work as 1t relates to India. China and
Africa being given special mention. In
these heather lands he laid special
stress upon the general ignorance OF
the people and told OF some Of the hor.
rible practices of persons who were
supposed to have the welfare of these
people in hand as the physicians. In
India he told Of 100000 blind people
who We're but small proportion OF
those suffering
Spiritual Blindness
while the superstition OF the Chinese
was also demonstrated in several
ways, among them being their fear of
breaking the earth to CLEAN out its
stores OF precious minerals for fear
OF releasing the evil spirits that dwell.
ed within. Among these heather peo.
pie, however. Mr.. Trull declared. was
a spiritual longing. Their religion was
Inadequate to their demands for a re-.
ligion. Much Of 1t was .bullded upop
immortality and to meet all the needs
OF man It must appeal to him morally
intellectually and spiritually. The
christian religion is the only one thai
can do this and In 1t is found In still
phrer form any OF the good features
these other religions may have. The
Hinduism has rs a prominent feature.
immortality. and. Of course. is not what
men demand. Budism has no hone of
Inc future and is not what men need
Monamcdism falls short and SO do al,
: the others of the requirements OF men
This brings us again to the fact that
the only religion that can satisfy I,
man morally. physically. intellectually
and spiritually. is the religion of .Tcsus
Christ, and that is what the bea,ben
needs. To get this religion to them is
our duty. Jesus Christ cannot save
the world to him. It Is not beyond the
possibility of Gods power. but It is NOT
his plan and 1t was that we sbou,d
share in the saving. 1t is not praeti.
cable for us all to go. but We can send
others and the speaker closed in nm
earnest appeal for more general inter.
est and participation in mission work
Rev. Or. Ewing Speaks.
The Rev. Dr. Ewing. D. D.. who for
the past twenty-eight years has been
In India. was the second speaker. He
spoke principally along the lines Of
what education has wrought in the far
east. He told of the schools and the
work education is doing among those
OF India through becoming in toucb
WIN the young man and numerous
personal experiences were recited
Figures illustrative Of the mammoth.
ness OF the work We're developea and
interesting comparisons made. The
TACT that the men OF the country had
100 long left the mission work to tho
women was touched upon and he he
ffeved that great results we're to como
from the Westminster organization OF
the church that was to increase the
number of workers In the field to 4 ooo
This was yet insufficient, he stated
but was great step forward. More
liberal giving to the support of mis-.
sions was urged and the address in ali
was one of the very interesting ones
OF the synod session.
AT the First church in the morpins
Moderator Pollock preached, while In
the afternoon he also spoke at the y
NJ. C. A.
This morning most of the visiting
1 ank. v~lk A. .