The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-18
By n. w. Brabham .

OF CneeXlSCence OF SUCH al OTSdnlLd-
ton, and from the men and women Of
the church who have heard Of the
local league circle but had no concep-
ton of the scope of its work and aims.
The increase in numbers Of the local
membership is one of the outward
evidences of a fruitful conference;
the attendance upon all the meetings
from time to time by men and
women who put aside their cares for
the time being was d splendid tribute
to the leagues interesting program
as arranged by the president of the
State League; it was an encourage
ment to the young workers and they
were rewarded by hearing many
good things. :.
Of course the particular speakers
who attracted more attention than
the others, were DR.. H. M. DuBose
and DR.. Ed. F. Cook, both of Nash
vile. DR.. DuBose is the general
secretary of the Epworth League,
and is the very able editor Of the
Epworth Era. DR.. Cook is one of
the missionary secretaries of the
Southern Methodist church, and is a
man of wide experience both, as
pastor and as worker with pastors.
Both of these gentlemen are able
speakers; their every word shows
the inborn gift of oratory, and at
the same time every word is rev.
elation of their entire conservation
to the work of the church. The
several addresses Of DR.. Cook were
masterful appeals to the men Of
business to apply the same business
principles to the financing Of the
church as they do to their own in
dividual affairs. He declared that if
the principle of business was applied
to the greatest of all works, that it
would be but a matter Of few
years before the entire world would
have the gospel preached to them
and heathendom would be unknown
in the world. At the Methodist
church on Thursday night DR.. Cook
appealed to the congregation with
his we'll remembered theme, 1.-The
Gospel of Money" The theme as
treated by the able minister was un-
usual, but it was very unusual man
who was speaking and it made a
deep impression on all who heard it.
His adress to men at the Baptist
church Sunday afternoon was along
the same line of thought, but there
was no touch of repetition or any
thing that was not entertaining and
instructive. DR.. Cook is no mere
man of theories, for he has facts and
figures to substantiate his every de-
claration.
DIR. DuBose is man of language;
it may be said that he is the master
workman who builds and plans and
executes all at one time a noble
line of thought in which there is
couched deep beauty of form and OF
truth. He seems to make the Ian
guage his tool, with which he paints
pictures and at the same time he
invites his audience to see his vision
with him. His closing adress on
Sunday night was word picture of
the Descent from the Cross" DR..
DuBose took a subject which is
familiar to all, but he drew from
the realms Of imagination visions
which the ordinary mind would
never draw for itself.
The work of the League was made
known Saturday morning when the
various delegates made their reports
of the work of their league circles.
1t was found that the League is
doing much good, both in it's own
work, and in aiding the pastors in
their church work. Plans were made
for further extending the line of
work. Possibly the most direct
achievement of the session Of the
conference was the unanimous de-
cision to send a missionary to Cuba.
The several talks and sermons OF
DR.. J. w. Wolling, returned mis-
sionary from Brazil, who has been
sojourning in the land of the Portu-
guese for over twenty years, was a
great inspiration to the Leaguers to
send out a missionary, for DR.. Woll-
ing is very enthusiastic about mis-
sions and about mission fields. DR..