The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-10

Goes To Durham.
The invitation FROM Durham vas
accepted unanimously
Greensboro FcmHic college.
Mrs Lucy II Robertson. President
81 Greensboro Female college. sItohe
beautifully OF the grand lustitati ~
and her ammoun- ement that ~1an the
college would lave a const ryatafJ 81
musei was hailed with pleasure oy
the Conference ~.e state1 mat the
lege was the enlargement 81 its DOR
mit3ry facilities The present rl4iuH
neut II tho college she sttl IS S"'-
600 ana she hoped that me SO 600
offered bN Mir Carnegie provided m
additional $4,000 hNoui ee raised.
would soon be available
The report = the JOINT Board ~
Finance was read by Mr. - l. MINI
ocks and adopted
The sunday Schoo Board.
The Sunday school Boart's report
}NaS read by Mr. Frank Bundy. 81
LaurinburE The report recommend
cd tina the Conference employ a man
10 travel through the Conference ana
hold sunday school Institutes u lake
the place OF u" training school when
has been held annually at Wrights-
vile. The report asked the Bishop L.
appoint a minister recommended 70.
him. and he stated that he had pro
found respect for the wishes Of the
Conference, but if he -houlG not 1p-
point the man asked. or n man at
all, il would be because he regarded
the giving OF pastors to the charges
the most important work Of the Cen
ference. one of the griefs he had, he
said. was that 50 many preachers are
willing to leave the ministry and &C
cept other positions. The report was
adopted.
n statistics Of the church were
read bv Secretary CuDningim.
Several Others supported the resolu-
ton, and hiBsop Galloway, SAVING i
was proper for conference TO pass the
resolution. suggested that the clause
sta ting hat there was less recognition
of God today than in times OF yore be
omitted, for" he said. There Is more
reverence for God today as history
will bear me out than there has ever
been before
The re. olution was adopted.
The board of Church Extension re-
ported through Rev. d. II futile.
on motion OF J. +. Underwood the
thanks Of the conference were gwen
Judge w. H. Neal for his efforts 10
raise a fund for widows and orphans
of deceased ministers. Or W. II.
Moore was elected to preach the open
ing sermon in Durham at the next an
nual conference.
Missionary Anniversary
The evening was given to Mission
arv Anniversary Rev. r. T. Bumpas
presiding, and Rev. n. II. ID. Wilson
led in the opening prayer. Key. X. II
Willis, secretary, read the report OF
the Board Of Missions and Mrs. r. y.
Swindcll read the report of the Wo-
mans Foreign Missionary Society. me
address of the anniversary was dehV-
cred by Rev. Ed. F. Cooke OF the
board Of missions Of the Methodist
Episcopal church. a profound preach
-. Jo--l,- -pirit,rnt aud hiOhIN@ INTEL
lectual. For more than an hopr he
held the close attention of an audi
ence that crowded the church audi
torium. He selected as ms text
Matthew 6:10, THY Kingdom Come
THE imperial idea Of our Lord and the
universal sovereignty of Jesus Christ, !"
he said, lis perfectly natural as any
other conception is unnatural such
a conception is in perfect harmony
with Nature of GOD. me Blble Is
not a book containing a few mission
arv verses and notices. but 1T is es-
sentially a missionary book containing
Gods revealed plan for the salvation
of the world
He declared that the door for mis-
siOnary work is wide open today ana
that all the advanced facilities OF mod
ern progress are at the command OF
missionary enterprise. The Lord, he
stated, is giving this generation q new
interpretation of the good samaritan.
Foreign heather countries By the en-
gines of m and industry are
placed easily within the reach of
Christian lands. He declared that If
Japan is not saved within a decade
her blood Will be upon the head II
Christian America. Which was not
with japan in the hour when her
idols failed. 10 hold up the gospel Of
Christ. He believed it possible for
this age to witness the evangeliZation
Of the world. The physical agencies
are ample; there are men and money
sufficient and he held that il could
be done in twenty-five years, without
adding another man to the ordained
ministry. and without taking one away
from home The heather nations, he
asserted, will be primarily evangelstic
by the native church under the In
~spiration and leadership OF the mis-
sionary. A deeper conservation is
needed inthe ministry. he declared for
the salvation of men and as 10 q
call to the ministry, a man called OF
God is called TO the place for which
he is best fitted, whether it be to the
foreign or to the home field. While
the answer to the call to the minis
try. he said is pretty fair the answer
generally comes with a prOviSO that
the environment he comfortable the
salary good. and the city preferred
Few have the right conception Of the
call for ministers or the call for
:. money to manage and nance the
great movement for the organization
Of the forces for the evangelization Of
the world. The laymen's movement
received from him superlative en-
ATTEMPTED DYNAMITING.
Five Italians Arrested Under the
Church?
CBy the Associated Press.)
New orleans, La. Dec. Five
;, Italians were arrested today charged
with the attempted dynanitihg OF a
store on Claiborne Avenue several
stilletters and quantities Of ammuni-
;. ton were found in their possession
The arrests are the result OF serera.
weeks work by g yigilant committee
Of prominent Italians.
\ Dangerous Deadlock.