The Washington herald., 1908-04-02

REV. ). c. NICHOLSON, ID. D.,
Presiding Elder. Baltimore District
sionary Society last night. at 7:S0 o'clock
Music was furnished by the Hamline
] Quartet Choir.
! DR.. A. 3. Leonard. one Of the we'll
known men in foreign missionary work
/ in the Methodist Church, delivered an
] address. DR.. Leonard has completed a
/ trip around the world, and, in his address,
told Of his observations of the lives and
customs Of the people in China. He was
introduced by DR.. Goucher. who said:
A telephone system in a great city. spreading in
ali directions may be compared 10 the missionary
work Of the Methodist Episcopal Church, With a
central base. headquarters. DR.. Leonard sits IN
his great central ooe of the missionary work. and,
after listening inien;ly over a wire for a moment.
gives an order. The wire instead Of reaching to
points IN a city only reaches 10 every corner OF
the earth
Eager for Christ.
With remarkable wisdom and foresight, Dr.. Leon
ard has been doing the viii Of the church IN It's
wishes concerning foreign missions. Never before
in the history Of the world. has its people been 50
eager for Christ and every order given b. DR..
Leonard has a telling effect The doctor has a
passion for Spreading The truth and has made it
his life WORK. 1t gives great pleasure 10 intro
duce one Of the foremost men in our church.
DR.. Leonard said. in part:
It is a great thing 10 say myself for Christ -
II is greater thing 20 say my country for
Christ but the greatest thing Is 70 say the
world for Christ" For in this expression. the
world for Christ one includes himself his nation
and tho whole human race. This is the plan upon
which the Bible is fixed from beginning % end
II is the only worldwide book ever published
There is no book in demand to-day Is the Bible
During the ycsr 1906 100000 copies of the Bible
were spread among the nations Of the earth. Il IS
the only book that has a universal demand Tor the
reason IL il the only book that can b. adopted b.
the whole human race
DR.. Leonard closed his address with in
teresting statistics. gathered IN recent
months. showing 10 what extent the for
eign missionary workers have invaded
China.
The Morning Session.
Nearly 800 ministers were in attendance
at the opening session Of the conference
yesterday morning at o'clock. After the
Sacrement Of the Lords Supper, Bishop
Earl Cranston occupied the chair. A COM
mittee composed of Rev H. S. France.
pastor Of Trinity Methodist Church. chair
man; Rev. T. z. Guthrie, z. H. Lamar,
Robert Lee Wright, pastor OF McKendree
Methodist Episcopal Church; W G. Nc
Neil. and S NJ. Afford, was appointed 10
attend the pulpit supply. Rev. Dr. c. Her
bert Richardson. pastor OF Ryland Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, presented resolu-
tons asking Congress 10 pass a prohibit
ton law for the District.
Il was also resolved that the thanks
OF the conference be extended TO Repre-
sentative Sims for his earnest and ef-
fective support Of temperance measures
and Of the bill for the suppression Of race
track and other forms Of gambling.
The resolutions were signed by Rev. c.
Herbert Richardson. Rev. John w. r.
Sumwalt, Rev. J.. A. Price, and Rev.
Charles O. Isaac.
Greetings Are Sent.
Greetings were sent to the Maryland an
nual conference of the Methodist Prot
estant Church. which convened yesterday
morning at Snow Hill. Md, on the sug-
gestlon Of Rev. Dr. J. F. Heisse, pre-
siding elder of the West Baltimore dis
trict.
A resolution introduced by Rev. c. Her
bert Richardson in favor Of a Sunday
rest law in the District was passed unani-
mously, and copies were sent 10 the chair
men Of the District committees of the
Senate and House Of Representatives and
10 Justice Harlan.
In a brief address, Rev. DR.. A. B. Leon
ard. general secretary Of the Foreign
Missionary Society, made an appeal for
greater effort on the part of churchmen
to further the work of missions.
F. L. Hart agent of the church in
surance board. made an address in which
he advocated that churches carry a suf-
fcient amount Of insurance 10 protect
them in case of disaster.
At 11;30 o'clock Bishop Cranston called
the meeting to order and announced
memorial service for ministers who had
died since the last conference year ago.
The deceased ministers are: Rev. w. C.
Herbert. Rev. J. w. Hedges, Rev. W. c.
Mullen. Rev. F. J. Wagner. Rev A r.
Kelley, Rev H. c. Mcdaniel and Rev.
S. NJ. Hartsock. Eulogies were given by
Rev. George E. MaydweI. Rev. ]. p.
Wright. Rev. Z. H. Lamar. Rev. W. w.
Barnes. Rev Charles f. Bonn and Rev.
c. Herbert Richardson.