The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-05
Bible Conference Takes Up a
New Phase of Letters in
Its Discussion Today.
LECTURES ARE sT6oIEs
ePEAkERs SHOW FAMILIARITY
WITH BIBLE AND TELL ABOUT
iNTRicAciEs WITH STRONG De.
llNEATioN.

Professor Truman Kenworthy, OF
Knightstown. opened the meeting at
the Friends Bible institute at Earl.
ham this morning with a discussion
OF The First Epistle of Peter"
Prof. Kenworthy said, THE repentent
sinner desires peace and there Is a
grace higher even than peace. A test
ed faith is more precious than tested
gold. The Christian should live holy
Life as his father lives because he has
been brought up by the blood that is
more precious than gold"
Prof. Wright gave his second lee
ture on THE Reasonableness OF Mir
acles in Proof of Revelation" Prof.
Wright stated that the most funda-
mental fact OF the religious belief was
the personality of God. The speaker
then went on to state that God deals
with US as persons: that we have the
power of choice and by His will we
can control nature.
In discussing Faith and Works"
Prof. Haworth said that Peter was the
deciple of works. John that of love
and Paul that OF faith The speaker
said that faith without works was
idle because it was dead.
Prof. Hole In Afternoon.
Prof. Allen ID. Hole of Earlham de-
Nvered an address before the institute
yesterday afternoon upon the subject
spiritual Growth" The speaker said
In part: Christ told the parable OF
the Prodigal son and his selfish broth
or to teach the limitless love of God.
But II does not mean that Ss5hversion
or turning from sin Is more import
ant experience than that Of life Of
steadfast service. Christ came that |
men might have the more abundant |
life. the pure and holy life There is /!
Joy In the presence OF God and the
angles over one sinner that repenteth,
and there is also the abundant reward
to faithful service. Too often men
get the notion that conversion is more
important than steadfastness because
all are SO ready to encourage the new
convert and prone to forget to encour-
age the convert of last year. We can
not have too many conversions but we
need to insist on the importance Of /
growth in life and power. The great
est question that can confront us Is:
How can these chances be made that
discipline and develop the soul and
give to 1t a steadfast growth IN life
and grace. Learning to know God
seems to be set before the race as its
greatest duty. Rather we might say
the greatest opportunity Of the race"
No Fear Of Traditions.
G. Frederick Wright, professor OF
Harmony OF Science and Religion OF
Oberlin college delivered the first OF
his series OF lectures last evening.
His subject was New Light on the
Evidences Of Christianity" The speak
er spoke in part as follows:
We need not be afraid of traditions
for all thoughtful people agree that
traditions Of a hundred years and
more may be readable enough because
OF the way in which human lives over
lap. 1t would have produced a tre-
nendous tumulf In the church IL men
had attempted to force upon the
church documents that were not gen.
uine. The discovery OF two copies OF
The Diatessaron of Titan has demon
strated that harmony OF the four
gospels was needed by the middle of
The second century. Harnach says IT
would be exceedingly difficult for
nan to write an account Of events a
century or more after they occurred
without betraying himself by anach-
.onism.'', II