The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-07
CONFERENCE IS
BROUGHT TO END
Week Spent in Studying Bible
Has Proved of Great
Benefit to All.
EXTENSION OF THE CHURCH
ONE OF SUBJECTS CONSIDERED
-cAMPAiGN AGAINST THE USE
OF MEDICINE WAS GIVEN DUE
CREDIT.

The Friends Bible institute which
has been held at Earlham college dur
ing the past week was brought to q
successful close this noon. The meet
ings were very largely attended and
much interest was manifest in the in
stitute by Friends in Wayne and sur
counties.
The narrative of the flood has been
disbelieved a great deal, but it's details
are reasonable and free from exaggera-
ton" said Prof Wright in his closing
lecture on THE Geological Evidences
of the Flood before the institute this
morning Continuing he said: The
dimensions of the ark are close TO
those of the great ocean liners of to-
day. The rise of the water in the flood
is described as being gradual and long
continued and it's subsistence still more
so. Some object that there was not
enough water on the earth to cover
the tops of the mountains but sink
ing of the earth could easily accomp-
lish this. 1t is my settled belief that
the story of the flood is a true ac-
count"
On Church Extension.
Rev. Levi Pennington presented a
paper on Church Extension Work of
the Five Years Meetings. Rev. Pen
nington discussed the needs of the
church and gave very interesting ac-
count of the work being done in Wash
ington state, Omaha and Tennessee by
the Quaker church. He stated that the
church was yearly losing many men,
bers and urged better organization IN
the larger cities.
In discussing The Emmanuel
Movement" DR.. Sylvester Newlin OF
Nobiesvffie, Ind., yesterday afternoon
explained the meaning and origin of
the word Emmanuel. He stated that
the word Emmanuel was given to the
movement because 1T originated in
one of the fashionable Episcopal
churches of Boston called the En-
manuel church. In part he spoke as
follows: A common synonym for the
Emmanuel movement is psyche
therapy, which means mind cure. or
the use of mental, moral and spiritual
methods to help the sick.
Campaign Against Medicine.
Whatever just criticism we may
have, we must admit the leaders in
this movement are not Charlatans
The movement is a vigorous protest
against a medicine enslaved people
It is a reaction against wide spread
belief that the church is impractical
unsympathetic and not in with the
needs of the masses in their everyday
life. 1t is claimed that this move
ment has become the evangelism OF
the cultivated"
In brief discussion that followed
Prof. Wright of Oberlin. quoted some
one from Cleveland as saying, THE
Emmanuel Movement is just Chris
tian Science with a touch of Worces
ter sauce added to it,
Mexico, a Field of Missions" was
the subject of a very interesting pa
per read by George Levering last eve
ming. The missionary work done ir
that country and the opportunities fol
the advancement of civilization were
dwelt upon at length by the speaker
Mr.. Levering stated that the priests
| in Mexico (the people are nearly al
Catholics) were dishonest and impure
and made no pretense of trying to edu
| cate the people to the proper belief.