Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-09
Mans Stewardship Formed Sub
jeCt of Chief Discussion
This Morning.
TO ADOPT PLANS FOR WORK
ncnominational Meetings Being Held
This Afternoon to Consider Method
OF supporting Missionaries.

Iun was devoted TO dlscuNsiou or
the stewardship held Boy man. The
speakers We're the Rev Rockwell
Clancy the Rev John r. Goucher the
Rev. S. Earl Taylor. the latter lead
ing in the discussion of the subject
following the addresses This after
noon denominational rallies are in SEES
sion at which each church will decide
as 90 plans TO be pursued The speak
ers are. At Emmanuel Baptist church,
the Rev Dr NJ u. Eubank. Congre-
gationaIists, George Sherwood Eddy
and Dr. John r. Merrill. EpiscopaIians.
Bishop ~ s. Thomas. MothoGists at
the Cullen hotel B.. Earl Taylor and
Isaac Taylor Headland. presbyterians
g.. F. Brandt These UNCONVENTIONAL
sessions were begun at 1890. A mass
meeting for women was held at o. 30
and at Z 45 the concluding session Of the
convention viii be held "a New Force
in an Old Empire l. r. Headland OF
Peldn, The Spiritual Awakening OF
the orient Bishop W :. Lewis. THE
Ownership and Lordship of Christ"
George Heber Jones The plans adopt
ed at the denOmlnatlOnal sessions will
be submitted 10 the general assembly
for adoption with the resolutions pre-
scented by the cooperation committee
at this mornings session
PRAYER MOST EFFECTIVE
The Rev Rockwell Clancy addressed
the convention on the subject, Prayer
our Most Effective Method" From the
earliest days he said. from the days
~ the prophets dependence upon
prayer for guidance was ever mani
fest. II was an ever present attribute
~ Christ. Through It's agency prison
doors were opened The history of an
great movements Is a history of prayer.
lie spoke Of the birth Of the American
board or foreign missions when five
young men met at haystacll and
prayed for the guidance which led 60
the institution. One hundred wears
later 100 members of the society met.
spent the day in PRAYER and the lay
mems Missionary movement was born.
Ever since the power that has for
warded any movement undertaken by
30 has been prayer In America this
Is not AN age OF prayer, but II is rath-
er commercial age IT businessmen
could only realize 10, prayer rs the
agent which they could most effectively
use I'm their business affairs
Referring 20 the revival in India,
he asked his hearers how. thought
they II was brought about II was
through prayer he said, prayers sent mp
Boa Wales through the efforts of the
great reNiyalist Evgus Marvellous
results We're told wherein natives be
came wrought with the spirit of the
Christian movement through the
prayers offered loo other lands In
answer 90 those prayers even natives
went out among their own people and
directed by the spirit which was mov-
ing them through prayer. converted
hundreds of The heather natives The
women and girls In India have learned
90 seek the power OF prayer and
through the praying bands" which
have been formed are doing q won
derful work forwarding the move
mout through prayer. the most effect
I've method And these women short
time ago We're the degraded deyotees
uf the heather cults. They are. too.
active and caring for the famine
stricken natives and do a practicaI
relief work. though they are ignorant
~ the organizations for relief work
which form "a part Of church organ
izatons at home lu India, ho said
though they have hospitals for beasts.
there are none for man. Ttrayer
though exercised by the native Chris
uans has brought health TO the sick
lie told of natives who had become
Christians whose homes had been
burned and looted and themselves im-
prisoned by hCatheua. but who stuI re-
their prayers would bring them AN Joy
Ina life. liberty and substance in answer
20 their prayers.
PRINCIPLES OF STEWARDSHIP
Judge George T. Goodwin led the
congregation iu prayer hr being fol-
lowed by the Rev. j. r Gouchrr. who
spoke upon the topic. THE Principles
Of Stewardship by ones faithful
stewardship of the things which he
has for the use of God. he said. was
the keynote OF true happiness In serve
zee. What have YOU he asked.
that YOU have created vourself9''
Even the home and the convenience in
it, he affirmed. had come down 10 the
possossor through the goodness Of God.
and not the result Of any creative effort
Of man We are nor only TrsDurs ibIe
for the things we have. but too for our
possibilities What one may set 40"
he said eve must consider as wen ne
what one has done II wc go through
life be said. and do not minister 10
our followman. In the sight or God we
have lost our investment ana our
stewardship has been violated.
OPEN DISCUSSION.
The singing OF "a hymn Of prayer bv
the congregation and prayer led bv
Chaplain Clemens. was followed by au
open conference led by the Rov. s
Earl Taylor ON the practise of steward
ship Questions were invited from tho
congregation, ana questions were asked 1
by the leader upon the subject The
foreign custom of having stewards or
agents for owners, who acted for thp I
owners In their absence and accounted I
FOR their acts upon the owners return /
was illustrated. 10 Bee this relation he /
tween man and God which Christ has .
taught The discussion brought out
that an things are Gods time. POSSES /
slons. talents our brothers. and our /
account for this stewardship is Co be I
made with God Man must not regard 1
the results OF his work as his own /
but must regard these |
results as the achievements of the pow /
ars which God has given.
The man who gives 20 his own church I
for its support the speaker maintained. I
and limits his gifts for church work tu /
that gift. has done no moro than ne !
locs when he pays his taxes. on his lie /
insurance premiums, for ne has value I
received iu return for these gifts i'm the /
matter Of spiritual enlightenment. /
Members of the congregation opened a /
discussion on this point declaring that /
many poor men gave with an their /
hearts AN that they could. leaving /
enough only FOR the care of those 4
dependent upon them and that they In /
giving TO the support OF their own |