The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-09-22
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LEAVES MINISTRY


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at your disposal and any person
doubling the conduct OF the soeietys
funds will be at full liberty TO make
his own investigations"
In the report OF District Superin-
tendent. Charles b. Allen, the state
ment was made that $4,000 would be
required for the work OF the Detroit
district next year.
Because II requires not less than
$4,000 TO build a church In Detroit,
We have had no assistance from the
Home Missionary society and the
50 900 we have raised has been entire
~ through our own efforts said Dr.
Allen. THE new Warrenave. church
will be built within thirty days The
Riverview church In Wyandotte
Heights was erected i'm one month,
paid for in one day and cost 1900.
hope that the time Is very near when
no pastorate will be worth less than
81 900 the smallest living wage in
these DAYS OF the high cost of living"
Or. Allen referred with pride to the
prosperity OF the new Fisher Memoir
ial church In Detroit and to Trinity
in Highland Park.
Trinity church one year ago did
not have a dollar-today II has a fine
property and membership OF ESQ.,,
said he.
DIR. Allen announced that the Rev.
! o. Willetts. of Royal Oak. who had
been a member OF the Detroit confer
ence for 80 years, would have to leave
Michigan on account OF his daughter
! health.
The report OF the Rev. ]. E. Balmer,
| district superintendent OF Port Huron,
followed that of DIR. Allan and disclos-
ed a satisfactory condition In the dis
trict despite the fact that an unusual
number OF fires had occurred in
church buildings and parsonages dur
! ing the past year. the losses from
which had proven serious handicaps.
! At the close OF his report, the Rev.
| l.. ~ Moon, district superintendent.
OF Bay City. rendered the formal In
| vitation of Fremont church. in Bay
| City. TO act as host OF the 1911 an
nual conference.
! The Rev. j. NJ. Buckley, editor of
| the Christian Advocate and former
pastor OF Central church. Detroit. ad'
dressed the conference briefly.
Friday morning the members OF
the Michigan conference, now meet
| ing in Jackson. will come TO Detroit
! in a body to take part in the centen-
NAL services TO be held, Friday after
noon and evening, in Central CHURCH.
| The Detroit conference will hold a
| brief session early Friday morning
/ followed by a boat ride TO be partici-
pated In by the members OF both con
ferences and their wives. AT noon
! the Detroit conference members Will
be banqueted in Simpson church: the
Michigan conference members and
wives in Central church, and the De-
troit conference pastors wives In
| Woodward-ave. Baptist church, the
latter church having placed their din
| ing room at the disposal OF the
Methodist ladies. The centennial
celebration service will commence
promptly at / 80 o'clock Friday after
noon in Central church.
What to do with the workingman
(, in the church and what shall be done
with the veteran ministers Of the
church were two subjects discussed
| Wednesday afternoon and evening, IN
the Detroit Methodist conference. The
| FORMER uldtttE as ldhch NY VI s-S
Rev. A. f. Healey. of Osceola. and the
Rev. j. B. Marsh, OF st. Ignace, AND
the ministerial question had its mos
eloquent spokesman In the Rev
Frederick II. Conan. OF Buffalo,
visitor to the conference. AS re
suit OF the facts set forth in regard
TO the inadequate provision made by
the church for the care OF the veteran
preacher, special committee vii
probably be appointed at this confer
ence to give the subject greater anc
more practical attention.
The Freedmen's Aid and Southern
Educational society will have thu
right-of.way at the conference, Thurs
day afternoon. with the Rev. p. j
Maveety, of Cincinnati, secretary o
the society, giving the principal ad
dress. Then there will be discus
sion of city and county work al
CLEANED from the experiences OF thu
Rev. w. II. Rider and the Rev. G. y
Steele. both Of Saginaw. The Rev. X
Whiting, OF London. Ont, will give
special address on Home and schoo
evangelism"
Miss Italia Garibaldi, OF Rome
grand daughter of the Italian patriot
will give stereopticon lecture
Thursday evening. Miss Garibaldi II
a member OF the Methodist church IL
Rome and president Of a seminar,
for young women conducted by the
Methodist denomination there.