The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10
BISHOP DENNY
DELIVERED A
fine ADDRESS
LARGE CROWD ATTENDED MIS-
SloNARY MEETING AT FIRST
NIGHT AND LISTENED ATTEN-
lively TO INTERESTING TALK.


The feature Of the missionary meet
ing at the First Methodist church last
night was the address of Bishop Col
Inns Denny. Here, as he has shown
himself elsewhere during the week,
Bishop Denny is a master who speaks
with authority. He spoke of the mean
ing of the term The Holy Catholic
Church" This does not mean, as some
people may suppose, in the Roman
Catholic church or the Greek Catholic
church or any other sect of Christian
dom. It carries the idea Of the uni
versatility of the atonement and the
universal scope of the plan of saliva
ton What is ethics2. What is right
and what is wrong. He quoted Kant
a. saying. BE a person and treat
others as persons" He believed for
able to teach pupils what is right and
what is wrong. II we use ourselves,
or others as IL we, or they, are things
&c is immortal The fatal defeat in
Napoleon's character is the fact that
he regarded men as things to be used
for his pleasure and the advancement
OF his personal ambition.
Does God call men into the ministry
only? Are they not called to make
money or do other things? He men
toned Moody as an example of what
God can do with a man who is
wholly surrendered to God. When he
began to work he could read only
words of one syllable, but the time
came in his ministry when he was
the greatest master of assemblies OF
his age and q mighty power for God
among men. We have dwelt. too much
upon prerogative and privilege and too
little upon responsibility. All knowl-
edge and all privilege is burdened
with responsibility. We are debtors to
the past, the dead. Also to the fu-
ture--to those who are yet unborn, as
well as to the present-to the men
and women Of our own generation.
This life Is a partnership between
those who are living and those who
are dead and those who are yet to be
born.
THE MEETING.
Rev. G. c. Cornell, president of the
conference board of missions, presided
over the meeting, while Rev. L. p.
Lathram, conference missionary sec
rotary, and other members of the
board occupied seats on the platform.
The exercises were opened with a
choir voluntary, after which a hymn
was sung by the congregation. Rev.
G. l.. TaIley led in prayer and the
choir sang Stand UP, Stand Up For
Jesus"
Rev. c. A. Cornell read a scripture
IeSsOn ITOH1 InO IenIn CndpLer Oh
Luke and, after the congregation
Joined in another song, Secretary
Lathram made his report. The re-
port showed an encouraging condition
of things and at the same time a
pressing need for a forward move
ment. Emphasis was put on the need
of work in our own territory The
work of the laymen was commended.
The assessments for the ensuing
year were fixed as follows: For
Foreign Missions, $4,000; for Home
and Conference Missions, $12,S50.
f. r. Malone made the treasurer
report for Rev. F. A. Rogers, who was
away. This report showed the amounts
collected during the year as follows:
For Foreign and Special Missions
about $4,000; for Domestic and Home
Missions, about 1900, total of more
than '$31 900, which is an increase OF
$4,000 over last year.
The report recommended the reap
pcintment of. L. Lathram as confer
ence missionary secretary and of Reys
A. W. Sellers and 1. w. Chalker as
missionary evangelists, and also OF
Rev. r. c. Williams as missionary
evangelist, without responsibility OF
the board for salary.
who's that man who Just kicked
the chair over and threw a pack OF
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