The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1911-09-22
The Presbytery
Ministers Of Larned District
Meet in Liberal.

Tuesday evening the retiring Mod
orator, Rev.. G. kirkpatrick of Spear
vile delivered the opening sermon
and called Presbytery to order. Stat
ed Clerk Rev. VIM. Westwood, ID. ID. 4
OF Great Bend, together with thirty
,Other delegates being present,
On Wednesday evening Rev, j. M.
Meonard Of Pratt gave an exceeding
Iy interesting talk on Foreign Mis-
,sions, replete with ideas Of the broad,
-er vision of the future, and showing
q familiarity with his subject indicat-
ing that he had made study of It,,
and especially SOFAS to the great em-l
pire of China. Also on the same
evening, Rev. Underwood of Hutchin-
son gave a talk en- the Home Mission
field, showing our duty to the great
er" west, that Is looming up ON our
horizon, and as he progressed with
his subject ut was apparent to all,
that the matter lay very close to his
hearts workrfsr the Master.
A feature Of the visit OF this splen-l
did body ofVHen to our town'was the
holding Of'Open air meetings on the
streets of our town, both Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings, ERthusiasm
for the broader work for humanity,
the desirerto help on with anything
that wouldsmake for good, was a per-
Vading idea with all, ana the honor
Liberal resolved at their hands and
and hearts will have an influence that
win only be known in its fullest ex-
tent when the final summing up of
All thingssshall be had. There will
then be unexpected blessings come to
many of them who have thus "given
the cup Of cold water'' as 1t were, in
His name.
During, the session resolution was
adopted, uttering very strong pro-
test addressed to President Taft, in
behalf of the 1900 members, and the
more than 10000 constituents Of
Larned Rresbytery, against tn saction
of Secretary Wilson in the capacity
of presiding officer over the Brewers
international Convention at'Chicago
It. is.unnecessary to offer comment
upon this action, as it will rbe ap-
plauded 10y the churches, OF what
ever denomination all over TINS coun-
try and by all classes who are stand
ing for clean conditions for American
manhood.
Larned PresbyteEy has 'tae priv
ilege this year OF supplying the Mod
orator fnr, the Synod thatcORvenes at
Topeka in October and Rev. Allen
Davis of Garden City was sreeommend-
ed for this honor, and the delegates
from this PresbyteFy, consisting of
Rev. j. NJ. Leonard, Rev. @. Kirk
patrick Rev. J. e. Nolever Rev. r.
q. Fleming, and Rev. G. w. Kellogg
were instructed to present Rev.
Davis to the Synod, and secure his
election. an this connection we wish
to mention the honor shown TO Rev.
G. W. Kellogg of Liberal, In selecting
him as an alternate delegate to the
Synod.
There were present.at the PFesby-
terry, thirty-one delegates, and two
ladies; the ladies being Mrs. w. L..
Roberts, also Mrs. j. N. Leonard Of
Pratt.
Those attending, with their Address
es, are:
Rev. J. M. Leonard, and Elder D..J
Stripe of Pratt; Rev. L. @. Mcintyre,
Arlington; ReS. ]. L. Kell, Ness City;
Rev. W. B. Leonard and Elder r. M.
Kirk, Coldwater; Rev. f. f. Thomas,
Rev. VIM. Westwood, Great Bend;
Rev. T. T.. Underwood and Elder J..
NJ. Steward, Hutchinson; Rev. G.
Kirkpatrick, SpearVille; Rev. W. L.
Roberts, Rev. g. w. Kellogg and FL
der G. Nv. Elliott, Liberal; Rev. ]. E.
Wolever MediciEe Lodge; Rev. l..
Shibly and Elder James Denkle,
Bucklin: Rev. Posey and Elder Geo.
Getty, Syracuse; Rev. John @. Berger
aAd Elder, B l. Glenn, Dodge City;
Rev Fl A Kossack, Ellinwood; Rev
John S Blahey and Elder F P Hettin-
ger, Hutchinson; Elder II A Rink,
Mulberry; Rev Allen s Davis, Garden
City; Rev ] NJ McArthur, Cimarron;
Rev e 81 Sperow and Elder Moses
Black, Meade; Rev R G Fleming and
Elder e W Martin, Larned.
A resolution was adopted, thanking
the church, and the citizens Of Lib
.ersl for their hospitality and kind
ness.
This was responded to, upon re-
quest, by G N Glenn, Is follows:
Mr. Moderator: 1t would be lmpos-
sibls that body OF men, engaged In
Any good work, should meet In this