The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-09-22

center. The members stayed at nome
six davs in the week and on the sew
enth came from miles about, In wa
eons and every contrivance to be pre-
sent at the preaching service. The pas
tor preached the gospel fearlcssly and
courageously without fear Of losing
the membership"
''The church Of today differs great
~ from that OF the past II Is large
ly composed of wives, mothers, chill
dren. laymen and pastors. hut our
children are not interested alone in
tie church. they are looking for great
or excitement, and are visiting the
places of amusement Our wives have
grown weary and have fallen asleep
while the laymen are fighting with
the pastor"
"This may seem pessimism perhaps
IL is, but do not lose heart. There
never was victory won unless a
battle was fought The battle is on
and tomorrow will be the day of vic
tory. Tomorrow the saloon will be
driven out and the flag that floats
over our country will not only pro-
tect IT, but will protect our homes
and children and will stand for pur-
ity and all that is good. Tomorrow
will be day of JOY and fcasting
and gladness and it will be brought
about by preaching the word Of God
and Christ crucifed."
World Good at Heart.
"The world at heart stands by all
that is good. The boys who seeking
out n place Of amusement visit the
AZ. t,I, xffI
Ian and cheer and applaud the hero.
Gladstone stood forth as the great
hero Of his country while Lincoln was
the idol of this. They differed as
t. environment Gladstone had all Of
the support of social and financial
prestige, Lincoln had none of these,
ct the two were in common in their
vision OF God and sincerity in saving
souls"
"Whcre is our faith hope. vision!
I1f we have n church of tomorrow for
on church today we must have these.
The church of tomorrow Is the church
Of today in the fulhllment of the
promise. We see them on every hand.
It is coming with the great victory.
| Bishop David II. Moore was the
second and last speaker Of the even
ing He gave many stories of war
times and related incidences of a hui
morous nature. He said: at gives
me great pleasure to lie mere not on
| ly as a guest but as a part of this
great conference. Such a magnificent
assembldge as this is surely tabulated
to inspire us with united strength.
AS for a vision in many cases We
| lack II. We think we are weak and
unusual, but certainly after such an
evening as this we should be encour.
aged and strengthened. There are 1876
conferences, such as this, they arc
spread over all the world. / have
been all around the world and have
never failed to find n Methodist in
even the most Isolated place
Here TO Learn to do Good.
eve are here to study how we can
render to God that which he desires.
There is a greater JOY in giving than
in anything else in the world We
must give not only our money hut
ourselves. III we fall short of win
hing souls for tho master 1t Is as il
we had never been" 4
"Take cheer from what the laymen
are doing. There is az great RESPONSE
I billty on them. And when We reach
the day of the ideal church there will
he lay repreSe9taYves in the cabinet
and the confdr4hcel lall working tpgeth-
er for a greA gaoLpE ~ Hg[.
One hundred and seventy five coV-
ers were placed at the tables. Among
those present besides the lay members
were Bishop David Moore, DIR. a. T.
Smith, the president of Ohio Northern
university; Mrs. Florence Richards OF
| Lypsic; Mrs. w. II. c, Good of Sid
ney; Mrs. IL. o. Crlst. Mrs. John Free.
man, and the six district superinten-
dants, Rev. c. II. Havinghearst, Rev
j. +. Harshberger, Rev. A. NJ. Crlst
Rev. NJ. NJ. Figley Rev. j. III. Fitz'
water and Rev. w. Mex. Brackney.
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