The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-28
20. But surely we want something
anger and better and more impress

larger and better and more impress
Eive.
Every great denomination in the
republic having work in Washington
owes 1t to itself and to the nation
to build at the national capital one
great representative church that shall
fifty express It's position in the coun-
try, embody its devotion to the ma
tfonal welfare. and comport reason
ably wen with the governmental
structures which adorn tho city. And
| 1t Is worthy Uf notice that all OF them
are undertaking enterprises of this
sort. The Presbyterians. Episcopal
| ians and Roman Catholics are en-
gagged at this time in campaigns look
| Ing to the erection of such represen-
tative churches to mark the presence
and promote the power of those de-
nominations In Washington Even
| the Unitarians, people far less nu-
merous and af1iuent than our Meth
odist people, have projected such an
enterprise. and on Sunday. the 18th
day OF this present month of April,
His Excellency, President w. II. Taft,
| a member Of that church, made An
address in Washington appealing
| most earnestly for the speedy COM
pletion of the building which they
propose.
1t cannot be that the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South. will fall be-
hind the foremost in these efforts OF
patriotism and piety
Having given you in detail the
progress made in this work. from
May, 1905. to the present hour and
standing ready to press the cause In
any way which the board of church
extension may advise. your commits
sion asks the board to take action at
this time which will as&.re the speedy
completion of the task which the
General Conference has set before
US.
The board adjourned at 1890
O'Clock for luncheon and reconvened
in the lecture room OF Centenary
church at 2;45 o'clock, when the work
of the morning session was resumed.
Bishop w. A. Gambler and Bishop
r. G. Warehouse delivered addresses
at the public meeting which began
in the church auditorium at $3.50
O'Clock. Their subject was Cuba.
Mexico and the West" T. J. Gar
rison presided.
A mass Getting will be held in the
church auditorium 1T o'clock FRI
day night. Bishop II. G. Morrison
will preside. Bishop J. G. kjlgo will
speak on the representative church
in Washington. d. G.. and Bishop
Gambler will deliver an address on
"A Missionary Agency
Speakers Pay Tribute.
Bishop A. w. Wilson, of Baltimore,
senior bishop OF the church, and
Bishop e. r. Hendrix. of Kansas City,
delivered addresses at the mass meet
Ing Thursday night.
Both speakers paid loving tribute to
the memory OF Bishop John c. Gran
berry. Bishop Hendrix spoke on the
meaning Of memorials to men. He
said that the greatest and most beau
tifui works Of art and architecture
have been Inspired by religious sub
jects. Memorials to men are built OF
love. declared Bishop Hendrix, and
he said the most appropriate memo
rtsls to Christ's humanttarianisyn are
suitable church structures. Bishop
Hendrix said the most appropriate
memorial which might be built in tr1.
butte to the memory OF Bishop Gran
berry would be the raising Of fund
of $4,000 to DO loaned to churches
by Methodists OF the State. which was
man.
Bishop Wilson referred TO Bishop
Cranberry a. the St. John of the
Episcopal College" and told Of his
simple and manly virtues. In Iosning
money to the churches Bishop Wilson
said 1t should be sent with the state
msnt- I'VE make YOU this loan in the
name of John c. CRANBERRY"
1t will be recalled that Rishop Hem
Dirk framed the resolution adopted at
the annual meeting Of the church sx-
tension board In 1909, providing that
all collections on loan fund day by
the Virginia Conference be set aside
AZ . nucleus for the Cranberry loan
fund. and thai II 10 the sense Of this
board that special effort should be
made in Virginia to provide an amount
sufficient to constitute a strong loan
fund AZ a memorial to Bishop John
c. Cranberry"
This idea was followed out by the
Virginia Conference At its last sesror
by the adoption Of u resolution pro-
viding that in the event the board
decides on Richmond as the place Of
meeting. the conference set aside the
Sunday that WITH close the session OF
the board to b observed thruuKho,,t
the conference ~ church extension
day In the interest Of the Cranberry
loan fund
In accordance with this m easure a
collection will be taken in every Meth
odist church In the Virginia Confer
ence next Sunday for contribution 70
tho Cranberry loan fund
First Public Meeting.
Centenary church was ,hspsss,3
Thursday afternoon at the first pub
lie meeting, the majority Of those
present being women eager to hear
Bishop e. e. Hosa Of Nashville. Tenn
and Bishop w. A. Gambler, of Al
lanta. Ga. tell OF the work of women
in foreign lands.
Bishop Hoss spoke Of the womAn's
missionary work In the Orient and
made an eloquent plea for improved
churches and better homes for the
missionaries. He said that during his |
recent trip to the Orient he was con-
WINGED that the money donated for
foreign missions could be used TO bet |
ter advantage II the missionaries were |
provided with better equipment with |
which to carry on their work.
Bishop Hoss 6Aid the density Of |
the heather population had ataxgersd |
him and he paid . tribute 70 the hYst |
missionaries who undertook the CO. |
loaGAl task Of convafsion. He said ne !
could not understand how they start |
cd the work. A. an evidence Of |
how we'll the missionaries have sue.
oeeded, Bishop Hoss said:
Hut now the penitential sirh ana |
sob. the declaration OF faith and tho |
shout Of triumph aFs heard through
out the valley Of Yan9-Tse."
BisAop boss termed the conversion |
Of Korea "the modsrn miracle" Hut |
he declared that although great