The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-09-21


Rev. Fitzwater stated that the num-
ber of applications for entrance 10
the ministry was unusually low be-
cause OF the low salaries. The second
resolution was that no charge pay
less than $500 exclusive of house rent,
and that the salaries of the preacher,
be Increased all along the line. The
resolutions were adopted.
DIR. NJ c. b. Mason, of the Freed
mans Aid society. gave a brief ad-
dress, showing the progress of the
society and asking that the preachers
of the conference give their assistance.
Membership Extended.
Mr.. George b. Parksin and Mr.,
Ernest c. Cole were taken into ths
conference as free members, having
completed the third year of the course.
while Mr.. S. II. Decker's application
FOR membership In the conference
was accepted. Before the ritual SER
vice Bishop Moore made an earnest
talk, placing before them their du-
ties In the ministry and exhortl =
them to life of true faithfulness in
the work. He spoke of the difficulties
to be encountered, of the drawbac
in the small salary and financial diff
hculties. What ever be your diff
culties, said he, make yourself de-
sirable to your church. church Is
not a club room, the people who come
there come hungry for the word. Give
them the unsulied and uncorrupted
word OF God. You cannot do this un-
less you spend much time I'm stud
flnd time to study those things that
are tributary to preaching. Then find
tlme to make your pastoral calls. Get
out among your people Go as a man
oil God with the aroma OF piety cling
ing to your garments. If YOU do nor
go In that way temptation may over.
power you. That is one trouble with
the church today. They are oreaniz.
ing III to death. dcaconess cannot
,ake your place among your people
EVERY call you make will find some.
thing for sermon.
nope you will be in the forefront
OF every battle. But use tact Toct
is one of the greatest thlngs in the
world. '"u
In closing he gave a brief hIstorv
of his own entrance TO tho p,inis,,','
VI tne tiny salary and of the bless
''ss Vi the work Of the first years.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
me "wednesday afternoon session
OF the Central Ohio conference vo.
called to order by Rev. Daniel Stecl,-
er' VINO introduced Rev. c. w. Hoff-
hiuh, OF Wauseon, who delivered tho |
missionary sermon for the afternoon. |
heV HOFFMAN took for his text Tho
siNteehth verse of the first chapter
OF Romans, For | am not ashamed az |
'ne gospel OF Christ" Rev. Hoffman
sara In part: I'm all ages and among |
an people, there has always been a |
uesire Tor great teacher When |
Christ came to the earth this desire |
was gratlhed. lie taught with an
thority. II was said of Him, Never
man spake as this Man. No weak |
ness Is found In the Master teacher. !
His teachings are world wide in their
scope and are the subject OF profound |
est interest" Rev. Hoffman enlarged |
upon the beauties OF ChrIst's teach. |
ings and His divine attributes. In |
speaking of the work OF the mission
pry, he said; LAS herald of the
Cross goes forth, He shows the world
how the model of virtue was personl-
fled. We are commanded to 'preach
the gospel to every living creature.
He closed his address with an appeal
Tor aid inthe furtherlng of Chrlst's
interests.
Dean Buell Addresses Conference.
After a short recess of half hour,
rev. Marcus ID. Buell., ID. d., of the
Boston university, better known as
Dean Buell. occupied the platform,
giving Bible lecture. The speaker
began by saying: This Is not Ma
rlon. and 1t is not the Central Ohio
Methodist conference-it is old Bea-
con HILL, and ! have before me. not
ministers of the gospel. but students
of a Theological college. I'm going
to talk to you today as a class of
young ministers Just starting out. | |
see my subject is "The Eplstles of st.
Paul" ] think I'll enlarge that and |
say, The Epistles and Life of st.
Paul Dick steel said, There is
nothing that more expresses mans |
personality so much as a letter 70 an
Intimate friend Now is there any
thing on earth that Is more interest |
Ing than personality? Is there any
thing in the scenery. In the starry |
ntdNthS dDONt, more beautiful tndn
an individual made in the image of |
God? Among all classes of persons.
none Is more interesting to me than
the minister. To me there Is a strange |
fascination in a young preacher just |
starting out on his work." The speak,
er then gave as an illustration, his ex-
pcrience in watching the ascension
and flight of an airship. He told how
the bird-man who controlled the ma
chine, ran IT along the ground for a
few PAGES and then rose unwaverngly |
and swep. off into the sky, and flew
higher and higher until almost lost |
to sight THAT reminds me of the
young minister. Why, I've often seen
them take fifteen minutes to get their
rise and then, after they got up, |
was afraid they would never get down
again." Rev. Buell. then gave few
hints to young ministers, about the
kind of preaching they should adopt.
Bring back the lost art of exposi-
tory preaching" he said. "By ex.
pository preaching | mean finding the
connection of thought between long
paragraphs and then reproducing il I'm