The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-05-04

The closing services Of the annual
meeting of the Church Erection and
Home Mission boards of the United
Brethren church were held Wcdnes-
day. over eighty delegates attended
this convention, among them some Of
the most prominent men in the United
Brethren church. The close associa-
tion of the work of these two boards
makes Il advisable to have the meet
ings of both occur at the same time
and place. AS this is the greatest
event of the church year, so far as
conventions are concerned, II Is a
great honor for the Marion church
to have been chosen as the place for
the meeting TO have been held. The
visiting ministers are unanimous In
pronouncing 1t the best and greatest
convention of the kind ever held. The
finest addresses. and most eloquent
sermons were delivered than ever be-
fore heard at a like meeting of the
boards.
At the service held wednesday
morning, Bishop W. NJ. Bell mem-
Der of the Home Mission board. pre-
sided at the devotional exercises. At
1O:45 o'clock an address, our Pro-
blems." was given by Rev. w. NJ.
| Weekly. Bishop Weekly dwelt prin-
cipally on the problem of immigra-
ton. He compared this problem with
those Of finance, reciprocity and for
eign intercourse showing how these
sink into insignincance in compari-
son with the great problem of caring
| for the foreign born in our country
J At the afternoon service the hnal
| business meeting of the convention
was held. At this time reports were
| given by the chairmen OF the differ
ent committees. Devotional exercises
were under the leadership Of Bishop
w NJ. Weekly. Following these, Rev
J. w. Hicks gave an address on the
subject, "The Price of True EVangel-
ism" Rev. Hicks talk was one of the
lmost Interesting given during the en-
tire meeting. and was heard with
great deal of interest.
Following Rev. Hicks, Rev G. NJ
l,Brooke talked on THE Call Of ,th'
church in the Developing Frontier
Rev Brooke showed the deep neet
Of the people on the frontier FOR M
church and It's help. He told OF tn
great number who are flooding tina
country who are totally withou
! Christian influence.
Remarks were made by Rev. II. II
Fout, ID. d., upon the subject, TN
, Present outlook" Rev. Fout spoke o
the great field which our country OF
fers for mission work, and also tol'
l of The work which is being done b!
> our missionaries. But there Is still
I.A
church is responsible for the saVlnl
of these souls who are without Christ
"The Hope of the Church Through
the Home Missionary Society wa
, the theme of a well-deivered address
, by Rev. r.. j. Parrett which closed
! the afternoon session.
There was good attendance at thu
evening meeting. Rev. Snyder was II
, charge and led the devotional eSer
, eises An address which was to have
been given at the afternoon meeting
was given at this time by Rev. S. w
Keister on the subject Of "The Meth
DDS and Training Necessary for Great
er Home Missionary Offerings"
"The Conservation Of Our Re-
sources" was the subject of an ad-
dress by Rev c. ~, Mcdonald, which
7 proved highly interesting Rev Nc
Donald Submitted number OF excel
, lent thoughts concerning, the care
we give TO our resources both ma
terial and spiritual. We need all the
help we can get in the work OF saw
ing and evangelizing the world foI
Christ.
The closing address of the conyen-
ton was made by Rev. w. II. Wash
niger. who spoke on "The Dominat'
ing Influence Of our American Cities
Rev Washinger spoke Of the attract
ing force which our large cities pos
sess. drawing the people from al
parts of our country. The gay life
and the careless existence attracts and
draws the youth OF this land to leave
their homes and mingle with tht
crowds thar ,tnrong the streets OF ouI
metropoli FirkdS wicll6dhssS ID 'sdmi
| NJ olr American cities "a fatally nm.