Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-28
.BAPT|STS NAME
VERMONT Man
AS RESIDENT

henry BOND OF BrattlebOro
Gets Highest Post at Des
Moines Meeting; Other
Officers Elected Today.
Des Moines. l4ay 27.-Henry Bond
dent of the Northern Baptist conven-
ton here today. He is q leading busis
ness man of the east and one OF the
directors In one of the largest radt
ator companies in America.
Other officers elected by the conven.
ton were:
First vice president-Fred Breasted,
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Second vice president-F. Wayland
Aver, New Jersey.
Corresponding secretary-W. =.
Biting, St. Louis, Mo.
Recording secretary-Maurice A.
Levy, Boston, Mass.
Members of executive committee
w. w. Stickney, Vermont; y. B. Plr
inton, West Virginia; Ambrose
swasey, Ohio; Sidney Clark, North
Dakota; F. s.. DIETRICH, Idaho; q.
F. Ralston, New York; II. s. Gile,
Oregon; F. L. Anderson, Massachu.
sets; r. r. Curry, Nebraska; M. q.
Treat, Pennsylvania; (terms expire
1915.
Vacancies in class Of IBID. W.,
Hubert, Wisconsin,; W. H. Geistweit,
California.
Narrow Christians HIndrance.
That the churches OF today are
hindered by little, narrow minded
Christians more than by open wicked.
ness, was the declaration OF the Rev.
DR.. J. w. Brougher of Los Angeles,
who Is attending the northern Baptist
convention in session here today
When the morning session opened the
| report OF the committee on city mis-
sions was submitted to the conyen.
tion. Several prominent church work.
ers were scheduled to deliver ad.
dresses today and governors racep
ton was to be held late this after;
4 noon.
.The Power Of the Gospel to Evoke
a Hatred Of Sin," was the subject OF
an address by the Rev. John W. Hoag
1 OF New Haven, Conn.,, who discussed
the social responsibility OF thu
. church. I'VE hear of the use of more
music and other inducements TO draw
people into the church, but unless We
case the burden of the social evils.
our message will fall on dull ears
he said.
To Much Knocking on Inside.
THE trouble with the church today
is that the knocks on the inside OF
it are so loud. that the lsnockings OF
opportunity on the outside cannot be
4 heard" declared the Rev. w. ". Bus
tard of Cleveland, Ohio. I'VE should
take down that motto hung upon the
walls of many homes, God bless oul
home and substitute Come In with
out knocking and go out the same
way" -.-.....
The church is too long on records
and too short on deeds, according to
the Rev. Mr.. Bustard. THE type OF
evangelistic preachings which be.
slows sainthood on the man whose
only reason for accepting the gospel
is that he believes it his only chance
to get to heaven, Is unworthy Of the
preacher and of the teachings OF
Jesus Christ" said Dean D. J. Evans
Of the William Jewell college Of Lib
erty, Mo-, In addressing the conven-
ton. The evangelistic preaching
which lays most stress on how to
avoid hell and no stress on the ethic-
al side of salvation is not practical.
according to the speaker" The 'weepy
kind of evangelistic preaching Is un-
worthy" he said.
Pastor Discusses Social Reforms.
| While the church of Christ cannot
affiliate itself with any party or with
any organization, it has the power to
get behind movements Of the regener-
alton OF society, declared the Rev.
Charles Richmond Henderson Of the
divinity school of the University OF
Chicago DR.. Henderson's subject
was THE Power Of the Gospel to.
Regenerate Society"
AS one instance of the power OF
the federation of American Christian
churches DR.. Henderson cited the
campaign against phosphorus poisoning
which match workers were exposed to.
These workers we're exposed to a
most terrible disease. The phospor-
GUS poison ate in the bones and flesh
Of the workers in time, and caused
untold suffering, relieved only by
death. They appealed for protection
and as DR.. Henderson put 1t needed
the strong voice Of the Christian
church" The church was behind this
movement and the bill was passed.
DR.. Henderson, who Ia secretary OF
the commission studying occupation
al diseases in Illinois, declared they
had unearthed condition of affairs
in that state which equalled that ex-
listing among the phosphorus workers.