The Washington herald., 1912-08-10
Methodist

Wesley Grove camp meeting of the
Baltimore District Southern Methodists'
Conference. which closed Wednesday
| and was attended by a number of Wash
ington pastors and laymen. is regarded
as the most successful and largely at
| tended meeting Of the last decade. This
| is said to be due largely to the emphasis
given to the work Of different depart
ments Of the church.
Rev. E. v. REGISTER, of Mount Vernon
Place Church. went Thursday TO Viz
ginia Beach. where he will rest for the
remainder Of the month. Rev. J. Thomas
Myers. a missionary to Japan. will oc-
cupy the Mount Vernon Place pulpit to-
morrow morning and Rev. C. L. Dana
ron at p. m. On the following two Sum-
days Rev. DR.. ]. H. Dulaney, Of the
Baltimore Conference, will preach.
Rev. z. D. Stone. Of Congress Street NJ
P. Church. Georgetown. went away on
! Thursday for a vacation which will be
spent, after short stops in Philadelphia
and Atlantic City, with his brother on the
Eastern Shore. His pulpit supplies will
be for tomorrow Judge W. F. Norris,
on August Is, Newton w. Preston, and
on August 25. R. Earl Taggart. There
will be no evening services until the
return Of the pastor on September ].
At McKendree Church Rev Charles H
Crutchley, of Bethany NJ. E. Church.
Baltimore. will preach tomorrow morn
ing. while the Epworth League meeting
from Z to o'clock will be the only even
ing service. Jefferson W. Laughlin and
Samuel W. Hutchins, both of Baltimore,
A. .tx.GA o
%, respectively. The pastor. Rev. L.
Morgan Chambers, will return September
l and will hold in that month a series
Of lawn meetings, preliminary to the
Gospel cheer" services which are being
arranged by his church for the month
of October. Rev. Mr.. Chambers is spend
ing his vacation In Maryland on the West
River.
The Great Falls camp meeting. held
annually by the NJ. E. Church South. will
begin tomorrow with the observance Of
temperance Sunday. The Christian work
ers' conference will continue through the
week. Monday is rest day. Tuesday and
Wednesday are to be devoted to the Ep-
worth League. Thursday and Friday TO
the Sunday school. Saturday to missions
The Biblical institute. arranged for the
week Of August IS. will take the form
Of a nonsectarian summer school to study
the great questions before the church
world to-day. Among the speakers will
be DR.. ]. A. Rice. of Fort Worth, Tex.
now lecturing at Lake Chautauqua, N.
Y; DR.. C. NJ Bishop. president Of South
western University; Rev. NJ. D. Mitchell,
presiding elder of the Baltimore district:
Rev. D. H. Kern, of Staunton, Va, and
Rev. J. w. Smith. Of Baltimore. The
camp meeting proper is to begin on Au-
gust 25 and to conclude with an excellent
programme on Labor Day, September ?.
Bishop Henry White Warren. who died
in Denver on July %. at the age of
eighty-one. knew how to do many things.
At one time he was a member of the
Massachusetts House Of Representatives.
He was an able writer. his books includ-
ing Sights and Insights." Studies Of
the Stars "Recreations in Astronomy"
and THE Bible in the Worlds Educa-
tfon." Bishop Warren's first Episcopal
residence was Atlanta, Ga. While there
he founded Morristown Normal College
and an Industrial department at Clark
University. His zeal for the education
of the colored ministers bore fruit in
the founding OF Cannon Theological
Seminary, now said to be ''the strong
est single intellectual and spiritual in
fiuence over the colored ministry of the
nation He said more than once to
Dr. (now Bishop Thirkield that he
thought that in Gods sight the work
Of this first quadrennium was the best
Of his life. IN an address delivered at
special session Of the Baltimore Preach
ers' Meeting. July q, Rev. ]. ST. Clair
Neal said: II very well recall being
in Pixies Opera House. Cincinnati. on
the day he was elected to the offlce
he has so ably and worthily filled Tall,
straight as an arrow, his face full of
benignity, the features. In profile, clear
cut as an Etruscan cameo, one involun-
tarily exclaimed: He Is a bishop every
inch of him. At the recent General
Conference was surprised and glad on
the first day to notice how well he
had been preserved. All through the
session he seemed as alert and efficient
as ever. and presided at regular ses-
sions, and appeared in special functions,
and these were frequent, with no trace
of abatement Of power, either physical
or mental. He met the decision of the
Episcopal committee and of the Major
ity Of the conference with calm dignity,
and retired from the active work with
words Of manly grace upon his lips and,
An We belieyed With lovA II, hin hea RI