The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-18
Methodist Ministerial
Association Holds MEETING

The Ministerial Association of the
west district of the Methodist church
held its annual sessions in this city
Tuesday, aud Wednesday. All the
meetings were largely attended and
this session is numbered Hs one Of the
most successful gatherings of the kind
ever held in the state, The program
began Tuesday evening at G:30 with II
mems banquet in the parlurs of the
church. The Ladies Aid furnished an
elaborate four course feast and all
agreed that not the slightest detail
WAS over looked. At this banquet j.
ID. Wright u u. was the guest OF
honor.
wednesday morning the devotional
service was led by b. W. Marsh after
which y. u. NJ. Euclucr and q. l..
Trites discussed "rhc Place of the
Church in Civic Life at some length
Then followed addresses by q. q.
Ponath aud ". II. jackson on "Evan-
gelism, the Old aud the New" The
morning session closed with discus.
sion on thc Relation of the sunday
School Board To the Local school,
This discussion was led Ivy \. W.
Steele, II. w. Cope and A. q. forman.
The afternoon program began with
devotionnl- led 10y A V. Wilson after
which 'rhe Problem of the Country
Church" was discussed 10y j. Calvert,
B. +. llutchins and Il. II. Il. Hill. after
which followed business session.
In the evening popular lecture
was given by $, 4. Bartlc ID d., Of
Grand Island on Palestine This lee.
ture was illustrated with one hundred
slides made from pictures that the
lecturer made while travelling in that
country some years ago on horse back.
The views were exceptionally fine and
the speaker had happy way in telling
what he saw and heard in that ever
strange country. lie showed that the
great East never changes, that condi.
tions there today are practically the
same as they were in the time of our
Lord. The pictures showing the rug.
ged road from Jerusalem to JericC
gave one vivid idea of the dangers
that threaten the traveller even today
as he goes from one city down to the
! other. 1t is two thousand feet dowi
in distance of twenty miles and al
excellent place for robbers and bri
e gands to fall upon the unprotected
= These robbers still abide among thcs
i rocks and u stranger needs an rscor
l. II he would make the journey in safety
d There were pictures of Jacobs wei
X the sleeping Presbyterian minister
and other we'll known scenes. Ais
the mount where Jesus took his disc
IS pies was shown and here the speakt
.. gave an interesting description of tn
j. part of Palestine.
{. These delightful views aud this il
It structive lecture should be given to
ic larger audience and we suggest to III
Y, Chautauqua association that the
d make arrangements to have it repea
ed this summer in the Chautauqu
u tent. The church was filed to owe
~ flowing but there is no reason wh
~ this lecture should not be given
= three or four thousand people tn
:. summer.
n The ministers attending this asst
10 citation were a jolly set of men Al
is showed that at work or play they wei
20 capable Of holding their own. Anon
them were several expert tennis pla.
ers and "between acts" they kept Il
~ court warm. Red Cloud extends
: cordial invitation to each and ever
one to come again.
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