The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-09-05
Methodist Protestant Body
Gets Down to Business in
Annual Gathering.
SCHOOL WORK TOLD
Reports Submitted ~ Repre-
sentatives of General
Boards and Colleges.

0Ooi 10 dllQ colleges.
Committee work was taken up at
Thursday afternoons session of the
West Virginia Methodist Protestant
annual conference in the church of
the denomination on Locust street
following the submission of reports
aid addresses by general board and
field agents. Much OF. the morning
session was taken up with interest
ing reports from Methodist Protest.
ant colleges. $780,
Lands Newspapers.
Dr. IF. T. Tagg. editor OF the
Methodist Protestant. the official
weekly periodicaliot the church, de.
liyered an interesting address at the
morning session regarding his pub
LEGATION and the field OF journalism
in general He said that the news
papers, as we'll as periodicals. are a
great power for Improvement in
church and educational work.
DR.. G. H. Beck. OF West Lafayette.
o., secretary OF the general board OF
home missions. presented reports of
that board and of the foreign mis-
sion board
College President Talks.
An able address on denomina-
tionai training and the progress IN
that field made by his institution
was delivered by the Rev. DR.. T. H.
Lewis, president OF the Westminster
College at Westminster, Md, and
formerly a president OF the confer.
ence. This college is controlled by
the general conference OF the de.
nomination.
The progress Of Adrian College at
Adrian. Mieh., another denomlna.
tional Institution controlled by the
general conference OF the church was
recounted by E. Leroy steffy, field
agent of the college. Two members
of the West Virginia conference are
members of the board OF trustees Of
this college, namely, the Rev. U. W.
Morrison. pastor OF the charge al
Grafton; and A. D. Williams, of Mar.
linton.
+ Education of Ministers.
Ministerial education by The
church was discussed in scholorly
address by the Rev. H. L. ElderdTce
dean of the Westminster Theological
Seminary which is branch Of
Westminster College at Westminster
Md, and the general conferences
ministerial trailing institution. The
conditions and needs of the semi.
nary were set forth by the speaker
DR.. T. R. Woodtord, Of Baltimore
delivered an excellent address in the
Interests OF the Methodist Protestant
publishing houses in Baltimore and
Pittsburg. He is a representative
of the former house.
Talk by President Hess.
|. The work done at West Lafayette
College at West Lafayette. o., waf
interestingly told by its president
the Rev. A. F. Hess. This is also
Methodist Protestant institution.
A touching incident of the morn,
ling session was the resignation OF
the Rev. A. L. McKeever, of Jane
Lew, from active work on accoun,
of Ill health. For many years he
was member of the board Of
preachers aid. The resignation war
accepted and the conference SANG
"Blessed Be the Tie That Binds
upon which the Rev. Mr.. MoKeever
L. b. Douglass, of shinnston, wai
reelected conference steward before
adjournment of Wednesday after.
, moons session.
Missionary Work Discussed.
The attention OF the conference
was devoted to missionary work Of
: the church, both at home and in for,
eIgn fields, at Wednesday nights
session, when an edifylng program
was carried out under the auspices
of the laymen's council. which has
charge of all the night programs.
Home missionary work was ably dis
cussed by the Rev. c. H. Beck. OF
West Lafayette, o., secretary of the
general board of home missions. and
the discussion OF foreign missionary
work was featured with an address
by Miss Mary Williams, a recently
returned missionary of the church
/, from Japan, who told what has been
done in that field.
i All tho officers of the Laymen's