The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-30

Conference
Under Way
ONE HUNDRED MEN ATTEND
OPENING BANQUET AT THE
FIRST N. E. CHURCH.
INTERESTING SERVICES ARE BE-
ING HELD THROUGH
OUT TODAY.

The conference of the United Mis-.
SONAR Movement opened at the First
VI. Z. church with a banquet where
one hundred men sat around the Ia
blcs. The Rev. ". j. Eddy presided
at the banquet. Splendid addresses
were made by DR.. Wiley, who has
spent fourteen years in India; Or.
Corey, of Cincinnati and DR.. Burghal-
ter. of 1iffin. 0.
After the banquet the opening scs.
sion OF the conference was held in
the auditorium Of the church. This
meeting was addressed by the same
speakers. The keynote of their talks
was that the stupcndous task Of evan
gclizing and christianizing the wOrl't
must be done along business lines !.
.. Modern methods must be employed
in the work. The C;urcncS mus;
awaken to the fact that it is a work
that all must be engaged He talked
about personal cXprricnc" in TIE
Heart Of Africa.
Dr. t'orry spoke on the Worlds
Challenge to III. Church today. He
pointed ont the great work to be ac-
compliShcd and the way that the
church must meet its responsibilities
in working out the task that is here
TO do.
DR.. Wiley discussed some Of the
phases Of the iiindno situation. lie
portrayed the conditions that exist in
india in graphic trims and clearly
depicted scenes in that far of land
hat aroused those who hrafh him
The caste system, the child mar.
riagrs, the moral depreciation of I'll"
country are things that only can b2
corrected by sending missionaries
into these districts and rvangcIiIing
them.
Dr. BurghaItcr spoke on the con-
iitions in the United States, He said
that we had only begun to Christian
Iizc the United States. lie spoke or
the immigration problem. the rural
problem. the social problem, the Stun
roblcm. the application Of Chris
Itiamity TO commercial. Industrial, So
cial activities are problems which
Ithp church must meet ard dispose Of
ut home.
The services to-day consisted Of
three sessions, morning. afternoon
land night.
At noon the visiting missionaries.
!he pastors OF tho city churches to-
s2thcr with several members from
leach church took dinner at the Fair
mont Oyster House. j
The splrndid banquet last nigh:
r."s served hv the Kings Daughters
Of the First NJ, L, church. ThnS"
present were:
Chas. W. Evans, Rev. W. !. Cam
ter. DR.. 4. W. Howard. DR.. W. j.
IGoydstou, Paul Hamilton, Rev, a. H..
iDravin, Jos. Lehman. Samuel Jones.
k. t.. Dcuham, r. A. Watts. l. ~.
Il.uurh. +. p Kelley, S. j. BrOb3t. Geo.
I8roLst, L. ". Poster, Rev. W. H.
Hampton, W. g. Taught. ChaS. H.
U,lmford, Oscar l.. Wilson, +. l..
NaKimon. p. Il. Henry. +. +. Morgan.
loscuh Roster. f. j. Thomas, II. W.
ILraman. !. S. LCMaStcrS, W. w. Com
away, Rev. t. Il. Bowers. Harry
Shaw. Rev. ]. &. ir0Omllrld, Res. {,
T. Meredith. Er. j. 0. MrNr"ly, +. w.
Haup, NJ. e. Tough, +. J. Smith. Rev.
| X. prGh,t. e. NJ. Richie, |. y.
ItIatyon. J. Walter barnes, \. d.
Fult2. Geo. Il. barnes, II. l.. Sa'tcr-
field, G. i. Crane. Z. Is. JOHN ~
IWrthcr. ". II. Johnson, &. II. Iil"rm'
n. S. Billing,ICy. Frank &. Evan
I. NJ. Black. Hugh +. Smith. W. >
,Iayrrs, JOS. Green. \. Sweeney ELEM
luz. Thomas ". Fleming. CEas' W.
Robinson. Ilcrsrhrl BARNES, Il. NJ
tIr,Inrn, j. u. WhnrlCT. Jas. W. Hen
MN. Bruce Morgan. j. NJ. Hartley
H. J. Hartley. AlCx. MacIlvCa. W. H.
frame, l.. Leach. ThNS. |" Henderson
l. Fay IIOlbcrt. e. K. Hall. j. +. Gore.
g. ". Sm0nrn. W. II. Spr1drn, Ere"
IIlrImiCk, Rnlln COnlcy. i. r. Ahdrf
.on. r. |. Mrr'u!l0rh. Patterson Hayes
:. T.. Carr. j. Il. Linn. +. &. E"E"-