Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-01

eTn or Wisconsin conference Of
the English Evangelical Lutheran
Synod Of the Northwest viii be held
IN Epiphany church at Milwaukee, on
October 8 to 9. On Tuesday, October
8, at four o'clock, there will be spe-
cial meeting of the synod for the re
ception Of new members and 10 au-
thorize the ordination of E. T. Ffnck,
who has accepted a call to the Water
loo parish The ordination will take
place the same night at eight O'Clock
in Epiphany church. The ordination
sermon will be preached by Rev. Fred
erick E. Cooper, pastor of Lake Park
church and president Of the Eastern
conference.
The formal opening Of the sessions
Of the conference viii take place on
Wednesday. October Z, at $50. AT
the devotional service there viii be
a meditation on Psalm 24:4-6, by
Rev. ". T. Rex Of Racine. Rev. c. a.
Naumann will read a paper on Church
Finance" Wednesday afternoon and
evening and Thursday morning will be
devoted to Bible school work.
The program is as follows:
Wednesday Afternoon.
2 p. m-DevotionaI service, Rev. H.
C. Rex, PIatteviIle. Organization.
Business. Papers: "The RESPONSE
biIities of the Bible School Teacher,
delegate from Madison; Home Prep
aration for Teaching Primary Grades,
delegate from the Church of the
Atonement, Racine; 1.-THE Adult Bible
Glass, How to Organize and Build Up, "
delegate from Platteville.
Wednesday Night.
8 p. m.-Vespers, Rev. W. @. Stump,
Oshkosh. Address, "a Bible School
Institute for Milwaukee and Vicinity, .
Rev. W. K. Frick, D. D., Milwaukee.
Thursday Morning.
9 a. m.-Devotional service, Rev E.
o. Hoffmeister, GAINESVILLE. Meditation
based on John 1927, %.
$3.50 a. m.-Discussion of Doctor
Tricks address.
10 a. demonstration. bible
Outline" delegate from Beloit; bible
Story" delegate from the Church of
the Holy Communion, Racine.
Tuesday afternoon and night and
Friday will be given over to the Won
ems Missionary society of the confer
ence.
The officers of this society are:
President-Mrs. H. K. Gebhart, Ken
osha.
Vice-president-Mrs. A. F. Sporting,
Milwaukee.
vice-president-Mrs. A. w. Bogk,
Milwaukee.
Vice-president-Mr F. Raab, Mil
waukee.
Recording secretary-Mrs. Willim
Black, Milwaukee.
Corresponding secretary - Mrs.
George Hemsing, Milwaukee.
Treasurer-Mrs. William c. Stump,
Oshkosh.
The program for the women's ses-
siOns is as follows:
Thursday Afternoon.
2 p. m.-Opening service, Rev. H. K.
Gebhart, Kenosha. Organization Bust
ness. Missionary Exhibit" Mrs. w.
F. Rex, Racine. Reading from For
eign Missionary" delegate from Platte
vile. Reading from Missionary Re-
view of the World first division, dele
gate from the Church of the Redeem
er, Milwaukee; second division, dele
gate from Madison.
Thursday Night.
s p. m.-DevotionaI service, Rev. c.
P Weiskotten. Address. "The General
Council in King Georges Dominion, .
Rev. John F. Feeder, Racine.
Friday Morning.
8 a. m.-Devotional service, Rev. H.
R. Gold, Madison. Meditation based
on John 1875. Business. Reports.
Reading, China and Japan-Today,
delegate from Beloit.
Friday Afternoon.
2 p. m.-Opening service, Rev. F. E.
Cooper. Milwaukee. Business. Re-
sponsiye service, "A Better America
Woman's Part" The land. The need.
The call. The hope. Seven mission
airy recitations by children from the
Church of the Epiphany, Milwaukee.
Reading, Miss Olga T. Nelson, Church
of the Holy Communion, Racine. For
NAL closing of conference, Rev. F. E.
Cooper, president.
The local pastors of the general
council of the Lutheran church in
North America belonging to this con-
ference are Revs. W. K. Frick. G. K.
Rubrecht, P. w. Roth, F. E. Cooper, c.
A. Naumann and C. P. Weiskotten.