The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-18
FIFTH ANNUAL SESSION OPENED
IN ST. JAMES LUTHERAN
CHURCH
Yesterday Morning and VIII Be Con-
tinued Today = Delegates From
Tri-State District Present.
The hfth annual I.ayman's Missio

airy conference, consisting OF dele
gates from the states OF Ohio. Penn
sylvania and West Virginia. con
vened in regular annual session yes
terday afternoon at o'clock az the
81. James Evangelical Lutheran
church on Chapline street. The mis-
sionary conference which began yes
terday will be continued today. The
morning session, which begins at 81
O'Clock. will be carried out in German. |
The afternoon session will begin |
promptly at . o'clock. with Charles
Hartman presiding as chairman OF
the meeting. The session will mark
the closing OF the fifth annual mis-
sionary conference.
At the first session. OF the confer
ence. which began yesterday after
noon at O'Clock. Arthur r. Schmidt
acted as chairman OF the meeting and
introduced the speakers OF the SEES
sion. The first speaker TO be intro.
duced by the chairmen was Rev. A
W. Werder. pastor OF ST. James Evan
gelical Lutheran church. who deliv-
cred the address OF welcome TO the
| delegates I'm German. The speaker
extended a royal welcome TO the dele
gates and his address was very much
appreciated by all. Otto Schenk OF
this city was the next speaker 10 be
introduced and he delivered a very
excellent address of welcome in Eng
lish to the delegates. Mr.. Schenk's
remarks were brief and we'll received
by all OF the delegates of the confer
| ence
The principal address of the after
noon session was delivered by Rev.
G. II. Eisenbach of Pittsburgh, Pa,
on the subject. Thy Kingdom Come.
| The address was delivered in a clear,
| ringing voice. which could be heard
in all parts OF the church by the del
I no AferrfgefI-, Of no gfth-
/ iect was interesting as well as in
! structive and was handled in n very
| thorough manner by the speaker. and
was very much appreciated, as sew
/ eral new ideas could not help but he
cleaned from the discussion OF the
! subject as brought out by Rev. Mr..
/ Eisenbach. The chief point brought
out in the discussion was the empha
| sizing OF the value and importance OF
/ prayer. The speaker spoke in part,
that il need not surprise us OF the
Importance OF prayer. for prayer is
essential for the carrying OF Christ's
I Kingdom, because OF the Indifference
/ Of men toward the carrying of that
/ Kingdom. The Apostle Paul knew
! the power OF prayer in removing the
1 obstacles which may come before one
/ in his endeavors to do right Christ
prayed for those who would believe
/ in him through the prayers of his dis
/ ciples.
Workers Needed
The Ohio Synod. with 130. 900 mem
| bers. has not one of its number in
/ the foreign missionary fields. At the
I present time there are multiudes OF
people in the world who have never
head the preaching OF the gospel. No
Z one can do effective work unless they
I know how TO pray The word OF
/ prayer prepared the disciples for the
/ work that was To be done I'm the King.
: dom of God. What we need to-day is
/ workers through whom Gods work
can be carried on. Paul prayed with
/ out Ceasing for his people. especially
for the Jews and the Gentiles. True
religious men and women of the pres
ent are praying for the carrying of
I Gods Kingdom
! Following the address OF Rev. Els
enbach, the next speaker TO be intro
duced as leader OF the discussion
Thy Kingdom Come" was Rev. X
Brauer. Of Steubenville. who read an
interesting paper OF the subject. The
speaker said. II God is our Father We
are his children and It r. our fathers
Kingdom in whom We pray We pray
they kingdom come not our kingdom
] appreciate through baptism we have
| become subject 10 Gods KINGDOM
our homes should be devoted TO
| regular family devotion and every
family should pray that thy kingdom
come. The Christian or Cody life
best 20 hand in hand IL we are to
live better religions life. Every
one OF US shoul endeavor 10 become
a standard bearer IN the kingdom or
God. The Lord has filled our hearts
with love and we should pass this
on 10 others. whom we NAV come IN
association with. The whole wide
world for Jesus Is the motto Of the
missionary. There can be no victory
for the Lord unless we have Moses
and Pauls who vii lwork for the
coming OF thy kingdom
The address was followed by a gen
eral discussion on tho topic. in which
several OF the laymen took an active
part and during which time several
very Interesting talks were given.
; The majority Of the speakers in their
talks emphasized tho importance OF
y prayer especially as % referred 10
the home life In connection with tho
raising Of the children so that thov
might lead christian lives in after
years, after they had grown 70 man
hood and womanhoud
Personal Effort.
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