The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-07-15
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The ninth annual convention % the
Young Peoples and sunday school
Union u the Pennsylvania district Of
the German Evangelical synod u
North America opened last evening
In 81 Pauin Evangelical church with
nearly two hundred delegates In a..
tendance from numerous cities and
towut In the fri STATE district. many
81 whom had already arrived the day
before from a distance.
The organization n the most active
81 any - the organizations 90 be found
Ia the Affairs Of the church and the
three days session which opened yes
fsrday evening IA this city ar. sx.
pccted 10 be % unusual interest a. a
good program will be- carried out In
connection with the convention, which
promises 20 BE- the most helpful and
tntpirlng IN the history OF the district
Organization Due 20 the great inter
est and entt-lsiasm. which the dele
gates and those who take part on the
the program are putting forth 10 make
the convention an unparalleled sue.
cess and one that will go down a. the
sext nesting ever held By the organ
ization. OF The church. The conven.
fion will continue until Thursday.
when the closing session will be held
While In the city the delegates are
being entertained In the homes OF the
members OF ST Pauls Evangelical
church. and throughout the three day
session OF the convention dinner and
supper will be served In the social
room OF the church by the members
OF the Ladies' Aid Society and Willlpg
Workers. Rev. A. G. Rasche. pastor
the arrangements and Il was largely
through his efforts that the conven.
tion was secured for Wheeling.
The officers OF the Pennsylvania
District Union are: President, Rev.
Oscar Hemplemann. Steubenville. o. I.
o.: secretary. Miss Hazel Spiess. 10
well. o. and treasurer. Attorney Fred
Brinkman, OF this city.
Many Speakers
A number OF exceptionally able
speakers will be present to deliver
addresses during the convention and
the program Will also include a num-
Der OF musical selections by the lead
ing local talent OF the city. The
speakers are.
Rev. w. n. Dresel. Evansville. Ind,
Chairman. Superintendent Dept Of
International s. s. Association. Rev
8 A. John. Ann Arbor. Mich: Presi-
dent General OF the Evangelical Lea
que and Representative of Education
al Institutions. Rev. =. =. Jens, st
Louis. Mo: Superintendent OF Dea-
coness Home and Hospital. Rev. L.
W. Goebel. Chicago. Ill: Ex-Secre-
tary OF Evan. League. Rev. Theo X.
ST. Peters Church. Miss Adele Mar
tina Wobus. Missionary in East India
Miss Martha Graebe. Missionary in
East India. Mrs. w A. Bernhard,
Pittsburgh. Pa; Teacher Training
The Kings Business was adopted
as the motto bf the convention. which
opened promptly at s o'clock with an
nTHhagfTa
which the invocation was delivered
by Rev. A. c. Rascne The special
music in connection with the service
was furnished by the orchestra and
choir OF st. Pauls church. The pray.
or and scripture reading was pro
nounced by Rev. August Ruecker, OF
Pittsburgh.
Address OF Welcome.
The address OF welcome TO the visit
ing delegates was delivered by ZION.
Fred Brinkman. who spoke as fol
lows:
Delegates OF the Young Peoples
society and the Sunday schools of
Sestern Pennsylvania. eastern Ohio
end West Virginia. Members and
Friends. to have the privilege, OF wei.
coming wou to this convention, and
10 our city, Is an honor of which one
might well feel proud. ard | appre-
ciate the honor which has been con
fcrred on me. II Is hardly necessary
for me to tell you that we are more
than pleased to have you In our
midst | appreciate the Inconvenience
10 which you have been put, and the
sacrifices which you have made. in
order TO be present at this conyen.
ton. We have gathered here for our
mutual benefit. and ! feel confident
that much good will be accomplished
at this gathering as has been done
heretofore.
THE benefits TO be derived from
this assembly cannot be measured
You will return home refreshed 20
your respective fields. and by the in
spiration which you have received
will be able to take up your work with
renewed vigor. and by that s1mula
ton, your church. your Young Peoples
society. your Sunday school. and all
other organizations OF your church
will receive a priceless benefit. But
| have said sufficient about the bene
fits to be derived. as they will follow
as the day follows the night.
I'VE are all young people assembled
here for the purpose OF devising the
best ways and means for the pro
duction of results In our orRaniza-
lions. II II we're not for the young
people these ORGANIZATIONS could not
exist. They are the life and the very
backbone OF organizations such as
these. II Il we're not for the organi-
ZatiOns such as those which you rep
resent, civilization could not long en-
dure We would become careless
and Indifferent as TO our future vel
fare. and there would be nothing
worthy OF consideration to hand down
20 our pOsterity.
so on behalf OF the ST. Paurs
Evangelic Church. and all Of the
societies OF this church. | extend TO
you a hearty welcome ~ is one
thing 20 tell you that you are wei
come. and II another for you 10 feel
that you are welcome My hope e.
that ~ the close Of this convention.
You will all feel that YOU were not
only welcome bv word Of mouth. but
by our every action. And IN conclu.
sion ] want you TO forget that YOU are
away from home. and 20 feel that YOU
are az home. and among friends. 90
act accordingly
Response.
Tho response 20 the address Of
welcome was made hv Rev Oscar
HemDlemann, who spoke briefly az
follows:
- am not able 20 speak forth an
that ] feel but 7 hone 10 make you
feel that We appreciate being here
When " was noised abroad last year
hat the meeting was 10 b. held I'm
Wheeling this year. there was e feel.
ing Of approval among the deipoatea
owing ~ the convenience which tho
city affords The organization has
been growing marveiously during tne
past three years The organization Dr.