South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-06
BISHOP NJ DOWELL IS
CONFERENCE SPEAKER
No Definition Can Describe
God, He SayS-MiSSiOn So
Ciety and EpWOrth League
Celebrate Anniversary.

Bishop William Frasier Mcdowell
of Chicago spoke at the morning
service of the Methodist conference
Sunday The church was filled to
capacity with the large attendance and
IL ia believed ii was the largest church
service ever held in Mishawaka.
Preceding the church services in
the morning an hour was spent in
testimonial meeting during which
more than 90 people testified. The
service was led by II. w. Bennett II.
y. Herrick and +. L. Semans. a
special Palm Sunday musical service
was held in the morning. w. b. Free
land read the scripture lesson.
Bishop Mcdowell chose his text from
ST. John 14:S and 1879, Phillips saith
unto Him, Lord, show US the Father,
and il sufficed US; Jesus answered.
Have 1 been so long a time with you,
and yet hast thou not known me.
Phillip? He that hast seen Me hath
seen the Father. and how saith thou
show me the Father"
He extolled the boldness and cOur-
age OF Philip for being brave enough
TO question Christ in the presence Of
many others and referred to the ans
wer given by Jesus as the only detin-
ition OF God.
This definition will not save you, +"
he declared. THE fact that Christ
and God are alike will not save. The
dictionary may be bic to give a detin-
itiOn OF mother, but when 1 read il
] Will know that the author did not
understand my mother. The definition
viii not apply to her, neither Will the
definition of God apply to my God.
The person defines the term. The
character Of God must be interpreted
by His PLAINLY the standards He has
fixed
The fact that God is Christlike is
of great value Christ was consoling
IN times OF trouble, fed and clothed
the poor, ministered unto the sorrow
full. comforteG the weary and lonely;
SO we may expect God to do these
things as he is Christlike."
He urged the sinner TO confess, and
accept God. He declared that evil
enters a persons life suddenly and
that il costs heavily. Briefly he trac-
ed the history OF one mans life. one
who learned TO gamble and was made
penniless in one night and who sud
denly becae a thief and was impriS-
oned for a number Of years He point
ed out that the man won the first
dollar in the gamble, and the second
and SO on-but declared that the
man suddenly began TO loose until ne
had lost all and then was led TO steal
to get more money.
Winning !n gam bling is not good
luck as SO often ii is called deClar-
ed he. Winning is bad luck for il in
stills the beginner to go on TO the
sorrowfuT end" He referred To God
as willing TO pardon all and ended
his sermon with an appeal that men
and women accept the Christlike God
into their hearts and lives.
The evening program of the confer
enCe was divided between the Board
OF Home Missions and Church EXten-
sion society and the Epworth league
both held their anniversaries. That
portion OF the evening devoted to the
Home Missions and Church ENten-
ton was taken up by Or. Freeman d.
Boyard He delivered an address on
the work being done by this organ
ration He said that the foreign mis-
sions depended upon the home body
10 furnish its workers. and showed the
great good done BY them in building
and assisting in the building Of
churches.
Through the joint efforts Of their
two departments they are able "a
convert and educate foreigners that
come 20 these shores. As $4,000 OF
them 20 back 10 their homelands each
year the influence Is felt in other
countries He said that the women S
branch is a leader in all good motions
such as prohibition and equal suffrage.
He accounted for the fact OF Cali
foTnIa's having women's right by the
great number OF these women in the
state.
In one meeting at Long Beach. Cal,
there were IS. 600 MethOdists from the
state OF Iowa alone. In Los Angeles
the women have gathered 500 Chin
ese women from the streets and made
good Christians OF them.
Or. Ran r. Brummitt talked on the
necessity or the Epworth league in this