The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-09-26

cast. AZ to the masses Of Hindoos.
the Methodists baptized twenty thou
sand Of them last year from non-Chris-
tian religions"
In referring to the Society of Friends
as being the only body which had
served the Christian ideal In that
they had refused to bear arms against
their brothers or other nations and
lands and refused to encourage the
un-C Christian patriotism of their own
and other countries In this respect,
Bishop Oldham said:
Il would say to YOU Friends of Indi-
ana yearly meeting. first seek the deep
est experiences of the New Testament
for your own soul. Deepen the ex-
periences of your own hearts. Be not
content with the eminent respectable
ity Of the Friends church. Be not
content with the high and honorable
place the Friends church has attained
in the religious world. Learn for your
selves the largest things Of God.
Second, remember the high truths
Mr.. Tebbetts has just spoken. You, in
the present state of betrayed Chris
tiantty, you are better fitted to bear
testimony in war-cursed world than
any other denomination.
Deprecates War.
"And If you should fail your Lord
in this crisis, God forgive you! Chris
tianity has allowed evil things to creep
in under a holy name. Speak softly
and carry big stick has been the
watchword. You are the only people
who have maintained positive Chris
tan testimony. If the Friends, in such
time as this, when the heatheen
world stands bewildered and looks on
dumbfounded as it says, is this the
outcome of centuries of Christianity?'
do not maintain that ideal of Christ
which they have consistently followed,
they prove false to themselves and to
the world.
''The Friends are the only organized
Christian body that has been without
guilt before God. If this body should
fail to splendidly assert the program
are in another way. l have to say to
this body Of Quakers that your inter-
probation of Gods work is the only
consistent one.
"You are an organized religious life
that literally takes God at his word,
and If you fail you will sin against life
and against opportunity. And as
ashamed of my own people as l am l
should be more ashamed of you. If
you are going to be worthy of the
place to which your fathers have led
you, you will have to wake up."
Praises Wilson.
With reference to re-opening the
missions in Mexico, conducted by
Friends. Bishop Oldham said:
Shall we take little time off to
pay a tribute to president who
stands like rock against all the lingo
istic utterances with which he is con-
tinually bombarded? Thank God for
President Wilson! We will stand by
the PRESIDENT!
and because of your testimony in
maintaining the integrity of Gods
woodland would to God you numbers
were quadrupled-you will send these
dear people back to Mexico"
Refers to Great War.
In referring to the three great Chris.
flict in the European war, the speaker
said:
Three men there are who have
been the chief messengers of Jesus
Christ to the non-Catholic world-the
German, the Englishman and the Am
erican, and speak of them in inverse
ratio to their importance. Two of
these are now engaged in a fratricidal
struggle, in contests of hate and i'll
will. Only the American man is left
still to elevate the standard of Christ
Il submit that when the program OF
Jesus has been carried by three, and
two of them drop out, the obligation
devolves upon the third. So when you
pray, pray also for the English woman
who bears the burden and sorrow OF
this terrible conflict, and for your Ger
man sister who is bereft.
"Oh, the sin, the shame, the disgust
of it all! And it is the women who
bear the burden. When this war ends
Europe will be seated in sackcloth and
ashes. She will humbled as never be
fore And then when the heather
world calls we will say we have sinned
in the sigh of God. God grant that the
Society of Friends, who alone have
been faithful, may be the messenger
of the gospel at that time"
Committee Reports.
Bishop Oldham's address was pre-
coded by the formal report of the