Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-04-23

CONFERENCE
Brings Many to this City
First Two Days Of Week
METHODIST MINISTERS
AND LAY DELEGATES
AS Well as General Public Hear Flo !.
quent Addresses from Many
Able Speakers

Able Speakers
Tho the rainy weather of last
week continued over until Mon
day and deferred many delegates
from attending, the efficiency con-
ference for the Pueblo Methodist
Church District, held in this city
on Monday and Tuesday, called
together the largest gathering of
Methodist ministers and laymen
that has ever been seen in Rocky
Ford.
The conference opened on Mon
day evening with a stirring ad-
dress on "America for Christ" by
DIR. Kynett of Philadelphia. The
speaker made plain to the minds
of all his hearers the dire need of
more trained workers amongst our
rapidly increasing foreign citizen
ship.
He was followed by DIR. Taylor,
a foreign missionary evangelist,
who has recently toured the con-
tinent of South America. With
beautiful pictures and eloquent
stories he SO depicted the need for
foreign missionaries that many of
hfs younger hearers signifed their
determination to study and equip
themselves for work in the mis-
sion fields of South America.
On Tuesday morning DIR. Rag
atz- of Denver, a "chalk talker"
of wide reputation, delivered a
splendid talk on 1.-The World
Need of the Bible" A mastery
address by DIR. Rail, president of
the Iliff School of Theology, fol-
lowed and DIR. Kynett and the
preachers took up the remainder
of the forenoon session with a con-
ference on "Holne Mission Prob
lems."
In the afternoon Evangelist
Taylor delivered an eloquent adj
dress on ''The World for Christi"
DIR. Coker gave Survey of Pre-
vailing Conditions" and DIR. For
syth of Denver gave "The Rem
edy."
The largest attendance of the
convention was on Tuesday even
ing, when President Rail deliver
ed an eloquent address ON "Church
Education" The closing address
was by DR.. Ream, field secre-
tary of the Board OF Education,
who made mastery summing up
Of the conference work.
The "meat in the cocoanut" Of
the efficiency conference is con-
clusively shown in the following
resolutions, which We're unani-
mously adopted:
we your committee on resolutlons
recommend the following as our serious
Judgment as to the program for the Com
mission on Finance in our various
charges.
|. We emphasize our firm conviction
that nothing can take the place Of deep
spiritual life and experience, and con-
tinuous spirit of revival.
2. That in order to reach the great
masses in our home land, and the ever
increasing tide Of humanity across the
sea, the church needs to be more ade-
quately financed than it has been in the
past.
THEREFORE,: We endorse the plan Of
the church called The New Financial
Plan." First. because it is Apostolic and
M ethodistic. Second, because it pro-
poses to bring the last man. woman and
child into vital relation to the whole
| movement OF the church Of God. Third
because it is practical and effective, and
where thoroughly tried has proven a
great success.
8. We suggest that where the New
Financial Plan" has not been used. the
following be the plan OF procedure:
~ That whole month be taken for
thorough educational program along
the line of the Disciplinary Benevolences.
~ That the lime be used as follows: