The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-28

The conferences of the three big Meth
odist denominations which comprise
Maryland and the District of Columbia
will meet in the months of March and
April. and their programs are aoou'
complete.
Two of thesr bo5ies-Southcrn Mctho-
dist and Methodist Protestant-wili hold
their 1915 gatherings in Washington
The Baltimore conference of the Mctho-
dist Episcopal Church South, Will be the
first TO meet, its sessions beginnlnS
March a and probably continuing to
March 80. The meeting place VIII be the
Mount Vernon Place Church, OF which
Rev Z. X. Hardin is pastor. The presid-
ing bishop will be Right Rev. Warren
4. Gambler, of Atlanta, and the confer
esce sermon on Tuesday. March 3. Will
be preached by Rev. J. Howard Wells, or
Baltimore. 1t is not expected that there
will be many changes of appointment
made at this years conference.
The Maryland conference of the Metho-
dist Protestant Church will convene on
April in Washington. and on the same
day the Baltimore conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church will assem-
BILE in Baltimore, in Grace Church The
Methodist Pedestrians will use the Rhode
Island Avenue church. at Rhode Island
avenue and First street northwest. ot
which Rev. Louis Randall is pastor.
tf greatest liltICSI III INC
Protestant Church is tho question of vino
will be the next president. An action
WIS taken a few wears ago limiting pTac-
flrslly the term Of the president to three
Years Rev DIR. John :. Bowers has
served three years, but 4 definite move
Inent has been begun to rc-elect him. II
is known that DR.. Bowers, if he consents
10 have his name entered, Will have
opOositiOn. The question of church union
with the United Brethren is considered
dead and may possibly not be mentioned
except casually.
Bishop William Burt will preside for
the first time over the Methodist Epis-
copaf Conference In Baltimore. He was
formerly pastor of the American Metho-
dist Church in Rome. Italy, which be-
came internationally known through a
certain address delivered there 10y Theo-
,iorc Roosevelt
There are no big questions OF church
Dolfy To be settled in any of the three
conferences and 10 controversies are an
ricipated. The Southern Methodists will
have to make a few adjustments to the
new laws passed by the general con-
ference since the last session and will
also taxi. up the matter of cooperation
in establishing the new university OF
that church at Atlanta, Ga.
Ono OF the problems troubling the lead
ers in the three conferences is the lack
of new preachers. as the number OF young
men who viii enter the ministry this
year seems TO be small, and large
number OF the men now in the seminaries
studying for the ministry already have
pastoral charges.
rs = result it is said, of recent every
member canvass, ST. JUhs's Lutheran
church. Of which Rev. Paul y. Leddin is
bcrs
Tic. Christian Fndeavor Society Of the
Church of the CoNrna met last Sun
day evening with the society of Gurley
Presbyterian Church at the latter church
epiphany Lutheran Church. during the
tive years of the pastorate of Rev.
Charles +. Stock. has raised $4,000 for
the work of the church. At a recent
celebration of the fifth anniversary OF
the organization OF the church, Rev. T..
*. Sell. OF Baltimore. president OF the
Maryland Synod. presented to the pastor,
as a surprise from the congregation.
seven Cancelled bonds. representing 800
" hi"h had been given by certain indi-
idualS and organizations as an ami
V'rsary donation on the indebtedness of
In" church,
'l. Eills World = ana twenty seventh
international Christian Endeavur conven-
lion y, IN be held III Chicago July to L..
."h'. pG"molion committed il: .ery opti-
.nistio "a its advance announcements and
Insists that l6.") delegates will he pres
ont AmonC the speakers will be Presi-
dent " uudruw Wilson. Secretary of State
William Jennings Bryan. DIR. F. e. Meyer,
!. !. Macdonald and Jane Adams Rev
''Eiilv" Sunday will conduct noon meet
mo rITr, 1tg~Gs rl,a 4
chorus OF a thousand voices will lead the
singing of the convention.
\ Washington boy, e Percy Gates.
I, hu is c. f. field secretary for the
Stat" OF Illinois. is chairman of the Chi
ago committee which has in charge the
PLANS for the convention. Mr.. Gates was
formerly d member of Emmanuel Baptist
church.
Seventy Boston ministers and laymen
visited BILLY" Sunday in Philadelphia
from Monday 10 Wednesday Of last week
aud secured the first definite acceptance
The evangelist has recently given to the
many Invitations which pour in upon him
10 conduct campaigns IN I'll" large cities.
Sunday promised 10 visit Boston in the
fail Of 1876
TIL" Invitation is said 10 be tn. re
suit of consideration and investigation on
tho part of some of the leaders among
church workers In Boston. extending over
period of twelve months 4 committee
~ one hundred was formed and at their
meeting to consider the plan to invite
the evangelist every motion was carried
without a dissenting vote
Rev. A. Il. Conrad. D. D.. of Park Street
church, Boston telegraphed TO Rev. J.
Wilbur Chapman as follows:
Am favoring Billy Sundays coming to
Eostun Am l right
He received the following reply:
Atlanta. Ga, Feb. Is, 49,.
Strongly favor your securing. Billy
Sunday and would be glad 10 have you
quote me saving this.
'rSignedp J. WILBUR CHAPMAN"
One of the most discriminating
views of Billy Sunday and his revival
is that of an unnamed clergyman of
Philadelphia. who is quoted by the
Living Church as follows:
What can be said in Sundays ia
Nor is that while he is frightfully ir-
reverent, it is the unconscious irrey-
erence of a man who has never been
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