South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-29

the First NJ. f. church, this Will be
served at $3.50 o'clock. This will be
followed by a mass meeting Tor the
laymen In the church in the evening
at which session they will be address
cd by DR. Edgar Blake of Chicago,
corresponding secretary Of the board
OF Sunday schools The subject OF
his address will be Evangelism for
Men" The meeting Thursday night
viii be only for men.
The session Of the Laymen's asso-
citation Thursday will be continued
Friday when the Lay Electoral con-
ference Will convene. This confer
cnce will select delegates for the gen
eral conference at Saratoga Springs
next May. Marvin Campbell, prom
inent in local Methodist circles will
preside at this meeting. The Friday
session will likewise be held at the
First Baptist church
II is expected that between $50 and
400 laymen living in the bounds of
the Northwest Indiana conference will
he in the city at the time.
Announcement was made at the
business session Wednesday morning
Of the amount Of money 10 be turn
ed into the northwest conference
Golfers from the Methodist book con-
Germ as their share of the profits &C
crUing from the sale of books during
y
which will be derived this year is
S3.076. This is used in caring for the
Superanuated ministers
Charles Harper was appointed can
Vasser OF the Methodist Review dur
ing the conference.
Observe Anniversary.
The anniversary of the WOman's
Home Missionary society was OBJ
served at o'clock this afternoon.
Mrs J. a SecOr of Lafayette pre-
tided at the meeting. Mrs A. T.
briggs Of Lafayette. corresponding
secretary Of the conference society.
spoke Of the special work being done
by the society. Mrs. j. g. Hendricks.
secretary of the Gary settlement
house, which is known as the Camp
bell settlement parish. gave a short
report of the work being done there.
\ report given by the financial secre-
tary showed that nearly $4,000 had
been collected for home missionary
societies. which is $1.10O more than
has been collected any previous time.
The report also showed the work of
new auxiliaries which had been
formed. A meeting Of the conference
society will be held the first week in
November at Terre Haute and an
nouncement was made to this effect
The Rev. A. b. Storms of Indianap-
oils addressed the session this after
noon, touching upon the problems and
work of the home missionary societies
in the Northwest conference.
Tells of Menace
DecTyinG the real menace of the
church as the coming cut of an age
of the past expression OF the religious
faith in the present. the Rev. r. w.
Dunlavy. pastor of the Trinity Meth
udist church of Lafayette, Ind. de-
nounced the methods of the church
which adhered strictly TO staid Gus
TUNES in the conference sermon de-
livereG at the opening session Tuesday
evening.
DR.. Durlavys appeal TO the assem-
bled ministers and laymen was that
the church should lay aside To some
extent the old vestments in which 1T
was CARRIED as far as rigid adherence
To decadent customs was concerned,
and breathe the atmosphere OF the
social life into which has gone the
call of the Master and TO pour into
that life the spirit of Jesus Christ DR..
Dunlavy chose as his text the eighth
chapter Of Acts. 18th verse: Philip
preaching glad tidings concerning the
kingdom OF God and name Jesus
Christ" He said in part:
Is there any such thing as the
modern ministry of the religion of
jesus Is not Jesus Christ the one
stable entity amid all our modern in
stability Is He not alone the Rock of
Ages TO which the weary spirit won
ont and disillusioned with the mate
rial interests of life can come for
shelter amid the souls equnoctial
storms?
After those epochal years at the
end OF which the disciples received
command 10 go 10 the whole world.
Philip went forth TO the Samaritans
and the Philippians with the glad It'd
ings But Philips methods differed
from the established methods Of to-
day. for he went out along the road
10 the Samaritans which was forbid
den.
1T was not the credal statements
that Philip made II was not even
the divine love of God: il was not the
great institutions nor the church-it
was Jesus Christ
We live I'm an age now when the
church must define its place. The
church must seize the social problems
and put into them its dynamic power.
We can not force men 10 terms OF re-
form as was done during the age of
Wesley. but we can do what Philip
did 10 bring 20 men a new conscious
ness Of Jesus.
The eminent psychologist, James.
SAYS that Il is psychological i'm
possibility for any thinking man not
10 pray.
The menace OF the church is not
IN the errors OF religious isms which
are SO grotesque which If not pathetic
would be humorous The menace or
the church is not in the new thought.
but that we insist in not having
change in methods and forms
Marvin Campbell presided at the
Of II in
PRODUCED Mayor Keller. who in turn
welcomed the conference visitors by
turning over the keys of the city IL
them.
The Rev Sslem B. Town. d. d.
financial secretary OF Depauw uni
Ncrsity, Greencastle. responded 10
Mayor Keller's welcome address. Or.
Town was pastor OF the First Meth
odist church in this city having twice
IN the past accepted "a call from the
South Bend pulpit. He spoke OF his
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