Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-08
BRETHREN DISCUSS
MISSION QUESTIONS
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history of the model town. He cor
speech of welcome and told of the
daily endorsed Governor B~rumbaugh
in his fight for local option.
S. D.. Clark. of Hershey, said with
the help of the Brethren and other
good people there would be a local OPP
ton law on the books when the con-
ference met again in Hershey.
The moderator said the most vital
questions of the conference related to
the ministry n to the book for Sun
day schools containing New Testament
teachings. The missionary work of
the chnrch must be increased. he said.
After the moderator's address the
recommendation of the committee on
the question of electing and better
organizing the ministry was adopted.
This action is in the direction of a
regularly chosen n paid ministry.
The question of morality of state
fairs was continued in the hands of
the committee. So was also the plan
for a book of doctrine.
IoI pSIeO usM solBSsIs0
Several thousand delegates are here
to stay until the last service on We'd
nesday evening. All of them have
been provided with comfortable places
of lodging and much satisfaction was
expressed by the various delegates and
visitors concerning the royal manner
in which they are being entertained.
Considerable fear vas expressed by
some a few days g that the town
and surrounding territory might be
unable to furnish sufficient quarters,
but all have been cared for and there
is room for all late arrivals. While
the work of the committee was an
arduous task, yet an encouraging fea-
ture in the work of caring for such
q fhrnno urnG fhn rrsI1fr-r,A.1 ry,Nl,
which all responded.
Yesterday morning the services in
the Convention Hall began at 9 o'clock
with a Sunday school program. Ad-
dresses were delivered as follows:
THE Efficiency of Sunday School Of
ficers and Teachers" by ]. Carson
Miller, of Virginia; Its Interest in
C. Swigart, of Pennsylvania; "The Use
of the Bible and Literature" by
Charles L. Flory, of Ohio; THE Work
Done by the Christian Workers So
cieties," by Lafayette Steele, of In
diana. An audience of over two thou
sand persons attended this rally.
Monday afternoon was the time
fixed by the program committee for
the great annual missionary meeting
in charge of the General Missionary
Board. The sermon was preached
by Elder d. l.. Miller, of Mt. Morris,
ILL.,, n of the Oldest ministers of the
denomination. He chose for his text
Christ's great commissions: GO Ye
Into All the World" For thirty minu-
ties he held the close attention of the
vast audience of about four thousand
people. The offering for missions was
then taken, after which the five out
going missionaries to China and In
dia were introduced to the audience.
Miss Elizabeth Kline, of Elizabeth
town, the chorister of the onven
ton, then led the audience in singing,
"Ill Go Where You Want Me to Co."
at the close of which the audience
was dismissed.
The two hours from Z to Q o'clock
last evening was devoted to The sub
ject of education. The following was
the program: THE Problem of Our
Young People," by Paul Bowman;
"How May We Adopt Our Education
More Fully to the Life Needs of Our
People" by d. Webster Kurtz. d. D.,
of Mcpherson College, Kansas; "The
Duty That Our Educated Men and
Women Owe to the Church." by John
s.. Flory; why Should the Brethren
Church Endow Their C~olleges?" by
John Hickman. This service was
held in the Convention Hall, which
was crowded to its utmost capacity.
At the same time two additional
5SA NA1Vo Z AiS1u a w HGh DdIIu
stand a sermon was preached by w.
e. West on Influence" while Elder
S. S. Blouch preached in the park
theater on THE Abundant Life in
Service"
This morning the business sessions
of the conference began. The stand
ing committee reports on the various
questions for discussion. This will
require the last two days of the con-
ference.
This evening an ~antisecrecy adj
dress will be delivered by w. B. Stod-
dard, on the subject, Christian Light
VS.. Lodge Darkness" Wednesday will
be the closing day of the conference,
and the final sermon will be preached
in the evening at s o'clock by Elder
D. A. Crist.
Students Feed Multitude
The following students of Lebanon
Valley College assisted in the vari-
GUS restaurants and cafeterias in the
park during the Brethren confer
ence: r. w. Williams, A. E. Shonk,
Russell Rupp, Willis McNelly, David
Fink, Homer Fink, Joel Wheelock,
Joe Hollinger, John Morrison, Frank
Morrison, A. H. Hoffman, Charles
Gemmil, j. Earl Klinger, Roy Her.
shey. R. n. Keim, D. w. CARRIER, Dan
Won Bereghy, William Lewis, Thomas
Foltz, Huber Heintzelman, Mason
Long, Ralph Crabill, f. S. Bodenhom,
E. F. Eichelberger, NJ. Blouch, George
Kutz. T.. f. Keibler. ]. H. Herring,
E. R. Snavely, F. B. Snavely, Ed
redge S~tambaugh, H. S. Yetter, Am
mon Boltz, v. Earl Light, Hiram
Bechtel. Paul S. Wagner, Gideon va
ger, Robert Hartz. Messrs. Bender