The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-22

educational Institutions. benevolences
and other purposes
Advocates Missions.
Mr.. Purdy advocated tho establish
ment Of Home Mission field to be
managed by an able Friend to open
more opportunities to the young
Friends Of America when the gospel
fails to reach out" said Mr.. Purdy, ut
ceases to be gospel There should
be expansion everywhere In the
Quaker church. A new, vital, efficient.
pure, adAptible Quakerism IL needed. !"
e. H. stranahan as head OF the
Gospel Team work held 1t to be one
method Of church extension which IL
simple, flexible and practical for use
by all the men Of the chcurch. He
said it would only attain its results
insofar as its members were equipped
to conduct the campaigns. Gospel
Team work" said Mr. Stranahan,
needs direction not dictation. II has
various phases. some OF them spec
tacular Men who are working In It's
behalf are throwing the weight Of
their beings into its work for the
kingdom Of God" The speaker gave
illustrations aud data Ia support Of
his statements.
Nicholson speaks.
8. Edgar Nicholson, in the general
discussion by delegates which follow
ed Mr.. Stranahan's address. laid adj
ditional emphasis upon the need Of
church expansion and favored the TAX
ing OF field survey by the Board Of
the Fve-Years Meeting. He declared
that the Friends church requires the
injection OF an important issue to
awaken its members to sense OF re-
spopsibility OF furthering its interests.
Various expressions Of opinion from
the following persons who in the main
heartily endorse the subject, followed
Mr.. Nicholson's brief talk. Each was
allotted one minute to talk Absalon
Props of Greenleaf. Idaho, Francis A.
Wright, Jr., Kansas City, Lewis A.
South. Westfield, Ind, o. c. Emery
Wichita, Kan, Jesse Phillips New
London, Ohio, Charles Whitley New
burg, Oregon. DR.. Edwards Penn Col
lege Iowa, Waldo Woody Wilmington,
Ohio, Charles Tebbetts Richmond.
Oscar Moon Baltimore, George Lever
ing Selma, Ohio, Zeno Doan Of
Wichita, George Shepard Glen Falls,
New York, Harry r.. Keates. Des
Moines, Richard Newly, Des Moines,
r. L. Ccsand North Loup. Neb., Dan
iel Foxworth Nebraska, Frank Boil
Nebraska, Walter Cain, West Branch,
Iowa, Miles White, Jr., Baltimore,
Thomas L. Scott Westtown, Penn,
George Moore Bloomingdale, Ind, and
Ellison Purdy Wilmington, Ohio.
Prayer should be made primarily for
worship and alteration of the Supreme
Being and .secondarily for giving OF
thanks the blessings bestowed upon
us according to DR.. J. Douglas Adam
who delivered the second of series
of addresses concluding the after
Moons program yesterday -
I'VE need new, mental serious
ness" said DR.. Adam, "all the time.
We're too hurried. It Is not the man
who pops into the variety show and
back into religion who is happy but
it is the contented man who follows
Christ seriously all the time.
What is our attitude toward God?
Prayer Is looked upon nowadays as an
attempt to use God. Prayer instead is
a means through which the Divine
Power may possess Christian person
atty. t ...-~ ~.,. .
Belief IN Power is different from
the experience Of power. 1t doesn't
matter whether you believe or not II
you have not the power.
"All things come by indirection.
You can't get holiness by seeking it..
There should be periods of prayer"