Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-21
DISCUSS PROBLEMS
THAT FACE CHURCH
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biggest mems church convention in
Pennsylvania in years.
Education and Civic Righteous.
ness" and Facing Our Problems"
were the themes of the two big meet
ings this morning and this afternoon
and for more than five hours, eleven
speakers, brought here from all parts
of the United States, told the thou
sands of Methodist men from all parts
of Pennsylvania. the gigantic problems
faciug the United States, the church,
and the denomination which they rep
resented.
How Will U. S. Spend Money?
What is America going to do with
her tremendous wealth? With her
millions upon millions acquired by her
big enterprises, ever increasing and
moving her to a goal never even
dreamed of as a world power? How
will she spend 1t? How is she getting
it?" In rapid-fire order but In de-
termined and even tone. DR.. George
r. Grose, president of DePauw Uni
versity, Greencastle, Ind, representing
the educational board of the Educa-
tional Society of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, asked these questions of
the big gathering.
A silence fell over the big audience
and then came his explanation end
with it one of the most powerful ap-
peals ever made for better educational
facilities in the entire country
"Our leaders in business must be
men interested In public service; men
filed with the spiritual sense of re-
this great wealth. The spiritual ele
ment must be in control insuring un-
selfishness. Otherwise this great
wealth will be horribly debasing and
inevitably degrading.
What use are we making of our
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messages of Justice and peace over
the world? Or, are we sending mes
sage of greed for gold. selfshness and
striving for power? In Kansas alone
l was told that there are $67 100000
invested III automobiles. What are
they doing with them?
DIR. Grose In these few words sum-
med up the theme of his address on
"A Denomination Program" For
more than fifteen minutes he spoke on
the great work planned by the Meth
odist Church. The big undertakings
fiftieth anniversary of the board of
education; an increase in the school
fund appropriation from one and one
quarter to two million dollars; devel-
opment of frontier work in the South
and West, and creating pension fund
of probably q million dollars.
Need Trained Men
DR.. Grose, declared that Christians
properly trained must lead in the So
cial movement of to-day and that un-
less they do, the movement will be-
come danger and menace to the
country.
such a movement is safe only when
in Christian hands. And the people
are looking to the church to provide
it. How can we do it with good but
ranting, ignorant men in the church
pulpits to-day. They must be better
trained
Men imbued with spiritual intelli-
gence together with culture and physi-
cal training are the only ones to lead
in our political, industrial and com
mercial life to transform our rabid
nationalism into internationalism.
DIR. ]. H. Morgan, president of Dick
inson College. Carlisle, Pa. was the
second speaker on the program. He
told the laymen that the church has
not foreseen and provided for the rap
idly changing educational conditions
and that better equipped church
schools are a necessity. He, too,
Joined with DR.. Grose in an appeal for
more funds to provide proper facili-
ties.
Urges Day of Rest in Seven
DR.. William Fl. Crawford, president
of Allegheny College, Meadville, then
introduced Harry Il. Ward, professor
Of Boston University. Professor
work and has studied the situation ex-
tensively. His topic was "One Days
Rest in Seven"
why do we have millions of work
ers throughout the country who have
not a single days rest in seven?" was
one of the questions he hurled at the
big audience of men. Before they
could answer he replied: 'I'll tell
you. The reason leads back of the
department heads of the industries,
back of the officers of the corporation,
on back to the income of a great
many comfortable, cultured, Christian
gentlemen who have too much Chris
tianity to urge their direct employees
TO work seven days a week, but never
care anything about the big industries
OF which they are stockholders He
told the men in the big hall that the
only way to overcome this and insure
each man one days rest In seven, was
by placing an iron-clad act on the
statute books fthe State and by
strengthening the Sunday laws. Pro-
fessor Ward also told the 1aymen that
he could not see the need of Sunday
excursions to camp meetings and
evangelistic gatherings.
Lteraturc's Value
John II. Race, of the Methodist
Book Concern. was the next speaker.
| The value of literature in spreading
Christianity and the big development
of the Methodist publishing house
were the principal points in his short
talk. DR.. r. e. Diffenderfer, church
educational secretary of the mission
airy society, was the last speaker of the
morning. He told the men present
that it took the jolt of the European
war in 1914 to awaken America to the
realization of South American posi-
bilities. Lack of proper education for
world service was responsible for this,
he declared. He urged his audience to
avoid false patriotism and adopt the
motto, Our Country Always, But Our
Country Right
A brief reference to the big problem
of assimilation of foreign people in
America and their education followed,
after which DR.. Ward closed his ad-
dress with an appeal to the laymen to
study the world situation continually.
The morning session closed q few
minutes later, and the thousands of
delegates formed in long line and
marched to the State Capitol where
they were given a reception by Gov
ernor Brum baugh.
Afternoon Session
This program this afternoon includ-
ed addresses as follows:
Making America Dry" by Clarence
True Wilson, secretary church tenn
perance society, Making Pennsylva-
mia Dry" e. ]. Moore, ex-superinten-
dent State Anti-Saloon League, now