The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-02-15
MRS. J. v. BURNS
ORDAINED To
THE MINISTRY
ONE OF FIVE IN THE STATE Or
DAINED A MINISTER OF THE
CHRISTIAN CHURCH. LARGE
CONGREGATION.

Sunday was a big day at the fllsJ
Christian church of this city. Large
crowds attended both services. One
of the most beautiful and impressive
services ever conducted in Ardmore
was that of the ordination OF Mrs. }.
w. Burns to the ministry. At the be-
ginning of this year Mrs. Burns was
selected assistant pastor of the church
for the purpose of aiding her husband,
the pastor in the many duties of the
church. The church has had a phe-
growth in the past six
months. more than one hundred have
taken membership, within that time.
There were five additions at the even
ing service Sunday.
The ordination service was conduct
ed by Rev. A. r. Spicer, the state
secretary of the Oklahoma Christian
Missionary Society. Rev. Spicer was
assisted by the elders of the local
congregation. The church ordains by
the laying on of hands and by fasting
and prayer. The charge was given
by Rev. Spicer, and was very i'm
pressive. Mrs Burns has the distinc-
ton of being one of only five ladies
in the state who have been ordained
to the ministry by the Christian
Church.
An announcement was made at the
church Sunday that the w. o. w.
lodge of this city voted to attend the
First Christian Church in body next
Sunday to hear the pastors sermon
in connection with the Fathers Day"
services to be conducted in the
church. A special program is being
prepared for the occasion and no doubt
the attendance will be large. At the
evening service next Sunday, the or
dinance of baptism will be administer
ed to all candidates awaiting baptism.
Just before the regular service be.
gan Sunday evening Rev. Spicer, who
is also the State Bible School Super
intendent, brought out some very in
teresting facts regarding the greatness
of the Bible School work. The magni-
tude of the movement" said he lis
evidenced by the following facts;
There are seventeen thousand cOnven.
this work. There are two hundred
thousand volunteer workers engaged
in the enterprise. Three millions Of
representatives attend annually these
seventeen thousand conventions. There
are thirtyOne millions Of workers and
members enrolled in the Bible Schools
of the world. Nineteen millions of
these are in America. Three millions
of men are enlisted among this num-
Der. OF the four hundred thousand
additions to the church one hundred
thousand We're men, in one year. The
Bible School is fast becoming a mas.
.culine institution. The great adult and
boys classes are found everywhere.
The field covered by the Bible School
work as represented by the Front
Rank standard includes the entire
life of the community, beginning with
the cradle roll and home department
and reaching out through the regular
school with its graded standard of
efficiency, makes it the embodiment
of the wisdom of the most experienced
men and women engaged in Bible
School work in the world. The school
that is satisfied with anything short
Of these ideas is unworthy of the op.
'portunities of the present Our school,
at Ardmore, is woking out the efhci
ency ideals of the Front Rank Stan.
dard" Bible Schools The Christian
( Church has in this state four-hundred
/ twenty five Bible Schools. Last year
at our state convention, we had fiji
/ teen front rank schools to receive their
certificates, a gain of eleven over the
/ previous year We had one hundred
twenty-five teachers training classes
. iortyone advanced three years course
and eighty-four first year course, with