The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-27
AT OPENING OF
CONF FERENCE
YESTERDAY
BUSINESS SESSIONS
WILL START TODAY
Nearly Three Hundred Min
listers Register Yesterday
at Headquarters.

That West Virginia is leading IN
making this Il saloonleSs nation was
the assertion Of Bishop Franklin Ham
ilton, ID. d., l.. l.. D.. OF Pittsburgh,
Pa, in his address at the opening serv-
ice OF the seventeen session OF the
West Virginia annual Methodist EpiS-
copal conference in the thomson NJ. Z.
church, Island, last night. When the
Little Mountain State by majority Of
10000 carried the prohibition amend
ment il sprang into the lead, he added.
Continuing, Bishop Hamilton said:
Hasten the day when we will turn
guns and strategy upon John Barley
corn and be able to lay his scalp vat
the feet of God =
Bishop Hamilton was elected resi-
dent bishop OF this district at the Gen
eral Methodist Episcopal Conference
held recently in Saratoga Springs, and
in replying 10 the greetings from May
or II. L. Kirk, Rev. o. G. Dean, presi-
dent Of the Wheeling Ministerial
Union, and the Rev. w. c. Hartinger,
pastor of the Thomson NJ. E. church,
conference host, expressed pleasure
over the welcome that has been &C
corded him since his arrival in the
city.
Or. Compton Presldes.
DR.. NJ. F. Compton, Wheeling dis
trict superintendent, presided at the
service of welcome, and in his intro
ductory read part Of his report OF the
conference year. The report en-
bracet a review of the history OF the
Wheeling district and its advancement
in religious life The first church
founded in Wheeling was in 1915, and
was on the site Of the present Fourth
Street NJ. f. church. The Fourth
Street II. f. church can be truly called
the Mother Church" DR.. Compton
advanced the opinion that the Ohio
Valley from Moundsv.aae to PsetsbEE'gh
would, within a few years, be the IN
dustrial center Of the United States. .
In closing, DR.. Compton introduced
Mayor II. l.. Kirk, who said:
Il always was and will be ln hearty
sympathy with any man or woman in
a good work like this, and extend TO
YOU the hearty welcome Pf Wheeling.
Continuing, MIR Kirk spike at length
upon the work of the church in city
or State, and told Of the resources in
the city relative 10 its religious and
social life.
Rev. O. C. Dean, pastor of the TIN.
ity Lutheran church, as president OF
the Wheeling Ministerial union, vel
coined the conference delegates. He
said in part: West Virginia is deS-
tined 10 become Il great state. Rlches
will not develop its standard anu IL
may be given 10 other states 10 de-
velop our resources. But 1t is up 10
YOU TO develop and mould our man
hood and wonlanhood. The best en-
terprises may fail but in the work that
is set out for us we cannot fail 1he
school houses have an important mis-
sion and the school system is an lm-
portant step toward the adVancemnt
Of manhood. but there Is Il more I'M
portant mission for the church. Wheel
ing is new in ideals for civic and san
itary development and 1t needs the
church to assist in working out the
ideal" In conclusion Rev. Dean ex-
tended the visiting ministers a warm
welcome and wished for them rapid
advancement in their work.
Conference Host Talks.
Rev. w. G.. Hartinger, pastor OF the
Thomson NJ. +. church, was the next
speaker, and in a few words spoke Of
the cooperation of the Wheeling NJ. +.
churches in preparation for the con-
ference. In welcoming the conference
Lon behalf of the Thomson church and
other Methodist Episcopal churches OF
the city, he said: You are as welcome
as reelection would be to President
Wilson; you are as welcome as cleo
tion to the presidential chair wOuld be
to Charles Evans Hughes" Applause
which continued for short time
greeted the mention of Justice Hughes
name.
Rev. c. Z. Goodwin, pastor Of the
First Methodist Episcopal church OF
Fairmont, was the first speaker in re.
sponse. He said: These words Of
welcome which we have heard here
tonight are meaningless unless you
show it upon your faces. But every
where | go | see welcome spelled out,
in your homes, upon your faces. even
upon the walls of your homes" HG
spoke of the pleasure that it afforded
him to visit Wheeling as boy, put
said that the happiest time Of his Life
was when he came TO the city to speak
the gospel Of Jesus Christ.
In closing, Rev. Goodwin, suggested
the chautauqua salute 10 the memory
Of Sterling j. Miller, for seven years
pastor of the Thomson church: who
died while superintendent of the
Parkersburg district. This was re-
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