The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-22

by Paulq Vogt and George J. Dean,
who condemned emotional evangel-
is in his talk Wednesday afternoon.
Big Lecture. Tonight.
Tonight comes the treat of the
whole conferences lecture by NJ. S.
Rice, D. D., of the Woodward avenue
Methodist Episcopal church of De-
troit, Mich. = He will give his lecture
on 1.-The Devil Take the Hindermost"
Rev. Rice has been known all over
the United States as one of the most
interesting takers in church work
His seat as minister of one of the larg-
est M. E. churches in the United
States has been earned for him re-
markable following.
Tomorrow morning the usual bust
ness of the conference will again be
taken up. Memorial service are
planned for 1890 in the forenoon.
The anniversary of the Women's
Foreign Missions is scheduled for to-
morrow afternoon at 2:3O o'clock
The meeting will be addressed by Dr.
John Harmon, president of the Kan
sas Wesleyan college, of Salina. In
the evening the board of education of
the conference will be addressed by w
N. Mason, president of Baker uni
versity.
The annual conference banquet of
Baker University alumni, former stu
dents and friends will be given at
$50 o'clock in the Sunday school tenn
pie of the First Methodist Episcopal
church. Short talks will be made by
Franklin Racine and M. J. Trenery.
Prohibition Rally.
w. J. Herwig, superintendent of the
Kansas anti-saloon league, gave a vivid
description before the conference
or the United States when it
will be bone dry. He urged that
every minister in the conference
should lend their force in the last
fight against the liquor traffic when
1t comes before congress.
The fact that Kansas is the pio-
neer and the originator of the dry
legislation" Mr.. Herwig said, should
be enough to make every public-spir-
tied citizen take an active part in the
coming fight. Kansas has gone as
far towards prohibiting liquor traffic
must be turned to her sister states
and to the national government"
Mrs. Mitchner Talks.
The w: G: T. U. followed up this
speech of Mr.. Herwig, with a firm
announcement by Mrs. Lillian Mitch
ner, of Beloit, president of the Kansas
w. =. l. u, that her organization
would give every bit of support for
the coming national fight that their
pody possessed. In addition to pIedg
ing her support she carried out Mr..
HerWigs idea that the day is soon
coh!iHs Wnen tnere will be no LIQUOR
IN the United States She told of how
the w. G. T. U. would still exist after
demon rum" had been chased to the
creek. They will still exist and will
take up the fight against the cigarette
and we will have the same success
That we are now enjoying in the LIQUOR
Dan Brummitt, editor of the En-
worth Herald, was the principal speak
er at the anniversary of EpWorth
League banquet Wednesday night. He
told OF the work and of the success of
the Epworth League in the whole
on1sed states He compared the
league with a great business labora-
tory in which the raw -li.terial. the
young people-are taken into the fac
tory-the league, and a valuable fin
ished product is turned out to be of
service to the public
The Rev. R. M. Lehew, of Manhat-
tan, and w. N. Nelson, president of
Baker university, explained the plans
for the Baldwin institute, the annual
summer training school for the work
ers of the Epworth League and of the
work his town is doing in its Metho-
dist churches. The summer training
school will be held August 10 to 10
this year