The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-09-07
Rev. E. D. Beck Will Fill New
Office Of Organization
This. Year
STATIONING COMM. TO
BEGIN WORK AT ONCE
Retiring President breaches
2. Conference Sermon
Wednesday

Owing to the failure of two speakers
to appear on the program for Thurs
DAY morning. the session of the Mus
kingum conference was not held as
mad been arranged and the report of
the committee on the presidents re-
port was not presented fully as had
been intended Rev. C. S. Johnson,
who was to speak Thursday morning
upon "The Forward Movement" and
Rev. G. II. Hitler, whose topic was TO
be Education and Colleges were un-
able to keep their appointments and
in their place an address was given by
Rev. G. E. Forelnes of the Westmin-
ster Theological seminary at West
minister, Md Rev. Forelines gave n
short talk in which he emphasized the
importance and need of fitting the gos-
pei to the arising problems of the pres
ent day:
our gospel is not so obsolete"
said the speaker, "but there is a vital
need for the church to apply it to the
new problems arising daily which are
the result of modern life and were I'M
known to our forefathers."
Following the recommendation of
the retiring president, Rev. Coburn.
conference created a new office, that
of vice-president, and Rev. e. ID. Beck
of Cincinnati was elected to this po-
sition. In past years it has not been
thought necessary to have confer
ence vice-president, but the presidents
work is said to have increased to such
volume that this official is now neces-
sary.
Announcement was made Thursday
of the election of the following mem
bers of the stationing committee: J.
F.. Cappel of Uhrichsville, w. w. Tay-
lor of Mt. Pleasant, lay members; d.
c. Coburn, G. G. Shurtz, ministerial
members. In addition the president of
the conference becomes a member of
the committee owing to his position.
The committee held its first meet
ing Thursday afternoon and will prob
the conference at which time the an
nouncement of assignments of minis
ters will be made.
The delegates to the convention are
being cared for by the local congrega-
tion and meals are being served in the
basement of the church. Thursday
night the Mems Bible class of the
church will entertain in honor of the
delegates.
A large audience heard a stirring ad-
dress along the lines of Christian SER
vice at the session of the Muskingum
conference at the M. p. church We'd
nesday evening, Rev. ID. c. Coburn of
Toronto, the retiring president of the
conference. presenting an inspiring
outline of the possibilities and the in
centives of church work, both for min
listers and lay members.
The speaker took for the thought Of
his address the statement Of st. Paul,
81 magnify mine Office" and through
out his address he referred to the au
thor of the statement as an example
of the preacher with high ideals and
a lofty conception of his work as one
who spreads the gospel throughout the
world.
Rev. Coburn declared that often
workers in the church feel discouraged
over the seeming inconsequentiality of
their positions. This, he said, is
false conception and that all nave i'm
portant parts in the work of the
church.
"The prominent positions, so called
he said, ARE not always the really
most important" illustrating this
thought by references to trolley cars
where the trolley wire and pole seem
to have highly important work to
perform, while they would be useless
were it not for the unseen motors be-
meath the floor of the car.
Following the address by Rev. Co
burn, holy communion was observed
by the delegates and congregation.
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