The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-23

ference claimants from $4,000 to
$4,000. The suggestion was made by
j. A Stave1y CT the conference board
of stewards
Bishop Shepard, of the conference,
delivered an address of welcome to
the laymen's association at ? o'clock
this afternoon. Reports from the
various charges were made this after
noon. Among these reports were
those from Baker university. Bethany
hospital, of Rosedale, endowment for
retired ministers and Christian
work in secondary schools. Nominal
tons of committeeman for nomina-
lions of officers Of the association and
on resolutions were made.
Memorial Services.
In the conference itself the morn
ing was spent in memorial services
for the deceased of the membership.
In the short business session of the
early morning reports were read from
the different districts. The condition
of the membership and of the benevo-
lence= funds was reported as having
marked increase over last year The
ministerial support fund of this year
shows a striking decrease in the usual
deficit.
The conference convened again at
1:A5 this afternoon for its secret ex-
ecutive session. Policies and problems
of the inner circle of the ministerial
union were discussed. The meeting
took on the air of round table dis
cussion and each district told of its
hardest problems and solutions were
offered by the members. Plans for
next years conference were discussed
but no definite conclusions were
reached.
The Women's Home Missionary So
ciety celebrated it's anniversary this
afternoon Immediately after the exec
utive session was ended. The address
of the celebration was made by Dr.
John Harmon, president of the Kan
sas Wesleyan college of Salina- He
spoke of the work that had been done
by the society and it's Importance in
the present day crisis. In a brief con-
not men had the power to carry on
the missionary work so successfully.
The third feature of tonight's pro-
gram will be the anniversary banquet
of Baker university, given TO the
alumni, former students and friends.
Four hundred places have been re-
served and only a few more can be
accommodated. The Glee club will
give a program of old college songs.
w. N. Mason, president of the college,
will preside.
The board of education will meet
this evening at 7:45. Addresses Will
be made by w. N. Mason, president of
Baker university, and j. Franklin
Reame.
The morning session of tomorrow
will be spent in completing the final
reports of the districts and in compil-
ing the data given by the conference.
Run" will be given in the evening by
Ernest Daley Smith, of the church
temperance board.
The laymen's association will meet
again tomorrow morning at the First
Congregational church. Governor
Capper and Rev. w. L. Herwig, of
the Kansas anti-saloon league, will
talk. A discussion of church finances
and the election of officers will fill
the program.
War Is Discussed.
Thursdays program of the Kansas
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church was closed last night with the
lecture by Rev. NJ. S. Rice, minister at
the Woodward Avenue Methodist
Episcopal church of Detroit. His sub
ject was: 1.-The Devil Take the Hind
most However, he talked on the inn
portance of religion as the force that
will bind the men of the world to-
gether. 1t will abolish all race and
national lines of distinction.
Europeans are entirely confused.
They have thought in their narrow
national way and have lost the per-
spective of a worldwide viewpoint"
he declared. This being a citizen of
the world and looking at our actions
as such is most certainly coming to
the Christians. 1t is as inevitable as
the step from communication to ma
tionalism-the step that has occurred
within the last few years.
United States will never be in the
same predicamept as the countries of
Europe" he continued 1--WE have in
this country more than fifty-two races,
all huddled together and the heat of
the melting pot has been sufficient to
weave these fragments of racial ma
ture into an entirely new people. This
people, made of every race on the
face of the globe, is beginning to lose
the narrow viewpoint of a single ma
ton and interest is exhibited in the
activities of every corner of the
EARTH
On Religious Basis.
Another explanation of the war was
offered imm ediately before this by
Rev. John w. Waldron of Galena. His
explanation was that the nations of
Europe do not yet realize that COM
mercial intercourse is insufficient to
esta blish "unbreakable" peace. How
ever, he agrees with Rev. Mr.. Rice in
that religion was the only basis upon
which a successful national relation
ship could be established. This talk
was given at the mission service at
2:30 O'Clock Thursday afternoon
At the institutes of rural church and
| evangelism conducted by Rev Paul
| Vogt of Philadelphia, he explained
that the modern minister must .selI''
christianity. He gave several illustra-
tions of how it had been done The
congregation must be shown that it
has value. possibly not in hard specie,
but in their daily life This was the
| keynote of his address
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