Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-22
ENDORSE WILSON
IN THIS CRISIS
Methodist Conference Assures
President of Support
and Prayers

washington, ID. e., opened here YES
terday the forty-ninth session of the
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church in the
local Methodist Church, the Rev. d. \.
Miller pastor.
Formal opening OF the conference
was preceded by half-hour devotion
al service, and according to n long es-
tablished custom, the administering of
the Lords supper by the bishop, as
sisted by the district superintendent,
and the local pastor.
Following the conference roll call by
the secretary, the names of those who
died during the year were read while
the conference stood and sang, amid
tears, appropriate selections and the
bishop uttered fervent prayer.
Harrisburgcr Honored
The names of 4. l.. Miller, of
Bloomsbury, and Il. Z. Hickman. of
Altoona were placed i'll nomination
FOR the secretaryship of the confer
eRce; tellers were appointed and bal
lot was taken by the conference which
resulted in the election of L. r. Heck
man, who named, and the conference
approved, as his assistants, j. W.
Long, of Clearfeld; Allen Z. Shue, of
York, and Carl V. Drake, of SaXton,
and as recorder, L. c. Keboch, etfi-
cheney secretary of the Sunday school
podru OF darrlSDurS.
Gordon A. Williams, of Altoona, was
elected statistician and named upon
approval of the conference the follow
ing as his assistants: w. H. Williams,
c. a. Sauter, ID. G. Felker, l.. =.
fasick, B. +. Hilbish, r. S. Cuddy, |.
u. Fisher. A. b. Harper, d. NJ. Kerr,
l. 5. Hodgson and w. b. Cook.
w. f. Watkins of Mifflin, was
elected conference treasurer and
named as assistants E. +. Ilgenfritz,
u. b. Davidson, w. w. Sholl, j. V.
Wagner, II. +. Babcock, S. II. Engler,
NJ. Z. illegal, Edward jackson, and L.
L. Wilson.
Welcome Bishop Mcdowell
y resolution by the committee on
complimentary resolutions and frater-
nal greetings was adopted by the con-
ference welcoming Bishop Mcdowell,
as presiding officer for the third time
over its sessions, and commencing his
efficient administration and brotherly
spirit, which was amended by an ad-
dition offered by DIR. Jacobs, giving u
brief history of Lewistown Methodism
and naming score or more who had
gone out from the local church to
labor in the ministry and the mission
airy field. Bishop Mcdowell responded
by saying that it gave him great pleas
ure to meet with this conference
again.
DR.. f. H. Yocum of Bellefonte, Of
fered a resolution that was adopted
by the conference, expressing the deep
appreciation of the body to Mrs. David
! Grove, of Lewistown, for her gen.
erosity and magnificent gifts to the
local church, and to the conference
annuity fund.
DIR. l.. o. Hartman, secretary of the
board of Sunday schools of the for
| eign department who was introduced
stated that his society faced tremend-
Gus responsibilities with twenty mill
| lion boys and girls of the United States
| in no Sunday school and two million
of Methodist constituency, not in these
schools and six, thousand last year re-
/ ported no decisions. In 1919 there will
/ be celebration of the aggressive
movement of the three boards, the
/ Home and Foreign Missions and the
| Sunday school. His society has plan
ned and is placing a modern Sunday
school building in Peking, China.
Church property at Rock Forge,
| Pleasant Gap charge was ordered to be
sold for S3S3.50. on motion of DR..
Jacobs the conference ordered the
sale of the Hepburn Church, Trout
/ Run charge, the Centennial church,
! Fairview charge, and the parsonage at
! Wharton, Austin charge. on motion of
| DIR. Morgan of Dickinson College, the
sum of $125 from the Aaronsburg
property is to be paid to, the confer
ence annuity.
| Endorse Wilson
! The Rev. ]. +. Anderson, Bellwood,
offered a resolution concerning the p.
r. r. disaster at Mt. Union recently,
/ expressing and conveying the SYM
pathy of the conference to Mr.. Minds
! of Ramey, w. l.. Sykes, of Utica, n.
Y, and to Mrs. VIM. Calhisch, and
| family of Confer, n. Y, in their sor-
row and loss of relatives.
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that was unanimously adopted, en-
| dorsing President Wilson in the
present International crisis and assur-
| ing him of the support and prayers of
the conference.
| Afternoon Session
| Memorial services were held at
1:45 o'clock, George ". McInay pre-
siding, the Rev. c. c. snavely leading
the devotions. The memoir of
Bruce Hughes was read by c. C.
Snavely; that of ]. II. Diebel by the
Rev. r. w. Runyan; that of Bishop
w. p. Eveland, by j. II. Price; that of
W. w. Evans, by DR.. ]. E. Bell; that
of G. L. Comp by Carl V. Drake; that
of Jonathan r. Shipe by C. c. Snavely,
and that of Hugh/A. Curran by DIR. L.
II. Yocum.
institute hour. an innovation, was
held at $3.50, the Rev. J. E. Brenne-
man, of Altoona, presiding. DR.. Clar-
enCe true wilson, secretary OIL the
board of temperance, Washington, d.
c., delivered an interesting address on
present Day Advance of Reform
Movements" Prefacing his remarks by
a recital of some of his experiences in
his recent temperance campaign, he
told of receiving a message from the
officials of a western railroad COM
| pany. commencing his work on ac-
count of its beneflcent effect upon
their employees, and sending him a
| free pass for the members of his board
over all the lines of the company
which amounted to $4,000 per year,
for six consecutive years for the tenn
perance board. The Bible, quoted by
him in response to an appeal for
Biblical truths to support his doctrine
against intemperance quelled the
greatest mob that ever assembled in
| Omaha, Neb.
Evening Session
Anniversary of the board of Sun
day schools and the board of temper
ance occurred at 1880, the Rev. ]. II.
Price, D. D., of Carlisle, officiating. DIR.
l.. o. Hartman, of Chicago, spoke en-
Enthusiastically of his work, portraying
| in vivid terms some of the evils of
Buddhism, showing some of the spe-
| cial difficulties to he overcome i'm the
foreign work of the Sunday School
Board. The speaker then outlined
what he termed. 1.-The Strategy of
Capturing the World for Christ"
! nr Ciaranca Tri1a Wilson VuIan al