Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-15
BTHODIST RAPS
RICH EVANGELISTS
lev. DR.. s. w. Gehrett AS
sails Revivalists Seeking
High Pay
ATTACKS LIMITATIONS"

4 0nsnc,si r,roet "a ,nt.,,sctuai,v unfit have
&~~n he,,5,,,. ,n,ns .hs ,,sru ~. tbe churches
nccordins 10 the AM AaI report OF the Rev
Dr. s.'W. Gehrett. acting superintendent OF
ne northwest distriN. read at todays ses-
A u1on OF the Is0th annual meeting of the
4 FhiladeIphia Methodist Conference. held in
Z ,Cookman Church, Twelfth street and Lehigh
nv9nqe-
Doctor Gehrett said:
No Methodist preacher should play sec.
ono part In revival. III pastcr neeps
nelp' ihsteao OF Importing strahs. =; p'o, ~
cure conference evangenst, VINO WI ',' w.
one s sooo.serVice anu VIII noc " . -,
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h ~-t,e,, har,,s,,, 80 ,,a ,or,,,ai Wi, of the
v ~h,,~.h ;,
N T,oc,or e,ahro,, a.,,,,srod b,s ,,,ossae, as
= .,,hsti,,,,s f, 49, D., n coorgo w
7-.r s,..a,s, i.',ss.,,, ~ .e Oh ,,,ss mn.
\ 49, sups, .'s ~ S,,,..o :
~os W s..eno 'ne conference o'N'" "
y serious illness.
n ~ .ne same report Doctor ZEN ~ -
Y GStsq mat the United states Wouie ~oo''
- come dry nation
The time is not far on he said when
I We snail see n schooihouse ON every mn
and church in every neighborhood. win
the saloon consigned to eternal oblivion
Bishop T. S. Henderson, of Detroit who is
y presiding at the conference. also had some
Y thing to say about the evangelistic scheme.
( He was rather inclined to criticize ministers
4 for throwing the burden of their work on
evangelists when these itinerants come t.
. town.
IF cashiers and bookkeepers i'm banks. A."
said Bishop Henderson, kept their books
in the same sloyenly way as do most mln-
:. listers thew would ba in iau"
ssTe
ner attitude toward religions long ago. there
would never have been anv use for Tho Nor,,
of the Salvation Army" he said
Methodist women TOO will mid in the
preparedness noyement in conjunction win
the E,mergencv Ala This Was hroreb, ont
Al the afternoor session hv Mrs 49, waJ'
}1acaT a rraa,,,s CO. .or,osa..a.i, ~
1r. -. s,, ,.' y, w Wv,
ciars,s,s, "uu'eSs SUI {" '"e
rons,darab, ~ apP,au ,n,. - A.. L,
..oehs'. ao.e Ili'erest among pose IN
sss',a..ss.'., .s rne inee.hs cen'e's ~, " tne
if p.ts ..npenuils .iansieI oi preachers. me con
,s,sss. .n.s ~ M "iN ~ nNense tn ias1
3s,rssr,t preseeu e.n u Pulse ol soUo 10 .ne
tar paspai, a.oo, .. ~ ~ .",sse., So, ~. =,
The Grace cbnrch uarrisburg rbe pe,,
mr. Richard pod,,isfa 30 C. ,ia,,,a".
Cburch rvbo will IN OH ,,rohah,,;,, hn "s7 :
= .,svaa 20 tha Caoi,,oa Th,,aL -
scented by his congregation with a gold
watch and chain.
how Immigration mas a1ected the mem
oership OF the south Phiiadelphia Metho-
ioist churches was described IN the annual
report OF the REV. DR.. g. W. Henson, su-
2erihtehoeht OF the south district. The IN
tnux OF all European nationalities ii was
explained, had changed the. character of the
sneighborhoods. but the old members re-
manned loyal to their congregations. Praise
for this demonstration Of religious fidelity
was contained In the report These churches
have been inyolved In the cha nvee da.c-ihad
In the. report; Ware Memorial Bethany,
Broad Street, Christian Street. Eighteenth
street, Eleventh Street. Snyder Avenue,
= Uariners' Bethel, Scott and st. Paul.
Memorial services for the ten ministers
who died during the last conference year
were held this morning. Ten-minute me-
'moriais for each were read. .'.."
x The, dead ministers were the 'Revs
Matthias Barnhill. Josiah Bawden, j. whar-
4on Bradley, Alfred Harries. Thomas Kirk
patrick, Jacob p. Miller, Eugene W. still
man, Walter V. Stewart, George Hamilton
and Francis NJ Collins.
The memorial services followed tie regu-
Jar business sitting of the conference. which
began at. 8 80 o'clock. A conference execu-
tive session was held this afternoon at o
o'clock in the Lehigh Avenue Daptist
Church. Just across the street from the
Goodman Church
WOMEN To ,,prur
:
woman Foreign missionary Society was
helo IN Cookman Church. Dr. Belle j. Allen,
neuicai missionary u Barodo, India,
tpoke. Inc dally pentecostal service was
conducted at o'clock by the Rev. DR.. c. NJ
Doswen.
lon,snt at O'Clock the anniversary
eet'ns OF tne Board OF Home Missions
Snu Church extension Will be addressed
4 2y tne rev Dr. D. ID. Forsyth, secretary OF
'1 NJ Doa.u.
me cahpaish 10 raise slb0OO,OOO for
3-ssu nie'nooist ministers received an i'm
Re.us pa a. .ne meeting last night. when the
M -, .. ~ ~ Hanna' campaign man.
.,,,.,., ouneee see % onat .he Cohferehce mad
@ ,, SSo.vov III cash ourihg the
ear wnien sine noN virtually covers Its pledge to