Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-10-15

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opens, intends to depart for Dakota.
are fighting with the five great rea-
sons in the need of foreign mission.
% The only way to end war forever
is to end it through warfare, (2) To
place bounds on autocracy and have
| every nation have the kind of gov
ernment it desires; (3) International
morality shall be the same for all
| nations; (4) To put down the idea
that might makes right, and (5) To
make a different and better world to
live in for the present generation and
the future generations. The issues
named above are what the foreign
missionaries have been trying to do
and what they are still working at,
and now is the time that this re-
| ligious work must be continued in
order that all countries may be en-
| lightened in christianity.
The reading of the minutes of We'd
nesdays meeting opened the session
on Thursday morning. Rev. Louis J.
| Alberts of Winneconne gave report
| on Foreign Missions" which was
| followed by a short address by Rev.
| Robert E. Speer of New York. Rev.
| r. j. McLandresS discussed in the
form Of report the general outline
and program of religious education for
churches. Devotions followed led by
Rev. d. S. West. Church Erection"
was taken up by Rev. Leo Reid Bur-
rows of Appleton. A discussion was
then had on Temperance and Sab
| bath Observance" and Rev. J. w.
Davies of Merrill, Rev. VIM. j. John
son, D. D., of the Temperance Board,
and Rev. S. P. Todd, of the Wiscon-
sin Lords Day Alliance, took part. A
better observance of Sabbath day was
urged, not to make it holiday, but
la holyday. The organization of Wis
consin Lords Day Alliance was ex
planned by Rev. Todd, and Rev. John
son talked on the bone-dry question.
Thursday afternoon practically
closed the Presbyterian synod meet
ing. A discussion on the re-arrange-
ment of Presbyterial bounds took up
quite little time, but the boundaries
of the five synods were finally fixed.
1"A Conference of Evangelism" was
taken up next and conducted by mem
bers Of the general assembly COM
mittee. An appeal was made for more
prayer services in the churches and
the use of Evangelism in sermons, es-
pecially in the Sunday evening SER
vices. Plans and suggestions were CIV
en- by DR.. Brown of Chicago for more
use of Evangelism. Rev. D. S. West
was in charge of the devotions at
which time Misses Jane Van Adestine
and Frieda Zietlow sang. A report of
MEMS Work" was read by Rev. B. H.
Freye of Laona. The balance of the
afternoon was spent in hearing re-
ports of committees and the reading
of resolutions, etc. 1t was decided to
send a petition to the governor and
the state legislature asking for their
support in the ratification of the pro-
hibition movement and its enforce
lment after it becomes a law
| Thursday evening a banquet was
given by the Assembly's Committee on
Mems Work. This was followed by
an interesting lecture on Social Ser
vice." by Rev. VIM. c. Covert, d. D., OF
Chicago, and an illustrated lecture on
alaska" by Rev. S. Hall Young, who
has spent some time in that country
The gathering at Thursday evenings
program was not as large as at pre-
vious meetings owing to the fact thai
the Board of Health had requested
people to stay away from public
: meetings.
NOTES
On Wednesday the synod sent the
following telegram to President Will
son in regard to his reply to Ger.
many's peace proposition:
"The Presbyterian Synod of Wis.
consin in session here by unanimou:
: standing vote rejoices in the sanity
J mercy and justice of your reply tt
/ Germany. Mercy, and truth are me-
2 together; righteousness and peace
) have kissed each other.-Psalm So;
/ TO-"
Among the we'll known Presbyterian
pastors visiting Wausau the past week
were DR.. S. N. Wilson and Rev. ID
S. West, both formerly connected will
the First Presbyterian church of thi;
city. DR.. and Mrs. Wilson were en-
tertained at the w. G. Landon home
DR.. Wilson is, at the present time
[ supplying a pulpit in Marshfield. Rev
ID. S. West, who was associate pastor
: here not very long ago, now ha!
2 charge of the Presbyterian church a
!. Ironwood, Mich. He was entertained
at the home of DR.. and Mrs. ID. j
! Williams.
There were in the neighborhood o
.. . one hundred and forty delegates IL
) the city, besides visitors, to attend thu
: synod meeting and the Woman's Syn
'odical Missionary meeting.
Many pastors, who had expected Il
: attend the session, were detained a
! home because of soldier funerals.
t The next meeting place of the SYNOD
. lis to be determined later.
WOMAN'S SYNODICAL MISSIONARY
MEETING
| The forty-seventh annual meetin:
lof the Woman's Synodical Missionar!
' society of the Presbyterian church o
i wisconsin, opened its meetings in th'
! parlors of the First Methodist churcl
I last Tuesday morning. with devotion
; al service led by Mrs. ]. F. Pierce
This was followed by reports from
|, the secretary, treasurer and recording
/ secretary, and also a report OF Freed
r man. All were approved. Mrs. "a
III. Gildersleeye, associate secretary o
: Woman's Board of Home Missions o
|. New York, gave an interesting address
? during the morning session, using a.
E lher subject, What Then? Her tall