The Prescott daily news., 1918-08-31
TRIP TO WINONA LAKE

Vhe bioIe Conference at WinOna Lake Ind, for two weeks in August. This IS beautiful and attractive watering place with cool shady groves, cold springs of water and lake good for hshlng, boating and bathing. There are many hotels and boarding houses with reasonable board. I stayed at the Inn, hotel with upwards of 200 rooms and was surprised to find that good, wholesome board could be had at 70 cents a meal or $4.5O per week. and room with clean bed at $2 per week. All this under the management of a sprightly young woman of only 82 summers. She had the largest pat ronage of any in the place and her boarders were well satisfied too.
 The Bible Conference was attended by thousands of ministers and chris
 tlan workers and was led by preach
 CTS and teachers of national renown. While under control of Presbyterians
 still many of the bright lights of other denominations were present, as Dr. Rice, pastor of one of the largest Methodist churches in America. Df. Cobern, teacher of archaeology in Methodist college in Pa, and Bishop Nicholson. Then the Baptists were represented by Dr. Taft of Chicago cousin of the eX-president, Dr. Massie of Ohio, and Dr. Robertson of the Southern Baptist Theological Semin- ary of Louisville. The Episcopalians were represented by Dr. Griffith Thomas, president of Wickliffe col lege, Toronto, and the Disciples had strong man in the person of Dr Scoville. The Presbyterians were re- presented by ministers like Dr. Snow den of Pittsburg Seminary, Dr. Evans of Bible School, Los Angeles, and a large number of others too many to mention Owing to sickness. Dr. Will Der Chapman could not be present and the same reason detained Billy Sunday, and the laymen while not so numerous yet made up in the fame of those who were there, as w. J. Bryan and Mir. Haynes, the inventor of the automobile, Mir Bryan always comes to the top in any place on the globe where there is oratory of high order ard he loses none of his fervor or eloquence when addressing ministers and religious workers He always commanded the largest audiences and the closest attention. Mir. Haynes while not an orator, yet could make a plain blunt religious talk that had great effect. It is remarkable that the large majority of the great in- ventors have been christian men and active in church work.
 All phases of church and Sunday school work were discussed and the most improved methods taught and all received great inspiration in listening to these teachers and preachers who were specialists in some form of christian work The most thrilling meetings were those conducted by Mel Trotter with his slum and rescue mission workers These men would tell their story and as far as possible show that while a few years age they were hopeless drunkards, thieves. forgers, safe-blowers and the like they had been redeemed and saved and for years had been living the victorious life and were leading other fallen ones to the Savior ot sinners. If any one has any doubt of the force of Christianity to lift up the downcast today or thinks that the days of mir acles are over, he should attend one of these conferences at WinOna and be no longer doubting but believing Next to Mir. Bryan. the man having the largest audiences was man with broken nose-reeeived in fight with policemen-who ten years ago was regarded one of the worst men in New York and had been a criminal for p years. robbing, fighting and stealing. but was transformed by the grace of God and now a leader in slum districts to rescue fallen men and women. It was worth the entire trip just to hear this mans story.