Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-20
CLOSING DAY FOR
MISSION WORKERS
SESSION THIS EVENING MARKS
CLOSE OF ANNUAL coNvEN-
TON, !. c. m. S.
BURNAAM AND SMITH GIVE
ADDRESSES THIS AFTERNOON
President Of American Christian Mis-
sonary Society and Member OF
Board Of Ministerial Relief Tell OF
Work Of Oreanizations-Y. p. S. c.
E. Holds Annual Banquet.

E. Holds Annual Banquet.
} The forenoon session of the forty
eighth annual convention of the lowe
Christian Missionary Society. when
began its sessions Tuesday evening a
the Central Church of Christ, marked
the beginning of the closing day of the
convention. Up to this noon 20 dele
gates had been registered.
The program, whic. was devoted
entirely to d bible school session
conducted by Paul B. Rains OF Oma'
ha, Superintendent of the northern
district, included brief addresses on
Bible Study n the Training Camps.
by H. l.. Olmstead; Northern Bible
School District" by Iarl B. Rains;
The Church's Message and Obllga-
tons to the Young People" by Earl L.
karstaedt; The New Standard Teach
er Training Course" BY Harry p
Leach, and AIMS For 1915" by Paul
/ 3. Rains.
Music and discussions also formed
part of the program, and the deVo-
tional service was conducted ps
Charles Blanchard, of Des Moines.
The addresses of the afternoon were
given by Frederick w. Burnham, OF
| Cincinnati president of the American
Christian Missionary Society and +.
E. Smith, of India apolis, of the Board
Of Ministerial Relief. There also was
an address by NJ. A. Hauser, of Iowa
State College, Ames, on Rural Church
Problems"
| Tonieht's Program.
The evenings session. which VIII
bring the convention to close, Will
have for its principal feature an ad-
dress, Keep the Homes Fires Burn
ing" by Edgar Dewitt Jones, OF
Bloomington. H., president Of the Ma
tional Convention of the Disciples OF
| Christ. The program will include also
an address by Alfred NJ. Haggard. sec
retarv |. c. VI. :. The song service will
be conducted by W. Z. NJ. Hackleman,
and the devotional service will be led
by J. P. Lucas, of Farragut.
Christian Stewardship.
An address on christian Steward
ship" by Bert Wilson, of Cincinnati,
secretary of the Foreign Christian
Missionary Society, was the principal
! feature of the program Wednesday
evening Mr.. Wilson called attention
to the fact that in the beginning God
/ created the heavens and the earth
therefore, it is His; that the forty or
$50 acres belonged to Him, and that
what those acres produce belonged to
hun, the man who lives on the farm
being simply Gods steward. He said
also that no man can make a thousand
dollars, that God helps society helps.
the consumer helps. God, man and So
| cicty produce the thousand dollars.
| therefore all three are entitled TO some
| of it The man looks to his own in
terest society sees to it that it gets
| it's share but God usually fails to get
| His The 1.-THE is Gods part; the law
of the 1.-THE is Gods law. The 1.-THE is
the rule of giving, of stewardship.
| John D. Zimmerman, of Topeka.
| Kan. also gave an address on The
Christian Endeavor Horizon" in which
he emphasized that the church should
be especially interested in the young,
because it is the period of growth
physically. mentally and spiritually. He
declared that the older people were
duty bound to live so that the ideals
of the young may not be lowered or de-
stroyed He called attention to the fact
that the Christian Endeavor Society
has not been seeking what it could
get, but rather what it could give to
| the church.
A song service led by w. E. Hackle-
man, and brief devotional services con-
Quoted by A. B. Cornell, of Levilia,
preceded the evenings addresses.
Y. P. S. c. e. Banquet.
About a hundred members and work
ers attended the Y. P. S. G. E. banquet
that was held at 6 o'clock at the Y. NJ.
! c. A., at which G. D. Serrill, of Water
loo, presided and James Van Law, city,
was POSTMASTER. The principal ad
dress was given by John D. thinner
man, who spoke on the general work of
the society. Brief talks also were
given by Miss Hazel Morris, of Cedar
Falls: Miss Neva Wassing, of Boone,
and Mr. Cutler, of Cedar Rapids.
Wednesday Afternoons Session.
! At the afternoon session, which was
devoted largely to messages and re-
ports of officers of the various districts
of the state, the program included also
an address on christian Education"
by Dean J. C. Caldwell, of Drake Uni
versity bible college. Mr.. Caldwell
made strong plea for better support
and a stronger sympathy between the
churches and schools of the body, call
ing attention to the lack of endowment
and the resulting handicap. This he
contrasted with the great institutions
Of Yale, Harvard and Columbia. He
emphasized also the Importance of a
college education and called attention
to the fact that IS per cent of the lead
ers in every line of activity were COL
lege bred men.
Another address was on the subject
of 1.-The Kingdoms Training Camps"
by John D. Zimmerman. which was
given in place of the Y. P. S. c. F..
round table that had been announced.
Mr.. Zimmerman laid great emphasis
upon the fact that if the government
found it so necessary to train and equip
soldiers for carnal warfare. how neces-
sary that soldiers of Christ be properly
trained and equipped for spiritual war
fare. He insisted also that in too many
fields the young peoples department
of the church was neglected and plead
ed for greater conscience toward the
subject on the part Of the church.
| J. H. Raglan, of Des Moines, led the
devotional services which opened the
session.