The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-29
HELP FOR NEGROES
PART OF PROGRAM
Methodists Add Members tc
Committee on World
Evangelization.
CONFIDENT OF RESULTS
District superintendent and
Presiding Elders Work
Out Details for Rails
ing Fund.

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Lake Junaluska. y. c.. June Is
At the conference of one thousand
leaders here OF the Methodist Epis-
copal church. South. the Methodist
Episcopal church and the Methodist
church In Canada. a spirit of CO.
operation is prevailing IN regard 10
the great enterprise by each church
in an effort to do their part in the
worlds program of lettering the con-
dition Of the peoples in the cities,
frontiers rural churches. Industrial
centers. including the negroes of the
United States. Ample provisions VIII
also he made for China, Japan. Africa.
India. Philippines. South America,
Korea Mexico and the wsr-torn CEN
tiers OF Europe.
The following names have been
added to the world program COM
mittee Bishop f. r. Hendrix. OF
Kansas CITY, Mo, Bishop w F.
Thirkieid. of New Orleans; Miss
Mabel X Howell and Miss Esther
Case. OF Nashville, Tenn,
In an address delivered by Bishop
". r. McMurry, of ST. Louis, Mo, he
deplored the fact that so little has
been done by the church for the
foreigners in the South. He was
grateful that more than ever would
be done by the Methodist Episcopal
church, South, for the negroes.
The richest corporation" said the
bishop. in the South is the Methodist
h. sscopal church, South"
Dr. D. y. Forsyth. of New York. de-
clared that the greatest problem to
be solved by the churches is to reach
the unchurched masses in the great
cities. In many instances the church
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instead OF making an effort TO save
the netghborhood.
Addresses were also delivered by
DIR. r. c. Stephenson. of Toronto.
Canada. and Ralph e. Difendorfer,
of New York. ~
Bishop walter Lambuth. of the
Methodist Episcopal church. South,
took his leave from the conference
as he is due to sail for France to en-
gage in war work as representative
of his church.
AT meeting of the board Of
finance, Rev. Luther E. Todd. presid-
ing elder Of the St. Louis district. was
elected to succeed Rev. ]. r. Stewart.
OF Nashville. Tenn, as agent for the
superannuate endowment fund. DIR.
Todd now becomes the secretary of
the board of finance with headQuar-
ters in St. Louis, Mo.
The entire morning session was de-
voted to listening to short talks from
large number OF district superin
tendents and presiding elders regard
ing their working plans TO make the
movement a success. Nearly every
speaker made the emphatic state
ment that IL the church could be
brought to its knees in intercession.
and aroused to the necessity Of tith-
L.. q hn IA "a
experienced in securing the amount
necessary to put every activity Of the
church on a solid foundation.
Representatives from the three
churches are confident tonight that
no difficulty will be experienced In
securing the sum OF Sl25,000.000 In
the next Ave years to adequately carry
on the work OF these three great
bodies Of Methodism.
The session tonight was larely at
tended. The devotional services were
conducted by DIR. w. E, Doughty. Of
New York Bishop E. N Hendrix. OF
Kansas City. Mo. spoke on One Hun
dred Wonderful Years In Retro
spec&': DR.. Frank Mason North. OF
New York. spoke on "One Hundred
Wonderful Years In Prospect" and
Bishop w. F. Oldham spoke on The
Urgency and Immediacy OF the Gen.
tenary."
The following telegram to Presi-
dent Wilson was ordered sent by ris-
Ing vote OF the members Of the con-
ference: Bishops. ministers and lay
men Of the Methodist Episcopal
church, South, the Methodist Episco-
pal church and the Methodist church
OF Canada. assembled in conference at
Lake Junaluska. N. c.. representing
nx,,h ~ a ~
OF 20. 900. 900. desire to convey assur-
ances Of our faith in the high mo-
tives OF the president in entering the
war. We agree with him that our
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