The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-05-24
METHODISfs OF STATE
TO HOLD CONFERENCE
North Mississippi Ministers and Lay
men Will Meet In Grenada.

The North Mississippi Efficiency
Conference for preachers and lead
ers in Christian work in the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, will be held
in Grenada from June to June z.
Preachers and Christian leaders from
several states are expected to be here
those days.
The following program has been
crIanged:
= Rev. w. L. Duren will preside
throughout the entire meeting. On
Tuesday afternoon the devotional ex-
ercises will be held by Rev. A. T. Nc
Twain. Rev. John D. Rice, D. D.,
of St. Louis, Mo-, who is pastor of
the St. Johns Church. will make
short talk on Amos: "The Righteous
ness Demanded by Righteous God"
On Tuesday evening Rev. John G.
Clark will have charge of the devo-
tional exercises. Bishop William A.
Quayle, of St. Louis, will address the
people. On the following Wednes-
cav morning the devotional exercises
will be conducted by Rev. j. B. Ran
dolph. Rev. ]. A. J. Brock, of Haley
Vile, Ala, who is presiding elder OF
the rural district of Northern Ala
bama, will talk on The Changing
Rural Life and the Effects on the
Rural Church." Bishop William A.
Quayle, will address the people.
On Wednesday afternoon the devo-
tional exercises will be in charge or
Rev. ]. M. Bradley. Bishop William
A. Ouayle will again address the peo-
ple. Rev. John A. Rice, ID. D.. OF st.
Louis. Mo-, who will talk on The
Gospel of a Broken Heart" On
Wednesday evening the devotional
exercises will be carried out by Rev.
E. H. Cunningham. Rev. h. u.
Knickerbocker, D. D., Of Houston,
Texas. on the George Stuart Order,
will deliver a short address on the
subject of Brushing the Sugar OH
Of Fly's Feet"
On Thursday morning devotional
exercises will be held by Rev. "; u
Galceran. Rev. H. D. Knickerbocker'
ID. D., of Houston, Texas, will again
address the audience on Catching
Flies with 'Lasses' Rev. John A.
Rice. D. D., of St. Louis, will make
"a short address on the subject OF
Gods Place in a Nations Life"
On Thursday afternoon Rev. J. E:
Stephens will conduct the devotional
exercises. After these exercises Rev.
u. A. ]. Brock, of Haleyville, Ala,
will talk on "How to Find Facts
About Rural Life" Then will fol
low the address of Rev. H. D. knlck-
erbocker, D. D., of Houston, Texas.
On Thursday evening devotional
'exercises will be carried out by Rev.
&c. D. McGehee. After these exer--
cises the Rev. John A. Rice, D. D., OF
st. Louis, will preach on '*The Es-
|sence of True Religion"
On the last morning of the Confer
ence the devotional exercises will be
held by Rev. w. M. Campbell. Rev.
J: A. J. Brock, of Haleyville, Ala,
viii then talk on Training Leaders
for the Rural Church" Rev. John A.
Rice, D. D., of St. Louis, will then
talk on the subject Of "Man Bigger
than anything That Can Happen to
Him"
Mishop Murrah and DR.. w. F. Nc
Murry have conditiOnally consented
to be presented. =
Some of the greatest leaders of the
Methodist church will be here on this
occasion. The community has rare
in this conference which
has been convening here for several
years. There is no charge to hear
any of the speakers. 1t is all with
out money and without price and no.
body is expected to furnish enter
tainment to any one present. The
meetings are open to all and those
who fail to attend will miss some of
the finest addresses ever heard in
Grenada. The conference will be
1eld at Grenada College where the
minister's will be boarded.