Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-03-13

agreed that the above shall be pro-
rata according to the official Gen.
ltenary and Conference apportion-
ments for the various boards repre-
scented, as explained on the reverse
side of this sheet.
1t is further understood that any
Subscription from the church at large
in excess of the aforesaid apportion-
ments shall be distributed pro rata
according to the official Centenary
plan. for only such causes as are
therein included.
Designation -............-.....-..........
District ........-........- Name
Charge --.....-......-.... Address ......--.--.
EXPLANATION:-O the amount
designated on the reverse side of this
sheet it is hereby understood and
agreed chat eighty-six (S6) percent
shall be divided on a pro rata basis
to the Board of Home Missions and
lChurch Extensions and the Board of
Foreign Missions. including war
Emergency and reconstruction;
eleven G1) percent to be used for
the other six CD remaining benevo-
lent boards of the Methodist Episco-
pal church upon a pro rata basis as
ances of the Methodist Episcopal
Chruch and the remaining three CD
percent is to be administered upon a
pro rata per capita basis by the Des
Moines Annual Conference as direct
ed by the 1918 official minutes of
said annual conference on pages 25S,
259 and $50.
The sectional discussions We're
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hour, each section lunching in ap-
pointed places.
The afternoon devotions were con-
Quoted by DR.. Musser, after which DR..
Cushman delivered an address upon
Stewardship. He made the point
that the tree in garden which Adam
was forbidden to touch was there to
remind Adam that the garden did not
belong to Adam but to God. Money
giving, he said, was the truest index
to vital human interest.
The survey of the home field was
under the direction of DR.. Gilbert.
That wonderfully Illuminating set of
slides giving a revelation of the home
field has been the inspiration of
many conventions. Closing with
1.-THE beautiful song, America the
Beautiful" it carries the delegates
Into great ecstacy.
The evening banquets for the lay
men and ministers gave great oppor-
tunity for added inspiration. The
laymen meeting in the basement of
the church and the ministers in the
Chamber of Commerce building were
given stirring addresses. Both ban
quets were honored by addresses by
Bishop Lewis and Dr. Cushman.
Other members of the team spoke &C
cording to arrangement. Some add
ed interest was given in the announ-
cement at the ministers banquet
that Kirkman, in the Atlantic district
was the first charge in the Omaha
AGRA to go over the top in the drive.
Bishop Lewis said part of the pro-
gram for the next five years was to
keep the world from being disap-
pointed with Methodists. Now"
he said, sis the hour to tell the truth
in monocyllables." A practical sug-
gestion for preachers he made was to
use sentences none of which should
contain ten words. The world
never trembled in the balance as
now. This is the hour for straight
talk. The league of nations he
said must come if the nations of the
world would save themselves. The
danger is that the nations shall de-
stroy themselves. The league is a
way out of slaughter into opportun-
ity.
The evening session at the church
was addressed by DR.. Lesseman and
DIR. ]. NJ. Taylor, missionary evangel-
list who at the close of ringing in
spirational address called for dedica-
ton of young life and met with a
response of about forty young men
and women at the altar. A lantern
lecture followed, DR.. Taylor showing
his views.
Friday morning devotions were
conducted by Dr. Gilbert. The
theme was "Organizing for Victory
and addresses were made by members
of the team.
DR.. f. Robb Earring, editor of the
Northwestern Christian Advocate,
delivered an address in which he ably
presented the necessity of the Advo-
cate in Methodist homes. He also
outlined the plan for the future in
the Centenary in which he stated
that in the near future copies of the
Northwestern would be sent to all
who would apply for them for free
distribution among constituents. This
issue will be the Centenary number
and loaded with Centenary inspira-
tion and facts.
| DR.. John Lowe Fort, the founder
of the unit system, spoke upon the
practical workings and results of this
plan. He stated that there was
complaint of over organization. He
did not believe a church could be
over organized. 1t might, he said,
be over organizaticned. but not over
organized The results of the plan,
he emphasized, justified its use.
| DR.. Musser held the undivided at
tention of the vast throng during a
highly inspirational address in which
he gave a practical Interpretation of
modern missionary methods. At the
close of his address DR.. Hickman
asked how many would like to hear
DR.. Musser again this afternoon"
Nearly every hand was raised. At
noon sectional luncheons were held.
The afternoon session was taken
up with the theme "Arousing and
Inspiring the Church"
| In the evening Bishop Lewis
spoke to large audience whose at
tention he held until the very last
and who breathlessly listened lest
they might miss "A word which this
great prophet should utter. A vision
of world needs and the tasks which
confront not only the church but the
world Is the result of his address.
His address was the closing number
of the great convention.
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