El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-10
Start Campaign
For Centenary
Big Gift Fund
M ethodist Congregations
Hear Enthusiastic Ialks
On The Drive.


The southern AIethodists Of EI paso
from Trinity. Asbury Highland Park
and east FL paso churches assembled
at Trinity church Wednesday night
TO psrtake Of a supper that had been
provided by the women Of the Trinity
church and to inaugurate a big gift''
campaign i'm connection with the CEN
tenary fund. Two delegates were
present from the Dallas headquarters
OF the campaign. The meeting was
presided over By Rev. p r. Knicker-
booker. who called upon chaplain Gid
Bryan. who VIII as soon as he OBJ
tains his discharge. take up the du-
ties OF associate field secretary Of
the campaign.
Chaplain Bryan insisted that the
time for the great drive" which is
10 take place 1iay is 10 .. for $40. o.
100000, the southern Methodist :
church share being S35,000.00o. was
wisely chosen. he said:
we today are thinking in large
numbers for business matters and &c
is time that the church should wake
up and think in large numbers for
the great work she is called upon 70
do. Christianity. which some thought
had proved a failure. is showing her
virility. She is being led 10 God to
bring about the eVangelization Of the
world. Jesus Christ has called upon
His church for a bigger enterprise
than ever before that the great task
so that in the future wars shall be
no more"
Chaplain Bryan was followed by
DR.. g. C. HOunshelL who. as q mis-
sionary. has seen service both in ia
pan and Korea and now is the educa-
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He declared that he had never before
seen such a response as is coming
from the Methodist people every where
10 the challenge Of the centenary
Could Have Averted War.
Dr. Hounshell added:
Conferences are accepting the all
lotted quotas and charges are immr-
diately raising them to higher fig
ure sometimes TO twice the amount
assigned. The great Christian Lead
ers fully believe that this continent
is called upon TO evangelize the world.
saved the world during the late war.
England with her great sacrifices Of
men and material. France who laid
herself upon the altar. United States
that threw in her gigantic resources
Of men and material. and even far off
China. through the teaching that has
been given by the thousands OF Chris
tian missionaries, having thrown over
autocracy. sent her 100000 men TO
bring about a peace that shall be last
ing Had the Christian church, dur
ing the last 40 or so years, been as
much alive as she is at present the
late war would never have occurred"
He also instanced what has been
done in Mexico by the Christian
church in the case OF Andreas Osuna,
governor OF Tamaulipas. who was ed
ucated in one OF the mission schools
and is now one OF the leading men in
Mexico.
New Mexico Enthusiastic.
T. J. Ayers gave a short account OF
his visits to the district conferences
Of New Mexico and stated that while
at first there was a feeling that the
drive was inopportune and the sum
20 be raised too large, this feeling was
soon dissipated and quotas accepted
with cheerfulness and there seemed
every prospect that the conference as
a whole would go over the top
Other spea kers OF the evening were
l Rev. Dennis Lacuue. Rev. w. S. Hug
Eett. Rev. H r. Smith. ]. y. Winans
W. l. Care. P T. Nichols. A. 3. Poe
Mr.. Swyhart. Mrs Lee Moor Mrs. J.
7. Ayers, Mrs. W. L. Care and j. c.
Ballard.