Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-04-14
THE INTERCHURCH WORLD
COUNTY CONFERENCE.

The Interchurch World county CON
ference convened in the Congregation
al church Of this city Tuesday. April
9TH in an all-day session. Owing to
the condition of the roads and the fact
that 1t was election day the attendance
from out of the city was not large
The team of workers sent to the
convention consisted of Rev E. C.
Raue of the First Presbyterian church
OF Sheboygan; Rev. Chas. A. Boyd of
Milwaukee, director of religious ed
ncation for the Baptists of the state;
Rev. A. A. Krug of the Ev. Lutheran
church OF Monroe; Mrs l.. D. Benner,
wife OF Rev. L. D. Benner, western
reginal secretary Of the Reformed
church residing at Shebovgan; and
Mrs. Jessie w Mckee. student pastor
for Evorron Of the Presbyterian church
at the Wisconsin University.
The session was opened by Rev
VIM Harberts, county director. who
after welcoming the team Of workers,
introduced the team leader. Rev
Rape, who explained the origin Of the
movement and the work proposed. He
showed that the movement was an at
tempt to meet the great needs of the
present-day needs and was not an at
tempt at unity of UNCONVENTIONAL or
ganization but of INSTRUMENTATION
al cooperation. The attempt COM
prised three great tasks j. e. the sur
vey Of the home and foreign field; to
bring the message to the last man and
woman; the harvest in life workers,
funds and service rendered.
The afternoon session devotionals
Oh Nv Of a
Baptist church Mr.. Boyd was then
introduced and spoke of the depart
mental work of the movement, the
department of spiritual resources,
Christian stewardship and life work
He showed that the ultimate solution
of our world problems must be moral
and spiritual, that the recognition of
the principle Of stewardship was in
cumbert upon every man if the work
vas to re accomplished and that 1907,
600 workers were needed in the next
five years.
Mrs. .Benner gave a most excellent
address on the needs of the allied
force, showing that no one denomina
ton was sufficient for the whole task
and particularly showing the advance
20 lave ~2adn recently in the coop
Grafton of women with women-of
woman with man-and churches with
churches. Then taking up the pro-
gram in the local church.
DR.. Boyd then spoke of the oppor-
tunities in the Wisconsin field stating
that of our 1910 population Of 1,400,
coo were not associated with any
church program in any manner.
In the evening Rev. Krug spoke OF
the part the laymen are to play in this
program, using the two following
pregnant sentences among others:
THE Christian ought to find his adj
iustment to present day conditions
and needs" and "The Christian lay
man must consider the Go We there
FORE seriously"
Mrs. Mckee was called upon to give
some of her thrilling experiences in
her work for the government during
the war among the foreigners while
handling the subject of social n.y.
giene.
In the afternoon the meeting was
held in the Methodist church for the
young people and was addressed by
three of the speakers.
The unit of organization in the coun-
ty in a county advisory committee con-
stituted by the pastor and two lay
workers, a man and woman, from
each Evangelical church of the coun-
ty. Rev. VIM. Harberts, as county
director will call these denominations
lining of the local programs. $50