The courier-index., 1920-10-29
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
 OF THE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST

|
 OF THE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST The International Convention of
 Disciples of Christ was held in the
 Coliseum at St. Louis, October is- E24. It attracted the attention of
 the religious world by reasons. of it's I unprecedented proceedings. .Thou-
 sands of religions enthusiasts were
 in Aattendance from all, parts. of the Limited States. Canada and many
 foreign countries. The genius of
 the movement of. Disciples or Chris
 tian church Is for the union of the l divided charch..s Since 1 S09 it's em- issafies liave gone through the land
 proc claiming.Sthe sin of division in ]. religious saffaifs.. While the Disci- .ples laS. no claim to the snccess Of l Christian Jnity, efforts among the sdenominations, the fact that Chris Etian, UnitySis well on it's way to-
 wards fealization- has strengthened this plea. = N
 ,ghe remarkable situation present.
 ed by this convention. is the growth
 in nlissisns, benevolelce and educa- tion. Alexander Campbell establish ed Bethany (West Virginia) College
 as a foundation for what has proved l'to be powerful religious Nbedy. | Pwenty-five such colleges now dot | America, while many educational in-. I stitutions. have s~beens established. abroad. Indications of present ed
 ucational zeal areNsfeflectal in 're=
 ports of the educational board, S6,4 | 0O0,Q00 being gathered iH a single
 year. The student body in >pisciple | colleges is gfeaterC than lever Joe
 fore. The number of ministerial IS
 largely increased., e s
 | Offerings Commissions, and behev-
 oience, total $3 ,000, ,00Qss bringing the
 total offerings this year to about s9,000,000. Evange4istic zeal has
 always been a feature, o$ Disciples 1 activity. Last yeaf 100000 new
 converts were added to Disciple l churches. The body is abreast of the times in evangelistic social well l fare, benevolence, Approximation
 among foreign speaking, peoples. l Thousands of dollars have been ap-
 propriated bF thiss convention for hospitals, homes and institutional ! immigrant and the American Indian. Mountain schools are maintalpsd for the people of East Tennessee, Ken lucky and the Virginias and also the negro of the south Messages, from
 other religious bodies and, from ln-
 terdenominational Associations testi- fly to the rapid and, constant growth
 of this body pleading fox reunit-
 ing of Christ's followers. w. -C.
 Pearce of the International Sunday
 School, Bishop Charles H.. Brent aad
 Prof. George. w. Richards brought
 greetings to the convention.
 International problems require much thought and-@ energy. It IS
 unthinkable that people number I ing I ,226,02S in S,963 congrega- tions could be recruited Qndef one
 banner in a. single century even m l Progressive America without misun- derstandings YBut we are facing grave issues bravely ands talking ] them out in the open, and the prog ress this year is considered marvel ous. Brave missionaries in S dozen foreign lands are carrying mgssages l of the Disciples to the ends of the | earth. That the influence of.this I body throughout the world is ieiA
 tinctiy felt is plainly evident. by the
 cooperative enterprise of ''all mi4-
 sions abroad, union colleges and
 comity in bringing Che Gospel tC
 the rlon-C Christian world are mute II evidences of this situation, The | Disciples of Christ are taking theh message seriously to themselves, anC | the outlook for1 the future is more Il hopeful than. Never. .4--@R. W Saylor.