Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-04-14
CHURCHES under.
take BIG PROGRAM
DELAWARE COUNTY CHURCHES
TO PERFORM THEIR PART IN
INTER.CHURCH WORK.
PROGRAM IS FAR.REACHING ONE
congregational Church OF Manchester
Outlines Comprehensive Program i,
for Coming Year.
INTER CHURCH CONVENTION.

the interest of the Inter Church World
Movement was held in the Methodist
Church at Manchester, as planned, last
Thursday, April s, 1920, and was in
every way a complete success. The
team sent to carry out the program
of the convention seemed to think that
the Delaware county convention would
rank well at the top among the coun-
ty conventions of the state.
An attempt was made to make a
careful enrolment of all who attended
the convention. AS near as can be
ascertain there were not less than 200
present representing at least 20
churches on the county. Three full
sessions were held. Dean A. NJ. Hag-
gard Of Des Moines, was Team Leader.
His associates were Rev. w. ]. Suckow
Of Eearlville Mr.. Roger Levitt Of Ce-
dar Falls Rev. H. F. Milligan Of Dubu-
que; and the Rev. E. A. Lower Of
Cedar Rapids.
The morning session opened at ten
thirty. The Team Leader directed
read number of selected passages Of
scripture, upon which he commented
impressively. Following this some
sixteen pastors OF the county led in
brief prayers. Then Mr.. Levitt gave
an interesting address on stewardship
and explained In some detail the plan
for the community canvass. He also
stated that thirty one different de-
nominations were now affiliated with
this Inter Church Movement. G. B.
Baumgartner, of Manchester, is the
campaign director Of the Inter church
Movement for Delaware county.
In the afternoon Rev. Mr.. Suckow
was the first speaker. He spoke in
somewhat Of general way on the
survey of the fields throughout the
world which the Inter Church Move,
ment purposes to cover, dwelling at
some length upon the foreign fields.
He drew very interesting anol0gy
between the famous saying of Abra-
ham Lincoln who declared that our
government could not exist -ahaf slave
and half free,' with present world
conditions, when he said. neither can
this world exist half pagan and half
Christian" Mr.. Suckow was followed
by the Rev. Mr.. Milligan. who repre-
sented the Home Fields. He presented
his work in an interesting and pleas
ing manner. proving to all by his en-
thusiastic attitude that, his heart was
in this great movement
At the evening session the Rev. Mr..
Lower gave summing up with q fine
set of pictures on the screen, of the
world survey together with brief
outline of number OF other features
Of practical kind, that are being
undertaken by the Inter Church Move
ment.
The Rev. Mr.. Haggard stated at the
close that ~ teams had been working
for three consecutive days. Tuesday.
Wednesday and Thursday, throughout
the state, in the various counties, and
that only 81 teams would be required
to complete the holding of conventions
in all the counties of the state the next
day, Friday. And when we further
note that every state in the union is
carrying out this same program we
begin to get some conception Of the
immensity of the movement.
Truly these conventions are epoch
making. Not since the beginning OF
of the Christian Era, perhaps, has any
movement under Christian leadership
been freighted with such tremendous
meanings and possibilities. Just as
It became so inevitably manifest in the
Great World War that the only pos
sible way to insure victory was thru
unified command. so there is no
other way to make the kingdoms of
this world the Kingdoms OF our Lord,
than through the cooperation of his
true followers.
The next important step in this
great movement is the direct appeal
to the various communities in fl
nancial canvass, April 25th to May
End, for the purpose Of raising approx
imately 1886, 100000 to enable the var
ious denominations to carry out the
many far-reaching projects in their
world program.
1t was encouraging and inspiring to
see the manner in which the various
churches of the county have responded
to the first general call, and none can
doubt that Delaware county will take
her place creditably among the best
of the counties of the state, in meet
ing all that is asked of her.
L. d. STUBBS,
County Sec'y Inter Church Movement.
BIG PROGRAM ADOPTED BY LOCAL
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.