The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-04-05
METHODISTS
Will GATHER
ON TUESDAY,
Program Conference Infor-
mally Opened With Sermon
by Eckhardt at Grace
Church Sunday.
800 1000 EXPECTED


expected to arrive in Richmond Mon
Gay and Tuesday for the 77th session
OF the North Indiana conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church which
began unofficially Sunday morning in
the Grace NJ. E. church when DR.. III.
j. Eckhardt, doctor of philosophy at
DePauw university delivered the East
er sermon.
Life" word which DR.. Eckhardt
termed a peculiar property of Easter
Day was the topic of his sermon. 'It
is word that is central with rs from
beginning to end" said DR.. Eckhardt
end using the quotation 81 am come
that ye may have life and that We may
have it more abundantly" he set forth
MS Interpretation CT its meaning.
Defines True Life
He said in part: True life is
| righteousness and love Jesus Christ
| lived. fought and died in order that
there might be righteousness, which
Is the goal with love as the inspira-
tlon. Life through Christ is the
abundant life. What men fear is not
the sacrifices they make, but the
blind alley. Through Christ a man
has an open thoroughfare all the way.
The abundant life here is found
in the sacrificial life of Christ. Jesus
came to give life and to give an
abundant life, and when people set
their feet in the life of Christ thev
have set their feet in an abundant
| life" he concluded
Monday evening at 7:3O D. m. Pro
fessor w. w. Sweet, of the history
department of DePauw University.
Will deliver an address on THE
Frontier Circuit and the Circuit Rid
err His address will have to do with
pioneer Methodism in Indiana.
Bishop Here Tuesday
Ihomas Nicholson, DID,, LID, OF
| Chicago. bishop. will arrive sometime
| Tuesday and will preside over the
conference. Bishop Nicholson has
called meeting of all the pastors
tuesday at p. m. Tuesday at 7:30
p. m reception will be held at
! Grace M. E. church, at which time adj
dresses of welcome will be made by
DR.. Sommerville Light, district super
| 1ntendent, in behalf of the Richmond
district; by William Dudley Foulke.
IN behalf of Richmond; and by F. F.
Riggs, in behalf of Grace Methodist
church. The response will be made
by Bishop Nicholson, who will deliver
an evangelistic address at $50 o. m.
| To Conduct Examinations
Iuesday at a. m. Wr. w. T. Arm
old, chairman of the Board of Examin-
ers, will conduct the examinations OF
all the young ministers.
The conference will officially omen
| Wednesday at $50 a. m, in the Grace
church with Bishop Nicholson presid-
ing. The morning will be taken up
with roll call and organization. We'd
nesday afternoon Bishop Nicholson
will preside at the conference session
at p. m, and at p. m. committee
meetings will be held.
Dr. George K. Grose, president of
! DePauw University, DR.. Abram w
Harns' general secretary of the Board
OF Education, and Professor J. A.
James of Northwestern University will
deliver addresses at the educational
banquet, to be held at Reid Memoir
1al Wednesday at $50 D. M At 7,30
p. m, there will be the anniversary
OF the preachers aid society pageant,
at which the bishop and district su-
per1ntendents will be in attendance
Bishop Thomas Nicholson will deliver
an address at $50 p. m.
All Meetings at Grace.
All OF the meetings will be held at
Grace M. E. church with the exception
of three which will be held In the Coli
scum On Friday at p. m, the Joint
session of the Ministerial and Law
| conferences will be held in the Coli
scum, also the concert and address
Friday evening. AT 7:30 D. m. Friday
I the nigh school orchestra and chorus
IN charge OF Ralph c. Sloane will give
a concert. This will be followed by
a vocal solo by Earl Cartwright of
Portland. Ind. Mr.. Cartwright IS
known in Richmond as an excellent
baritone. He was a member of the
Boston Opera company and has made
Vlctrola records. Mr.. Cartwright has
appeared here at different occasions
at the First Presbyterian church. His
number will be followed by a lecture
at SIS p. IN. DR.. Merton Stacher Rice
of Detroit will lecture on American
izing America"
Sunday in the coliseum at $50 n
M the Epworth League will be ad.
dressed and at 7:3O D. m. Sherwood
Eddy will talk on '"The Present World
Situation; A Challenge to America"
Rooms Still Wanted.
Although the majority of the guests
have been arranged for accommoda.
uons are asked for emergency cases
Persons who are able to open their
| uoiheS sHOulu nOLl1y the Rev. A n
Backus or other members Of the com
mfttee in charge
The women of the First Presbyter.
ian church and the Y. M. c. A. cafa-
terfa, in addition to the hotels and
restaurants, will serve luncheon and
dinner to conference attendants.
Special Exhibit Of PaintInos.
has been provided in the First Presbv.
terian church. A special exhibition q,
paintings has been secured for the
public art gallery during the confer.
ence and guests are urged to attend
The exhibit is that of the New Yorl,
Society OF Painters. The gallery win
be open on school days from s to 1.55
a. m, lis to p. m. and on Sunday
afternoon from 2 until 5.
One of the attractions Of the confer.
ence will be the visit to the Method.
list church in Centerville which WI,
the birthplace of the North Indian,
conference. A call for automobiles
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