The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-09-14
LAKELAND MAY GET
NEXT SESSION OF
WESLEY FEDERATION

The suggestion is made that Lake
land would be an ideal place in which
to hold the 1921 session of the Florida
Federation of Wesley Bible Glasses.
Why not? Lakeland usually gets
what she goes after, and the big Wes-
ley Bible classes should lead out In
the matter. Their efforts would be
seconded by the Chamber of Com
merce and other organizations Of the
city.
Wesley Bible Class workers all 0v-
err the state are becoming interested
in the big federation of classes to be
held at Gainesville on Oct. 1914. A
program Of unusual interest has been
arranged for the meeting, and the
prediction is that this session will be
the best of the six held in the state.
Prof p M. Boyd, well-known song
leader, will be in charge of the music
during the entire meeting.
DR.. F. N. Parker, of Emory Uni
versity, has accepted the invitation to
deliver the opening address on the
first night of the federation. His ad-
dress will follow a devotional service
conducted by Rev. e. C. Calhoun, of
Fort Pierce, and address of welcome
and response by President 7. F.
Alexander, of Tampa. A feature Of
Mr.. Alexanders address will be the
special message of the president to
the Wesleyans of the state. DR.. Park
err, who makes the opening address is
the man who came into unusual prom
inence at the last session of the Gen
eral Conference by declining to &C
cept the position Of Bishop, after his
election to that high office.
The second days session will open
with devotional exercises by Rev. H
E. Hardin, of Groveland, followed by
a short business session, and then will
come the departmental conferences
after the same order as at the meet
ing held in Tampa last year.
The conference for elementary
workers will be in charge of Miss
Minnie E. Kennedy, superintendent oil
the elementary department OF the M
E. church, South, Sunday schoo
wrok; the intermediate senior forces
will be in charge of Rev. e. r. Stan
ford, superintendent of that depart
ment in the general work. and thu
Young People and Adult department
will be in charge of Rev. W. G. Ow
Ell, superintendent of the Young PEG
! pies and Adult department, under d.
rection of the general board.
These departmental conferences
will be held two sessions each day OIL
tie federation, morning and after
noon. At 8 o'clock on Tuesday, Dr.
II. w. Cox, president-elect of Emory
University, is scheduled to deliver
and address, and on Monday evening
an address will be delivered probably
BY Miss Kennedy. AT the II hour on
Wednesday, DR.. w. c. Owen will
make an address, following which the
officers elected at an earlier hour will
be installed by DR.. S. w. Lawler OF
Tallahassee, president of the Confer
ence Sunday School Board.
Considerable interest is always
shown at the sessions of the fedora
ton when officers are elected and the
place for holding the next federation
is selected AS. It Is a self entertain
ing body there Is usually very spirit
ed rivalry among wide-awake towns
to secure the meeting.
Dr.. Therrell, field secretary of the
Sunday school work in the state is
one of the busiest men in the confer
Cnce just at this time, He has the
last word in Florida Sunday school
work, and he is bending all his ener-
gies to make the federation big sue
cess.
President Alexander, of Tampa, is
pushing the work with all his might
and he is ably seconded by large
force of active workers in differen;
parts of the state. Rev. D. B. Sweat
OF this city, is director of publicity
Plans on transportation include
two or three motorcades from differ
ent parts of the state. One will prob
ably start from down the East Coast,
one from Fort Myers, another from
Tampa and another from the ITALIA
hassee section.