The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-10-21
EDUCATIONAL DAY
BEING OBSERVED
At CONFERE nee
DR.. FOrney Hutchinson of
Oklahoma City Delivers
Sermon at Morning and
Evening Services
BISHOP E. D. MOUZON
GIVES OPENING ADDRESS AT
YESTERDAYS SESSION; COM
AIITTEE TO SERVE IN CON-
FERENCE APPOINTED

Looking forward to the erection OF
the 81, 100000 Methodist college, at
Tulsa, today is being observed as
Educational Day by the West Oklaho-
ma Conference in session at Broadway
Methodist church.
Or. Forney Hutchinson, pastor Of
St. Luke's Methodist church, OKLA
homa City, delivered the opening de-
yotional address this morning and will
talk again tonight.
In his address this morning DR..
Hutchinson dwet particularly upon
Apostolic preaching, as the modern
preachers pattern He emphasized
that the preacher should be physic-
ally fit "A lot of you think you are
needing vacation, when what you
really need is exercise" he said, "and
too many times when your wife tells
you that you are exhausted with over.
work she ought to be prodding you
with a stick TO make you do twice
what you are doing"
The speaker then gave warning rel
ative to the words of praise given by
the preachers congregation, saying,
do people come up and tell you at
the close Of the morning services that
your sermon was very beautiful? IL
So. you should be worried about 1t,
for what you need to do is to put
'cockle-burrs'' in your preaching!'
DR.. Hutchinson is q man Of strong
personality and a speaker who holds
the close attention of his hearers.
The services last night were devoted
TO the Sunday School work, with Rev.
W. j. Moore, chairman of the Sum
day School board, in charge. Fol-
lowing brief talk, Rev. Moore intro
duced L.. Fs Sensabaugh. field secre-
tary of the East and West Oklahoma
Sunday School work. and Miss Ken
nedy of Nashville, Tenn, both Of
whom delivered interesting addresses
on his work The entire evening was
one Of inspiration and thoroughly en-
1oyed.
Bishop Mouzon's Sermon
A sermon which will remain long
in the minds of those fortunate enough
10 hear il, and which is acclaimed by
every person who had that privilege.
as the greatest ever spoken at a con-
ference, was delivered by Bishop Mou.
zon OF Dallas. at the opening of the
conference yesterday morning.
Bishop Mouzon used as his text,
"Why Could We Not Cast Him Out?"
from the l7th chapter of Matthew, the
18th verse. He spoke of the great
ness OF religion, the duties OF the min
lister, the necessity OF the unalterable
devotion 10 ones faith and Of the
problem of bringing about the union
OF the church. The resources OF the
state Of Oklahoma was also included
in his address.
In his opening remarks Bishop Mou-
2on spoke of the duties of the mem
bers' of the Methodist ministry. Re-
ferring To the divorce situation, he
said. I'm Oklahoma county, which IL
the largest county in the state, out OF
q total Of l,400 marriages the rec
ords show that there have been 200
divorces. In Tulsa county, the sec
ond largest county, there have been
over coo divorces out OF 1900 mar.
riages. Such conditions are deplor-
sSA's ht b4oHOP SNoatu tiitl Hc
had heard of some Methodist minis.
ters who had united in matrimony di-
vorced couples. II will prefer charges"
he said, against any member OF the
Methodist ministry whom j hear per-
forms the marriage ceremony of any,
one who has been divorced. There IL
only one ground for divorce, and that
IL the spiritual ground"
Church Not Keeping Pace
In speaking Of the greatness OF Ok
lahoma, Bishop Mouzon told OF the
great industries being built in this
state, and which will be built In the
future. He spoke of the natural re-
sources OF the state, the great farm
lands in the west. and the great de-
posits of gas. coal and oil In the
east.
Because of the lack of men who
are filled with enthusiasm and unal-
tered devotion to the church the
church is not keeping pace with the
development Of the state" he stated.
What the church wants today is
young men who are willing to un-
selfishly devote their lives to the great
work Of the church" Bishop Mouzon
decried the scarcity OF men OF such
ealiber, saying that he had many ap-
pointments he would be unable to fill
because OF this lack OF men.
Unity vt Church
Great efforts have been made, said
Bishop Mouzon, to bring about the
union Of the Methodist Episcopal
church and the Methodist Episcopal
south. THE scope Of work OF any
church." he said "is not confined to
the place OF its origin. Just "a tho
Greek Catholic church IL not confined
to Greece, so the Methodist south Ia
not confined TO the south. IL EN-.
braces the entire world
"ln 1914 the Methodist church south
submitted proposal to the Methodist
church TO unite, and the proposal was
jubllantly accepted by the Methodist
church. However, in 1915. the Meth
odist church rescinded Its action. and
because Of the fact that the two
churches are not united. you know