The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-11-18
CHURCH TO HAVE
WORLD MEETING
Methodists to Hold Interna-
tional Conference In
Detroit.

parts OF the world have been selected
as speakers during the international
inspirational conference OF the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. to be held here
beginning Monday, November IA, and
lasting until November 30. Among
the speakers announced are Roy A.
Haynes, OF Hillsboro. Ohio, new ma
tiOnal prohibition commissioner; J.
II. Mott, of New York City. interna-
tional secretary OF the Young Mems
Christian Association, and several
bishops and other leaders of the
church. MIR. Haynes is a prominent
layman in the church.
The speakers will address the dele
gates Tuesday Wednesday and Thurs
= day. November 10, 16, and IL. the
three days set apart during the con-
ference for inspirational meetings and
for Study of the general conference
theme. "The Worlds Need and Our
Reply"
The meetings will open Tuesday
morning with an address by Bishop
William +. Mcdowell. of Washington,
ID. C. His address, THE Master and
the Hour" will sound the keynote OF
the conference. A communion serv-
ice will be conducted by Bishop
Theodore 5. Henderson, of Detroit.
To Discuss Race Issue.
In the afternoon DR.. John G. Ben
son, Of New York will speak upon
"The Sore Spots of the Nation"
Bishop Charles l.. Mead of Denver,
also will be speaker.
Race relations. in the United States
will be discussed by speakers at the
Tuesday evening service. Among
those who are on the program are
Ernest ]. Scott, of washington. treas
urer of Howard University; Bishop
Robert f.. Jones, OF New Orleans, the
first negro to be appointed bishop
of the church Rev. George Hollings-
head. of Jersey City; Rev. l., p. Fa-
gen, of Bingham Canyon, Utah, and
DR.. Vernon McCombs. superintendent
81 the Latin American mission at Los
Angeles.
Wednesday mornings melting Will
be devoted to a discussion of the gen.
eral theme. "The Worlds Heart,
health and Mind and Our Reply"
speakers will include Bishop Edgar
Blake. of Paris; Bishop II. Lester
Smith of India; ]. e. Kwegyir Ar
grew. president of the Livingston Col
lege. and who spent large part of his
life in Africa. and Bishop William F.
oldham, head of the church in South
America.
Wednesday afternoons program In
cludes an address by Thomas Nichol-
son of Chicago, on "The Church and
Her World"
That night discussion on Pacitic
and Far Eastern conditions will take
place. Speakers will include Bishop
Homer C. Stuntz of Omaha; Bishop
Herbert Welch, of Korea, and DIR.
r.. A. Ward, former. missionary to
China. now located in New York.
.IndiyiduaI and Social Needs" an
address by DR.. e S. Title. of Evans
ton, Ill, and the talk of Commission
err Haynes win be features of the
Thursday morning session.
Have Many Subjects.
"a vision of American Sovereign
~" is the topic upon which Commits
sioner Haynes will speak. In discuss
ing the situation with church leaders
when he accepted the invitation to
, come here, he said:
"The amazing thing to me is that
men and women will take an oath
of office to defend, protect and up
hold the constitution, then proceed to
tear it down by selling out to its
. enemies and thus becoming c,nstitu-
tional anarchists. l do not arvei
at the lower element violating the
law. but IL is amazing to have other
wise good citizens lending their aid
and comfort in word and deed to
those engaged in violating the Vol
stead law"
THURSDAY afternoons session VIII
he given over to discussion OF
Christian leadership. The speakers
will include Rev. Lucius II. Bigbee'
of Minneapolis, and DR.. Lynn Harold
Hough of Detroit, former president
Of Northwestern University.
The inspirational meetings viii end
Thursday night with big mass
meeting at which Mr.. Mott viii speak
ON .'Ihe Present International situa-
tion." and Bishop Edwin II. Hughes
- uoston will talk on 1.-THE Supre-