The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-12
LlYE OF CHRIST
Confined from paFs onel


more loudly for a well educated
ministry than ours. The very air
we breathe seems permeated with
doubt, uncertainty and unbelief,
! Popular men are delivering lee
lures to prove that we can know
nothing beyond the phenomena oil
the senses. Even some OF the the
illogical schools teach that geology
is casting doubt on the Old Tesla
lment and textaal criticism on the
New. The whole Bible is picked to
pieces and not only the account Of
l Moses, but the Gospel Of John. the
Epistles of Paul and the very mira
Giles OF Christ are uestioned. This
is the trend OF the so.called mod
ern Undergraduates which
Thomas Carlysle aptly styled the
Theology of the dung-heap.
Church Not In Danger.
mo there Is no real danger in
all this TO the church. The Lord
will see to 1t that these human no
lions and opinions will never rts"
SO high as to obscure the sun, an6
all the wood. hay and stubble whtcf
men arc trying to build on the cor.
nerstone, Jesus Christ, will one day
be destroyed by fire"
istory tells us OF more than one
man whose opinions and views were
quoted and lauded to the skies by
admiring thousands, but now ara
utterly forgotten or smiled at. No
! the peril OF the church must be
sought In the bold attacks OF her
enemies on the rostrnm, not in the
| ti-Christian literature which is
flooding the world"
Holy Communion followed tho
preaching OF the sermon. Rev.
Crittenberger, president OF synod.
was in charge. He was assisted
! by Rev. S. S. Adams, Accident, Nd,
! and Rev. Roy j. Meyer. pastor OF
/ the local Lutheran church.
One hundred people were In at
tendance at the opening service Of
synod. The church was comfort.
! ably filled. Indications are that
! the services during today and
Thursday will be largely attended.
This Mornings Session.
Devotional! services were led by
! Rev. C, E. Butler, Huntington, af-
ter which Rev, Crittenberger, Graf
! ton, president of the synod, for
maily called the body to order.
Rev. Simon Snyder, Wheeling, was
| chosen secretary pro tenn. fhlrty-
| five ministerial and lay delegates
i answered the roll call.
! One Of the chief items OF interest
at the morning session was the
| presidents report, which was Of a
very encouraging nature and which
showed growth both in financial and
numerical strength.
/ Figures Gratifying.
The report of the statistical sec
retary, Rev. S. S. Adams, Acct
dent, Md, was given next. 1t show
! ed that there are SO congregations
| in the synod, which have 6,003 bap-
tiZed members, 4,272 confirmed
members and 1911 communicans
members. Gains during the year
! consisted Of 207 by infant baptism
and $50 by adult accessions. Total
enrolment in the Sunday schools
in thes ynod totaled 3,161. The
valuation of church property is
$4,000 and of parsonages SOL ,OOO.
The total expenditures of congrega-
tions was ST3,213 and $15,269 for
beneyolences, aggregating $SS,496.
Figures concerning Grace church,
Fairmont, were as follows: BRp--
tized membership, 1876; confirmed
membership, 10; communlcanG
membership, 1851, Accessions BY
children, 10; by adults, 81; losses,
s; Sunday school enrolment, I65;
value of church property, $3O,OOU;
value of parsonage, $lO,OO0; con-
gregation's expenses, $4,72o;
benevolences, STAT; total expenses,
S5,472.
Deaeoness Needed.
Rev. C. E. Hay, D. D., Baltimore,
secretary OF the deaconess' board
iof the United Lutheran church.
then addressed the synod: The
Lutheran church ls in great need
! Of Young women for the deaconess'
work. The demands are SO eXces'
sive that 1t is impossible to FUR
nish the necessary number. Twenty
churches or more have asked for
/ deaconess, but there are not numer.
Gus enough to meet the needs.
Tho deaconess' motherhouse,
which is located at Baltimore, is
| free Of indebtedness and It's flnan'
! cial status Is in good condition SO
that the sole appeal Of DIR. Hay
was for young women who would
volunteer to enter the work.
Greetings to synod were extend
ed by the Woman's Missionary so.
ciety OF this synod by the president,
Mrs. Roy ], Meyer, Fairmont. The
closing prayer was offered by DR.
E. G. Howard, Wheeling.
A business session was held this
afternoon. At $3.50 o'clock pho