The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-15

presidents answer, 10 the confer
ence, as follows:
white House, Washington, D. c.,
Sept. IL, 1922.
Dear Bishop Nicholson:
Thank you for your message Of
Sept. 10. So many friends have
given assurances of prayer and
good wishes that they afforded
great comfort in the days of deep
anxiety.
yours sincerely,
Warren G. Harding"
Il am glad" said Bishop Mich
olson, that we have president
who believes in prayer"
Rev. James c. Baker, of the Wes-
ley Foundation, University of I'LL
nois, and DR.. l.. E. Lovejoy, of the
central office of the Centenary
movement addressed the conference
this morning, and young men who
had passed the requisite examina-
tions were approved for ordination.
The Laymen's association con-
vened in the chapel this afternoon,
a joint session Of clergymen and
laymen being held at 2 o'clock.
H. J. Olmsted, Rock Island, de-
livered the address of welcome.
The response was by J. E. Millard,
president of the association.
| Get All In Fold.
The sessions were opened last
night with a prayer by Rev. A. H
Smith, Bradford, and a vocal Sc
lection by Miss Marjorie E. Sala
I"Our health is not safe, our homes
are not safe, our country is moi
safe, until we follow the Good Shep.
herd to get the last one into the
fold" Rev. E. M. Conover, member
of the board of home missions ant
church extension, the speaker of thu
evening, said. Rev. Conover's lee
ture was illustrated with 100 pic
lures showing the work already &C
complished by the board in its Cen
tenary fund work. He said that 81
out Of 100 people in New York ar
foreigners but these foreigners ar
beginning. to grasp the idea o
Christianity, and time alone will
show the effect of the training tina
is now being inculcated.
"In one southern state in whicl
/ visited last winter there we're ne
, groes who fought for democracy i
I France and who held to the belle
that democracy should be tough
8 for in this country" he said, ez
= planning distorted views held anon
illiterates.
Rev. Conover illustrated and ez
planned the famous Wisconsi
hotel project" in which a larg
8 abandoned hotel in a formerl
u prosperous lumber town in NORTH
0 ern Wisconsin, was wrecked an
q under the supervision of the di.
trict superintendent 10 ne
q church, and five new parsonage
e were erected and four churche
8 and four parsonages we're remode
;, ed. Furniture was also supple
q for Is parsonages and for 20 room
e in a new hospital.
=. 1.-THE bad literature that has bee
y spread among the foreigners in tn
, country has done much to retar
the growth Of Christianity. In a
q foreign districts in which we wor
and where the people do not ha,
a chance to hear the word of Go
l. or having the chance do not Wis
to, we come upon the bad literatul
2 that has been scattered anon
. these ignorant foreigners. Havin
e no one to tell them the true fro
: the false they readily believe Il
5 things that are published in tn
q vile literature. This condition
: rapidly disappearing in the Unite
States and within a short time vi
be nothing but a memory" he sal
q Negroes that were once mena,
i to the south are now a credit ar
a a help to the communities in whis
: they live, due to the work that h,
e been done by the missionaries"
{, Rev. L. E. Lovejoy, who ",
e scheduled to speak was unable
be present last night. Announc
;. ments were made by Rev. J.
q Chapman. and the evening sessic
e was closed with a prayer by Re
I. NJ. V. Crumbaker.
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