The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-10-26
A N UAL CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH CONFERENCE RE-
vEALS UNPRECEDENTED REC.
ORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
Former Berea Student Ordained ia
the Ministry.--Ex-Pres. VIM. g.
Frost Gives Charge.

The annual Conference Of the Con-
gregational churches Of Kentucky,
was held in Bcrca, Oct. 20, 81, 1922.
The principal sessions were held In the
John G. Fee Memorial church build
ing. At the opening session Friday
night, Professor Jas. w. Raine, DID.
gave an address upon "The Signifi.
canoe Of the Sunday School in the
life Of the church." An address upon
the Program Of Congregationalism"
was given by the Rev. Geo. T. Nc
Collum, DID,, Of Chicago. DR.. Nc
Collum is a graduate Of Berca College
and is well known in Berea. He
spoke Of the fact that the Congrega-
tionalists of the u. S. broke all the
records last year In the number OF
additions TO church membership, in the
enrolment in their Sunday Schools
and in their contributions for curren.
expenses and benevolences. Their
total receipts for regular church work
amounted to over sixteen million dol.
lars and their gifts for missions
reached almost three million dollars.
And he said that the goal for mis-
sions next year had been placed at
five million dollars.
The members Of the Conference
attended Chapel Saturday morning
and listened to the address by Mrs.
Raymond Robins. The session after
chapel was addressed by the Rev.
Lewis II. Keller, d. D., Of Atlanta.
Ga, Superintendent Of the Congre-
gational Extension Board Of the
South East In the afternoon the
Conference attended the Community
Fair at Scaffold Cane and partook
Of the sacrament Of Holy Commun-
ion at service held on the top Of
the mountain near the Macedonia
Church House.
The Saturday night service at the
Union church was addressed by Miss
Bobbitt, Community worker ut Evarts,
Ky, and by Mrs. J. J. Pearssll, Of
New York City, general secretary
Of the Congregation Woman's Home
Missionary Federation. Mrs. Geo. L.
Day, of LaFollete, Tennessee, assisted
by number Of young people in cos
tune gave an address upon life and
customs in Jerusalem and Palestine
where Mrs. Day and her husband
were missionaries for ten years.
The Conference on Sunday after
noon ordained William Henry Glenn
to the Gospel Ministry. The various
parts in the sermon were taken by
Rev. Geo. T. McCollum, DID,, of Chi
cago, Rev. L. II. Keller, DID,, Of At
lanta, Ga, Prof Ralph Gittam, Of At
lants Theological Seminary and Ex'
Pres. VIM. Goodell Frost.
The conference was in charge Of
the Union Service of the Christian
Endeavor, Young Mems Christian As
socfation, and the Young Womens'
Christian Association in the College
Chapel. Brief reports of Sunday
School and other religious work during
the summer were given by b. N.
Kiracofe and Miss Miriam Haynes, of
the College. Mr.. Glenn spoke Of the
"Joys Of the Ministry" and Rev. F. p.
Ensminger, Superintendent of the
Congregational Churches in Ken
lucky, Tennessee, and the Carolinas,
made an appeal for recruits
for religious service. The eve
ming service at the Union Church
was addressed by Miss Daisy Cole
man, of Chicago, who spoke upon the
work Of women in the foreign mis-
sions conducted by the Congrega
tional Churches. The evening sermon
was preached by the Rev. l.. II. Kel
Ter, ID.
The Charge to Young Minister will
be found on page 2.