The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13
|1Ie Ten YEAR
PROGRAM GWEN
1oMETAoDISTs

(continssd from Tirst Pass.,

largest Belgian settlement In the
| world outside Of Flanderk
The report says: In . single
ward in East Moline there are more
than 1900 Belgians- They have
little regard for the Sabbath. and
spend most Of their time on that
holy day in horse racing. pigeon
racing, gambling and other diver
sions peculiar to their native coun-
try"
1t is stated that in Moline and
East Moline there Is q colony of
5000 Greeks. I'VE have discover
ed" the superintendent say. that
while these people are mostly at
1ltated with the Greek Catholic or
| Greek Orthodox churches, there is
a large number Of them in revolt
against these churches and very
susceptible to the influence and
teaching of the Protestant church. :"
! 1t is recommended that q special
effort be made to secure the pub
LEGATION Of suitable tracts and leaf
let's for circulation among these
| foreigners, who speak the F1em-
fish and the Greek Languages, and
! that workers be secured to give
their entire time to their evangel-
ization.
Turn to Revival
Special revival meetings wher-
, ever possible is the recommends
ton of the committee, who refer to
revivals as follows:
"WhOsoever discounkenances re-
vival meetings, runs counter to the
facts Of history, the psychology OF
the mind, the nature of the soul,
| and common-sense appraisement
of the power Of this world to dead
en- the spiritual nerve Of mankind.
We believe in revivals. We advo-
cate them. We urge our ministry to
promote them"
Under the head of "life service
meaning the devotion Of onk's full
/ time to some special form Of Chris
tian work-five influences are re-
ferred to as necessary to develop
an efficient life-service army: the
home, pulpit, church. Epworth
league institutes and colleges.
The weekday church school
movement is said to be spreading
rapidly throughout the nation.
Four methods are recommended in
promoting such schools: teacher
! training, vacation bible schools.
weekday religious schools through
out the school year in connection
with the Sunday and public schools,
and community religious day
schools in which churches unite,
choose board of education, a suit
able building and competent teach
ers. 1t is urged that the teaching
be non-sectarian.
"Tithe Better Than Drive.s
The committee, referring to- the
benevolent enterprises of the
church, quotes the phrase. the
1.-THE is better than the drive" and
urges that the principles OF Chris
tan stewardship be persistently
taught until tithing becomes the
dominant financial plan Of church
support.
The Methodist hospital at Peoria
is referred to as having long pass
ed its experimental stage. Goals
desired are an adequate endow-
ment, payment Of all Indebtedness
erection Of an addition and q
nurses home, and provision for ad-
,ditions to the faculty. Hospital
day." the report says. should be an
annual observance. and the contin-
..uation of the American White Cross
is advocated.
1t is insisted the Wesley Foun-
dation at the University tof Illinois
needs q new church, the present
building being declared wholly in.
adequate, students being frequently
turned away from its doors. An
endowment Of 100000 IL urged
during the 10-year period contem.
plated by the conference.
/ Holdings Troubles.
References in the committees re.
port to Hedding college are as fol
lows:
! 1.-THE unresponsiveness Of thu
people to the appeal Of friends Of
the school has caused temporary
suspension of efforts to secure
funds for its betterment. Some Of
1.-THE longtime friends Of the insti'
tuition are pausing in profound
meditation. Has Hedding accom-
!plished its work? Is there no place
for the college in the future pro
gram OF the church? Will God b
4 pleased with its discontinuanee?
/ The committee reports that thu
total assets OF Illinois Wesleyan
college are 81, 1856, 774.50, not fnclud
. ling $4,000 raised recently II
Bloomington and Mclean county
The new gymnasium costing $500,
600 is said to be nearly completed
land the cornerstone Of q memoirs
! library has been laid. It 10 rec
commended that the conference pu
forth every effort to raise 81, 000, 0ol
!for the institution.
i Present endowment for super
animated clergy amounts to $40.
1854 which the committee state,
is far too small. increase Of tn,
endowment to 100000 IL urged
The opinion Is expressed that a A
J nancial agent be placed In the fielt
to give his entire time to looking
after wills, bequests and annuities
Represents Years Work.
~ The committee was appointed a
tina 1921 conferences IN Kevanae
Abingdon was charged to make I
survey Of the territory embraced
by the conference. ascertain til,
needs OF the various fields. ani
present . "10-year" program to thu
conference Of 1922.