The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-09-28

sionatx Society OF the West Viz
gsnia Conference pFesided over
the meeting
At 3 O'Clock following the mis-.
sionary meeting. dedicatory SER
vices, presided over by Bishop
Mitchell. were held in the. Engle
Settlement House In Maple ave.
nue.. Addresses we're made by DR..
R. Moore. superintendent Of the
Morgautown District, and DR..
Claude H. King, = pastor OF the
First Methodist Episcopal Church
In Fairmont avenue.
At the conclusion Of the dedica-
tory services open house and. a
reception for all visiting won N
OF the conference and members OF
the church were held.
Tonl1ht's Services
The anniversary Of the board OF
negro education will be observed
at 1880 O'Clock tonight, with the
Rev. T. p. Mauess' presiding. Dr..
u. Garland Penn, negro, Of New
Orleans. Ala, will make an ad,
dress. :
Bishop Mitchell will speak upon
THE Questions Which Face ths
Country Pastor" vt $3.50 o'clock
tomorrow morning and at 4 p. m.
DR.. William L, Stidger. pastor OF
st. Marks Church, Detroit Mich,
Wilt deliver an address upon THE
Conquest of Fear"
French Speaks.
Declraing that the weakest
thing about the church today is
the fact that II does not reach the
high schools boys and girls DR.. H.
S. French Of Philadelphia, asso-
ciate in the city department and
a member Of the board Of home
missions and church extension,
opened the meeting ut 1880
o'clock last night. Following Doc
tor French's address, DR.. J. A.
Diekmann OF Cincinnati. Ohio,
spoke Of the homes and hospitals
established through the country
by the Methodist Episcopal
Church,
Doctor French took as his sub
feet, God Give Us Clean aien,"
and lie plead for men who are
true, clean and steady so that
home missionary work may in
crease in well being opportuni-
ties for better service In the world
are countless, expounded Doctor
French, and once the church un-
derstands that IL a child years
old Is allowed to grow 10 the age
OF 81 without instruction the vot-
ing population will be pagan, the
sooner the world will awaken to
the need for more home missionary
work. The most tragic need to-
day, for this work, is right in the
cities.
EVERY man, woman, boy and
girl should help produce more
leaders for home missionary
work" insisted Doctor French ln
concluding.
Tells of Hospital Work.
"a little over twenty-five years
ago there was but one hospital
built by the Methodist; now there
are more than seventy-ilve," said
Doctor Diekmann In opening his
address, "and as many as 1861
900 people are cared for them in
He continued: our homes
and hospitals today are valued at
$50, 100000 and still rye have n
big field. We are standardizing
our hospitals and making them fit
to pass the most rigid examlna-
ton for proper construction and
efficiency. We need money; we
need as much as S5O,000,0OO to
maintain our hospitals. 1t IS
tragic. but there are hospitals
which are almost ready for bank
ruptcy. Soon we will launch n
campaign to take care of this
situation and everyone must
help"
A feature Of the evening pro-
gram was a vocal solo, "The Name
OF Jesus Is So Sweet by the Rev.
G. e. Goodwin, Of Huntington, a
former pastor Of the local First
Methodist Episcopal Church.