The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-16
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provements amounting to $1,000.
The Rev. John MacLean, superin-
tendent of the Atchison district, rec
commended that pastors serving in
various charges for a term of years
remain. They are: Five years, the
Rev. w. B. Stevenson of Everest;
the Rev. E. l. Rice. of Hiawatha; the
Rev. j. B. Vernon, of Sabetha; four
years, the Rev. F. F. Barlow, Beattie;
the Rev. p. B. Kuebb, of dillingham;;
the Rev. ]. w. Bolton. of Robinson,
and the Rev. F. E. Ryerson of Trinity
church, Topeka, formerly of HoltOn-
a great amount of interest was dis
played in the report of the Rev. John
w. Scott, of the Fort Scott district, as
this district includes Crawford county
the melting pot of Kansas. Churches
at Arma, Hallowell and Redfield were
supplied with pastors during the last
year. Every church in the district is
now supplied with a pastor.
The net decrease in the pastors sal
aries of this district is $500. Two
churches reported increases n salary
and six churches reported decreases in
salary
Four New Parsonages.
New parsonages were erected at
Mound City, Elsmore, Altamont and
Chetopa. A theater building was pur-
chased at Treece, Kan, and Will be
remodeled and used as a chapel
new church was erected at McCune
at a cost of $4,000. The Girard
church burned a mortgage of $4,000
The increase in membership in the DIS
trict was LOO. over 1900 CONVEX
sions were reported. The Crestline
church built an addition to its struc-
ture at a cost of $3,50o.
The work of the denomination IN
the coal fields during the coming year
will be much more efficient Repre-
sentatives of the Presbyterian, United
Presbyterian. Baptists, Christian and
Methodist Episcopal churches. have
divided the territory. The Methodlst
church will cover the territory around
Frontenac, Mulberry and Arma.
The Rev. H. o. Hotter, superinten-
dent of the Emporia district, has re-
ported a successful church year. One
thousand conversions were reported
The net increase in pastors salaries
was S3,e5O Four churches reported
decreases in salary and eleven reported
increases.
Not enough Methodists are attend
ing Baker university, the Rev. Hotter
stated in his report. Three hundred
Methodists are enrolled at the Kansas
state Normal school at Emporia. OF
the three hundred persons enrolled at
Ottawa university, a Baptist 1nst1tu-
ton 81 are Methodists. The Leroy
church constructed a new building at
a cost of $4,000. The Madison
church erected a new edifice at a cost
Of $4,000.
The Rev. Hotter stated that It was
difficult to travel the district and rec
commended that a body of well in
formed men be put in charge of the
district. The report stated that the
weakest link in the churches of the
district was the Sunday schools.
The opening session of the Lay
mems association will be held at
o'clock Friday morning at the FIRST
CONGREGATIONAL church. The Older
Boys conference will convene at
o'clock Friday evening with joint
banquet with the Epworth League anG
alumni of Baker university at the
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Bishop E. L. Waldorf of Wichita
opened the morning meeting of the
ministers conference with devotion
al service. He spoke on the subject,
Fools"
"a fool in the Bible sense IS a man
with a defective head, a weak back
bone and a bad heart" Bishop Err
nest L. Waldorf, Wichita Kan, told
the ministers.
''If the devil desires to tempt a man
over the precipice, he very often dan
giles a woman before his eyes The
woman is equally foolish when the
conditions are reversed
Natural Born Fools.
Natural born fools are not includ-
ed in the list Such are a menace and
probably ought not to be permitted to
propagate, but are not under cons1d-
Grafton now. The fool of the literary
works and the court life of the seven
teenth century filled a real place in
their cheer and fun and are not I'M
der discussion here The fact is that
we need more cheer and optimism
Just now than We are using. There
are too many people turning out the
light to see how dark it is. Old Man
Gloom should be an unwelcome guest
in every heart and home and church
Pessimism means death and dearth.
The people need to hear and to prac
tice a gospel of confidence and faith
and hope The Bible makes it clear
that where there is tendency TO
foolishneSS, most anything will serve
to call it forth. Good women have
been as the morning star and the eve
ming vesper to the men who have
loved and trusted them, but many are
the men who have made fools of
themselves in regard to women. If
a precipice, he very often bangles a
woman before his eyes. The woman
is equally foolish when the conditions
are reversed People are foolish over
exhibitions of ill temper, inability to
accept advice improper methods of
dress and inability to discern the nat
ural consequences of actions.
A Word of Warning.
''The word fool appears as a warn |
ing in more than one hundred in |
stances in the Bible. Five illustra-
tons will suffice to sound notes of I
fool mentioned in Holy Writ. who built I
his house on the sand, thus failing /
to make provision for coming storms. /
finds his counterpart in the foolish |
ness which makes no provision for !
these financial storms and social mis- /
understandings and hopeless illnesses |
which are as certain as life itself The /
man built a tower and could not COM !
plete it because he had failed TO count /
the cost. er scted a monument to his \
folly. The best things are costly. Only 1
a fool would expect to secure them 1
without paying the required price /