The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-17
Governor Allen Addresses Com
ference of Kansas MethOdists.
Would Establish Missionary De-
partment BretherIy Relations.
| BATTLE FOR CHRISTIANITY
Church to Purchase $4,000
Home for Bishop Waldorf.
Present Church Year Has Been
Highly Successful.

Governor Henry J. Allen was the
principal speaker at the meeting of
the annual Kansas conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church. held this
morning at the First Presbyterian
church. The theme of Governor Al
lens address was taxes and indus
trial relations. Most men, who are
paying taxes, knows little of them"
said Governor Allen. "If were rum
ming the Methodist church as Bishop
F.. L. Waldorf is, I would establish a,
new missionary department for the
brotherly relations of laboring men.
This is a battle of Christianity and
the church should fight it OUT ~,
DR.. S. S. Estey, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church. in which the
conference is being held. was intro
duced to the ministers by Bishop Wal
dorf.
To Buy Residence for Bishop.
The principal debate of the morn
ing was on the question OF the pur-
chasing of an episcopal residence in
Wichita for Bishop Waldorf After
an extended discussion the ministers
passed favorably upon the motion IL
is planned to purchase the residence
Kansas conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church will subscribe S12.-
600 of this amount. The remainder
VIII be raised by an assessment to be
levied on the members of the
churches in the local conference.
Annual reports were presented this
morning by the Rev. A. J. Heaton.
superintendent of the Independence
district; the Rev F. M. Bailey. super-
intendent of the Kansas City district,
and the Rev. f. w. Hawkes., superin-
tendent of the Manhattan district.
The annual report of the Topeka ais
trict will be presented SATURDAY. morn
tendent.
A Successful Year.
The church year just closed was one
or the most successful in the history
OF the independence district A num-
Der of church edifices We're remodeIed.
The edifice recently erected by the
members of the Elgin church will be
dedicated April 80 by Bishop Waldorf
The Fredonia church of which the
Rev. J. A. Davis is pastor, expended
$1,000 for a new site and the construc-
ton of a community house. A new
parsonage was built at lola. The
Caney church under the leadership of
the Rev. II. E. Crane. pastor, built a
new modern structure at a cost of
1000. This church reported 1,s0O
accessions during the last year.
Exceeds Its Quota.
The district exceeded its quota in
the conference claimants fund and
raised over $6S. 900. The Fredonia
church has one of the largest Billie
classes in Kansas, the membership be-
ments of the churches in the district
are the Sunday schools. There were
only a few changes in the personnel
Of the ministerial staff. The Rev. J.
w. DeYee, of lola, was transferred TO
the Northwest Kansas conference. He
was succeeded by the Rev. z. W.
Spencer, of Neodesha. The Rev. J. Q.
Borton. of the Northwest Kansas con-
ference, was appointed pastor of the
Neodesha church. The Rev. J. =.
OF the Nebraska conference,
the Rev. ]. b. Brown as
pastor of the Engin church. The Rev.
Mr.. Brown resigned.
Lay Cornerstone Saturday.
One of the features of Saturdays
will be the laying of the cor
nerstone of the new First Methodist
church. Bishop z. L. Waldorf, OF
Wichita, and Bishop Homer c. Stuntz
will preside at the ceremonies
The problem of educational work
among negroes has been very largely
shifted from the south to the north,
because of the heavy migration of ne
yroes from southern states 10 northern
population centers- In addressing the
conference Thursday night, the Rev.
I. Garland Penn, of the board of edu-
;ation for negroes, stated:
Negroes Leave south.
Five hundred thousand negroes
lave recently shifted from agricui-
ural life of the south 70 industrial
.enters of the North. In Harlem, New
York City, there are 10000 negroes:
he seating capacity Of the negro
hurches of Harlem is only 20. 600.
his unchurched situation has its
ounterpart in Chicago and is an acute
,roblem in every large city of the
Sorth. The Methodist Episcopal
hurch has developed negro instittf-
ional churches in New York. Phlta-
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