The Monroe journal., 1922-10-20
MONEY WANTED FOR THAT
PURPOSE BY DECEMBER
Several Noted Ministers Discuss Cam
paign For Missions at Second
Day Of the Conference.
REPORT OF THE ADVOCATE
SHOWS A SPLENDID YEAR
Trinity Banquet. Held in the Baptist
Hut. Was an Enjoyable Affair With
Bishop Denny Presiding: President
Few, of the College, Among Those
Present.
By I. A. SKIES

By I. A. SKIES
A great deal of the time of the
Western North Carolina confer.
ence in session at Central Methodist
church, this city, yesterday was given
over to the consideration of the pay.
ment of the centenary pledges which
were taken four years ago when the
munificent sum of S50,000000 was sub
scribed for the advancemtn of the
missionary interests of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South. Bishop W
r. MeMurray, of Louisville, KY, and
DR.. f. II. Rawlings, of the general
missionary secretaries of the south
ern church, made addresses.
The speakers stressed the idea that
it is imperative that the collections
| that are due on the five year pay
ment plan must be made at once OF
the program outlined by the mission
board would suffer defeat. Rev. R.
NJ. Courtney, conference missionary
secretary. made report of his work
during the year, and made an appeal
that the preachers and centenary
treasurers put forth special diligence
in securing full payment by December
Slst.
Miss Womack Remembered
A very touching incident occurred
when the Sunday school board met
last night. Miss Ida Womack, who
was the conference elementary Sun
day school superintendent, died in
a hospital in Danv.lle, Va, a short
while ago, the board had ordered a
basket Of beautiful chrysanthemums
placed in the chaneel of the church
in tender and loving memory of Miss
Womack. Mrs. Sue Womack, mother
of the deceased, without knowing
what the board had done, expresses
lovely vase of flowers to the board
to be placed at the altar.
Both of these tokens of love were
placed as directed, and Rev. W. A.
Lambeth, chairmen of the board
called the attention of the conference
to the incident of the two beautiful
tributes to the memory of Miss Wo-
mack and called the great audience
to prayer for those whom she had
loved.
Bishop Denny called the confer
ence to order at 9 O'Clock and led
the religious exercises. He addressed
the conference on the Importance of
the sacrament of the Lords supper
and delneated its meaning and stated
that those who partook of this sac
rament did three great things at
once, viz: Commeroated his death
preached Christ to the world and par
ticipated in his sufferings. He ad-
monished the ministers to inform all
the people as to the great meaning
of this, the most sacred ordinance OF
the church.
B shop w. +. McMurray, Of Louis
vile. who has charge of the Episco-
pal district composed of conferences
in Missouri and Colorado, and DR.
f. H. Rawlings, missionary secretary
of tie southern church, was intro
duced to the conference.
G.. l.. Morelock, lay leader of the
southern Methodist church, Of Nash
vile, Tenn, was presented to the
| conference by the bishop and ad-
dressed the body on the work Of lay
men in the church. He said that II
was not only the business of the lay
men to collect the finances but also
to work in cooperation with the
pastor in every department of church
| endeavor
Greensboro Man Admitted
Harry William Howard, Of Greens
boro was admitted on trial into the
conference.
The special hour for the considera-
ton of the centenary interests ar
rived and Rev! r. NJ. Courtney made
the report for the year. He stated
that during the past four years there
had been raised in the bounds Of the
conference on the centenary pledge
S650,000. Bishop McMurray deliver
ed strong address setting forth
some of the things that had been ac-
eomplished during the last four years
through centenary money. In one
conference, over which he presided
recently, he had sent three preach
ers TO new works where every cent
of their salaries would be paid from
this fund. One of them was a terri
tory $50 miles long and so mlcs
wide where there was not church
of any denomination. DR.. Rawlings
declared that as big as he had con-
ceived the centenary movement to be
that he had never dreamed that it
would accomplish in four years what
had been done. Four years ago, the
speaker said, the southern church was
paying for foreign missionary work
$500, 900 and that today it had reach
ed the sum Of s3,400,000. The Meth
odist missionary board, he said, is the
only one that he knew of that was not
in debt. "The peril that now con-
fronts u.s." he continued, as that we
fail to pay our obligations that are
now due, that S250,O00, 900 must be
raised between now and December 81
or the board will be g:ea..y embar-
rassed
DR.. L. E. Rosser, of the negro
Methodist Episcopal church, and who
has charge of one of the church's