The Indianapolis times., 1928-12-03
M. {. men OF Nj.
STATE GATHER
FOR CONCLAvE
Mass Meeting Tonight Is 10
Mark Opening of
Council.

Men of the Methodist church in
Indiana were "mobilizing' here to-
day for the three-day Indianapolis
Area Mems council intended to
vitalize the man power of the
church.
Overthrow Of the "war system"
law enforcement, loyalty to civic and
social responsibilities and earnest
acceptance of the Christian task
we're among the aims outlined for
the supper of t." three thousand
or more Methodist churchmen
whose attendance was promised.
A mass meeting in Cadle taber-
/ nacle tonight at 1880, attended by
! women of the church as well as by
Z men, will mark the formal opening
( of the council. Bishop Edgar Blake
! of the indianapolis area will preside.
Two addresses are on the evenings
: program.
Council Sessions Tuesday
Branch hickey, vice-president of
the st. Louis Cardinals baseball
/ club since 1913, who holds degrees
Z of Bachelor of Literature, Bachelor
7 Of Arts and Doctor of Jurisprudence,
i will speak on "The 1rrepressible
+ Boy" Following him, DR.. James
.Endicott, former Moderator CT the
United Church of Canada, Toronto,
Canada, and former missionary
leader of Canadian MethodiSm, will
SNAKE an address on "The World
Mission of Christianity"
Raymond j. Wade, "a former In
! dianian, recently elected resident
: bishop of the Stockholm area, will
deliver the e'closing prayer.
! Regular council sessions Tuesday
Z ard Wednesday, will be for men
only. Special meetings, however,
will be held for women at the
: Roberts Park M. E. church Tuesday
and Wednesday afternoons. High
school students will have mass
Z meeting Tuesday evening, 7:30
. O'Clock, at the Roberts Park church.
A preliminary council session was
& tc be held at 2:30 p. m. today at the
+, church, topic of the meeting being
THE Evangelistic Outlook for the
indianapolis Area"
Noted Men to Speak
{. Included among the eminent
z speakers obtained for the sessions
are Clifford Pinchot, former COVER
Z, nor of Pennsylvania, who will speak
4 Wednesday night on 1.-THE Progress
of Prohibition" G. Bromley Ok
nam, De Pauw university president;
Bishop Edward Holt Hughes of the
Chicago area; William S. Bovard,
corresponding secretary of the board
s,of education; Methodist Episcopal
schurch; the Rev. Clarence E. Flynn,
sSpastor of the First Methodist
tschurch, Bloomington; the Rev.
Orien w. Fffer, superintendent of
the indianapolis district; Bert Ed
ward Smith, general secretary of
mems work; DR.. Earl Enyeart Har-
per, Evansville college president,
'and others.
Signor Carlo Cappelli, we'll known
Italian American tenor, will sing at
each of the council seasons.
= All of Indiana and southern Illi-
J, nois are embraced in the Indian
apolis Area. Warren D. Oakes heads
"a local committee which has prom
ised Methodists every church in the
county will he we'll represented at
the sessions.
Take Christian Task
G. Oliver Holmes of Gary, state
senator and president of the Indf-
ana Bankers Association, will pre-
side at Tuesday mornings council
session, 9 o'clock. j. M. Mitchell,
Mt. Carmel CID banker will preside
at the 2:30 p. m. session and Arthur
q Sapp of Huntington, Ind, former
3 president of Rotary international,
will preside Tuesday night when
1.-TWO addresses are scheduled. Ralph
!, Conner of Winnipeg, Canada,
author, lecturer and preacher, on
y" The Perils OF Modern Home Life"
: and Colonel Raymond Robins of
Chicago, lecturer and social re-
former, on "The Supremacy of Law" !"
N The meeting here is one of series
held throughout Methodism to Or
ganize the man power Of the church
Ffor "a crusade that will cause man
hood to take it's Christian task in