The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-08-23
WORLDS S. S CONVENTION
AS SEEN BY LOCAL PASTOR
Rev. C. A. Shilke Tells of the I'M
pressiOns Received at Meeting
Held in Los Angeles, Cal.

A report of the Tenth Worlds Sun
day School Convention, held at Los
Angeles, Cal, July Ills, has been
made by Rev. Charles A. Shilke, pas
tor of st. Marks Lutheran church of
Oakland, who was one of about 5000
officially registered delegates repre-
senting fifty-seven nations attending
the sessions. Rev. E. E. Campbell
and Mr.. Arthur Resi-, of Bittinger,
were also present at the convention,
the sessions of which were held in the
Shrine auditorium.
SIT was inspiring to see the flags OF
the various nations brought to the
platform by the official delegates"
Rev. Shilke said. "There they were
placed side by side with the Stars and
Stripes in the center and above them
all was the Christian flag"
The messages of the convention
were woven about the theme "Thy
Kingdom Come" and the convention
itself was opened with the address by
DR.. w. c. Poole, Christ Church, Lon
don, president. In his talk he set
forth the Christian mind and attitude
of the world. The most outstanding
thought was the articulation of the
whole life of humanity through the
dynamo of reconciliation. Other ad-
dresses were "The Mandate" by DR..
Charles R. Watson, Cairo, Egypt;
"The Method" DR.. Hugh McGill, Chi
cago, and "The Message" by DR.. Man
akin, of India.
Four other special messages of note
were "The Kingdom and Childhood"
Miss Meme Brockway, Philadelphia;
''The Kingdom and Youth" DR.. Pol
ing, president of the Worlds Chris
tian Endeaver Movement; Brother
hood and Kingdom" by Mamie Bur-
roughs; beginning at jerusalem" by
DR.. Wigle. The last named address
was a summary of the results of the
missionary convention held recently
in Jerusalem.
The convention for three morning
periods was broken into study periods
in which the real work of the conven-
ton was done. The periods were di-
vided into Building the Curriculum, -
DR.. Wigle; Racial Problems" DR..
Winchester; youth Movement" DR..
Percy Hayward; week Day and the
Daily Vacation Schools" DR.. Charles
futile.
Sunday evening in Hollywood bowl
a chorus of about 1000 voices gave the
pageant, "The Spirit of Music" to
which about $4,000 people listened.
About 5000 young people held a
meeting at the same time and were
addressed by DR.. Hayward and DR..
Polling.
UNCONVENTIONAL Day was observed
by the Lutherans who took trip
through the interesting sections of
Los Angeles and in visiting all the
Lutheran churches.
Four outstanding impressions were
gathered from the convention by Rev.
Shilke, who states them in this man.
ner:
81. The Kingdom of God is COM
ing. The encouraging reports from
all sections of the earth are portray
ing the grip of Christianity.
"2. That America needs spiritual
awakening. If Christianity shall
spread, then America must live the
message of her missionaries.
80. The Kingdom is not as large as
we once thought. Christianity is
bringing the world into more COM
pact community where we learn tt
know one another better and live more
peacefully the message of the Mas
ter.
"a. God expects each to have
part in the building of His Kingdom
AS the Bible says, Lo, the Kingdom
is within you"
MARYLAND tuberculosis AssOcia'