The Hershey Press 1918-06-08

              CHINA, INDIA AND THE HOMELAND
REPRESENTED BY THOSE WHO
HAD A PART IN MISSION-ARY
PROGRAM
One of the most inspiring and enthu-siastic
meetings yet held during the Con-ference
was the Missionary Conference
which convened Saturda y mornin g in
Convention Hall. It was in charge of the
General Mission Boar d and members of
the Board, the Secre tar y and assistan t
Secretary, returned Missionaries as well
as outgoing missionaries, had places on
the platform. The devotionals were in
charge of E. M. Wampler of Virginia, and
Elder Galen B. Royer, Secretar y of the
General Mission Board presided . Prof.
Yoder helped in a splendid way with the
service of song and the big audience caught
the inspiration of "Brighten The Corner
Where You Are" and sang it with the
spirit. The Missionary enthusiasm is
growing as the Conference proceeds and
this is expected to be a banner year in
every way.
The firs t speaker was Mi ss Anna
Hutchinson who spoke on "China's
Women," whose address we are privi-leged
to give in full because we feel sure
it will be read with unusual interest by all.
I t will be found to contain much matter
that will be useful in preparing mission-ary
programs. It will appear later.
Miss Hutchin son was followed by Miss
Ida Shuma ker , returned from India , with
"If My India School Girls Were Your
Daughters." In her most vivid portrayal
of conditions of the lot of girls in India ,
the heartstrings of many a mother were
made taut as she thought of the contrast
with her own dear cff-spring. Sister
Shumaker spoke out of the fulness of her
heart and her experience in teaching be-fore
going to India has given the girls
of every land a warm place in her heart.
J. Homer Bright , just home from China,
wrought eloquently as he discussed "With
China's Future Men." His work has
been largely evangelistic and he has come
in touch with the manhood and the lack
of it , among China's men.
Regarding the finan cial, moral and spirit-ual
development of the home congrega-tion
that they may adequately support
the work , not only abroad but at home as
well. Rev. W. S. Long, pastor of the
First Church of the Brethren at Altoona,
Pa., gave a most helpful address on "The
Every Member Canvass." We print
his address almost complete.
Elder John Herr spoke on the helpful
phases of a local congregation supporting
a missionary on the foreign field. His
address will be found in another column.
Elder P. D. Reed, of Tennessee brou ght
to the Conferenc e "The Needed South-land."
It was a strong appeal for work
in the Southland, not because they were
heathen as they are in India or China, but
because they are neglected so much by the
ordinary church activities. We hope to
present his address in a later issue.
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Messages From
Mission Fields
BRETHREN HISTORICAL SOC ETY
TAKES STEP TO HONOR MEM-ORY
OF FIRST ARRIVALS
ON AMERICAN SOIL
At the meeting of the Brethren His-torical
Society this afternoon at Conven-tion
Hall, with an audience that almost
filled its spacious capacity, a resolution
was adopted, which shall have for its
purpose the erection of a building as a
suitable Memorial to the memory of
Peter Becker and others who came to
America in 1719 and became the founders
of the Church in America. It is proposed
to purchase the lot just adjoining the First
church at Germantown and add it to the
property already owned there.
The text of the resolution as it passed
the meetin g this afternoon is as follows:
"Inasmuch as the property adjoining
on the north of the Brethren Church in
Germantown is about to be offered for
sale and the building on the lot spoils
the outlook from the Mother Church , it
is therefore moved that the Chairman of
the meetin g be au thorized to appoint a
Committee of seven members, two . of
whom shall be M. C. Swigart, pastor of
the Germantown Church arid Governor
M. G. Brumbaugh, which Committee is
hereby authorized to raise funds to pur-chase
said adjoining property, secure plans
and let contracts to erect thereon a Peter
Becker Memorial Building; .a suitable
home to be provided therein for the Breth-ren
Historical Society, said building to
be ready for dedication on the 200th
anniversary of the arrival of Peter Becker
and his companions from Europe, the
first Brethren in America."
The motion passed unanimously and
with considerable enthusiasm. The meet-ings
of the society was one of the most
largely attended of any yet held. Dr.
D. W. Kurtz, of McPherson, Kansas ,
presided at the meeting and the minutes
of the last meeting were read by the sec-retary,
Dr. F.F. Holsopple of New Windsor,
Md. The principal address was given by
Jay G. Francis, A. M. D. D. of Lebanon,
Pa., who has given much time to historical
research and events dealing with the early
activities of the Brethren Church in
America. He had for his subject "His-tory
of Education in the Church of the
Brethren " and it was a most complete
treatment of the subject. We do not
have room in this issue for only the first
of his .address but we hope to be able to
prin t the remainder in succeedin g issues of
the Conference News as it is worth pre-serving
The first part deals with the "Prepara-tory
Educational Period," and he spoke
fo this as follows:
PREPARATORY EDUCATIONAL
PERIOD
In the Dark Ages the little learning ex-isting
was the possession of the clergy.
There was a revival of learnin g, the
Renaissance, before the Protestant Refor-
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Would Build a
Becker Memorial
BEAUTIFUL PARK IS FILLING UP
WITH VISITORS FROM EVERY
SECTION OF THE COUNTRY
MANY MORE ARRIVING
Beautiful Hershey Park is beginning to
put on the appearance of an Annual Con-ference.
All day Friday and Saturday
the people kept coming in, some in small
groups and some in larger delegations.
Every train brought its share and the
trorleys from every direction carried hund-reds
of visitors Hersheyward. Scores
came by autos from nearby points and
some distant states. While the attend-ance
is not quit e so large as it was three
years ago, yet no one expected it to be.
Conditions have changed so much since
then. It is just three years ago that the
United States was in one of its crises
brought about by the present war. Sec-retary
of State Bryan had just resigned
and there was difference of opinion as to
the wisdom of his action but then there
was scarcely a person who thought that
in three short years , so they seem as we
look back, that we would be in the midst
of this great world conflict-.
All this has brought changes. . There
were no special railroad rates this year.
The railways made no concessions and
rail travel is badly congested. People
living at a distance feared to undertake
the trip because of the incovenience they
might have to undergo. But in spite of it
all there is a big crowd of people here and
there is more to come.
¦ Then it is a good humored crowd. It is
a spiritual crowd 'and a crowd of high
ideals. They enjoy everything that tley
find at Hershey that builds up and we have
seen very little that would do otherwise.
It is a representative crowd. The East
with its conservatism and strength, the
West with its aggressiveness and push—
all are here. Foreign lands are represented
and the nations of the earth have their
hearing in the deliberations of the Con-ference
Sunday will be the "big day." The
spacious capacity of the park will be taxed
and the big Convention Hall will be pack-ed.
There will be Hillside meetings meet-ings
and overflow meetings where neces-sary.
One can pick out the place that
suits him best and find something that
is satisfying.
But in it all let us not forget that it is a
religious gathering, a body met together
to honor God and exalt his kingdom here
on earth. May we not fall short of his
expectations.
LOCAL MEN TO ADDRESS BRETH-REN
At the Sunda y mornin g service in the
Convention Hall Mr. M. S. Herstiey,
head of the great Hershey activitie s as
centered here and his manager, Mi. S.
D. Clark, will be present and deliver short
addresses of welcome to the visitors who
are here in such large numbers. They will
be greeted with pleasure. :
Saturda y Brings
Lar ger Crowds
MATTERS PERTAINING TO THEI R
WORK AND THE AGGRESSIVE
MOVEMENTS OF THE
CHURCH
The second annual Conference of Pastors
was held in Convention Hall Saturday
morning with an unusually large at-tendance
for the early hour assigned to
this meeting. Dr. A. J. Culler, pastor
of the McPherson, Kansas Church, and
chairman of the Pastor 's Committee,
presided.
/Pastoral and Lay Evangelism was dis-cussed
by Rev. M. Clyde Horst of the
Walnut Grove Church, Johnstown, Pa.
As evan glism is a vital subject now in the
churches of all denominations we give his
address practically complete.
He was followed by Rev. M. J. Weaver,
of the Roaring Spring, Pa. , congra gation
and out of the fulness of his experience he
discussed the Pastoral Care of Teen Age
Members, a most vital subject and upon
the successful, carrying out of which
depends the success of the future church.
The discussions were closed by Rev.
Grover Wine, of Polo, III., with a dis-cussion
of the Relation of the Pastor and
Church. His was a most able address
and quite helpful. He spoke in favor of
long pastorates as then the pastor had the
opportunity of getting and keeping in
touch with his flock in a way that a short
pastorate could not accomplish. He
urged proper financial support , whether
it be called salary or support . The labor-er
was worthy of his hire and he should
not be entagled with the business affairs
of life to make a living. In fact the rela-tion
between pastor and people should be
so close and cooperative that it was in-terlocking,
complete. He, quoted fre-quently
from Goldsmith's "The Village
Preacher" which he designa' ed as one of
the finest gems of English poetr y and most
appropriate to the problems of the avera ge
pastor of today.
Rev. H. S. Replogle, Windber, Pa.,
whose time as a member of the Pa storal
Committee expired with this year was
chosen to succeed himself for a period of
three years.
PASTORAL AND LAY EVANGELISM
(A Synopsis)
"Pastoral and Lay Evangelism," means
the winning of souls by the pastor and his
people. In discussing this theme we are
emphasizing the responsibility of the con-gregation
to be its own evangelist.
In announcin g this proposition we do
not mean to undervalue the professional
evangelist of the right type, nor minimize
the importance of his function in the
Brotherhood . But we feel that the evan-gelistic
responsibility of the pastor and his
people needs special emphasis for several
reasons:
First.—There are not enough acceptable
professional evangelists to serve all of the
congregations in the Fraternity.
Second.—Even if there ' were enough
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Pas tor s Discuss
Vital Subjects