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METHODISM
THROUGHOUT CITY
AND ITS DISTRIC
Isaac W. Wiley, born and reared within
the bounds of our conference, pre
sided. Bishop Thomas Bowman, re
cently deceased at the age of 97, also
born and reared within our bounds,
was present.
"Grace Church then had 475 mem
bers; Ridge Avenue, 210; St. Paul's,
150; Fifth Street, 102, and Mount
Pleasant, 65, making a total of 1,002.
Four of our churches In the city now
have nearly that many each. One of
these, Mount Pleasant, now Stevens
Memorial, was in grave peril at that
time. A special committee made the
following report concerning it: "That
the Mount Pleasant Church case be
teferred back to the conference, as
the committee are unable to suggest
or recommend any plan for its relief.-
The facts in this case are these: The>
lot, costing $4,500, is mortgaged for
that amount, the mortgage to run for
ten years; seven and a half years of
that time yet remain. The debt on the
building, and which has so imperiled
its safety, is about $2,900'.
Look at the Churches!
"Examine the magnificent Stevens
Memorial property; visit Fifth Street,
one of the finest church plants in the
conference; inspect reconstructed Ridge
Avenue; consider the work and possi
bilities of the churches organized since,
Curtin Heights and Epworth; look es
pecially Into the influential position
and far-reaching work of Graco
Church, and then answer the question
whether we do not have some reason
for gratitude and just pride. Harris
burg Methodism is not all that it ought
to be. but it has been moving forward,
aa has the Methodism of the confer
ence. Thirty-eight years ago the con
ference reported 32,000 members. We
now have about 78,000. The Harris
burg district alone is now giving al
most as much for missions as the
whole conference gave then.
"Several years ago, in an address
before our conference Dr. John Krantz,
quoting from Wordsworth, or some
other poet, said:
"He who whispers down a well
The things he has to sell
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THURSDAY EVENING, RARPIISBURG <&%/&} TELEGRAPH MARCH 19,1914.
Will never reap the shining dollars? •'
Like him who cimbs a tree and
hollers.'
"These classical lines express two
extremes of salesmanship. In a report
of this kind there is danger of going
to one or the other of two extremes —
passing lightly over important acliieve
! ments or boasting of things accom
t pltshed. I shall try to steer between
j the Scylla of undue reticence and the
i Charybdis of boastfulness by giving a
straightforward account of the year's
I work In the district.
Little Sickness
j "Notwithstanding the ravages of
death in our midst, not a preacher In
the Harrisburg district has fallen, and
I there has been little serious Illness.
IW. T. Allen. Mercersburg, has been
j quite ill for several months. He has
I sacrificed himself to his work. On the
j advice qf his physician, he has asked
| for a supernumerary relation,
j "On November 28 the parsonage at
j York Springs was saddened by the
: death of Albert, 7-year-old son of Mr.
I and Mrs. L. W. McGarvey. Within a
I few weeks of each other the mother
! and father of Mrs. M. E. Swartz passed
into the beyond, the former in the
First Church parsonage, York, and the
later In his home at West Fairview.
Last year W. E. Karns mourned the
loss of his mother; this year he fol-
I lowed his father to the grave. These
sorrowing ones have our sympathy and
I prayers.
"Two of our local preachers died
during the year. On June 16 S. M.
Weltmer, New Buffalo, passed to his
reward. He was one of the best of
men and a very acceptable preacher,
having served several charges in our
conference. Dr. D. G. Eberhart died
December 20 at Shrewsbury. He had
been a chaplain in the Union Army
and a man of ability. For some years
he had been blind, but now he'sees.
The widows of these two soldiers of
their country and of the Cross claim
our prayers One hundred and sixty
eight of our people died this year.
Conferences Held
"April 22-23 a conference conven
tion was held under the general con
ference commission on finance in Stev
ens Memorial Church, Harrisburg. The
program was rich and comprehensive,
bringing information and inspiration
to the preachers and laymen present.
Bishop Cranston was in charge.
"The district Epworth League con
vention was held in Duke Street
Church, York, June 18-19, and was a
profitable gathering of our young
people.
"The annual district preachers' con
vention was held at Waynesboro, Sep-
I tember 22-23. It was far and away
the best of the three conventions thus
far held. I noticed one of the districts
had a 'retreat.' We had an advance.
Our next convention will be held in
New Cumberland, September 21-22.
"Our Italian work In Harrisburg has
! taken a new turn. Ever since I have
been on the district I have felt that
j this work and St. Paul's Church ought
to be more closely affiliated. This Is
now the case. We have given up the
! building in which our work was done
and have made a flat out of the third
I floor of St. Paul's parsonage, where
, our deaconess and klndergartner now
>lve In comfort. The Improvements
'cost about $375, the Harrisburg
j churches assuming the expense. We
; also use the church for our work. This
' does not interfere in any way with the
regular work of the church. We think
ft helps it. The foreign work is still
i under the direction of the board of
Vnanagement and is supported largely
r the Methodist churches of Harris
burg. Miss Mardoff, the deaconess,
j ind Miss Wllloughby T the kindergart
ner. are both doing good work.
Sunday School Work
"The finest opportunity Methodism ,
has to-day is in the Sunday school. |
Some day the great church will see
nd seize this stupendous agency for
winging the world toward God and
r-i'ping It there. The highest angel
In heaven would be glad to do the
vork any Sunday school teacher may
to. I have earnestly tried to stimulate
and develop this department of our
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SIDELIGHTS ON TH
SEEN IN THE SE
The voice of that manly man, the Rev. J. B. Mann, of York, is still
heard in the Conference.
Dr. M. K. Foster, of Wllliamsport, the parliamentarian of the Con
ference, is moving anions the brethren.
The Rev. J. F. Anderson, of Milton, the efficient secretary of the Con
ference, deserves the unstinted praise of every pastor for his careful su
pervision over the multiform details which his office involves.
Dr. H. C. Pardoe, of Harrisburg, whose writings on astronomy are be
coming popular and widely circulated, is enjoying the associations of
both ministers and laymen.
Dr. M. It Ganoe, of Chambersburg, who has been appointed chaplain
of the Qrand Army of the Republic of Pennsylvania, is attending Confer
ence and participating in the proceedings.
The Rev. J. H. Battens, of North Bfcnd. is detained from Conference
on account of the serious illness of his wife.
The Rev. J. K. ElOyd, of Hazleton, who was ill a couple months, re
turned to his work on the loth of February, and has since done efficient
work.
Dr. H. L. Jacobs, of First Church, Altoona, lias refused an exchange
with the pastor of the big Belleview Methodist Church, of Pittsburgh.
This Conference feels that he has acted wisely, and congratulates itself
011 holding a man of such efficiency.
The Rev. J. Max Lantz, of Curwensville, who had one of the biggest
revivals in the history of that work, just arrived at Conference, being
detained on account of a big wedding.
The Rev. E. E. Barter, of Shickshlnny, will bo detained from Confer
ence, being quarantined on account of the presence ol' scarlet fever In Ills
house. He has had u year of phenomenal growth of the charge, there
being a net increase of 10- members without an evangelist. On a recent
evening the Official Board presented him with a purse of SIOO, and assur
ed him of a substantial increase in salary for the coming year.
Bishop Cranston says that this Conference subscribes for sixty-one
Methodist Reviews, which is good, but that 12" would improve the situa
tion very much.
Dr. Eckman, editor of the New York Christian Advocate, always
gets a good hearing from this Conference. This paper is growing in
popularity under the efficient leadership of this strong and scholarly man.
He enlivened the Conference by telling that a man from the Wilmington
Conference wrote him recently, saying: "My Dear Sir—What we want is
not your personal opinion, but the truth."
The arduous task ,of looking after the data of the Conference will
devolve upon the Rev. J. W. Dong, of Dlllsburg, as statistician, and his as
sistants, D. A. Sower, of Benezette; H.iC. Burkholder, of Yeagertown; J.
E. Heard, of Berwick: W. W. Wlllard. of Riddlesburg: O. B. Poulson, of
New Millport: W. S. Kose, of Thompsontown; G. A. Williams, of Altoona;
J. T. Williammee. of Penlield; W. H. Williams, of Blandburg; J. E. Jacobs,
of Selinsgrove, and R. S. Cuddy, of BridgetoJl.
" ' - ■■• r
WfoM S
J. P. ANDERSON, Secretary
work. My plan of superintending has
enabled me to get into very many of
the schools, visit their different de
partments and examine the methods
of work. Xam glad to report a splen
did forward movement In the Sunday
schools of the district. They are bet
ter organized and are doing more effi
cient service. Decision day is bringing
large results. The organized adult
Bible class movement is swinging tor
ward with great momentum. The
home department and cradle roll worn
are being pushed as never before. We
still lack In teacher training, but 1
hope advance this Important work.
I present tho following Sunday school
statistics: Organized classes, 93. with
an enrollment of 2,303; home depart
ments In the schools of 32 charges
with 1,02 4 members; 49 schools report
cradle rolls with 1,303 children in the
same. Few schools now close during
the winter and most of them us© our
own literature.
"There has been some improvement j
In the Epworth League situation, but j
not so much as I would like to see.
I have visited many of the leagues and i
find their devotional meetings inter- j
esting and helpful. A good deal of i
mercy and help work Is being done, j
but entirely too little is being dene for
the development of social lite. In this I
day of questionable and harmful '
amusements the league ought to be I
doing vastly more In the direction of j
the social life of the young people, j
Moreover, in the rural sections, our!
Epworth Leagues ought to be social
centers. Some of our leagues are In- :
active. One of my pastors expressed
the situation recently in his report to i
the quarterly conference when he said: j
'We have 67 active members in our
league, most of whom have lost their
activity, and some associate members,
very few of whom have any association
whatever with the league.'
The Junior League
"Our Junior League work is quite
hopeful. Wherever the Junior Leagues
are divided into classes splendid work i
is being done. The reports show G7
Epworth Leagues in the district with I
3,782 members: Junior Leagues, 34, |
with 1,484 members. Several churches I
have Intermediate Leagues, which are >
helping to solve the problem of hold- i
ing the older boys and girls. Sixteen
mission study classes are reported, j
with an enrollment of 195. We do not ]
have many chapters of the Methodist |
Brotherhood, only seven being re- i
ported; but the organized men's classes !
are doing the same kind of work. The
Ladies' Aid Societies are accomplish- !
ing wonders, especially in financial j
matters. The Woman's Home and for
eign Missionary Societies are to be !
commended for their activity.
"The following changes in pastorates !
occurred during the year: Early in j
the year C. V. Hartzell resigned at
Newville and L. W. Auman, student,
was appointed as supply. In the fall |
C. C. McLean was transferred to the
Roland Park Church, Baltimore, and j
C. A. Smucker became his successoh j
at Stevens Memorial. Dr. Smucker be- '
gan his work the tirst Sunday In De- ■
cember and has been very successful j
in managing the affairs of that vigor- j
ous church. W. A. Houck was ap- |
pointed in June to Carlisle and has I
done the finest kind of work in that
important field.
"Harrlaonvillo had no pastor. on the ■
adjournment of conference. None ot
the brethren heard the Macedonian !
call to that hard field. In May J went j
over to see what could be done. I
found a man whom God seems to have
called. He was postmaster, store
keeper and blacksmith at Dane. 1 took j
him with me over the circuit on Sun
day. He accepted the appointment,
closing his shop his wife taking care
of the store and post office. He was
not a Mthodlst, but a local preacher in
the United Brethren Church. I later
received him into the Methodist
Church and licensed him to preach.
God has been wonderfully blessing hi»
work. There have been great revival*
at all the appointments. Old Harrl
sonville, the forlorn hope of my dis
trict. is looking up. E. J. Croft, the
pastor, has tolled hard and success
fully. He is here, attending his first
Methodist conference. God bless him
and the county in which he works,
from which more preachers have come
into this conference than from any
other eountv In the State *
Church Improvement
"As usual, a large sum has been
spent on church and parsonage im
provements. Two new pipe organs
have been Installed —at Ouncannon
and Mercersburg. The Duncannon or
gan was built by the Wirshing Organ
Company, of Salem, Ohio. It is a
two-manual instrument, with tubular
pneumatic action. The cost was $2,000,
Mr. Andrew Carnegi6 contributing
$730. the church paying the balance.
It is a fine instrument. The dedi
cation \took placa or, 18. The
' ' iv.
Is** fCS, I
J. S. SOUSER, Assistant Secretary
Mercersburg organ was dedicated on
June 1. It was built by the Mohler
Company, Hagerstown, Md., and gives
great satisfaction. Mr. H. B. Byron
presented the organ. The church bore
the expense of installation, which re
quired an addition to the building.
The cost was $2,000, paid.
"Wrightsvllle has installed a steam
heating plant and built a two-story
addition to the parsonage. Cost,
$1,300, and nearly all paid. Duke
Street, Torlc, painted the church and
parsonage, placed beautiful windows
in the Sunday school room and other
wise beautified the property at a cost
of $940, which has been paid.
Other Improvements
"Other improvements are as follows:
Enola, frescoing and renovating, $210;"
McConnellsburg, addition to parson
age and new bathroom, $473; Rouzer
ville, church and parsonage Improve
ments, $225; Lewlsberry, horse sheds,
acetylene lighting plant, parsonage im
provements, $150; Rehobotto, church
remodeled, painted inside and outside,
$112; Shrewsbury, general repairs,
$300; Liverpool, parsonage repairs,
SI00; Cross Roads, new furnace and
lights at Zion, hymn racks and
hymnals at Cross Roads, $285: Green
castle, concrete walk, $94; Huston
town, repairs at Wesley Chapel and
Hustontown, $97; Epworth. York, par
sonage furniture, SSO; First Church,
hardwood floor and rug In parlor, sta
tionary washtubs In laundry, $251;
West Street, new range, new bath
room furnishings, papering, $200;
West Fairview and Marysville, new
roof on Marysville church, new cush
ions on pews at Fairview, $750; York
Springs, church and parsonage im
provements at York Springs, horse
sheds and carpet at Wenksvllle, $395;
Orrtana, sundry repairs, sl2 5; Green
Village, improvements on all the
churches, $6 75. Total amount for Im
provements, $14,344.
"The following amounts have been
paid on debts: Camp Hill, $240; Enola
$208; Hanover, $150; Epworth, Har
risburg, $55; Fifth Street, $2,000 i
Ridge Avenue, $3,000; St. Paul's, $125;
Stevens Memorial, $2,100; Liverpool,
$200; McConnellsburg, $113; Mechan
icsburg, $225; New Bloomfield. $657;
New Cumberland, $220; West Fair
view, $340; Duke Street, York, $378;
West Street, $450. Total. $10,467.
Present Indebtedness, $50,867.
"Curtin Heights raised this year on
new church project $2,421. Now on
hand for that purpose, $8,210,
"An order of court was secured to
sell the old parsonage at Mechanics
burg, which has served as a prison for
many preachers' families, $4,700 being
realized. A finely located property
was purchased for $3,700. The other
thousand will be spent on improve
ments, making a splendid parsonage.
"Grace Church has sold its parson
age to the Zion Lutheran Church xor
$12,000 and purchased the property
adjoining the church, formerly the
parsonage of the Pine Street Presby
terian Church, for $22,000, thus se
curing the entire block on which this
great church stands. In the early
Spring a new house will be erected, or
the newly purchased one remodeled,
making it correspond to the material
and architecture of the church. This
is a fine acquisition to Grace and will
make one of the best parsonages in
the conference.
"I have called the attention of pas
tors and officials to the Importance of
the circulation of our periodicals. Last
year we largely increased the number
of subscriptions to the Christian Ad
vocate. The canvass has been pushed
this year. We report as follows:
Christian Advocates, 450; Epworth
Heralds. 442; Methodists, 92; Pitts
burg Christian Advocates. 39. These
numbers are distressingly small, con
sidering the ability and Intelligence
of our people. Many of the pastors
are faithful and painstaking in secur
ing subscribers to our church papers;
others are grossly negligent.
Benevolences
"The benevolences have been looked
after carefully. The churches using
the duplex plan have done well. Some
not using- it have done finely: others
have fallen down. T wish every
church that has no better plan—and
1 know of no better, nor one so good
—would adopt and carry out tlx.
duplex Idea. That plan saved our dis
trict from a slump last year and en
abled us to make a nlc- advance In
benovo!»r.t offerings In the face of a
heavy elump 'n the conference. We
shal! leport for benevolences as fol
lows- Foreign missions, regular,
$8,814, increase, $185; foreign mis
sions, special, $912; total, $9.72(5.
Home missions and church extension,
| regular. $8,065, increase, $130; special,
I $59: total, $9,124. Total for missions,
$18,850. Sunday schools, $825, in
! crease, $104; Freedmen's Aid, $775,
[decrease. $104: American Bible So
j cJety, $220, increase, $11; Church
TELEPHONE ACHIEVEMENTS
TELEPHONE SERVICE OF TO-DAY THE CREATION OF THE BELL CO.
In 110 lino of human endeavor has the In
ventive brain of the scientist contributed more
to the world's progress than by. the creation
of the art of telephony, of which the Bell sys
tem is tlie embodiment.
When the telephone wM born, nothing an
alogous to telephone service as we now know
it existed. There was no tradition to guide, no
experience to follow.
The system, the apparatus, the methods—an
entire new art had to be created. The art of
electriial engineering did not exist. The Bell
pioneers, recognizing that success depended
upon the highest engineering und technical
skill at once organized an experimental and re
search department which is now directed by
a staff of over S&O engineers and scientists. In
cluding former professors, post-graduate stu
dents, scientific investigators—the graduates of
ovej l 70 universities.
From its foundation the company has con
tinuously developed the art. New Improve
ments in telephones, switchboards. lines,
cable*, have followed one another with remark
able rapidity.
While each successive type of apparatus to
the superficial observer suggested similarity,
each step in the evolution marked a decided
improvement. These changes, this evolution,
has not only l>een continuous, but is continu
ing. Substantially all of the plant now in use,
including telephones, switchboards, cables and
wires, has been constructed, renewed or re
constructed In tlie past 10 years.
Particularly in switchboards have the
changes been so radical that installations cost
ing in the aggregate millions have frequently
been discarded after only a few years of use.
Since 1877 there liave been introduced 53
types and styles of receivers and 73 types and
styles of transmitters. Of the 12,000,000 tele
phone receivers nnd transmitters owned by tlie
Bell Company January 1, 1914, none were in
use prior to 1902, while the average age Is less
than five years.
Wltliln 10 years wo have expended for con
struction and reconstruction an amount more
than equal to the present book value of our en
tire plant.
Long-distance and underground transmis
sion was the most formidable scientific prob
lem confronting the telephone experts.
The retarding effect of the earth ou the tele
phone current often impaired conversation
through one mile underground as much as
through 100 miles overhead. Overhead con
versation had its distinct limitations.
No possible improvement in the telephone
transmitter could or Itself solve these difficul
ties.
The solution was only found In the cumula
tive effect of Improvements, great and small,
hi telephone, transmitter, line, cable, switch
board, and every' other piece of apparatus or
plant required in the transmission of speech.
While the limit of commercial overhead talk
ing had Increased from strictly local to over
1,000 miles as early as 1893, it was not until
1905 that conversation could be had over long
Temperance Society, $163, Increase
sl3; education, $1,060, decrease $2;
total disciplinary collections, $21,883,
increase $1,119; Methodist Hospital,
$459; Epworth League office expenses, I
$101; general conference expenses, I
$174; Goucher College, $2,020; other j
benevolent causes, $1,294; conference!
claimants, $3,118; episcopal fund, $821;
conference annuity, $403; conference
home missionary society, $728. Grand
total, $31,011.
"I rejoice to report $1,525 increase
in estimates for pastoral support and
not a single cut in salary estimate.
The deficiencies will be comparatively
small. Last year the district had the
smallest deficiency in the conference.
Revival Fires Burn
"Revival fires have burned over the
district. Two great union campaigns
were conducted by Evangelist Beider
wolf at Chambersburg and Waynes
boro. They, were very successful, not
only in the conversion of souls, but in
the utter transformation of the social,
political and religious conditions of
both communities. Our pastors at
both places. J. E. Bell and T. 8. Wil
-1 cox, entered heartily into the work
and both have reaped large results.
These great union efforts are fine, but
they must not lead our people to hand
over the salvation of souls to outside
agencies. Our pastors and churches
must continue to give themselves to
this most important of all work. He
ports indicate 1,727 conversions, the
largest number for many years. Five
charges report no conversions. The
average per charge is 34. Those re
porting twenty or more are: Waynes
boro. 296; Chambersburg, 250; Shrews
bury, 105; McConnellsburg, 77; Stev»
ens Memorial, 78; Rouserville, 70;
Harrisonville, 64; York Springs, 60;
First Church, York. 58; Gatchelville,
54; Curtin Heights, 53; Ridge Avenue,
Harrisburg, 52; Blaln and Shippens
burg, each, 36; Boiling Springs, 34;
Green Village, 84; New Cumberland,
33; Fifth Street, 32; Enola, 28; Hus
tontown, 26; St. Paul's and Mercet's
i burg, each, 25; Newvllle, 23; Lewis
berry, 22; Carlisle, 20.
"The number of probationers now
on the rolls is 1,183. Number of full
members is 15,699, a gain of 484.
"A great wave of temperance senti
ment has swept over the district, re
sulting in the reduction of the num
ber of saloons. Our pastors and peo
ple have been leaders in this move
ment. So they ought to be. Every
Methodist minister should be a relent
less enemy of this accursed traffic, and
none of our >eople ought to have any
connection with it whatever. The sa
loon is doomed. Let every member of
this great conference help to seal its
doom, and then go to the happiest
funeral we have ever attended.
"Dickinson College is still at Car
lisle. It is doing fine work, but faces
a grave crisis. Brethren, the college
is ours as much as it ever has been.
It is enrolled among our Methodist
educational institutions. The chatter
was not changed in the least degree,
even though the college was put on
the Carnegie Foundation. We owe It
to ourselves, to the church which has
fostered the institution, and to our
educational ideals and traditions to do
something in a financial way for this j
venerable and valuable institution.
The board of education of our church
is willing to go into a co-operative
plan to aid the college, and this con
ference ought to pledge support and
co-operation.
Retired Men's Work
"I must not close this report with
out mention of the services rendered
and the Influence exerted by the re
tired men who reside in the district.
What a benediction they are to me!
What services some of them have
boon rendering! A conspicuous illus
tration of this is the work of W. A.
Houck at Carlisle during a large pan
distance circuits of which as much as 20 miles
was In underground cables. By 1006 under
ground tulking distance liad Increased to 90
inlle*. By 1012 It was possible to talk under
ground from New York to Washington.
It was then thut the construction of under
ground conduits from Boston to Washington
was determined upon,—not that It was ex
pected to get a through underground talk be
tween those places, byt in ease of storm or
blizzard, to utilize Intermediate sections in con
nection with the overhead.
Our persistent study ami incessant experi
mentation have produced results more remark
able still.
We liave perfected cables, apparatus and
methods that have overcome obstacles hereto
fore regarded us insuperable both to long-dls
tanco overhead and underground conversation.
Underground conversation Is now possible be
tween Boston and Washington, four times the
length of the longest Kuroitean underground
line. This enabled (lie Bell System in the re
cent great storm, so destructive on land and
sea, to maintain communication for the public
between all the principal points on the Atlantic
seaboard.
Telephone communication is established be
tween New York und Denver. Is potentially
possible l>et\vcen all points in the United
States, ami by 11(15 will be an accomplished
fact between New York and San Francisco.
In our use of methods or apparatus, we are
committed to no one system. We own, control
or have tlie right to use inventions necessary
to o|>erate any system recognized or accepted
as the most efficient. The Bell System must
always recognize, and in Its selection must al
ways l>e governed by the necessities of a na
tional service, with its complex requirements,
which Is infinitely more exacting: than local or
limited service.
These achievements represent vast expendi
tures of money and immense concentration of
effort which have been Justified by results of
immeasurable lK>neflt to the public. Xo local
company unaided could ln-ar the financial or
scientific burden of this work. Such results
urc possible only through a eontralized general
staff, avoiding wasteful duplication of effort,
working out problems common to all, for the
benefit of all.
The pioneers of the Bell System recognized
that telephone. service as they saw it, was in
the broadest sense a public utility; that upon
them rested a public obligation to give the l>est
possible service at the most reasonable rates
consistent with risk, investment and the con
tinued improvement and maintenance of its
property.
Without this expenditure of millions and con
centration of effort, the telephone art us it ex
ists could not have been dcveloi>ed.
Wluit we have done in working out these
great problems in the, past should lie accepted
us u guarantee of what we will do in the
future.
TIIEO. X. VAIL, President.
of the conference year. In that crisis
he has rendered invaluable service,
not only to the local church, but to
the conference. And may I add here
that that church has merited the -ad
miration of the whole conference for
the way in which it has managed
its local and connectionai inter
ests In the crucial experience through
.. men it has been passing. No church
could have done better.
"This has been a year of incessant
toil on the part of the superintendent
and of heartiest co-operation on the
part of pastors and people. I have
worked the same plan as heretofore,
giving abodt six months to special
work on the circuits and weaker
charges, with now and then a week to
some of the stronger charges wjiich
seemed to need me. The plan has
worked well, and I am more and more
convinced of its value, especially to
the rural 'work, where lies one of our
greatest problems in this conference.
"With profound eratltude to God
for health and strength to do all my
work, with largest appreciation of the
courtesy and co-operation of the
preachers of the district, and with
earnest prayers for the divine bless
ing upon the year's toil, I 'submit my
third annual report.
"A. S. FASICK."
Home Mission Anniversary
A well filled auditorium was the
scene that presented itself at Grace
11. E. church, when at 7:30 o'clock
the anniversary of the Board of I-lome
Missions alid Church Extension was
begun. J. S. Souser presided, an
nouncing as the first item on the pro
gram a responsive Scripture reading,
which was taken up by the audience,
after which R. J. Allen led in prayer.
The congregation stood and sang
"The Battle Hymn of the Republic,"
at the conclusion of which the prin
cipal speaker of the evening, the Rev.
Ward Piatt, D. D„ secretary of the
Board of Home Missions and Church
Extension, of the Methodist Episcopal
church, was introduced.
He took occasion to explain why
there were two missionary boards in
stead of one, saying that it was simply
because there was too much to do for
one board and do it effectively. Speak
ing of America's opportunity on ac
count of the desire of eastern nations
[for our learning and spirit, he pointed
I out our duty to stamp out the Amer
ican saloon and kindred evils. We are
the die that Is stamping the world.
He said the American churches must
I tie up to this whole question of car
ing for our foreign population.
The Dickinson Seminary alumni
banquet will be held to-morrow even
ing at 5 o'clock in the Ridge Avenue
M. E. church. A good menu and pro
gram have been prepared, and an In
vitation Is extended to the students of
this institution who are residents of
the city of Harrisburg and vicinity.
Danville District Report
Dr. Stein's report of the Danville
Save Your Health
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ailments of the organs of diges
tion or elimination. Stomach,
liver, kidneys, and bowels are
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district showed that this part of the
Central Pennsylvania conference has
been the heaviest sufferer during the
year from the death of members of
the ministry. Five preachers of the
district died during the year, three
of them from the effective ranks.
They were Jacob P. Benford, Fred A.
Goeller, A. R. Miller, John W. Leckia
and Thomas Grecnley. *
Dr. Stein stated that during the
year greater results were procured
through the revival services than in
many years. Conversions in the dis
trict since the last conference number
3,840. Not only in the centers where
great tabernacle meetings were held
was this number gathered, states Dr.
Stein, but also in many of the smaller
towns, villages and country circuits.
Speaking of the effect of the revivals
Dr.- Stein said:
"One of the bi-products of tiie tidal
wave of revival interest in the Danville
district is the aroused public con
science with respect to the rum traffic.
The saloon has been entirely eliminat-
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