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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1897
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR list shows names W. B. Devall, W. A. Manefield, John Hendricson and items like Mor. Ice Chests. Tickets bought. Carty appears in incomplete form.
Copies of the last issues of The News containing reports of the screenings and sermons and many interesting notes of the annual meeting can be obtained at this office for one cent. Orders by mail promptly complied with. Full reports of all the preliminary meetings, description of grounds, buildings, etc. have appeared in Far Mans during the past three weeks.
Brief notes from Sterling I where council cut liquor fixtures tax from 1008 to 603 while saloons strike and refuse service. Also reports clergy endorsement of chess, a Chicago widow plans a women’s clubhouse near Crown Point, and other scattered items on population, post offices, and quirky 19th century curiosities.
Purely personal items list visitors and stays of many locals and relatives. Miss Katherine Tangier returns home to Hanover after a brief visit to Miss Nellie Douglass on East Third Street. Several others, including Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Hauer, Miss Laure Getzendanner and Brother James Brown, and Miss Alice Roatan, are noted with brief travel and health mentions. General John A. Steiner of Baltimore visits. Kansas City baseball plans for Thomas Gittinger are announced. other Frederick residents are noted visiting or traveling.
Elders Miller Hutchison and visiting brethren address a large crowd in the tabernacle. D E Miller spoke on Indis and mission work in India and Japan, detailing heathen practices and urging ongoing evangelism.
A large audience gathered at City Opera House for Elder Andrew Hutchison’s 8 pm talk on life’s purpose and God’s offer of salvation. He urged living to God’s glory, cited Scripture on divine calls, and warned of consequences for rejecting divine terms, stressing God’s care and the church’s protective role.
Elder Hutchison denounces worldly excess and stresses living by God's word. He recalls Christ among the Jews, warns against forsaking the Lord, and urges constant prayer and Bible proof of salvation. A church service in the Opera House is announced for that evening, with further talks by Elder Hutchison and D. M. Miller on Sunday.
The morning service featured Elder J G Royer outlining the minister’s message drawn from 1 Corinthians 1:23 and 2 Corinthians 5:19 21. He urged preaching to be Evangelical instructive and heavenly minded with clear, vivid delivery and practical gospel knowledge.
A fragmented note lists items for upcoming conference including insurance, minister election by a majority vote, care of distressed missionaries, and Scriptural plans for holding diverse faith investments.
Proceedings outline diverse requests from Middle Pennsylvania to Eastern Maryland concerning Sabbath observance conduct at meetings, prohibition of newsprint sales, avoidance of Sunday excursions, life insurance bans, advertising controls, and a proposed 1895 annual meeting site. Also notes acceptance of Washington, D. C. church under care with missionary support until self-sufficiency.
A Dunkard assembly describes the annual meeting as a judiciary body with limited executive power through committees. Local church decisions follow church acceptance or rejection, with appeals looping back to the annual meeting. The meeting is the Brotherhood’s highest tribunal with no appeal from its verdict.
The undertaker calls the house to order in the standing committee room and at the annual meeting proper. He must keep order decide who is entitled to the floor exp the speaker to the subject decide whether his time has expired when the discussion abandons take the vote and announce the resolution.
Southern Ohio has voted to raise 500 dollars for a missionary gathering. Delegates count reached 23 last year at the annual meeting. The conference discusses renewal questions and queries while aiming to keep decisions aligned with scripture. Representation from the West may be lower this year due to delayed rail rates. The Standing Committee remains influential, but delegates hold real power.
A Sunday School meeting will be held Monday at 9 o'clock in the tabernacle. Subjects include defining a model Sunday School, church relations, current state of Sunday Schools, improvement efforts, mission schools, and benefits to the Brotherhood. Speakers have 15 minutes each with open discussion. Elder J Bennet Trout of Virginia chairs.
On Monday afternoon a missionary meeting will be held in the tabernacle with a program led by Elder D. L. Miller of Lund as chairman and Elder B. F. Stonffer of Maryland in charge of the collection. The meeting includes talks on personal impact of mission work and needs of the mission, followed by a free will offering to fund the work treasury of the Lord.
Brother J W Moore of Norta Man chetor Jod is deeply interested in Bible study and missionary work. An exit car will leave Middletown for the German Baptist meeting at Frederick at 5 AM and another at 6 AM. Round trip to the Fair Grounds costs 30 cents. Cyrus Miller of CB&Q R R promotes Nebraska immigration with an inviting booth. Lutz of Shannon Ill represents the Shannon Church. Wempler and wife from Medford Pa arrived last night. HB Marniy of Auburn Ill is among late arrivals. Broainwater of Laws visits East for the meeting. Postal post office draws many inquiries about mail. Dr Pharmey of Chicago, Panacea maker, visited the grounds yesterday and plans to return. He admires the scenery along the electric line and is forming a Chicago area colony north of Lake Michigan. Asa Neher and wife of Girard Ill arrived yesterday.
The article notes numerous delegates and visitors arriving for the conference at the grounds. Prominent figures from Ohio Illinois Indiana Virginia and Nebraska attend with plans for meetings, baptisms, and church activities. Elders and missionaries travel from distant areas to participate and support the event.
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