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CldMemorial MonumentUnveiled At Elon Collegen• *y IO’Kelly Founderr.yOn CampuUnveiledothy Ann Harward—Dr. Harper Presided.t. i Elon College, Oct. 17.—The me- drew, because the motion he had e mortal monument to Rev. James proposed that gave a minister theK O'Kelly founder of the Christian right to annealo the conference| denominatian. which was erected from the bishop s decision when he on the Elon College campus by had been assigned to an appoint-the Southern Christian convention mtnt which in his judgment ln-b.was unveiled here yesterday morn- lured him, was lost by parltamrnt-IDoroth vassoc la Uw ard. a great-great-great-great endeavored to effect, a reeoncilia-rdaughter of James O Kelly, follow- t»on with the Methodist church and v I ing » two hour program in the when it was lound impossible r» Whitley auditorium oommemora- luctantiy organized the Chiistian ting his life and labors. This church in a conference held In program of unveiling was partlci- the Lebanon church In pa ted In by leading men inChristian church, and President 1794 W. P Few. of the Methodist Epis-(IHumi*the county, Virginia. August 4 and fI I, . Dr J. O Atkinson, mission sec-1copal church, and Rev. 8 W. lay- rctarv of the Southern Christianlor, of the Methodist Protestant convention, who has been the mov-; *churching spirit in securing the marker,IPresident W, A. Harper, of Elon and who served as treasurer andCollege, presided over the unveil- collected the fund that made the ing exercises in the absence of marker possible, spoke of Jamesc Jesse F West, chairman of O'Kelly as the champion of re-commlttee which had the mar- litrious freedom and of the vitalker in charge, w-ho is U1 and con- Influence of his life In the religious 11 fined to his bed President Har- movements of that time andper spoke of his sorrow the Judge this aay. He called attentionWest could not be present, and of the inscription on the stone.I the action of the executive com- the southside:*1Rev,ofItonJamesectmlttecconvention appointing him to pre side at the unveiling.tv, founder of the Christian church, 1794 and on the northiHarper stated that It side: He gave his life that fie- f| Is fitting that this marker, sig- ligious freedom might be vindl- tnaling the member of the distin- cated for the individual Christian. * guished founder of the Christian Erected by the Southern Christian j *, be convention, 1929.” imp- Rev Stanley C Harrell, Durham.church in the south should placed upon Elon Collegeus Ht stated that James O'Kelly whose wife is a lineal descendantdid not have the advantage of a of James O'Kelly, discussed thecollege education himself, but that views and practices of Mr. O'Kel-he waversedntrrthe scriptures, history, latln, and the Christian Sun in 1808, gave Greek, an dthat had he lived in therein forty reasons why the peo-in lv who published the first issue of tI ________ . w___. r.. tthis t’ay he w'ould no doubt have pie of his denomination should been a leader in educational cir- practice Christian union.Dr. L. E. MofTH. first presidentcles.More than fifty of the lineal de- of the college, offered prayer to scendtnts of James O’Kelly have open the program and Rev. Al-ircuc*been students at Elon College, and fred fe Hurst, college pastor, read sixteen of them have received their the scripture text. Music was fur-degrelt; from the college, President nisherl for the program by theHarper stated.Music department of the college.,An address on The life of James with Mrs. RiheldafTer rendering a ' O'Kelly prepared by W E. Mec- solo. The Voice In The WilderClenny, of Suffolk, Va ; and delivered by Dr. J, Edward Klrbye,ness, by Scott. President W PFew. of Dukeof Raleigh, was one of the out- University, brought greetings from standing features of the program, the Methodist Episcopal church to and was also the address of Dr. J. the i s^emblf here yesterday morn-O. Atkinson entitled An evalua- Ing and to the Christian church tion ol James O'Kelly. on this occasion and Rev. 8, W.Mr. MaeClenny, who is the of- Taylo, did likewise for the Metho-! flclal historian of the Christian dist Protestan church. Dr. W. W.buVV tlt;1lt;church, and who has published a Staley accepted these greetings onbook on the life of James O’KpIIv hehali of the Christian church,is the recognized authority In this and aiso accepted the marker on field. He gave a brief outline of behalf of the college and the J 0 the fife of O'Kelly and of the Southern Christian convention forcauses leading up to the founding Dr. L. E. Smith, the president, whoof the Christian denomination, could not be present at this oc-explainmg that he did not Intend casion, to found a separate denominationQEJiNDr. O, O. Lankford, of Burling-when, at the Baltimore convention ton, pronounced the benediction j \ of the Methodist church in 1792, following the dctual unveiling ofjJhe and thirty other ministers with- the ntonument on the campus.
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Burlington Daily Times
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Thu, Oct 17, 1929
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