Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 159, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1919 — MORE ABOUT METHODIST CENTENARY MEETING. [ARTICLE]

MORE ABOUT METHODIST CENTENARY MEETING.

Columbus, 0., July 7, Dear Mr. Hamilton: Since writing before we nave attended the great pageant, The Wayfarer,” and the chorus alone for it consists of 2,500 voices, and a symphony orchestra and the mammoth pipe organ built at a cost of $50,000. The living pictures of oriental life, and the angels and processional of hundreds of men, women, boys and girls are features one will never forget. The scenery of Palestine and Calvary ana the wonderful triumph of Christianity in the world, all tend to make and hope more real in thingsjrf the great future, man has the greatest opportunity that any age has on the fair grounds are all filled with exhibits of the countries of all the continents. It is an education in itself. ; Friday there was a processional of one and one half hours, d ® m ?. n ‘ strating the work of the Methodist church in every land. The peoples of foreign lands formed a conspicuous element in it. . , Saturday Secretary Daniels fro ™ ’Washington made a wonderful address. He said that the Methodists had set out to raise one hundred and five million, but that up to date there has been raised one hundred and seventy-eight million. Today there are such crowds that it looks now as if all of the people will not get to see the pageant. Tickets are sold a few hours before the pageant opens and. only ten thousand can see it at once. Sunday at every tent and building there was held a beautiful service on Life-Service

Saw Mr. Bott, also many of the ministers of the conference and «nme few lay-members. . Ex-President Taft, Mr McAdoo, George R. Stuart (South), Secretary Daniels, Bishops McDaniels, Welch Stuntz and McConnell, Dean Birney, of Boston, and many other Notables have been heard at the coliseum. Every day several pipe organ numbers are given besides a recital. Sincerely, ELIZABETH STRECKER.