Church of the Brethren Or the Beginnings of the Brotherhood Bicentennial Addresses at the Annual Conference, Held at Des Published by Authority of Conference Brethren Publishing House 32 7816 .45 Copyright by Brethren Publishing House, Elgin, Illinois. 1908. All Rights Reserved. Preface Four queries were sent to the Annual Conference of 1907 asking that the two hundredth anniversary of the fuller organization of the Church of the Brethren might be suitably commemorated at the Conference of 1908. The queries were placed in the hands of a committee, and their report, which follows, was adopted by the Conference and a Program Committee appointed. (1) We recommend the appointment of a Program Committee for the Bicentennial commemoration to be observed at the Annual Conference of 1908, composed of five members judiciously distributed in the Brotherhood, whose duties and privileges shall be as follows: (a) To choose subjects covering the various phases of our church life and growth up to the present time. (b) To provide competent speakers in full sympathy with the principles of the church. (c) To publish the program not later than January 1, 1908. (d) To have for use of these exercises such time preceding the business session as may be necessary; the usual missionary, Sunday-school, and educational discourses may constitute an appropriate part of said Bicentennial program. (2) In preparing the program the committee is (a) To keep first and foremost in view the praise and glory of our Father for what he has done through the church (Deut. 32: 7-14). (b) To maintain faithfully the principles and practice of the church for which she has hitherto stood. (c) To stimulate to greater zeal in the various religious activities of the church and hasten the fulfillment of the Master's great command (3) The Brethren Publishing House shall provide for the publication of these addresses in convenient book form. Committee on Bicentennial Program: D. L. Miller, G. N. Falkenstein, I. N. H. Beahm, M. G. Brumbaugh, S. N. McCann. |