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Excerpt from A Century: Addresses Delivered at the Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ
This purpose and thought led the General Conference of 1897, at Toledo, Iowa, to take official action authorizing a centennial celebration, fixing the period of it beginning Sep' tember 25, 1900, and closing with the General Conference in May, 1901. Accordingly a standing committee was appointed to make all the arrangements for this centenary. A special committee was also selected by this general committee to prepare a detailed program of themes and speakers for the centennial celebration, to be observed in connection with the General Conference at Frederick, Maryland, in May, 1901. This program contained a variety of themes covering the en tire field of our Church origin, history, characteristic features, growth, needs, activities, and future outlook. Some of the ablest representative men and women of the denomina tion, of wide experience in their respective departments of church work, discussed questions of ecclesiastical and evan gelistic importance in a manner, it is thought, that assisted the General Conference, then in session in the enactment of wholesome laws and measures which shall strengthen every arm of the Church and advance the cause of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The centennial services proper, consumed parts of five con secutiv� days from the opening exercise, and were in every particular worthy of the denomination under whose auspices they were held and the historic events they celebrated. The themes treated are all intensely practical, and are presented in such a manner as to interest and instruct the reader, as well as to enrich the life of our denomination. The book, it is believed, will prove a real blessing to the homes of our people throughout our Zion. G. M. Mathews.
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