Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-10-26
lsth r. w. Baptist Triennial Con.
ference.

This Conference assembled in the f.. W.
Baptist church in Lewiston, Maine, on Tues
day evening, Oct 3d. About one thousand
five hundred delegates and visitors were in at
tendance Rev. G. H. Ball of Buffalo, N. T.,
preached the opening sermon from Proverbs
"a: 5. Wednesday was taken up with prclim
mary business Rev L. B. Fairfield ID. d.,
President of Hillsdale College, was chosen
moderator. The Introductory sermon of con
ference proper, was preached by Rev. DR..
Cheney, Pesident of Bates College, Maine.
The evening was devoted to the anniversary
Of the Ladies' Systematic Bcncficence Socie
~. The reports from various yearly meet
ings occupied Thursday forenoon. In the af.
tcrnoon the annual meeting Of the Temper
ancc Society was held an able address was
delivered by Rev. NJ. Philips of Rhode Island.
The evening was devoted to the Home Mis-
sion cause. Several able addresses were Civ
en- and over $ll0O were collected for the pur-
poses of the Society Whole number of mis-
sionaries and teachers employed during the
past year is As, 90 of whom laborcd among
the Freedmen. Several hundred prolcsscd
conversion under their labors and several
churches and one quarterly meeting were or
the general business of Conference. The an
nivcrsary Of the Anti-slavery Society was held
in the afternoon. Stirring addresses were
made by Rev. j. Colder Of Pennsylvania, Rev
q. H. Ball of New York, and Rev. J. Stevens
Of Maine. The evening was devoted to the
Foreign Mission Society Rcv. Mr. Bowen Of
Rhode Island, and Rev f. c. b. Hallam of
Canada-returned Missionary from India
spoke earnestly and c!ftctually on the subject
A collection Of $3.50 was taken for this worthy
object. Saturday forenoon Was taken up in
business of various kinds. In the afternoon
the anniversary of the Sabbath School Soce-
ty was held. Addresses were given by Rev.
g. D. Church of r. l., DR.. Perry Of New
York, and +. w. Page Esq The singing of
o@er one hundred children under the direction
of Rev L. L. Harmon, of Bangor, Me-, add
ed much to the interest of the OCCASION The
evening was devoted to the Education Socc
ty. The address was made by Rev. Mr.. Brown
Of New York On Sabbath all the pulpits in
Lewiston and Auburn, except the Roman
Catholic and Protestant Episcopal, were oc-
cupied by Ministers of the Conference. Nor
day forenoon was devoted to business. In the
afternoon President Fairfield of Hilsdale
College, Michigan, gave an interesting "a.
count of his travels in Palestine. $ll00 were
raised to defray the expenses of Rev. G. 7.
Day of Rhode Island, to the Holy Land
$500 had been raised for Prof Dunn of Mich
igan, for the same purpose. Tuesday was
taken up hearing the reports of the various
committees and passing resolutions. The
resolutions on temperance advise that no man
who is in the habit Of using tobacco be Or
dained to the ministry until he forsakes the
filthy practice. Wednesday was also spentin
passing resolutions Sharp debates were had
over some of them The use of written SER
nous was disappointed and we'll studied ex.
tempore sermons advised In the evening the
Lords supper was celebrated by the large as
sembly of Christians present Thursday fore
noon was taken up with the closing business
Of Conference. At eleven o clock adjourned
to meet in the bounds of the Holland Pur-
chase Yearly Meeting in the State of New
York the first Wednesday in Oct 1868. The
Conference is composed at present of 81 year
ly meetings, l47 quarterly meetings, 1852
churches, l07G ordained preachers, $50 lic-
ensed preachers, and 54076 communicates
Ten literary institutions are under control of
the denomination, and several others are un-
der its influence. THoMAs f. PEDEN