New-York tribune., 1871-04-14
THE CONGREGATIONAL CONFERENCE
CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT AND wOMlNis WORK.
SPEECHES by HENRY WARD BERCngR AyD

Inc flftn tOIIcTTUce OF CONGREGATIONAL
Churches n New York and adjoining cities was held IN
tho Elm-plco Congregational Church. IN Brooklyn yes
terday afternoon and evening, the Rsy. Dr. W. J. Bud
dngton presiding. Thirty-thrce churches weTo repre
sonted After the reports from each had been given, tie
Rev Dr. j. T. Thompson moved That a committee he ap
pontsd TO nominate delegates 10 the National Council ~
Congregational Churches, soon 10 I've held lhn fpow-
Ing delegates chosen by the Conference; Inc ReV
DE- Bnddlngton. the Rev. Dr. Thompson, ssmnel Holmes
and the Rev. Henry ward Beooher Richard T. BncS'
Austin Abbot, George b. Bacon and tho Rev Dr H. N
Storrs, were chosen aternntcs.
Tie question for debate, "HOw should new chnrchcs
be founded and aided In this metropolitan District "a7
opened by the Rev. Dr. H. NJ. Storrs, who said tLcgo
were several TO the question, some OF whoh no
would ennmerae. First ia the plan Of finding The ugt
man-one who is adapted TO and enthusiastic In his
wOrk-and sending him out as missionary. Let him
fnd a suitable place. where church Il needed, anu
then gather the people about him. certain uis-iohf5
who had thus performed such work. on being isk,n m
who gave him his cau 10 that church. replied ihnJ ne
cdiied the church around him; aid ih answer w ~"
question as 70 who ordained mn nm ,.r Oyer ,oc W" "
church, said: g ordained the ebuIcn nhder ma; m,;;
This IL the best and most hl"stoiio
fo,m OF spreading churches Another form j.
that of Spontaneous combustion, as Whcn teItail
ruuber Of religious people yet together and 30 ocTniio
TO have church, ana PIT 1t up at once Anot"1r P.
that OF missionary Morh by an lhiNtldil ,hcu. 20
lccts the proper district and sends forth LEGATION 10
establish sunday Another Is that OF colonZa-
tona swarming, IA 1t were. rQ the central hlVe -
when part Of some large church forms coi0ny selects
there is the plan OF all inc churches OF city forming
unon for relieving needy and starting new churches.
Let there be sm Executive Committee, whose olty IL
snail be t. select points where there neeh oil ccn
10 purchas the ground before t he's risen 10 hous
rhrirs in the neipEborhood TO say To them that hey
feel disposed To raise such An amount, We WIN sPpe-
start with pleasant chapel free from doDt There arc
AT present "A Cor gonal churches IN Ecooky, ahd
forward without system. II each individua church were
strong enough to plant ifs own liosioi lh w"id M 40
-f.1.t ltff fIn ".
We mist work In conjunction.
The Rev Henry Ward Beccher said that Cougeca-
tioual churches OF a peculiar character, dntieht
from that Of any other denOmDtton But thrre i no
difficulty In spreading any church ~ places where hffo
tondi,In lies in It's social c II is rot adapted To spread
fat when il l. carried out III IT. Tno ne ana llh'Iie'
Tie Meihodists viii plant three churchc+ I" our one
The Baptist churches Ousht t. De cO,Ied IN WIN me
Congrc gational for they ars Tie same III govern
ordinance And in this regard they are dhly grow ihS
more lenient aud looking more to rue r adh & 10 t'e
church of brick and cal v Congregational does
nn maxi II so II is it, lie IN 4 makes Congregational
Tho COngree atiOua church requires more WORKING
force than any other church. Though II does MOI make
mans Churches makes them oroadbased, aud strong
i Wind and li,ub. Episcopal chuicies they create
rc,ipirnCy. Their iROttO - "c.tN l} NOUN WHO q "a
will I'LL IT," In Congregational churches me motto ~
Raise up thy voice" one church Of independenty
thinking men, a church that IS composed 81 ianihles
Caynon S UGS cn. On IRE question witch the Master asked is
"What are we going 10 do with the people" do not
C,nr,h hut do read tho parable of Dives and Lazarus
When the widow and the orphan were otlieased read
mike long prayers" Haf u the people of Brooklyn 10
s'Da snail i'. we ses it to them Religion has always
been conservative on all questions. The chnrchrrs
and individual enterprise does tho work. lnsii.
tmfed churches VIII never do the work we wish Free
from house housc. We must have the preaching OF
Christian aymen without r,sard TO ordination OF sec
olagy sI no gorI u' II Ice hoy Briarems hundred
1,.ti Inst
huDdIedoid more people than can ever get into ts
walls Is tne external spread Tint constitutes
grnwth but its moral power. l woud rather get one
square shot at enemy ship with M lneh gun, than
Gih"f remarks favcring the Organization of union
were made by the hsv Leayit Bartlett, the Rev. Geo
offered b. the Rev. Henry Powers, and adopted:
Rsso.I That 70 th jiient o Ills ,oairrce ' om,on Of
tas Caarshe, .ug h'n beS elpeura e..
Tux Conference then adjourned iii - J.. III
EVENING SESSION.
On motion of the Rev. Henry ward Beccher-the Rev.
Dr. II. NJ. storrs, the Rev. DR.. BudlinGpn, the Rev
Henry Ward Beecher, George A. Bell, and X. p Buck
we're appointed o Committee to carry into effect the
resolution passed at the morning session. DR. Budding
tom then announced the question for the evening" dis
cusson TO he, How can Woman s Work be made Most
seful To the Churches r. and called upon Mr. Beecer
10 open the debate. Mr.. Beecber SAID that the
question proposed does not cover rho whole
gtound of . WomaHs genius and her proper sphere,
but limits itself 10 lie Church., excluding home,
which Is after all her greatest Held lt asks what
she can do in the church to advance Christianity
ard true Goodness IN the first place, all of our charlhbe
movements nstittions and societies. are better organ
ized and be tier conducted by women than by men,.
anil the care or the neglected may be divided with tho
women. Three years ago propo,ea 70 my saueh ons
IN their work Many OF my congreeaton TesardeG& & me
.crved for year. and when the next erection cane
round the very who had opposed me step before,
moed that the naneeT be sTss Hae 10 hs S0rs Eo mid
bs of particular importance in "A small church. In the
majority OF these there are 20 or 80 membeTs fOi or
re many Irsfr0ns With great depth Of experience anj
q OF the hoy Ghost buy tfy must not be Itrnled
and do nothing, and the whole power of the Church. as
God Intended it to be, is kept dormant. l think
that women should be employed more largely 10 the
work OF comortng There il continual ccasi0n III the
church for consolation The office OF sympathy ought 70
be more attended to- and women are especially adapted
hy their natures for this We shall never have church
in it, li power until The women take part in tine devo
fathers whom revere but DO not feel bound to follow
bindly II there ia anything which distinguishes
woman from man 1t Is the depth OF her moral feche
the very thng that makes prayer powerful We put MTG
the Office Of prayer those who are least hed Tor ana
exclude those who are adapted by G0d Tor H. had
Godly father and my mother an excellent Christian
woman Gied before knew what she was was brought
M by prayerfu woman full OF Christian piety nave
often heard my father pray with great feryeny and eI
Hation for he had great fights over into the millennium
but he never shook me- but when my mother
as il the vail would fall the next moment The mothers
in the villa used have pray meeting IA our house
and gas often dragged into the aud prayed for
IL they had put the ground and run over me with
y sharp-toothed harrow they could not have hurt me
more They stirred me up 80 that should have been
converted had only told me what that was y
Is generally said that the church pryermeetng is cold
and solitary Well IL Is and only because tho church
does not use the gifts OF all it's members You say III
NAV be beneficial to the woInans gifts IN this way
bat Scripture Is against H." As look ut the Scriptures
see that women always brought forward In me
time of Jeremiah the people not not only consulted hi
but Huda also. The Israetes theeiosen people on uo @
nut woman nearly on the plane where sue noS s
stands than any other nation before Christianity @ "a
born. In the New Testament there are ohy IT, r.
instances, those mentioned by Paul, wheiiee
Is kept down. We only find this IN the Greek LIVER
Aud why Because in GREECE woman stoou r,nons
than IN amy other nation. The beau ideal ol hs tn
woman here was t. know nothing. 90 stay at s"J 70
prepare the yiands for her husband ana ch drndce-