The Portland daily press., 1871-04-28

names.
P. Jacques was elected Secretary; A. s.
Ladd Assistant Secretary; X. Atkinson Sta,
tistical Secretary; A. W. Pottle FINANCIAL
Secretary.
The following standing committees, were
nominated by the Presiding Elders anu Gull
Committee on Public Worship-J. Colby, l.
Luce, w. H. H. Pillsbury, X. Sanderson.
Stewards-S. f. Wetherbee, /. Lord, J.
Mitchell.
Torsey. III. b. Abbott, j. b. Lapham, j. j.
Perry. E. r, Drummond, I'll. r. Baker, S. b.
Bearce, r. G. Harding.
Committee on Tracts-N. G. Clifford, G. w.
Blackman I. ?. Adams, John Rice, 4. Tur.
ner, E. H. Mckinney, L. Masterman.
Committee on Temperament. M. Cousens.
&c. Perry, w: H: Foster, E. K Colby, r. Fl.
Kimball, ). Mcmillan, J. f. Hutc6ins, c.
Sturdivant, j. M. Shaw, Greenlief Smith.
Committee on Santificatioa of Sabbath-U.
w. Morse, Daniel Waterhouse, w. b. Bart
lett, J. HaN ks, III. Crockett, II. B. Mitchell, A.
Hardy, D. M. q. Dunn, H. G. Davis.
Committee on Post Ofices-G. f, Cobb. II.
Chase, j. H. Moores.
Committee on Tobacco-C. Munger, A. r.
Sylvester, J. Collins, j. Cobb, s. F. Strout. p.
e. Brown, A. bennett, d. G. Merrill, f. A.
Boothby.
Committee on Church Extension-C. G. Ma
w
ton, j. NJ. Woodbury., j. Fairbanks, r. G.
Harding, e. r. Drummond.
Committee on iBible Cause-C. C. Cone, M.
Wight, +. @. Aver, s. p. Adams, T. Hillman,
B. Lufkin, j. e. Budden.
Committee on Amusements-D. b. Randall,
A. Hatch, N. Hobart, N. Andrews, G. An
drews, 9. Sturdivant, j. M. Shaw, j. j. Perry,
A. Hardy.
Committee on Familv,Worship c. Fuller,
Fl. f. A. Patterson, G. w. Barber, L. j. True,
j. A. Strout, j. Masterman, j. NJ. Howes.
The Presiding Elders were made Commit
tee on Missions
Eight o'clock was fixed as the hour of meet
ing and twelve o'clock as the hour of adjourn
ment of morning sessions.
The Conference ordered draft of thirty dol.
lars ON the chartered fund.
DIR. Weber presented a plan designed to
promote the temporal welfare of the ministers
of the conference, which was referred to
committee.
The Bishop presented an estimate of the ex-
pense of the next general conference, four hun
bred dollars of which is assigned to the Maine
Conference.
The matter was referred to the Presiding
Elder with instructions to apportOn the
amount to the different charges.
; The Bishop presented statement Of the in
debtedness Of the Missionary Society which
was referred to the Presiding Elders.
The Society is indebted to the amount OF
abous one hundred thousand dollars, and an
Hatch, Treasurer of the Preachers Aid Society
submitted hi. report
Rev. Messrs. Pratt and Jewell of the East
Maine Conference, Cox, Knowles an dGould of
the N. E. Conference and A. A. Smith of the
f. w. B. Church were introduced to the Con-
ference.
The Conference proceeded to the examina-
ton of effective Elders.
The Presiding Elders, Revs. j. Colby, A.
Sanderson and G. Weber presented very en-
-, IL xl~1s-
tive districts
The characters of the Elders were passed
The case of M. b. Cummings was referred to
Took up the 8th questlon-Who
are the superannuated or worn out Preachers?
The relations of b. Burnham, d. Copeland,
3. ]. Aver, p. G. Richmond, H. L. LinscOtt,
9. g. Covell, s. w. Pierce, s. P. Blake, J.
Gerry, E. Smith, s. w. Russell, N. d. With
am, J. Stone and A. p. Hillman were con-
tinued.
The relation Of G; Holt was changed from
to effective.
Took up the 9TH question-Who are the Su-
Preachers? Il
The relations of G. q. Cone, s. NJ Emmer-
on. were continued. The relation of F. Mes
cure wasychanged from supernumerary to su-
.erannuated. Bro. French of the E. Maine |
Conference was introduced.
On motion of j. Colby it was voted to spend |
he first hour of each morning session in devo. |
ional exercises.
1soV. ". w. MOTSo was appointed TO take
harge of the meeting tomorrow morning
Minutes read and approved. Adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
In the afternoon at o'clock, Rev. C. C. Ma
ION of lSkowhegan, preached the Conference |
ermon.
He took for his text Mark, 1915. Go ye in
o all the world and preach the Gospel to every
creature etc.
This is the commission given BY the Lord |
Jesus Christ to his disciples. The Gospel dis |
closes the will Of God concerning the salvation |
Of q lost world and this will was communicated |
lirectly to the disciples by Christ himself. The |
Saviour declares that he who believes the Cos |
pei shall be saved, and he who does not believe
hall be damned. i
Upon faith in the Gospel then Christ has /
made the salvation of the whole human race |
absolutely to depend.
When this commission was first given the
disciples were restricted in their travels and
old not to 60 into the way of the Gentiles.
But after the day of Pentecost when the Holy
spirit was given, all restriction was removed
ind they were to preach not to Jews only but
Q Gentiles as WELL Under this the immortal
Wesley said "the world is my parish" and uE-
Ter this it is the parish of every man whom
God calls to the holy Office.
The first thing in call to preach is CONVEX |
ZION. Then you have something to tell.
There are many men who ought to be preach |
,rs, and would be If they would heed Gods |
sges as teachers or pupils; some in the legal |
and medical professions, some in counting |
houses, workshops and on farms. But men re- |
use to because they do not attach Importance |
enough to the preaching of the Gospel.
Gods service pays better than any other for |
hose who leave all to preach Christ receive
low in this time an hundred fold and in the
world to come life everlasting.
Yet many with one consent make excuse. |
den are prone to excuse themselves from the
onc nfd uf vof nj TO |
% to Pharaoh, Jeremiah did not want to go to
he Jews with prophecy, but the Lord made
hem go, and gave them success as the reward |
If obedience.
kept alive through human instrumentality. God |
ordained that the Gospel of his Son should be |
preached, and it has been preached from the |
time he gave this glorious commission until |
too in the days of adversely,
when sacrifice, dangers, privations and suffer- |
ings were the positive consequences. There
were good preachers in those days, men who
could preach in the midst of storm and fire, in
the prison and at the stake, in the fiery furnace
or in the den of wild beasts, and these preach
ers, through faith, subdued kingdoms and
wrought righteousness, and through their sue
cess God will send his Sons Gospel to the
ends of the earth.
The world cannot do without preaching.
Bible reading, the Sunday School with all its
holy claims will not answer in lieu of it, 1t is
Gods design that the Gospel shall be preach.
ed, and it is useless to attempt to change Gods
purpose.
There is no limit 10 the power of the Holy
Spirit to fit men for this business, and it is a
sad thing for us to grieve that Spirit The
speaker illustrated his subject by numerous
incidents which have come under his own OBJ
servation since his connection with the Maine
Conference. He deprecated locations and trans
fers, by which this Conference has suffered so
much in years past, paid merited compliments
uhA hou tor toll f,tt h
fully for the Master, and exhorted all to ear
nest, faithful efforts for the spread of the Cos
pei
We cannot do justice to this sermon in our
report. 1t was finely prepared and ably deliv-
cred, and listened to attentively by the large
congregation assembled.
EVENING SESSION.
In the evening very large audience Assem-.
bled on the occasion of the temperance anni-
versary. Rev. D. B. Randall presided. The
746th and 212th hymns were sung, end prayer
was offered by Rev. j. Lord. In opening the
meeting the chairman called attention to the
Importance of the object for which it was call
ed. Nothing SO binders the progress of Gods
cause as intemperance. As Ministers of Christ
and members of His church we have not felt
the responsibility which rests upon us we
ought We have depended too much upon the
law. There must be moral sentiment behind
the law to secure its execution. We must not
complain too much of the officers whose duty
it is to execute the law while we are inactive.
eating drinks must stop it will cease.
o. M. Cousens, General Superintendent of
the Cold Water Templars, was called upon.
Tho sneaker referred to the impOrtant order of