The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-06-29
CONGREGATIONAL STATE CON-
FERENCE,
Second bay.

deeply intere sting prayer meeting was
held at 8 o'clock in High street vestry, led by
Rev. Mr. Lockwood of Oxford.
At a. m. the Maine Missionary Society held
its Goth anniversary, DR.. Fiske of Bath, Presi-
deut of the society, in the chair. s.
Rev. Smith Baker of Lowell, Mass former
1y of Maine, offered prayer.
The sermon was by Rev. G. S. Dickerson of
Lewiston, from the text in Acts XIV, Al and xvi,
5. Subject, The Nourishment of Churches an
able discourse.
Deacon j. S. Wheelwright of Bangor, read
| the report of the Treasurer, j. Maxwell. Re.
ceipts of the year, $17,596; expended about
that amount and the society owes to Casco
Bank note of $1,000; has cash on hand about
| $f045. The society owes about $4,000 to mis-
| sionaries and expects that this amount has been
raised recently by the churches
On motion of Rev. Mr. Parker OF Belfast. a
vote of thanks was rendered to Joshua Max
well, ESQ.,, for his gratuitous services as treas
urer of the society for many years.
The report of the Secretary, Rev. DR.. Steph-
| en- Thurston, was then made.
| One new church has been organized at Alb.
| bot and one at Hampden become self support
| ing. A larger number of the churches than for
| seventeen years before have been visited by
| divine grace 500 converts being reported. The
year of 1858 only exceeded this in revivals.
Rev. S. p. Fay of Bangor, moved the accent
| ance of the report in few remarks
| Rev. Smith Baker of Lowell, Mass, sec.
| onded the motion, and proposed raising 5000
| for the new church in Abbot; $500 was raised
| by calls from the audience in about five min
utes.
Rev. DIR. Henry M. Storrs of New York, Sec.
rotary of the Home Missionary Association,
then addressed the Conference and made a
very powerful and eloquent address. The
great question for the future of the country is
whether it shall be Christian or Pagan-not
Protestant or Roman Catholic 1t is wheth-
er there is personal God, personal Saviour
The world is to be converted on American soil
China is to be converted on American soil
Japan is to be converted on American SOIL .
AFTERNOON.
Prayer meeting at o'clock, led by Rev. Mr..
Osgood.
At q the Conference opened
Rev. S. Tenney Of Ellsworth, from the COM
mittee to visit Bangor Seminary, reported.
The interests of Bowdoin College were then
presented by Prof. Packard.
A report from the Classical School at Hal
lowell was made by Rev. Mr.. Harding, who
reported the school as a fixed fact
Mr.. Burr, the principal of the school, fol-
lowed.
Rev. A. Fl. Wright of Portland, then spoke
on Christian fellowship, followed by Rev. A.
Blanchard of Cumberland Mills, Rev. T. S.
Perry of Cumberland, and DR.. Cyrus Hamlin
of Consntatinople, Turkey.
The sacrament of the Lord Supper was then
observed, the venerable Dr. Pond and DR.. Sy-
rus Hamln officiating.
The following board of officers was then
elected:
President-Rev. John o. Fiske.
Vice Presldent-J. S. Wheelwright, Esq.
Corresponding and Recording Secretary
Rev. VIM. e. Adams of Searsport
Treasurer-Joshua Maxwell, ESQ.
Trustees-Rev. John o. Fske, j. S. Wheel
wright, Esq.,, Revs. Enoch Pond Stephen
Thurston. FL. +. Harding, T. B. Thayer, L. e.
Paine, Albert Cole. P. Fay, Simon Page,
ESQ.,, Revs. j. S Emerson, w. 81. Fem, Jos
Titcomb, Esq, Rev. J. E. Adamss Barnabas
freeman, Esq.
EVENING.
Prof. Packard announced his address, taking
for his text LIST Samuel vii, u: Hitherto Hath
the Lord helped u.s." Oct. 1, 1922 was the first
Congregational conference; at Buxton in Dec.
1922; at Hallowell, June 1927. In 1918 no
church. Remember the words that L spoke
unto you while yet with you," written at the
request of Payson and pinned to his shirt
bosom in his coffin, so that yet dead he spoke
At the close of the address Rev. Mr.. Lord of
Linn nraSnpfed to ba Confaronoo tho orio.
inal manuscript of the sermon preached by Rev.
Charles Freeman of Limerick, on its organiza-
ton in 1924. He hoped it would BIZ preserved
and brought to light again fifty years hence at
the centennial of the Conference.
- Ioa--En-,s Io~I-.a- IS U..-l~.-sn-naarlo of
Boston. then furnished many interesting rem-
niscences of his ministry in Maine.
On motion of ex-Gov. Dingley the exercises
pertaining to the semi-centenhial were post
poned to the afternoon of to-day.
To-DAY's PROGRAMME.
The Conference closes to-day, the services be-
ing held at the Second Parish church as fol-
lows:
s a. m.-Prayer meeting.
ga m.-Report of COMMITTEES.
$50 a: m.-Report of Maine Branch of Edu-
cation Society. re4 ss
$50 to IL 30-The Maine Branch of the Wo-
mems Board of Missions will meet in the
chapel.
10 a. m.-Report of the condition of our Sab
bath Schools, by Rev. j. Fl. Wheelwright.
10 10 a. M Discussion-The Study of the
Bible in our Churches, by what methods can it
be more effectively prosecuted.
II a. m.-Meeting in behalf of Foreign Mis-
sions Secretary Hardy will preside. Rev. G.
I'll. Wheeler and others will speak.
230-Semi-Centennial services continued
from last evening.
MISTAKEN-The TnWiston .Tourna1 saws that