Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-04-28
MAINE. CONFERENCE, AT GARDINER.
SECOND DAY-TuURsDAY.


| Clark, w. I. Marshall.
| Sixth question. who Deacons of the "a
classf G. r. wilkins, c. W.Avcrill, Il. +. PeGse,
Alvah Cook, A. Pratt, Jr., II. C. sheldon, A. F.
Chase, G. D. Lindsey.
| Seventh question, who arc the ordained Elder
this year e. i. B.sbee, Jal. Nixon, G.. II. VIII
| kins.
DIR. Foss was introduced and addressed the Con-
! ference In the interests of the Wesleyan Uniyer-
| sty, of which he is President.
DIR. Freeman followed, speaking briefly upon
| the SIS. Union and Tract Society.
Rev. Mr.. Austin (coloredl, Presiding Elder
| from North Carolina. made brief appeal for aid
for school for his people, for which quite gen.
erous collection was at once taken.
An important resolution was presented, request
| ing the Bishop to reduce the number of Districts
in the Conference to two, instead of three. (No
| change in the limits of the Conference, but two
| Presiding Elders to act, instead of three.)
w. S. Jones, A. S. Ladd, e. Munger and Others
| spoke in favor OF the resolution. A. Hatch, |.
| Lord and others opposed.
The resolution passed, so to IA,
AFTERNOON.
The S. S. Anniversary was held After singing
| and aver, several addresses were made.
Rev. |. g. Sprague thought the chief motive the
sole object in Sunday School work, should be to
WIN souls for Christ. Our own ease. wealth and
| comfort should if need be, sacrificed 10 this
Only those who had been converted should be
made teachers. A close walk with God is recess
sary Tor a teachers success. We are dependent
upon the Holy Spirit for correct Interpretation of
the bible.
DIR. Freeman, Secretary of the S. s. Union
spoke of two significant facts connected with the
church. There is an increasing interest in the re-
ligious education of children, Everybody should
love children, but occasionally one is found who
wonders what they are for. Adam was highly
honored in being the first man created, but it
his misfortune never to have known the joys of
childhood, never to have known the ecstacy of
having a pair of new boots or playing tag"
Some seem never TO have been children, and have
no symI athy with them, having in more respects
than one good deal of Old Adam in them. Peo-
pie make great mistake in negecting the reg
ious education Of the ir children that they may be
allowed to grow to an age when they can "chOose
for thems selves" We choose for them in other
matters. In the time Of Charles |, children were,
by the hand of inhuman men, treated in various
ways so that their bodies might be deformed, to
meet the demand which existed at Court, and
the nobility for deformed letters fools. Intel
ects are being deformed under the shadows OF our
church steeples, children are formed for gam
blers, drunkards and icentious lives. DIR. +.
spoke of the efforts being made TO crush out the
fearful business Of publishing the soukilling lit
erature that has brought evil TO many homes.
The fact is becoming recognized that child IN can
know 1.-THE love Of God shed abroad in the heart"
intellectually considered, children may understand
out poorly what the religion Of Christ $50 with
many adults; but religion is of the heart. The
speaker also saw evidence Of improvement in the
literature of children. The voice of childhood is
heard: make room for US in your churches.
your hearts, your affections" The DIR. related
several amusing anecdotes to show the ignorance
of many in regard to the bible. A young lady
member of Sabbath School thought E5al and
Geiizim were two of the Apostles a governor
Of State began proclamation for day OF re-
jocing in these words Now, in the beautiful
language oil solomon, is the winter of our d>con-
tent made glorious summer, and the voice Of the
turtle is heard in the land" Politicians could
not be trusted in regard TO the bible The speak
er alluded TO the objection iaised TO the Berean
Lessons now in use. II was not strange that some
mistakes should occur. Sometimes the errors
were typographical. In one lesson IN which was
mentioned the sower and seed, the question was
asked :-"What in the lesson is aPtly illustrated by
certain facts in vegetation T. The printer made
the question read what is aptly illustrated by
certain facts in navigation Z" And he had been in
formed that some OF these teachers and pupils
who cant find questions too hard had seriously
given their views, going back some of them to
Noah in the ak
Rev. DIR. p erce Of Zion's Herald, speaking of
the work OF eligiously educating children, asked
GLOW could the great and good God commit such
a wonderful work to such uncertain hands I"
But the Lord does not leave il TO our hands alone
but is himself in the work. DR.. 7. spoke of the
reflex benefits lowing from the serving of child
hood. Ia the proportion in which we cultivate
the child, we cultivate ourselves.
LNENING
DR.. Stevenson of the New Hampshire Confer
ence, Rev. Bro. Allston of No. Carolina and Rev.
DIR. Abbott addressed an audience which filed
the church to overlooking. Considerable enlhu
slasm was manifested.
FRpAY-THIRD DAY.
Met at 9 A. NJ. The matter of appropriations
for superannuated preachers was considered, and
some eloquent remarks were made by members
of the Conference.
DR.. Pierce addressed the Conference in the in
terests of lions Herald.
A resolution favorable to tie Herald" passed
The question was taken up ;-"Where shall
the next Conference be held T.
Cordial invitations received from Port
land, Auburn, Watervile, Augusta and Farming
ton.
Pennington was selected as the place for the
meeting OF the Conference of 1873.
Tenth Question-C han acter of preachers ex-
amined.
Fourth Qucstion-Who are to be admitted 10
full connection G.. c. Andrews, G. w. Bradlee.
AFTERNOON
The afternoon was devoted to the interests of
the preachers aid. Revs. A. 5. Laid, Kinsman
Atkinson, d. b. Randall, and others, made earn
est appeals in behalf OF the WORKOUT preachers,
and the widows and orphans of such as had died
while connected with the Maine Conference. A
collection was taken at the close.
EVENING.
Temperance anniversary. After the opening
exercises, feeling speeches were made by Rev
John Collins, J. X. Osgood, and others.
Summary of Religious Intelligence.
There Is quite revival of religious interest in
the Universslist church at Lee, and Rev. j. L.
Carr is TO remain as pastor another year.
Rev. Mr.. Mills is supplying the pulpit in The
Congreg ationalist church in Bethel Rev. Mr..
Senter the Methodist and Rev A. a. Dosselman
of Winthrop, the Universalist.
The revival meetings in the Essex Street church
in Bangor, (Rev. j. Boyd, pastor,) are on the in
crease. and many new conversions are reported
the present week.
There has been deep and Increasing manifes-
tation of religious interest in the Deer Isle Soce
ty under the pastoral charge of Rev. ii. Thus
ton, for more than year. The weekly prayer
meetings have been sustained throughout the
year.
On recent Sabbath Rev. Mr. Perkins bap-
tsed twenty five persons at the Casco street chu Oh
in Portland; Rev. Mr.. McWhinnie administered
the ordinance to eleven at Free street church, and
DIR. Shai!er sixteen at the first Baptist church.
Rev. J. +. Bicknell of Monson has bcen unani-
mously called to the pastorate of the Columbia
street Baptist church in Bangor.
The Free Baptist church in Fairfield village,
Organized "A wear 400 last sumn now nun hi re