The Portland daily press., 1880-06-17

FOXCROFT, June 10.
The ffty-fourth anniversary of this body is
held with the Foxcroft and Dover church. The
Maine Central railroad furnished special
train which left Portland at a. M on Mondav
| and reached Foxcroft at p. M, without
| change of cars. The president and the super
! intendent of the road accompanied the train
and extended many courtesies to the passen-
gers. About fifty starting from Portland, nearly
| hundred more were added before reaching
Bangor, and fifty at the latter place. The
smoking Car vas detached from the train at
| -Waterville, as it remained entirely unoccu-
| pied.
| AT Bongor committee from the Foxcroft
| and Dover church entered the cars and taking
the name of every passenger made provision
| for their entertainment; and on the arrival of
the train, carriages were in waiting for the
| conveyance of all to their new homes.
| At 7.30p. m. on Monday a sermon was
preached by Rev. G. 7. Ladd, the recently
elected Professor of Mental and Moral Philoso-
ply at Bowdoin College. The theme, founded
on several passages Of Scripture, was "Christ-
| ian Consciousness, a witness to the truth of
| Christ" illustrated and enforced by reference
| to the several topics-the Sin; the Incarna-
| ton; Death and Resurrection of Christ: and
the Souls Immortality. The profound and
| logical treatment of the subject made the hour
| of its delivery seem like short repast and
many congratulations were expressed at the
new accession to the ministerial ranks of the
| State
Ats a. m. ON Tuesday the first session of the
| Conferauca woo hold nraoodad NV p,or,;po
prayer meeting.
w. e. Gould of Portland presided as the
| moderator and E. f. Duren of Bangor officiat-
| ed as clerk, both having been chosen at pre-
| vious meeting.
Reports were then presented the first by
| Rev. Mr.. Huntington on proposed change of
| the basis of the Conference and report by
Rev. Dr. Hamlin of Bangor relating to the
use of the Westminster Catechism in our
| churches.
Rev. DIR. c. L. Woodwork of Boston, the
| Secretary of the American Missionary Asso-
citation, advocated its claims upon the benevo-
lence of the churches, especially in its work
| great wrong inflicted upon the race by de-
| trauding them of their earnings, and also in
recognition of their fidelity and loyalty to the
Union and its defenders during the war of the
rebellion
| Rev. j. O. Fiske, d. D., of Bath, delivered
the usual Conference sermon at II a. M, found
| ed on Matt $50. DIR. Fiske, although hard
| ly restored to his usual health, never displayed
more ability and fervor than in the discussion
! of these last words of our Saviour, containing
ga Creed, Duty and Promise" which con-
stituted the several heads of his discourse. In
the exercise of candor and diligence in finding
| out what our Lord taught we should also be
| tolerant OF all new presentations OF truth. but
never hospitable to error.
Rev. A. S. Park of Gardiner, the Cores
| annnlinU Spprafaru of ha no mi oft a Of
| ternoon meeting pre- ented his annual report.
| The members of the churches now number
| q ,4S9. During the past year 635 have been
added by confession and 305 by letter; $50
| deaths have occurred and 296 dismissions; bap-
| tlsm has been administered to 40 adults and
| 142 infants; 70 per cent. of the members of the
churches are females; one church has no male
| members.
Appropriate mention was made of the re-
| cent death OF Dea. j. G. Mayo of the Foxcroft
| and Dover church, who had been one of its
most liberal benefactors.
| A Congregational club has been recently Or
| gained at Bangor; parsonage has been pur.
chased by the church and society in Fryeburg
more pastors have been settled by the churches
than previously; $4,000 increase in donations
to benevolent objects the past year; 4,466 alb
senteeS are still on the list of members.
The report was followed by remarks from
Revs. Mr.. Fisher of Brunswick, A. Blanchard,
Mr.. Speare of Bangor, and Messrs. Nichols,
| Mitchell and Shaw.
Rev. DR.. Sewall emphasized the need of set
tied pastors, and of more expository preach
ing.
Rev. DR.. Brown Of Lewiston presented the
| greetings of the Free Baptists in most adj
| mirahle and fraternal manner.
| Under the head of S. School v ork, Rev.
Mr.. Woodbury. of Skowhegan read historical
paper on can Open Bible"
| Rev. W. S. Kimball of Wells, discussed
.'The Catechism in the Sunday School," and
Rev. G. III. Pope of Thomaston described Mis-
sion Work in the Church Sunday School,"
ITO the Associated Press.l
| AT the evening session Mr.. Southwortha OF
| Portland made a report on the cooperation Of