, 1881-02-22
iItNl'i'lS1'S.


Tho weekly cDnfernea ns llaptIst ministers
met yesterday forenoon iu tho cltll,-roon Of tho
trun,l FaclAr.
Tho llrv, J. +. flowarr1, ur Dnwncr's Grove,
rcAd II paper on THO influence ol tho High
Pressure of tho Age III Christian Character" 1t
WAS plen nE,lInst tho tao hurried hummer IN
which Things were ttItt it'wndnys, ana tspceialsy
thu snort time 'lrrutw! ~ 1t Study uf the R.be,
and nts1 70 prayer, Tho reverend gentleman
sud nnrH ttnIu ahuIt!'1 l!n spent n.l tcrul'1hs 4
minister si.I,l nut rush tlrt,u4h tho STRUTS ns
!hnugh hu wns practlcng fnra wn!kfnK match.
shout, stop and o0k at Il. Il lany furnish the
text for tsrIto't: rhc missing Of u .r1,!n ls 1t't
a s:'ai a ss.] ':; ] hSss sstSa &c .o s r It'll s r ns!
III which, bSmna were tllIK. rendering It tsn.
possible ut t.'I.t.s tn fol!,'w tho wSxls tf tn,
llts uni slitjecls wins AHotlirr ist,,tre Ut t,s,
tss ''1 III 19fsfe; ,n't 1 ris", sas' ~ ,,. H. yn
Gnnl,l te written Lnt IN full.
Tho llHv. Mr. Wnternlun praised tho "ssay. yet
t9k excc!tlot1s 10 what l,e sailed tho Gxtrchlu
Htlny klnE. 1t HGli t return IN IHt,Iilss1rlstI1
and Iur,nrr nRes. liz hcllrvel In authorizations,
hnn1. su .ls ri Lessen Tho tle devoted 10 writing
lnu itov. s!r. lsayn.n,r did not believe IN short
seftNNila. MOrH tflctilsHrul ri1ur WisH ntr1nh III
lin minister To .a thu s.ibjrtt jlis.Ier. LID dM
ficu 1t tho cxtd,tsti,,it nr thirty nr forty, nr
TiA!y Mi,',!es. ~ ~ alwn,s Kept IN with h!s sub
Thu assny wis rurthar .,lsc,.ssyl by the lcvs.
ttilrhW. linenn. linni!. Perrin, tmKlAn, md
.,ihcTe. ~ Or whsIn kpke lavurnsy '.f ls spirit,
Tsf Th ts" ss H. f %@hss ss Viii @ ~ s'%s p"usp ,ext
Mufisiay lnornis,g IN "llo Survlcc q Aung."
l.'*t hstnro allonrnnsn' tho ltry: Or: AZ.
lnencesl uuninst tho University, j. ~ Circuit
aI.o.ilvr on9 wunh bn commenced l'y mn noux-
LIS heirs. Tic 1'optur stl he wah EAu tt1osb
With Ws1a " ,n 15ht % a Gs'tS atS,ri1v ha tM 70 III
i!eveF bn built up with such TIL Incubus Ut IL
debt tho 1fiu H. Present existing, A1 he bc
!lsst4 lhAt tho suits wo,,id end THIS 1'nttcr sat-
Istucturtly,
THE BURNED CHURCH,
On last Wednesday, night thu s'emNcra Of the
AtEchIKAn Avenue llnptst Church 'lccdrtl tn DIS
bant lud to 9lye up thelr late Held of ln,'or and
ruined ,lnes oE worship to tho ltaptiSt lcnonitl
ali.,n III u wl,t,le,-ai With IL YInw tn reorEani-
zution uf tho AocIrty a. tho erection Ut II i,eW'
building orcr tho nstes o. the oil. Mess's.,
Esn. ryss ss:sy .Ss u ii Il wa I!f sasbrx Il 3 ISns wsr
!ppnsntea y Acol.lulttne. with fn!e power 10 mr.
ls.nse fur tho conveyance Of tho ch4ren prop
rai,isr,i to !naii.!nn p.i6lIc niaee "i Sorshp u
tho nrislnal ta4.llty. Ihls ,Ulnnilttue, with tao
Sspt%a % Il M1;.l M S WIZ te &strsy HSsrg r.. o,' u IT,
Ill., 's1'ater SuS u; ss"% ~ H. osss III
-inEbHlHF llE 10 kAt ucat EalIEeu w pH1"
Tnu ltUv. lienrga T.. ioriHcr called tho gather
inx III nr,ies At. n'elDHk. ut wAIe!. time tharu
wtrp present, hc+ldo thu tsrslul church tOIn-
lnltte, thu Itevs. !. r. ltnrhto, G. Perrin ". ST..
Lawrence, Il. u. tinliurI, Il: q. Tuylur, Joseph
ItOvlry, Il. Il. Iurkrr, II, Il. Waterman, j. n.
llnhrt, ". ". IiaigIl, 1na ClHrk, IND Mesars. r..
i. Ridden and tillA,Al.
Reporters wGrn excluded.
Assnr threu huLIrH' ,tellberahnu the meeting
adopted tho following. which wAs prepared by II
c.'i'n.trv. ,:s,n,p"sca VI tho ltcvs. slnlhcrt.,
nft1 n
WiIissHs. 1i W Tho sllshlsun Ayc,,,o Church bus
lnlsl tmturt lhu tutAMi tteu representing lno
t'hitWKn unI iakCsisu Associations uiI1 lnpk!s1
(ietssrAI tasMHtiun nf lllinoIa srrlcs OF r1.st-
I,ttuns tn Tic elect that thuy arc HlNnt to Ills
band, md rxprt,rs 1t Willingness tn transfer
tAeIr church prnpnrts tn .ny new !!aptlst
utsH. tho ilGltl lately UtcuPltI by Tho Michigan
Avenue Church; ahl believing thut thu tMler..
rstS Nt our stlutll.IIin llHp1r1ttfycly uesnhiMl
thst Hucl, nll sll,uhl IL. 40 occupied aud real.
ixhH that tho F'rat llaptist Church III, Inprv
thAtt any 0thur, vitality concerned In tho settle
!nent VI thlA grave question:, thotrtort thls
@DlnInltttu would most eONr3etAlsly and ~
hretiir.n desiring tho best Interests ur Tho de-
n0Illiat,0t,, suEKyst II the First ltaptlst Church
considering thu whnIn subject. md, II ussrt-
nlIln tn th0n,. 10 urauAtnt Us With thotr Views
IN tho 4lfsirabllisy III sn.h new organization
alld Atlw IAr IiIey tltil ctDpCrAtu In II.
Thu H!.ctin9 theu ndjtIlraietl subject 10 the
cali Of Dr. 1.urth!er.
Thu tlru Or pr. Tnppur ui4 not enter at ali
int0 thu llsuutsions,-u the question ~ ~
how tho debt Uf thb Michigan Avenue ChuEuh
cuus1 10 raised aud u new society organized.