The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-06-10
THE MIL VA UKEE DISTRICT CON
EDUCATIONAL CONTENTION.

THE MIL WAUKEE DISTRICT CON
EDUCATIONAL CONTENTION.
The convention held its annual meeting with
the Bristol and Paris Congregational church.
There was good attendance of ministers
and lay delegates, and joyous, social feeling
pervaded the sessions. The services were
opened on Tuesday evening, May 81, with a
sermon by Rev. J. X. Kilbourne, of Genesee.
The central thought of the sermon was Jesus,
the Lamb of God, the great center of attrac-
ton in heaven. The theology of the sermon
was Of kind that defes common sense and
makes reason so dizzy it does not know
whether it stands on its head or its feet
Jesus. the son of Mary, the son of God, by
whom all things were made, was made man,
and gave his life as ransom for sinners !:
assembled up into heaven and sits on the right
hand of God is equal with God; is God,
and there is but one God.
On Wednesday morning, June LIST, an hour
was spent in devotional exercises commence
ing at $50, which were led by Rev. F. B.
Doe, the agent of the Home Missionary Asso-
citation, and participated in by number of
effected by the election of Hon. Anthony
Van Wyck, lay delegate from Plymouth
church, Milwaukee, as moderator. He pre-
sided with that abundant suavity, dignity,
fairness and ability which in marked
manner characterizes that gentleman. The
regular business of the convention was tran
sacted and the regular standing committees
appointed.
Rev. G. II. Ide, of Milwaukee, read paper
on the question: lis there decline in
public honesty, and what may the church
do to quicken the conscience of the eommu-
nifty ?" The gentlemsn did not take the
position that there was any serious decline
in honesty but rather period in which
populations and frauds which had long
existed had been uncovered and exposed.
The sinner was sure to be found out. That
populations, frauds and dishonesty were
exposed was proof that sterling honesty still
ruled in our commonwealth. The cause of
these crimes was the greed for wealth and
i the passion for display and luxurious dissi-
| patton. The authorizations Of food, which
enters into nearly every article Of it that
goes through the manufacturer hands, was
astounding. The speaker mentioned the
| frenzied excitement with which people invest
fortunes in gambling speculations as proof OF
| the Unsuitable greed for wealth. The remedy
suggested was faithful preaching The pull.
pit must enforce the doctrine Of mans re.
sponsibility and accountability to God.
| Rev. F. B. Doe occupied the rest of the
morning session by stating some of the grand
achievements of the Home Missionary Asso-
| citation, and setting forth its financial condi.
/ ton.
In the afternoon reports were heard from
the various churches represented in conven.
ton, and all appeared ts be of favorabl,
/ character.
/ At 4:20 r. F. Roberts read q paper OF
" Why more people do not attend church ans
become church members He alleged a
one of the reasons why many intelligen
people do not attend church the preachin,
Of q worn out theology and absurd and con
Trajectory dogmas. He discussed the natur
and destiny Of man as set forth By orthodo,
theology and compared it with what j
revealed in the Bible and corroborafed b,
common sense and reason. He appealed 1
the preacher to free the church and peopl
from the incubus Of the doctrine that man j
born into the world totally depraved an
heir Of eternal damnation. The pulpit shout
, recognize and teach that man has noble a
!; well as an ignoble nature, and that on
, of the chief aims of life should be
, repress the ignoble and cultivate and gro,
; the noble.
| The evening session was mainly occupie
1 with an address by Rev. D. R. Anderson