The Portland daily press., 1883-02-16

| new 1ork ana boston, lor tney are problem!
constantly coming to the front with the edu
Gated classes.
This introduces the third of my wonders, the
parallel advance OF education and democracy
the world over; and in this connection 1 will
mention the fourth, and discuss the t9o to
getner. The fourth Is the worldwide unity Of
civilization, which makes the basis of the hope
OF that international contact which in the end
| will result in an international confederation,
the bridge to bear the feet Of the white Christ
as he moves hereafter through the centuries
| cleared of war. Applause, / would have o
| convention held for the codifcation of internal
law. 1t is high time to consider how far inter
| national law may be made constitutional for
| the whole world. Let us look at the matter
fairly. Why should we not have what the late
Secretary Forster Of Ireland proposed In New
York, an alliance of all English speaking ma
| lions? Not union, but such an alliance that
| we might be sure to employ arbitration in
stead of war in the settlement of all difficulties
| and disagreements. have come filled with
such ideas of international peace that the pres
emit state of civilization seems almost barbaric.
wish that we could all be made to understand
that we are likely to be so far surpassed in the
| days to come that we shall be considered as yet
barbaric. The day is coming when we must
lit ourselves higher, not only in State and ma
tional but in international relations, and the
| progress of educational and commercial i'm
| provement in the distant quarters of the earth
makes it the duty of the Christian army to put
its hand on the throat of any party not obeying
this law and break its neck. Applause l
want such a code OF international laws as shall
compel arbitration instead Of war. We have
had arbitration instead Of war We have had
arbitration put in practice between us and
England, once when we believed in it and
once when we didn't believe in it Ilaughterl
and between other nations there have been IA
cases of arbitration in the last eight years. L
plead with you in the name of your fellow citi-
zeDs OF London, of Calcutta, of everywhere to
build up the hope of international peace for
the sake of Christ, our Lord. lApplause.l 1t
England spends five millions each week to be
able TO keep in condition to cut the throats of
her neighbors, and that Germany does like
wise. Where are the Christians that they do
not unite as members of a theocracy to put
an end to this? 1t is time for the church
to arouse itself to its political duties, for it
has political power in its hands and its
responsibilities are in pro portion to its power
We, as the largest of the family of English
speaking na9ions, and the representatives of the
foremost Christian nation OF the time should
make haste in putting the crown Of Christiani-
ty on the brow OF our nation, where it will
flame like sword and keep off war. | want
It to set Christian example to the world.
do not want any league or union, but confed-
GRAFTON; want that when the Panama canal
shall be cut through its neutrality shall be
guaranteed by America; want other guaran-
tees of neutrality by other nations; why should
should we not have universal neutrality? I
want international copyright and patent right
laws; the assimilation of coinage, weights and
measures regulations as to signals at sea 1--WE
have them now if the best are used); interna-
tional bills of exchange. You say that we
can't have them. Why not? There are six
teen nations in postal confederation. We
Christians, we who believe that the Lord pre-
arranged that we should be one, we are lag
CARDS and clogs on the wheels of progress. We
attend to our home duties and believe that we
nave done all that is required OF us. We
should fill America with such international
aspirations as beft her position among the ma
tions.
The fifth of the modern wonders of the
world is the triumph of Christianity. Mark
me we'll, for do not mean to declaim, but to
speak in the soberest style. What is the growth
of Christianity? In the first fifteen centuries
100,o0O.0 900; the next three centuries 100, OOO,-
QUO; and in the eighty-four years of the present
century the gain is 210,000,000 adherents or
more than in the eighteen centuries preceding.
What do l mean by adherents of Christianity?
l mean communicates. Counting them, here
stands the Christianity of to-day, governing
the civilized world. How can we look at these
mighty results unless with the partly closed
eye that it may not be dazzled by the brillian.
cy OF the victory of God? And all in the face
ism and other aisms.s When Christianity
moves into the lands so impregnated with the
best example it will undoubtedly meet with
more difficulty from these important Lnbeliefs
than from the natural misbeliefs.
The sixth of the wonders is the correct full
fillment of the Biblical prophecies On
this point will not pause, for this
is secular platform, but there is not
shadow OF q doubt they they were
made before Christianity came on the
earth. Very soon the light of the Christian
ship and the bell of the Christian church will
be in sight or bearing of each other around the
whole globe. LApplause.] 1t is one of the
supreme wonders of the werd that these Bibli-
Cal predictions, of a most definite nature, are
50 stupendously fulfilled in our own country.
The seventh and last, and in some RESPECTS
the greatest, is tho establishment on sure
basis of scientific supernaturalism. The thing
is settled that the origin of life is not explained
OF evolution, very much modified and more
concentrated than that now before us, may be
produced, but the doctrine is at present aban-
doned by the best informed scientists. MIN
out of ten, and speak we'll within bounds of
the good theists ale vehemently anti-materialis-
tic and anti-agnestic lapplausel, and the sceue
lists admit that there must have been super
natural act at the original of life. / have seen
and talked with many of the most eminent,
and they admit Herbert Spencer cannot COM
pare with the philosophy of Lott, and Prof.
Brown of Boston University is the brightest
philosopher OF the age. beg the pardon of
my friend, Mr.. Fiske of Harvard College. He
calls me charlatan, because do not believe
in Herbert Spencer. will not call Mr.. Fiske
anything, except the echo of charlatan.
Laughter and appause.] We must repudiate
agnosticism and materialism at all costs. The
battle has been fought in Germany, and the
victory is on the side of Christian scholarship.
Paups epstles present historic proef of the
supernatural origin OF Christianity. and also
that the Christian church was in existence in
the days of the Roman empire, and that the
doctrine of the origin of Christianity was &C.
cepted in that church as authority. No learned
infidel eau deny hat, and thereby the church
stands tirmer than ever The scientific estab-
lishmeDJ of the supernatural origin of Chris
tianity cannot well go further than it has gone
already, SO far as historic proof is concerned.
The tide has turned in the highest places of
scholarship, and the truth is that conservative
Christian scholarship stands to-day on ada
maui, when it was feared years ago that it
would only find the quaking bog of uncertainty
to support its feet. We are coming back to the
doctrine of the three-fold constitution of man,
and in that body finding proof of the super
natural origin OF Christianity
Reform Club.
The nineteentBqu arterl y convention of re-
form clubs assembled with the club at Dry
Mills, Gray. February 7bh. The convention
was called to order at 2 o'clock p. m. by Rev.
G. "a. Wentworth of Saccarappa.
George A. Morrill,, Horace Morse and Free
land Small were made a committee on nomi-
nations. Pending the report of the committee
ringing speeches were made by Messrs. Levi
Jordan Of Raymond, Maybery of Saccarsppa,
and Sister Quint of Gray.
The committee having attended to their
duty reported the following officers:
President-G. A. Morrill,, Dry Mills.
Vice Presidents-Levi Jordan, Raymond
G. A. Wentworth, Saccarappa.
Secretary-Roswell Ward