The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-03
-G BAPTISTS IN COUNCIL
The Concluding Session Yesterday of
the Annual Convention.
Interesting Addresses by DIR. Henson, of Chi
cago, DIR. Dickinson, of Richmond, Va,
and Others-RoutIne Business.

fersonVlle; Rev. b. o. rockwell, at kenoalVllle,
and Rev. B. C. Gates at Little Cedar Church,
Franklin county.
The usual standing committees were appointed
by the president.
The committee on Bible schools reported
through Charles P. Jacobs. Miss A. M. FIelde
of Swallow, China, spoke for an hour "Wom-
ans work in China 1t is considered that the
work in which Miss Fielde has been engaged has
done more for the elevation of women in China
than ali other agencies combined. She has edu-
Gated and sent out more than one hundred Chi
nese women as missionaries, who are now at
work training other Chinese women for the
same work. Among other things said by Miss
Fielde, was 81 know of but two speakers who
can hold an audience motionless for three hours.
one is Joseph Cook, of Boston, who knows all of
science and literature and speaks to the most
cultured the other is Speed a woman of Swat
ow, who knows nothing but the Bible, and
speaks to the most degraded and ignorant"
Rev. e. A. Russell presented the report on
publication society work; 81 ,S2S.21 has been
contributed by the churches OF the State to this
object.
Rev. A c. Davidson, of Aurora; Rev. E. II.
SVEN, of New Albany, and Rev. J. NJ. Kendall.
OF Browns Valley, each made an address on the
report.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session was opened with prayer
by Rev. E. B. Rundell, of Michigan.
movement was inaugurated to raise the
salary and employ a general missionary imme-
diately. Five hundred and ten dollars was raised
in a few minutes, which, with what can be
raised on the field by the missionary, will be
sufficient
The Womans Home Mission Society reported
through Mrs. NJ. E. Blackburn, of Lafayette
convention "The missionary training school,"
Mrs. M. A. Ehlers, of Auburn, addressed the
convention on "Our feld.'' Mrs. H. w. Itch
ener, OF louisville, presented the report on
Foreign mission work"
Mrs. Frank H. lowering sang solo, "Your
Mission"
Mrs. s, F. Atkins, vice-president of the wom-
ans Foreign Mission Society for Indiana,
spoke. She Thought the better side of Christi
anity of the coming years would be the wOman's
side which asks little for itself, everything for
God
DR.. H. G. Mabie and Mrs Higbee led in short
prayers for the cause of home and foreign mis-
sions. -r.
The committee on resolutions reported. Prom
,inent among these were the following:
Resolved, That this convention most earn
estly protests against every form of Sabbath
dissertation in our land, particularly the run
ming of trains and playing of base ball, and that
we highly commend the action of the Louisville,
New Albany & Chicago railroad, the Indianapo-
lis & Vincennes railroad, and others, for stop
ping their trains on the Sabbath.
Resolved, That we are in sympathy with the
great temperance movement now going on in
our country and we earnestly hope our men,
beers will discourage the liquor traffic in every
way possible"
The resolutions were adopted, the one indoors
ing the anti-Sunday breaking roads with en-
thusiasm.
DR.. c. E. W. Dobbs, of Madison, announced
and the announcement was received with great
applause, that in the matter of giving it must
be said that E. @. Atkins, of Indianapolis, had
given more than $780, 900 for the endowment of
Morgan Park Theological Seminary. AT Chi
eago-a larger donation Than had come from any
source outside of Chicago.
EVENING SESSION.
The closing session of the convention wa de
voted to the Baptist Social Union, Judge D. V.
Iolrns presiding.
DR.. p S. Henson, of Chicago. spoke, giving as
the title of his lecture, "What saints may learn
of Satan" He said he was, as Bunyan would
say, "a good deal tumbled up and down in my
mind" He had come expecting to find sup
per, and had found something else. He was re-
minded of a Unitarian congregation thatmade
mp its mind that the sacrament would serve the
purpose contemplated if the bread and wine
were merely put upon the table and looked at
Afterward the congre cation came to the cOnclu-
sion they could contemplate the bread and wine
in spirit without putting them upon the table,
which, as a witty editor remarked, was fitting
example of a table with nothing on 1t and
creed with nothing in it,
He thought the church had learned great
deal from tine world that was hurtful and it
might learn great deal that would be helpful
What tremendous energy men put into their
business See them with necks eraned forward
eager, hungry eyes, hard at it in all weathers-
everywhere from cellar to garnet. The people
who serve the devil serve him with hands and
feet. II the church was as thoroughly in earn
est the world would be revolutonzed in a
twelve-month. Church people are slow-jog,
Jog, tr0t, 1r0t in the same old rub. People of
THE world are always alive, pushing, scheming;
finding short cuts aud sharp turns. The mean
est and most abominable oaricature on business
is a church business meeting. But bring some
Of those same people together in bank meet
ing, railroad meeting, any other meeting
what snap and energy! In the Lords work
these people who are so busting, bright and
thriving in worldly affairs seem TO be afraid
the the fate IL of Uzzah. The Lord needs the best
energy, enterprise and sagaety. But he does
not get it. If the Baptists hadn't had the truth
they would have been bankrupted long
Christian people give up easily; they are dis
couraged and disheartened by little rebuffs
Now politician can lie about, like the man at
the pool of Bethesda, for forty years for an
office. That's the pluck of the world, and the
men of the world who win are those who plant
themselves with dauntless courage, and stick
If man or woman is going to do the Lords
work, he or she must be trained for
they can do Cristian work. without sys-
ten, i'm in ,, pPyg z,dn ni sort m OF
m an on a man-of-war every one has his
post of duty, and everything goes like clock
work. In a church, everything is tnmbled in
pell-mell, and run in n shftless, reckless way.
We have learned from the world how to make
the house of God attractive. Aforetme we used
TO have only a dim religious ghr, and the music
lighted; and what would the fathers have
thought of these brass hornss dOn'J believe in
Christ's ministry began at wedding. Religion
makes earthly ties brighter, purer better. The
religion of Jesus Christ is i'll sympathy with ev-
cry innocent joy, with all that is beautiful in the
family and in the home, and was never designed
TO make our pleasures fewer.
Rev. A. L. Dickinson. ID. D. of Richmond Va,
said he would go back prouder of old Virginia
than evev before, now that he mad seen her
children in Ohio and Indiana She had mad
much land at one time in the days of her pros
perity that she gave what are now seven great
States to the general government. She was poor
gVOn NIGHT m IN he
South" said the Doctor, "yOu spent so much in
blood and treasure to get lis back, while ago
when I was North | was much surprised at
what saw, and fixed up little lecture which
i delivered TO my people, which / called The
truth about the North and it was as much of
surprise to many of them as a revelation from