Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-03-16

600 and their contents consisted Of thri
Hing narratives of suicides, seducti0na
murders eiopements, bigamy, jail deliv
cries, pOisOnings, wild Indian stories, riots
rencontres ahd other similar matter Care
fai inquiry from 1, 700 boys and 1, 500 girl
attending school had elected the fact tha
over 40 per cent. of them read nothing bu
works Of fiction. Is it wonderful that tn
young mind should be warped oftentime
TO its destruction by mental pollution like
this? Elder Swindells read list of tn
titles of some of the most popular dim
novels, written in the most sensationa
style aud filed with blood eurdling scenes
or sickening sentimentalism and asked
what else could be expected than that ou
boys and girls should be led astray b!
them. He said that many of our Sunday
sci pol books were but little better-being
mere primary class books to the more ad
vancad fash literature, and it became {
question whether it would not be better K
abolish the Sunday-schOOl library than tc
fill it with such trash that is too Otter
found on lis shelves.
Dr. Carrow's Address.
The hymn "Sow in the Morn the Seed
was sung by the choir, after which Rev.
G. u. Carrow, ID. D., delivered an address
ON tracts. He said the tract society needed
no defence, but the tract does. 1t is such
a little thing that the world at large is ap!
to regard it as of no account even many
Christians hold to this view and think il
is time lost and money wasted to distribute
these little messengers of salvation and
yet little tract of one, two or four pages
may contain more of God. man and eter
nifty than do all that Plato or Socrates
ever wrote. In the providence of God
mems souls have been saved by these little
things, and there is no end to the good
that has been and may be accomplished
by them. Gods work is often accomplished
by means that appear Insignificant to
men. How often does it happen
that the illiterate but faithful and
jealous preacher is infinitely more
effective in religious work than tho edu-
Gated and refined. DR.. Carrow gave sew
eral instances in which most remarkable
conversions had resulted from what ap-
peared to be insignificant means. Always
put God behind your work and your work
will be we'll done. He compared Peabody,
the philanthropist, with John Wesley, the
Christian. The former put philanthropy
first and allowed religion to take care of
itself (; but the latter made religion the
first object, knowing that philanthropy and
every other good must follow it. 1t is
often complained that the tract contribu-
tors had better give bread to the poor
than feed them on tracts but inquiry
will show that those who distri-
butte the tract most zealously are the
ones that are most foremost in distribut
ing bread. In conclusion, DR.. Carrow
called upon each of the brethren present
to write a tract, and thus have their
names recorded on the list of contributors
to the tract society, and securs for them
selves a monument and a record that will
last long after the grasses shall be grow
ing over their graves.
Election of Managers.
At the conclusion of DR. Carrow's ad
dress the following lay members were
elected to the board of managers iIor the
term ending March, 1886 J. McGowen,
j Long, Robt. McClellen, Charles Hill.
Philip HOrtz, George Illman.
The following lay members held over
T. T. Tasker, ST., Robert England, Jesse
Harding, d. H. Bowen, Peter Lamb,
George W. Wanamaker, b. Schofield, jr.,
J. Thompson G. Heeskell, S. F. Strong
fellow, w. H. Sullen, w. G. Spencer.
The following are the ministers who
WcTo olcCIcu mduaSSIS heVS. w. ".
Robinson, J. B. Mccullough, J. F
Crouch, It. ID. Carrow, T. w. Shippers.
The following ministers held over:
Revs. Joseph Mason, A. Rittenhouse, VIM.
Mullen, VIM. Cooper, II. L. Gray, c. F.
Turner. J. DickersoD, J. Welch, Il. C.
Murphy, A. Atwood, S. W. Thomas, G.
Cummins.
Hymn G03 was sung by the choir
and audience. aud the benediction was
pronounced by DIR. Payne, of the Ohio
university.
TO DAYS SESSION.
Some Discussion over Francis Shubert.
Conference met at 9 o'clock this morn
ing, aud was opened by Rev. M. D. Kurtz,
who read the 9th Psalm. Conference
sang the 6S4th hymn and Mr.. Kurtz led in
prayer.
The minutes of yesterday were read,
corrected and adopted.
Several communications were received
and referred.
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