The Portland daily press., 1886-06-17
was given to the principal and the profess


nary, reported progress, but not so much as
| ought to have been made. Prof. Paine said,
| the responsibility Of the seminary must
| come upon the churches. Sooner or later
| the time will come when Bangor Theological
| Seminary must fall back in the good work
| unless the churches whose child she is, come
| to her help. Rev. Messrs. Ives and South
worth spoke in the discussion which follow
| ed.
The official visitor to Bowdoin College
| failed to report.
| President William Dewitt Hyde repre-
sented the college The year has been char
acterized by success. The religious condi-
| ton has been very good. The freshman
class brought to the college a large accession
| of religious men.
Rev. William p. Fisher of Brunwick being
called on to speak for the college, said that
while college boys were not so intensely re-
ligious, they were not so dreadful as they
have been represented.
Rev. Mr.. Bean said that the college boys
speak in the highest terms of Mr. Fisher, the
pastor, and of the president, and he believed
that the religious state of the college was
encouraging.
Rev. Mr.. Gates believed that the acade-
our own State colleges.
Rev. Mr.. Emmons spoke in high terms Of
the educational advantages of the college
and Rev. A. E. Ives offered special prayer
for the blessing of God upon the seminary
and college.
Rev, w. P. Fisher of Brunswick, visitor to
the Hallowell Classical Institute, stated the
difficulties with which this unfortunate in
stitution has been and is still environed, in
report of some length. The condemnatory
resolutions of the last conference were
sharply criticised and the responsibility of
the present situation placed on the men who
cast the votes for the incorporation of the
school. and it was represented that the way
to wipe out the dishonor was for these men
to put their hauds in their pockets and buy
up the bonds.
There was a visible desire for a prolonged
discussion on this report but the time al
loted having expired the report of Mr..
Fisher was accepted.
The Maine Branch of the American Col
lege and Education Society, Prof. Paine,
president of the society, presiding, occupied
the next half hour A brief and interesting
address was made by Rev. Mr.. Hamilton
At the close of his address, Rev. M. G.
Hazard of Boston made an able plea for the
Congregational Sunday School and Publish
ing Society He was followed by Rev.
Stewart Sheldon, field secretary for the New
England Congregational Union, who gave an
interesting account of his work.
Evening.
Rev. j. K. Browne, recently returned from
Harpoot, Eastern Turkey, occupied the first
half hour of the evening in brief but com
prehensive account of the life and labors of
the missionaries in that particular field of
work. Mr. Browne is an interesting speaker
and his remarks were listened to with the
closest attention.
Ats p. m. general discussion on Chris
tianity and the labor problem was opened
by Rev. DR.. Field of Bangor in an eloquent
address, of which we print brief abstract:
Have Ministers and Members Of the church.
es any duty in relation to the Labor Reform
Movement?
To this question we answer very positively
yes, if there be any real Reform. Wherever
there is wrong to be redressed a rightto be
vindicated, there the church always has a
to reveal to our hope kingdom OF heaven
hereafter, but still more to establish king
dom of Heaven here on EARTH 1t is the duty
of the church to take an interest in whatever
will cOnduce to that result.
But is there any Reform called for in this
direction? Has Labor any right to complain
of things as they now are?
In order to show that there was at least the
possibility of needed Reform, the speaker
dwelt upon two facts 1st, that the wealth of
the wsrld had increased immensely during
the last few years; and I'd, that notwith-
standing this increase, the condition OF the
laboring classes had not essentially improved.
The body of the address consisted IN lllustra-
ton of these two statements.
Such reform would have special claim
upon the church from the facts-1st, that the
laboring classes form the great mass OF hu-
man beings. q That they are aiclass in which
est and to which he himself belonged. 3,
That the ministry and the church stand, as it
were, half way between the two antagonistic
classes, and may be able to mediate between
them as no other order of men can.
The American Missionary Association,
Woman's Aid, and the Woman's Maine Mis-
sionary Auxiliary held their anniversaries in
the Winter street church at . p. m.
This is the committee on printing Church
History for the decade 1855:
Aroostook-Rev. C. II. Percival.
Cumberland-Rev. c. Ill. Daniels
Cumberland, North-Rev. L. Reynolds.
Eranklin-Rev. c. H. Pope.
Hancock-Rev. Charles T. w. Hubbird.
Kennebec-Rey r. w. jenkins,
Lincoln and Sagadahoc-H o. Thayer.
Oxford-David Garland.
Penobscot-Dea. VIM p. Hubbard
Piscataqus-Rev. r. w. Emerson.
Somefset-A, Rackliff.
Unlon-Geo B. Borrows
Waldo-Rev. j. A. Ross.
Washington-Rev. G. G. McCully.
York-Rev. T. ID. Emerson.
This is the programe for tomorrow:
G a. m.-Prayer meeting.
$50 a. m.-Devotional exercises.
ga. m.-Reception of delegates and reports of
committees.
10 a. m.-Representative of the American Mis-
sionary Association.
1886 a. m..-General discussion. Church Union
and our relations to the Free Baptsts. Opened
by Prof. John s. Sewell, d. d., Bangor Theological
Seminary.
Up. m.-General discussion. The True Princi-
pies and Methods of Spiritual Harvesting. Open
ed by Rev. Charles III. Perciyal. Houton
3p. m.-Communion of the Lords Supper.