Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-22
THE DIES MONIES MEETING
OF the American Board of Foreign Mis-
sions review of the Proceeding
The Result IA Victory for Nei-
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From our own Correspondent

lfrOm our own correspondent
CHICAGO, his, October9 9.
1t seemed strange to think of II meeting
of the American Board beyond the Missis
sippi river, further west than that gather
ring has ever before been held but the
wisdom of the innovation has been abund-
antly demonstrated. The experiment has
been so successful that doubtless Denver
will next time gain its request for meet
ing, and the next western city to be visit
ed after that will very likely be san Fran
cisco. 1t is needless To :" Id time in de
scrlbing what all youl readers familiar
with the west will know and what all
others must see in order to appreciate,-
the whole souled hospitality of our enter
tainers. Though Des MOines is compare
lively small city for such a meeting,
having only about 10000 inhabitants and
many of them quite remote from the cen
tire. there were many homes without the
eagerly desired guests, after more than
1000 had been received. Those who chose
to patronize the hotels found even there
the genial efforts as of private hosts 10
promote comfort and erJOyment
The reports which have reached your
readers have proved well founded the
expectations that this 18th annual meet
ing of the Board would he unlike any OF
its predecessors. and. it is to be hoped,
different from any which are to occur in
after years That il would BE- deeply iii
teresting, wa, known from the beginnlL-,
that it would turn aside from the Ordina
nv and normal lines of movement was too
probable that it might result dsas
trously in many ways was possible 1t
was ceItniu that to some pXtrn. The dis
cussions winch have bupu onin,r ON in tine
nress FOR the mast few vpsrs womb fnr th.
Hrst time he transferred to The nlatform
If a GREAT national body Even Inc seen
lar n71nnry h,L cnught m tl,. ii.ns ,yhich
ware in fine air and very amusiuuIv did
snne nf nom ipsrnnt nnon thn,,5 Snn
western n.tn4r assured its renders that the
controyrr.V was an .sattemnt I'm strnl tht
Romish u1rnntorv for Courregatiunal.
ism - and yruyrlv assured every body that
"this Wnuld moi WORK - Another uan,i,
danin,,d rh',t thenIor'c,l nr..ti,ry u,,,,,.
nor AT nil involvad and INF If was mar.
iv str,i,,'ti... tnr The nvnanLitnrn nf ina
i1comn ni thp Rnard bv IitT.reut mart TO-.
Rut fnr the most mart the spcular n,nars
have neen well nostrd unnn The minis az
ise,e ana hnva nresnntrd tban nditnriai-
iv vii clenrnr.5 and ability
> \ntIr,IIv tho ronsciousnass of what
,vns to ,.',,,,a u,.nifaytad it.alf fron thn
ontset in the audiauces that tilrd tn over
hovvin,r Inc L,r.y4 n,pr, bn1 Wh1tevpr
tourhrd i'm any way mon lheol luical diff
ferenras coml1andpd 0uick attention and
interast If il hardly pyrU,,ertti n fl, "a,
thot tj.,r, wan, ~, tGnr -f1hi'rt ,vbicL
fnirIv md fliiv nhsorbed th4 aftrntinn Of
naa+,i., .,t ,,,,. H.r, IF no ,n.ntiutr l., thn
aaarIinr s..sin,,. evetv one ivns Inui,in0
forIrord to trbnt was comin,t =. ma attnr
Thnrsdav had hronTht the eynected con
ta.t tba rarnllart, ION nf if spunpd in damn
nat. even mo ,lnsiuV hours wnuId hv
no means olive the in1nression that nnth-
in, noteworthy YEA. uttered which did nor
L7,r ,,,n, tiiS ,,,lntn . hu+ If ,,n. m
d"mht'til, ~. th,t tliS ono thino nh
doun,faiy Inc case ,i,a, tlil5 one tlimg an
have hren di.fribut4d over a variety of
,vall urn-eutad thames
The oueuinr session brought ~ the he.
riuninU fn, ,iiscnssinn the rpnort Of rho
Hmm Sarrptnr,- Dr Alden THIS couId
NOT avoid s5mi rpfrrencp tn the acts If
the prudential committee which have
aroused -, nilcb ,dvnrsa comment ma
warm defense While he made no dirrc,
allu.inn toanv criticism mon the vear's
nnIicv h. nras.nt,sd ;, full svnlnnn,io,, and
def,.,l,. -. a,,nin.t 81 nrs,iiIa nttaclf If
~ ,ccnrdim7,iv ,ec.t.ort, tbat mo cor
ror,tn u.nh4rs 1Eerr ,ss.mhl4d shnuld
iiIti,,Iv nvn,.s. thnir iudn,unut ns 10 tha
I.ii',t''3 tJ,t nii1,' ,,,d ,h' ,,,,al
Thirb il had securrd Thr' romniitre an
rnii',rd tn considnr n ana form,Ilats Tie
Rnard,s iudCmnnt ,lnou Dr AlIen,s renort
had for is ch1Irm4, prrsiJrut Rartlrt
If Dartmnnth cnIle~e who's thenIo1ic,l
XyiuU. and InnnOpp of pNnra.siup thAln
,ra v,dnjv Lnnvvn
Tnasdai evenin~ he animal sermon was
nraached Inv Dr. Nirhroy of Park street
rhnrch BGstan II was nrec,sriy whnt
was expected and Doubtless boDed by
thosa a.nnnsihI,. fnr tho nnnointnant al
elaborate attack upon the views held al
Audoyer. accomplished very skilfully
without directly naming those views and
their holders II was n mnvnificertly
strong nrrsentation Of the conoeryatiy9
nositiOn' and gave GOOD ,puOrtunity for
The DISPLAY of the doctors great orat0rical
and controversial nbilitics While no one
ancrs heard its shirt severely criticised
even nv those who'fuiIv agreed with nii
its no.irious As Keen ANA conserva.
live minister from OHIO said "It had al
together too much VINEGAR i'm if y II was
bHIvever fuliv in Inc Inc Of atfock tvhIch
a,1srC one tnaU w1s to he streruomsjv
wa'i9e et,sinst Andover Seminary and nrs-
nnred The way w4li for lnter wants