The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-08-10

Lecture on Americas Influence, and an Ad-
dress on the Duty of Church Members.

Al the Bethany Assembly, yesterday, the
lecture was delivered by Elder G. l. Loos. of
Lexington. KY. on THE Influence Of the New
World on the Old" He said that from the day
this Republic entered on It's great career there
began TO 60 from it q constantly increasing
strong effect on the nations of Europe. Free
dom and the sun never set; but the government,
the suborned press. the schools and other ma
chineries OF the OLD world indoctrinate the mass
es with monarchical views and impress the peo-
pie with ideas in opposition to freedom. Self
government 10 o thing so unknown in Europe
that the people have no word that will properly
translate it, so they have to use the
English word when referring to q government by
the people. Yet the French have been flor a
century nearly somewhat impressed by Ameri-
can ideas. There is no place il Europe where
there Is such an intellectual battle going on con-
corning free government as in France. Then
there 10 the republic Of Switzerland. where in
recent years they have organized a government
like that OF the United States, except that the
President 10 elected by the Chambers. America
has given the world proof that freemen are Ca
pable of sslf-govsrnment The world looks on
with amazement as her influence on other ma
tons increases. At the close OF the lecture the
audience joined in singing "My country tbs Of
Thee"
The State Missionary Society, at it's business
meeting. elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, A Il. Benton; vice president, Carey Il.
Morgan; secretary. Howard Gale; treasurer,
Amos Clifford; directors. 90 serve three years,
A. ID. Atkinson, Il. c. Smith, G. II. StrAnn. A.
Z. Shortridee II. Gale; to fill vacancy in the
one-year class, L. &. Warren.
Elder B. M. Blount. OF Irvington, taking for
his subject Let There be Lighs,n addressed the
meeting. He said il the world is to be con-
dsmned for mischief, the duty rests upon the
church TO e~nlighten the world. A terrible re-
spousibility therefore devolves upon church
members. Only about ons-fourth of the earih's
inhabitants are nominally Christians after 800
years of evangelical work. There 10 nothing
like cordial cooperation on the part OF professed
Christians to christianize the world: Evangel-
zeal Christians are not united in their efforts to
save the world from SIM. The Lord never said
much about plans He said 60 and do the work:
This morning A. Nolan, Of Cincinnati, and
Elder Loos will deliver addresses. The former
on the lesson of the great London convention;
the latter on foreign missions This afternoon
there will be three addresses-one by D.. r.
Lucas. of Des Moines. Ia, on the work of the
general Christian missionary convention; an
other by t.. j. Clark. of Vincennes. on our scat
tered brethren, and the third by f. NJ. Rains. Of
Topeka, Kan. A conference, led by r.. Moffst,
of Cleveland. o., will also be held. Tomorrow
is to be temperance day, with DR.. RylaDd L.
Brown, sx-Sta'e Geolosist. as president of the
day. Addresses are promised by Mrs Persis L.
Christian. of Chicago; Mrs. Zerelda G. Wallace,
OF Cataract and d. r. Lucas.
Sunday but one train will go to the Park,
leaving here at $50 A. NJ and there at $50 p. N.
Prof. John Shackleford. of Lexington. KY. will
preach at 1890 o'clock in the grand tabernacle,
and at the same hour W.. II. Kerr. of Wayne
will be bv ID. R. Lucas, and the night sermon by
John McNeill, of RushvilIe.