Telegram-herald., 1889-10-16
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
Opsalag asstiHs ana Diseassisa of the
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The seventh annual meeting Of the
Michigan Baptist Ministers Conference
opened Al ghe Fountain-street Baptist
Church last evening The meeting vas
begun BY devotional exercises, con
Quoted oy Rev. T. D. Rundell. Of New
Buffalo, after which President Adkins
took the chair, and ia the absence OF
Secretary D. Vi. Cnristy. Rev. ". H..
Bettys acted in that capacity.
The president then called upon Rev.
A Z. Carman, Of Ann ArbOr, who pre-
sented an able and scholarly thesis,
having for is subject "The Lords Day,
rs Biblical Basis" II would be Im-
possible % give IN few words a cor
rect idea OF the paper, but the central
Thought Was that the Lord day as OBJ
served by the Christians, Is the out
growth Of the dlv teachings all
through the scriptures, and not m ac-
cOrdance with any special command.
4 Mr.. Carmdn maintained that the
spirit rather than the letter OF the
scripture should be- the Christian .
guide. That the Christian Sabbath Is
lu cOmmemOratlOn OF the new cOven-
ant with Christ. That the old Mosaic
law has been merged INTO the new
testament, and that although the same
sp.rt or principle of the law OF God Is
evident all through the Scriptures. Yet
the Obseryances are changed, and that
the Sabbath OF today is a witness OF the
continuity OF Gods relation TO man, OF
the Christians promise Tor the life that
now is, and of the acknowledgment OF
Chr.sts lOrdshlp.
The congregation requested publ
cation OF the paper IN printed form a
1t contained 30 much meat that al
could not be- gotten az one hearing.
The Rcv. j. 4. Johnson, of kalama-
zoo. followed Mr.. Carman with a paper
on "Tne Lords Day; Us Sacred Obscrv-
ance." Tins WAS an able continuation
of the same. Speaking first of the sab
bath from a historical and ethical
standpoint he went on 20 give his idea
Of the way in which the sabbath should
be observed by putting away
secular things, gong 10 church,
engaging IN works OF mercy
and Christian beneyOlence, and
excluding Sunday newspapers, visiting
and general pleasure-seeklng. He con-
sde.ed il indispensable to the dominion
OF God in the world that we should
have such Observances, and finished
with an eloquent appeal Tor the preser
vatiOn of the American Sabbath in
place of the picnlcs, military parades
and such exhibitions by the sons OF
Behal, as are common III our larger
cities.
Today the program viii be as fol-
lows:
900-Devotional exercises. led by Rev. L. D.
-Eiee,ioG OF omcsrs and miscellaneous
business.
jameson, d. d., Lansing
l0.sO-Exesesis OF Romans. SILL Rev. E. A.
Tayior. Marquette.
I.iO-1 haracter rs Moulded by Belief Rev.
". II. >tfer. -. D.. Detroit.
1i.1l-D iscuSSl0l.
l2NJ-Adlournment
2.0o-Deyotional exercises. led byRev. D. NJ.
-. 2:a~Reyys Methods. Rev. F. E. Arnold.
Chelsea
Discussion.
5a.'-Preseut Aspects OF the Papacy. Rev.
e. &. Henderson. -. D.. Detroit.
Miscellaneous business.
4:O-AdJournment.
4 committee was appointed by the
chair 10 prepare suitable nominations
for officers to be elected for the ensu-
ing year. Ii consists of Rev. Il. +.
Manning, of Detroit; Rev. II. ". Pow
ell, OF Lowell; Rev. l.. B. Fisk, of Paw
Paw.
The committee on enrolment is Rev.
!. Snashall, of Charlotte; Rev. J. w.
Mclean, of Vernon; Rev. d. B. Hills,
of Napoleon.
There were about one hundred and
fifty members in attendance last even
ING.