Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-12-05
CHRISTIANS CONFER.
Needs Of Hearty Ceopsratel II
Different Sects,
Industrial 3fainins tos Poor ochool
CAildrsn and Other Pvsvsntioss Of
PoveEty-l1iaaiouaEy Work 10 ooutA
Demanded.

Bosrox. Dec. 9-The general Chrissiaa
conference, aadsf the auspices Of the Evaa-
eelical Alliance Of the United States an
nounced for Dec. 4, s and 9, vas besuu II
fremont Temple this morning.
Hon. VIM. =. Dodge Of New York, prssi-
dent Of the Alliance made the opening ID.
dress settins forth the growing need Of
hearty cooperation among all Chrissiaas.
and stating that the object Of the Alliance
was not 10 dictate methods but TO facilitate
union without the undue multiplication sf
new asencies; to seek light and take counsel
with each other.
made an address Of welcome saylne among
other things that this century which hes been
period Of dsvelopment Of sects hes else
been one Of vide missionary scsivity. ever
100 Protestant sects supporting lac mission
ary societies and 5000 missionaries. He
earnestly protested asainss the greed hat
grinds the laborer between the upper and
neither millstoncs.
Rev. DR., Josiah Strong, general secretary
Of the Alliance. spoke ON the progrses 81
Christian cooperation sinde the WAshingoea
conference. The signs now all point - IN
era Of unity among the sects and vs ars
much encouraged by the progress alrsady
made. although IL 10 much like the prslimia-
ary survey Of an engineer Of the hest route
for railway through q mountain range.
Other addresses were made BY X. Falees
Cutting Of New York. and Rev. DIR. Rus.
sell Field. secretary Of the Alliance In Ne
came hopeful vein.
Al the afternoon session Of the Evangelical
Alliance, Prof. X. T. Ely. ph. D.. Of Johus
Hopkins University, Baltimore, spoke on the
needs Of the city. lie enumerated - amoug
ti... . and uau.s.l ,.vi~.t a.
ligion and a revival Of nationalism OF seal
for better municipal laws and administration
looking to the prevention and cure Of pov.
erty. Industrial training should be Furnished
in the pubic school and begin In the hinder
garicn. Then Tree libraries and lecturss
sh, uld follow the pupil after leaving school,
Free public baths should BE- Improved In
quality aud cl.ape ned In cost. Medical ssr-
wee and medicine for the poor should uos b~
furnished grstis ~ \ rule. Employee Of ali
sorts should be helped to secure positions.
Saloons should not only be suppressed, but
replaced with something better.
Presldent Dodge, In warm approval Of
Prof. Ely's paper spoke. Secretary strong
continuing the discussion Of the needs Of ths
city. classified the city needle ~ physical,
political. social. intellectual and moral. and
said there never will come . time bsssss
than now for the Christians 10 exert them.
selves
Rev. DIR. Fairbanks Of II. Johnsbury. w..
spoke Of the needs OF the rural distsicls.
Rev. Frank y jenkins Of New Decatur.
Ala, told Of the condition Of the nountalu
whites Of the South, who are largely un-
churched and uneducated. Family leuds,
illicit disulling and . disregard Of nssvtAes
ties, have wofuliy corrupted them. Their
ministers are illiterxte, aud often immoral
and drunkards. But no people ever rec
ponded more readily to missionary s9oss,
and II will be to our shame II IL 10 not ~
forth.
Deacon Camp Of New Brit.in. Cosn.. seA
of the suecessful cooperative canvass which
has been prosecuted for the last 30 yeass in
that city.
Al the evening meeting Frank Russell.
ID. d., field secretary. discussed the needs
Of the times and the alliance methods. He
said that in the Inauguration Of every local
alliance there were . number Of preliminary
meetings for so organizing oil the available
force Of workers that every one shall have .
definite work assigned and shall have suits-
BILE instruction and help In doing II This
leads to an exact and systematic knowledge
Of the number and disposition Of the un-
churched.
a. ". DucAtey, ~ Dss VI WV sOSes sAs-
tor Of the Christian Advocate, dividing bic
theme into the needs inside and outside ths
churches, said first Of those inside 10 70 gss
rid Of sxtravagance and ostentation In church
and private expenditure, which often makss
| = minister master Of ceremonies In an excla-
| sive club. The nett need IL an impfovemsas
In our methods n attracting the young. Asd
| lastly we need to depend less upon extsane-
| Gus evangelical efforts on the hippodrOUO
plao. We ought to make more Of ordinary
church work done by ell hands. Outside he
churches we And the proportion Of church
neglect has steadily decreased for The lsa
twenty five years. Then. too. the scsptes
| Of the present are far more hard 10 deal vilh
than were the deists . generation since.
Then there 10 the development Of . seefvs
vice among the sins Of the rich. and ~
growing federation Of the habit Of modsfsts
| drinking among church members.
Rev. DIR. J. l.. Phillips. secretary Of The
Philadelphia Alliance, continued the discss-
sion and the conventions adjourned until 10
morrow.