The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-09-09

AT the close Of DIR. Dunn's remarks the
committees were announced as follows and
the morning session closed with prayer by
Rev. DIR. A. Bunker.
Resolutions-Rev. W. II. s. Ventres, Rev. Hen.
| ry Stetson, George #. Emery
% OoltsaryCRey; .. Estes, Rev. o. G. Herbert,
State Of the Church-Deacon 8. NOVEL; Rev. b.
l.. Whitman, X. Q. Bradford.
u race OF Next Meeting-Rey. A. Chlpman, Rev.
NJ. Nominations DIR. A. X. P. Small. George
~. Arrangements e for Next Year-Rev A. N. Day,
The Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session opened at 215 D. m.
with devotional service led by V. Richard
Foss.
AT 2.30 Rev. M. Chase resumed the chair
and the business session was continued.
Rev. w. III. s. Ventres Of Lebanon present.
ed partial report OF the committee on reso-
lutions, declaring Ii to be the duty of the
members OF Baptist churches to study care
fully the different missionary bodies Of the
cnurcn, andto contribute to their support.
the publications Of these bodies and the
lions Advocate were characterized as see
ond only tothe spoken word as dlssemina-
tors of the Gospel and worthy Of ali support.
Inc report was accepted.
During the noon recess a map of that part
Oh ASIA including China, India, Indo-China
and Japan was suspended over the pulpit
and pamphlets Of the Baptist Home Mis-
slonary Society giving a descriptive and sta
tlstical view Of the work were distributed Ia
the pews, thus fulfilling DIR. Dunn's proph-
ecy, that the mission fields, other than those
In this state would be brought to the atten-
tion OF the association. Mr.. Chase intro
duced DIR. Bunker as the first missionary
speaker. He referred to him feelingly as a
classmate years ago who Lad been on the
f0-eign field twenty-five yevrs.
DIR. Bunker spoke simply and graphically
OF the work In Burmah, describing first the
geography OF the land aud the peculiarlties
OF the people. He said they were peculiarly
qualified to receive the gospel and to preach
1t afterward.
ia the last 70 years, 1900 have been
gathered out OF the tribes 20 Christianity.
They are music lovers and by this have been
brought into the fold. They are organized
into churches, associations and conventions
and have even run ahead Of the missionaries
They have an inborn love Of education and
as soon as they had chance began to
develop school system. These are all In a
measure self supporting, the natives con
tributing out OF their poverty to their needs.
DIR. Il. +. Hazlewo0d, formerly of Bangor,
OF the Home Missionary Society, was next
introduced and among other things, spoke
OF the different sources from which the
revenues Of the society come. He called to
the attention Of the association one motive
which should interest people In home mis-
sion even IL nothing else did. That Is
patriotism. The institutions Of this country
are those Of free people, and IL they are to
be perpetrated some provision must be made
for the forwarding Of the course OF Christ.
Mrs. u. B. Barratt, former teacher In tne
Shaw University, spoke at considerable
length describing the degraded condition Of
the Indians and the work OF the mission.
There are fifty tribes that have never yet had
a missionary. The woman's society has nine
teachers In six schools in Indian Territory.
MoT%oa hIeraac6y aa6 the is' society Sas sas
two teachers and schools on at Provo
and one at Ogden. This small number Is
counterbalanced by number Of Mormon
missionaries on the foreign field more than
outnumbering the establishment of the
American Board. There are four teachers
among the Chinese. One teacher is in Alas
ka where the greatest immortality and even
cannibalism exist. In Mexico there are
three teachers. The overthrow Of the Ro-
work In this field. At the South, among the
negroes much has been done and much
needs to be done to put him iu the place
which he Is supposed to occupy.
Mrs. Downes. Of the NelhoIe Mission. fol
lowed Mrs. Barratt. She spoke OF the work
In India among the Telegus, where there are
1S,O00OOO people. Miss Downes and her hus
band relieved DIR. Lyman Jewett at Nelhore
In 1873. She read an interesting letter from
felegu young man, one OF the children Of
10 years ago. now head master Of the boys
school at Nelhore, and one from native
preacher, which displayed surprising ease
and fuency OF language, and familiarity
with English. The industrial school was
started In 1882, to supply. needed funds
which the home society failed to send. Last
year the profit Of the school was 100 rupees
Mrs. Downes read an interesting letter from
her husband describing one Of his missiona.
| ~ trips. and complaining Of the terrible
lack Of men on the field.
The afternoon session closed with prayer
by Rev. Mr.. Crauston OF Shapleigh.
After the adjournment of the association
In the afternoon Womans' Missionary So
ciety was formed In the vestry. Mrs. Judge
were elected:
President-Mlss Abble Russell, East DeeriRg.
Vice President-Mrs. Loren BeaIS, Portland.
secretary and Treasurer-Mrs. Ansel Spoford,
Direct1rs-Mrs K. P. Chase, Mrs. j. A. King,
Mrs. ID. b. Kicker, Portland; Mrs. b. Y. Russell,
Chase, Springvala
Evening Session.
The evening session was opened with
service Of song led by Mr.. A. B. Hall. Rev.
c. G. Speare OF Sanford offered prayer, az
ter which Mrs. Gurney, from the Assam
Mission, spoke entertainingly Of her work
and experiences.
Rev. Mr.. Ventres, for the committee on
resolutions, presented resolution recogniz-
ing the value OF the Christian EndeavOr So
cieties, and recommending the formation OF
such society In every church This was
passed unanimously.
Mr.. V. Richard Foss. president of the Y.
T. ). Q. e. OF Maine. delivered an address
on the mission and the future OF the endeay-
or movement. The mission. he SAID, was to
carry the word Of God to the poor and ignor-
ant OF the earth. and matters to be empha-
sized in the future will be reaching the boys
and girls through the junior societies, striv-
ing to make all active members, and to In
fuse more missionary enthusiasm.
President Small, OF Colby University, was
the next speaker, his subject being A Bibli-
cal Professorship for Colby. DIR. Small, In
his Enthusiastically forcible and entertain
ing manner stated his belief that there was
soon TO be, IL there was not now. an educa-
tional uprising In Maine. The method OF
education Is to analyze the acts Of men in
the past with reference to their probable acts
in the future. 1t may not necessarily be the
specially trained man who will succeed best
as leader. but 1t Is likely to be so. There
Is surprising apathy among Baptists to
this matter Of education. IL this Is not
remedied. the Baptists Of the next genera
tton will bear about the same relation to the
general religious field as the Salvation Army
does now In this state. He said that there
was surprising ignorance among the young
people of the present day Of the acts OF the
past generations. The Endeavor Society de-
signs to collect ten cents year from every
Baptist In the state for the support Of pro-
fessorship Of biblical literature at Colby.
DIR. Small continued at considerable length,
detailing the advantages that would arise
from such move.
Rev. b. l.. Whitman, of the Free street
church, spoke on Young Peoples Work.
Whitman spoke briefly. He said that he
thought that young people were destined to
eventually bring the world to Christ. He
thought that this would Do brought about by
each one In the ordinary walks Of life rath-
er than In so-called great and grand calllngs.
The services of the day were closed with
praver hy Rev Mr. v antres