Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-04-15

The list of >upcrnumerarv ami -uperan-
/ nuated preachers WAS read and the. charac-
ter of each member passed upon.
The request made by Rev James ;. Viii
hanson that a committee he appointed to
Cooperate with other committees from other
ienu1ninatunal bodies in the STATE To secure
better legislation Oh Sabbath observance
and 10 lay before the State Legislature a
law on Sabbath observance was referred to
the standing committee on sabbath 0bsery
anee.
Afternoon.
The first period of tine afternoon was de
voted to the anniversary of the Bible Society
OF Maine. Rev. j. II. Trask presided.
opening the service with reading OF scrip
lures and PRAYER. Rev. y. T. Whitaker
/ formerly of this conference, now of Lynn,
Mass, delivered the opening address. lie
commenced with a scholarly consideration
OF the chosen word Of each of the twelve
great religions OF the world and then dis
cussed thr greatest book, the word Of God,
/ the Bible. lie referred TO its popular
characteristics The Word never Apologies
/ for God 1t is quick and powerful, sharper
than any two-elgcd sword and divines the
thoughts of men. 1t does not honor the
enemies of God Into the midst of skep-
,ici.m the " ord has announced the mar
vellous changes of the heart. It, books
were inspired and no one, in the ancient
. times dared denouncc the truth of its as
/ >crtions The tidc- of spiritual blessing on
the barren wastes of paganism were brought
by the word of God and its missionaries.
The word of God is thoroughly permeating
hearts and lives and 2UU.nn0.ooO copies
translated into ;;G9 tongues and dialects are
scattered broadcast over the world. The
Bible meets every want of the human soul.
YOU want little YOU will find little hut if
YOU want to be filled with the Spirit il i there
+ in great houndles> measure. 1t Is Il living
word showing forth the inner Christ There
Is in thi, book passage that shall explain
+ for cvcrv one the difficulties in their lives.
Ii comforts those who are bcreaVrd and re-
ioices with those who re joice. There are
5000 Protestant families in the state of
Maine without the Word of tod in their
possession and | bespeak yon 10 send a
liberal contribution to the society who will
distribute the word of God 10 these home.
10 assist in its work.
The State superintendent of the Bible So
cietv of Maine f. b. Stilsou, followed.
quoting interesting statistics regarding the
n-churchgoing element in Penobscot COun-
" in particular. In thi, field the society,
which has recently been at work there.
found Sl2 familie, with no trace or part of
the word of tod III the house. The non
churchgoing element in the State is dan
gcrou~ element. which must be met. The
Bible Society j. doing this a. no other soci-
ety docs a il sends a living teacher into
every such family. The work of the >ocl-
etv i. moi that of defence of the Book--it Is
the giving of the Book to the people |, has
placed 700 nnO Bibles in Maine since it. or
ganizatiou. There. are 20 rhnrchless towns
in Maine. We have only six men in the
work to,lav. where We uupfr to have ~.
In order to do this the Christian church
u,u.t dnuhIc it. suhsrriptiou. l. it asking
too nruch3 II Won do this the Bible may
he sent to these Bihlela,, homes to point
their member, to the salvation of God.
Rev. \. ;. La'Id, of t'ardmer' closed
the anniversary with some helpful re-
view suggestions. The word OF Hod l. an
antli0iv tor extreme ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ana
Iigotry. The Bible, rs It comes to ~ III
our mother tongue. put INTO the homes ana
lives OF our people, Is the great ncco "t our
lime. II i not 81 much our nterprrtatl"h
of the Bible Is 1t Is 10 get the people IL
study the iLhl" themselves am ashamed
that | haven t been more liberal with th'
Maine Bible Society. but in the futur,
intend to do better,
The exercises closed with III" hymn.
Work. for the Night Is Coming.
The conference quartet sung ~ nat l
had Wings Is an opening to the ahhlNcr-
sary exercises of the SUNDAY school mon
and Tract Societies. Rev. j. VI Frost,
pastor of the Congress street church. Port
land presided. PRAYER was offered by Rev.
r. Whitesilr.
President Frost spoke OF the lahors o.
Dr.. IlurIhu; and Or. Vincent and their won
derfu success in Sunday school work AMI
quoted very satisfactory statistics of the
part the Methodist church has had IN tins
work throughout the world. Cur society Is
not competing with other unions IN the
State but assisting them ~ the work
state Field Worker t.. g. March, of the
Maine sunday School Association delivered
tbc leading address of the afternoon. He
prasentrd more esrrciallv the work of the
STATE association. 1t is an iuter-lenomina-
tional organization having for is object bet
ter work in all departments of SUNDAY
school work. II also works to get the bows
and rirls into the SUNDAY school 1t holds
an annual State convention sixteen yearly
county conventions and large number of
town conferences or unions The need of
work in the State TO-DAY is in the SUNDAY
schools already organized and not organize
more sunday schools 1t is the desire of
the state association that we may all CO.
operate together 50 that the Sunday schools
of the STATE may battle more successfully
against the evils that threaten our children.
Onlv one sixth Of the population Of our
stare are in thu SUNDAY school. of the
others there are Il few in every place in
Maine and this part must he reached.