Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-24

are accomplished through hard work, and
that no man or institution can win respect
from or largely influence the world by
any means which leaves out hard work.
Upon the vast multitude that is slipping
away from the churches m impression
can be made until the church succeeds in
convincing them more dcc;siyely than it
yet has done that il Is engaged in manful
and strenuous work.
The fear Of hell, !" he said, sis no longer
available. and the time is near when the
terms Of atunement will make little i'm
preston ON the minds of the youth"
TWO KINDS OF rNcHrRCnED
He thought that the preachers were one
hundred years behind the people and that
orthodoxy has become "A dead letter to the
great majority of the masses.
lie divided the unchurched into two
kinds. the first being those who are en-
gagged i'll wicked occupations and are not
disnOsed TO add hvpocricy to their other
olfcuscs. The other class is composed of
those who have broken loose from ecclesi-
astical bonds. They are moral and we'll
doing men, who are good citizens in many
ways, often leading in philanthropic and
other movements. Many of these are the
so-callCd agnOstcs, and he held that no
other church, except one of liberal tenden-
cies, could reach tliis class.
The evangcization OF the cities rest with
the liberals, who are broad enough to
undertake the work. The only way is by
showing in ourselves what love is. Not
Jesus loves YOU" but II love YOU" must
be the watchword. As evsngelists they
must be lovers of men, and must enter
into the work with earnestness and eager
ness. The man to he reached must see
that we believe fully in the Guspe we
teach and are nnrpnSt in II
The next paper was entitled, What the
more fortunate can do for the less fortu-
nate, and was read by the Rev. James I.
Bixby, PHI, d., Of Gonkers, N. y.
AMERICAN LAwLEssNEss.
The Rev. Joseph Waite of Troy, n. Y,
read very interesting paper on Amer
lean Lawlessness," prefacing il by stating
that it was not intended to show that there
is more American lawlessness than Eng.
lish or other lawlesSness. He stated that
there are no official statistics ON this sub
ject, although the government had at
tempted to secure them. He declared that
this nation, with youth and vigOr, was
able to stand more hard knocks than any
other in the world and to shake off more
parasites. He stated further that the spirit
of lawlessness had been growing for years
and that there is much more of il now
than formerly. This is shown by the great
increase of the prison population of the
country.
At the afternoon session the following
papers were read and discussed: "rht
Rational Faith and Modern Literature, y
by Rev. John W. Chadwick of Brooklyn
"Modern Idoiatries,n by Rev. Edward
Everett Hale; The Old Testament; d
Criticism ON Its Practical Application" by
the Rev. w. G. Cannett of Rochester; "ThC
New Testament, a Criticism on It's Practi
cal Application" by the Rev. Merle st. q
Wright.
The subject of the evenings discussion
was The Service Which Rational Religion
in by Rev. Merle st. @. Wright Rev
Thomas Il. Slicer Rev. X. II. Shippen
Rev, f. L. Hale, d. D., and Rev. S. II
Calthorp.