New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-31
DISCU SSlNG HOME MISSIONARY WORK

CONGREG ATIONALI>TS IN CONFERENCE AT
9iIATOGA~-DE. II. 4. STIMsON'~ SERMON.
aratoga. y. V, May 80 (Spec'aD.-A National
Congregational body. the American HON, Missionary
society held tie first meeting Of IT. ,ixty-seventh
annlv. r.ary here TIL, evening. There are several
hundred delegates pIcScrt. from every part OF the
Inilrd State. The annual sermon was delivered by
the Rev. DIR. Henry a. siimson. % the Broadway
Tabernacle ew-York CITY. Ills text | Timothy.
v. :: I.ut il any provideh not for his owr. ana
especially for his household. liz hath denied the
iath, and is worse than an inidel. DIR. stinison
referred 10 the occupation oil oklahoma r l--D aS, III
many respects the most significant occurrence N
the present decade liz said In part
1t I, the outcome two and half centuries OF
American civil Liberty. IL j. worthy I b. placed
ALONGSIDE and To tn sfcnt of history, II stand, before
the Columbian Exhibition it.cf tines to the world
d what government OF the pr pie, To- the popl" ana
ry the people has produced. The settlement of Okla
homa the triumph Of common sense, the sense OIL
the common people. naned To express it'elf in free"
Intelligent. rc-ph,iblc scon. IL constitutes the fu
dsm,nta principle Government. and In 1t, maj
falur. American Civilization il TO attain It's
triumphant destiny, to perish from the face u tn
Now, you all know that that principle i the
fundamental principle Of Congregatonali-m. { ngr'sa
tionalIsm laid down tn lines along which America mas
Developed. The Triumph Of American institutions Il
triumph of the Congregational principle am method
DR.. Stmson here told Tia" story oi the coming Of
Cohgrcga ionasm to -clf-conscousnr,. He >kei'hrd
the history Of the origin and object of the American
Home Missionary society, under whose auspices lie
WIS preaching: described the extension Of III" con
grrguI orlnl rduca tona system beyond the confines
Of New England. In the founding oG colleg'', acade
mics and nately OF theological scnlnnrirs III IN"
West the advancement of Congr gait JnaliSm through
and since the Albany Convention of ls5. explained
the work of the Congregational Church among the
foreign population Of the United states and spoke
Of the effort, uf t"ngreXa Onalists to rNnngehc the
cities Of the land.
rhi, afternoon representatives. of the Woman
IIonr MI sionary Iulyms VI The ner oGal Curch
held an extend. conference. The op,nins exercise
were conducted by Mrs. Joseph MnId. oI >anhton
: De- and Mr.. J. \. Biddl- Hartford. onn. Mlu
SUPPORT TIN, several .tat' nIiuns Of The 'hus"h ar"
giving tl,. i, national societies explained by
Mr., f. * Regal. oi Ohcrlln. ohio, for IN, American
Home Missionary city MT. nrorg' I"inl u
un.t,u lor thu sunday school rul i-hinl -o'ri> ,
MR., " iliam kintad. al New III. ir ID" tongiria
liouul Church Iuldine -o,-ty Mr.. j. \. Fiddle. 81
Hartford Tor thu American Missionary A>>o'luu"h'
MI,, r. A. Camp. II New Britain. 'OnI.. Ir th' Con
nr,.gationai Education society. au1 Mis- Mary H.
lri.l, Of Boston, Tor The NJ" West Edu'alEih "nbN'
Mrs y +. >h.Tiill. ol ATLANTA. CAV" an hI"'t h'h
shaving how mission work j. conducted In ne" t""h'
MI. Inc, Gross -. iuEu- n". fhi.. i IA" III -
gard I, ,hurch", cooperating WIN >'ht' Union
uat.r wa, rad by Mrs j. Il. walI'r. 81 concord, W."
Ala. anrruL,n session ,">rd viii II t0na''riil'H
..rylc, conducted b, llr-. II. :. 'a-""H II ""
Y,rL secretary uf the Woman department. "i lht
american Home VII >innhIN ir'ttl, AM ar. Nh
lIuntl,,. Of south Dah' IL.