Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28
ALL PLEASED
With the Successful Free Baptist
Convention at HouIton.
Great lnteest Manifested in The CLOSING
Sessions, Thursday.

HoULroN, Sept. 21.-(SpecialD The
meeting opened with prayer and praise ser
vice at O'Clock this morning, the
leader being Rev. l. L. Norwood. Fol.
lowing this, officers of the Maine Free Bap.
tist Association were elected, and several
interesting reports were read by special
committees. The officers are, president
E. E. Davis, Augusta: first vice, Rev. c.
T. Penney, ID. D., Auburn; second vice,
Rev. c. S, Frost, Bangor third vice, Mr.
o. w. Fullsm, Portland; clerk, Miss Dora
Jordan. Alfred; corresponding secretary
Rev. B. ID. Newell, PIttsfeld; treasurer
Dea. Rufus Deering, Portland; auditor
Hon. Hiram Knowlton.
Ex-officers and members OF the executive
board, Dea. f. E. Davis, Augusta; Miss
Dora Jordan, Alfred; Rev. b. d. Newell,
Pittsfield; Dea. Rufus Deering, Portland
Members of the board for three years to fill
vacancy, Rev. NJ. Summerbell Lewiston
Rev S. c. Whitcomb, Pittsfeld; Mrs. A.
b. Weber, North Berwick.
Trustees of the Maine Central Institute,
Rev. b. C. Jordan, Alfred; Hon. Hiram
Kuowlton. Portlaod; Hon. Llewellyn Pow
ers, Houlton, Members of the New Eng
land Association, Charles Kay, Auburn E;
Charles Pearce, Milo; Frank W. Hovey,
fiItsfield; Miss Mary James, Oakland
j. c. Connors, Pittsfield; Rev. C. f. Har-
mon, North Scarborough; Rev. c. +. Ted
ford, Pbillips Rev. c. G. keene, West
Peru; Rev. c. +. Hurd, Cape Elizabeth !;
Rev. II. c. Loudon. North Ber-
wick Rev. A. c. Thompson, Carl
bou. Delegates to other religious bodies ::
To the Congregational, Rev. 7. II. Stacy,
alternate Rev. F. d. Tasker to the Maine
Baptist Association, Rev. c. +. Cate, alter
nate, Rev. S. S. Whitcomb; to the East
Maine Methodist Episcopal conference,
Rev. W. II. Fulz, alternate, Rev. ID.
Brackett to the Maine Methodist Episcopal,
Rev. f. c. Harmon, alternate, Rev. c. J..
Wheeler; to the Massachusetts Free Bap-
list Association, Rev. NJ. Summerbell, d.
d., alternate, Rev. ID. l: Quint; to the
New Hampshire yearly meeting of Free
Baptists, Rev. b. ID. Newell, alternate,
Rev. Z. c. Cook; to the Free Christian
Baptist, New Brunswick, Rev. A. C.
Thompson, alternate for "a, Rev. IL.
Graves, 95, Rev. Thomas Kinney, assistant
alternate, Rev. VIM. p. Kipney; to the
Nova Scotia Free Baptist conference, Rev.
A. Boyd. alternate, Rev. K. L. Duston; to
the Rhode Island Free Baptist Association,
Rev. A. G. Hill, alternate, Rev. c. w.
King. Preacher of the annual sermon,
Rev. B. M. Osgood, Springvale, alternate,
Rev. S. A, Blaisdell, Lewiston. Rev. S. c.
Whitcomb was elected a member of the
lnterdenominational commission for three
years.
There was an address, "The Church
Clerk" by Prof. A. w. Anthony of the
Divinity School, Lewiston, defining the
duties of the clerk and church towards
pastors. This was followed by an animated
discussion. Next was the address, The
Pastoral EngagemG Mt, by Rev. c. f. Cate
Portland. He gave an interesting account
If the qualification of a new pastor. There
we're educational addresses in the afternoon
lpon the Nichols Latin School and Bates
College, by Rev. George C. Chase of Lew
on; on the Maine Central Institute, by
Hon. Lewellyn Powers of Houlton; on the
Cobb Divinity School, by Prof. A. w,
anthony, Lewiston; on the Pastors Cor
r.spondence School, by Rev. NJ Summer
1elI, d. D., Lewiston.
A noteworthy address was ''Prohibition
'r the license SYSTEM" by Hon. Hiram
Knowlton of Portland.
The evening session began at o'clock,
esder, Rev. B. NJ. Osgood, Springvale. An
immense crowd was present. There was
n address on Foreign missions" by Rev.
=. II. Tracy, Saco, and on missionary
sork," Miss Jessie Hooper, a returned mis-
ionary. An interesting communion ser
ice, very impressive, was held. Rev. S.
o. B. Cheney, d. D., Lewiston, and E. G.
Page, Oakland, officiating.
Great interest WAS manifested. The
association closes officially. There will be
routine business tomorrow. All are pleased
with the result of the convention.