The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-03

to certain fields are not suited ~ otbars
But the number of eyangelists oomnara-
tiveey are small, and 1T is not always
possi bls Tor church to secure an evan
geiist at a suitab les time 10 meet such
cases, Mr.. Dairy recommended the cul-
tlyation Of ,evangelistic power among the
other clergymen sos that they could con-
duct services in their own and other
churches. He spoke of the methods emf
pIoyed at Westbrook, and exhorted his
fellow pastors to try evangelistic meth
DDS
Rev. E. Young followed Mr.. Drary
his subject being Missionary Service"
MIR. Young spoke particularly of the work
in Aroostook county, where the remote
ness of many Of the churches rendered
the grouping with Others impractieable,
consequently they must he reached by
missionary effort. Having shown the
need of missionary effort, Mr.. Young
spoke of the good whicn had been done,
of the growth of the churches, the aid
rendered in the procuring and settling of
pastors, and the visits to families living
far from places of worship. AS an in
stance of the benefit of the work in
Aroostook, he mentioned the addition of
100 members to the South Aroostook
churches in little over threea months.
The venerable Doctor Sargent told of
the missionary work.of years ago and the
methods employed by him then. The
words of the white-haired preacher were
listened to with the closest attention.
Messrs. Emery, Wyman of Augusta,
Chase Of Springvale,. Dairy of Westbrook.
and others spoke briefly.
The secretary, Rev. DR.. Burrage, an
nounced the following committees:
Credentials--R Rev. j r.. Tilton, Rev.W.
A. Atchley, WV. Perry.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES j. M. Wyman, Rev.
A. ". Dairy, Rev. W. H. Spencer, Rev. Fl.
z. Thayer, Rev. A. P. Wedge, Alva
Record, Horace Perkins.
Foreign Mlssions-Rey. G.. M. Emery,
Rev. E. II. Drew, AS. Rigg.
Home Mission-Rey. George Merriam,
e. M. Carver.
Publications-Rev.4F II. M. Preble, Rev.
e. M Lamb, E. Macomber
+ Reform-Rev. A. Kingsley, Rev.G.
W. Colby, Eliphalet Rowell.
b Sunday Schools Rev. G. S. Chase, Rev.
a. I. Ringold, ". Richard Foss.
b. Place and Preacher-Rev.C G. v. Hanson,
Rev. j d. Graham, G. II. Ward
State of Religion Rev. L. J. Ramsdell.
Obituaries-R Rev. j. E. Cochrane.
Arrangements : Pastor of church
where convention is held, Rev. N. L.
Dutton, Rev. IT. Dunn.
After prayer the session was ad-
journed.
THE CHARITABLE SOCIETY.
In the early portion of the evening oc-
Cured the annual meeting of the Maine
Baptist Charitable Society. The follow
ing officers were elected:
President-Rev. B. F. Law renee of
Buckfield.
Vice President-R Rev. G. E. Young of
Houlton.
Secretary-Rey. A. P. Wedge of Paris
Treasurer-Rev. G. H. Hubbard of Ban
gor.
Auditor-Moses Giddings of Bangor.
Executive Committee-Rev. 6. B. lis
ley, Arad Thompson, and Rev. A. e.
Kingsley, all of Bangor.
Rev.S. .SargentEof Augusta made an
address.
The treasurer's report showed receipts
of $37517. and expenditures Of 5000. 80.
The invested fund amounts to $3,755. 80.
Following this meeting theIconvention
was CALLED to order Rev. William Ash
more, D. D.. Of Satow, China, one of the
most famous of missionaries, who has
been forty years in heather lands, was
the speaker at last evenings meeting.
Dr.Ashmore is striking figure. In
e%AS si5OAONo piJ ot1oC3 uu-
shaken by years of toll in Asia, and the
strong lineaments of his smoothy-shaven
face, are written the signs of man Of
ability and dover. He spoke with
great earnestness, beginning with an out
line of the divine plan as to missions,
as shown forth in the Scriptures. He
believed that we were in the last days
of the great historic movement for the
redemption of the world The great
missionary conventions. like those of
Shanghai or Allahabad, where 500 or
600 missionaries met to talk of bringing
this world to Christ, are by far the
greatest meetings seeming modern civil
ization. Statesmen held gatherings to
discuss questions like bi-maetllism, or
the taxes on barbed wire, or cloth; what
insignificant matters compared with the
redemption of the world.
In heather lands the field is now ripe
for the harvest. The heather does not
have to be educated in order to redeem
|. him. He has a conscience already, and
DR.. Ashmore says he never has found
heatben so low that he could not COM
prehend the story of Christ and his love.
Neither is our civilization needed to ush-
er the way for Christianity. 1t is diff
cult to make Chinaman admit that
our civilization is superior to theirs.
They know about our saloons, about our
women on the stage, about our large
forces of police in our large cities, and
often put some puzzling questions when
the comparative excellence of civiliza-
tions is under discussion. Our civiliza-
ton is superior to theirs, but they can
not be persuaded that it is.
Now, about this war. What is coming
of it? These wars have been great things
for us. The first war let the missionaries
into the treaty ports OF China, the second
war allowed them to penetrate into 9TH
er portions of the empire. The present
war will prepare the way for still great
er missionary success. I have no doubt
that the Chinese have in store for them
tremendous humiliation. They have