The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-27
MINISTER'S BANQUET.
A Delightful Event in the
Clergical World.
SOME BRILLIANT TALKS
We're Made by the ood
Cheer Kept Company With a Good
Menu-The Toasts.


Cheer Kept Company With a Good
Menu-The Toasts.
The ministers of the city with their wives
spent very enjoyable time last evening at the
Barnett House. The occasion was the annual
banquet, which usually takes place before the
ministers take their annual vacations.
Twenty-six were present. An informal recep-
tion was held in the parlors of the hotel, and
at o'clock the party adjourned to the dining
room, where table was spread filed with
good things. After the brethren had finished
eating, toasts were responded to. Rev. E. p.
Edmonds gracefully performed the duties of
toastmaster, introducing the speakers in a
felicitious manner.
THE clergy, their value as educators" was
the subject Of a toast by Rev. NJ. Strassner. He
said the educational feature of our holy relig-
ion is to make men firm in one holy faith, and
to demonstrate to men the catholicity of the
one universal church of our Lord. Religious
education is the most permanent of all educa
tions The educational power of good mans
life in the community is great
Rev. H. c. Ferguson spoke on Theology
the queen of the sciences" He said that the
Ology treats of God, his nature, and mans re-
lation to him. Theology is not completed
science, but growing science of limitless
range and cOmprehensiveIess. We shall
never come to know
ALL OF THEOLOGY.
There has been great advance in the supreme
science.
Rev. I, X. RAIDER talked on Fidelity in the
pulpit" There is no controversy about the
absolute necessity of fidelity in the place con.
secrated to the preaching of the gospel. The
pulpit is divine institution, and deals with
the immortal principle in men, There is an
honor in all true calings but the pulpit is a
sacred place. To be faithful there is above
all an honor and reward,
Rev. P. Herbruck spoke of "An honored
uccession-preacher children" II like the
toast, because, like preachers children, be
ing a preachers son, the husband of a
preachers daughter, and having several
preachers children in my own house. Preach
ers' sons constitute worthy succession, filing
in very many instances positions of great
honor and nobility. Richard Watson Glider
Henry James, George Bancroft, Holmes
Lowell, President Cleveland, Chester A.
Arthur, Governor Morton, Senator Hawley are
all sons of preachers.
Rev. II. NJ. Green responded to "0ur wives
our best friends and most charitable critics, 4"
What dare say in this presence" said the
speaker. llthat we achieve in our work, all
our happiness comes under the blessing of God
largely from our wives our honored helpmeets
Rev. DIR. ID, II. Bauslin spoke of "The
Christian pulpit" The pulpit has had an
honored succession. II has maintained the
intellectual supremacy from the days of
prophets and apostles. Men should be proud
of their calling. In none of these so much to
be prond of as in the work of the Christian
pulpit.
Secretary W. V, Sheriff of the Y. NJ. G. A.
talked on 'The ministry and young mem
He said II covet the man who fills the Chris
tian pulpit, l am glad always to speak to
all men, young and old, of the unselfsh devo-
ton Of the Christian ministry. The
MINISTER CAN DO NOTHING
better for young men than to preach the great
doctrines of the divine work. Young men
don't know as much as they should about
what is distinctive Of the churches to which
tney DelOngs
Rev. DIX. Mcknight took for his topic
'The Fraternity of Our City Churches The
existence of the ministerial association gives
evidence of the fraternity of Canton churches
A man may belong to his own church and yet
be fraternal The more light we get the more
will we get together.
Rev. j. N. Field talked of "The Pulpit and
Liberty" The pulpit has had an honored
connection with liberty, civil ndpolitical. 1t
has much to do with the Liberation of men in
bondage. 1t has stood for liberty of conscience
in all ages. 1t stands for liberty from the
bondage of sin. Ministers are free men and
not bound.
Rev. NJ. c, Grimes treated of "Cantons
Architectural Crown, Her Churches" We
have had the intellectual and the spiritual, and
] am now to speak Of hard subject,-the
mortar and stone Of Canton churches. The
towers Of Canton are twenty and four. The
language from our towers is this, s,-The morn
ing cometh. Temples have been found every