The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-26
President. Mrs. VIM. H. Fem,


Houlton, Aroostook Conference; Mrs.
&c orgiana Mank. of New Gloucester,
Auburn, North Cumberland Conference
Mrs A. r. Cole. Portland, South Cum
berland Conference; Miss katherine M
Titcomb, Pennington, franklin County
Conference; Miss Hannah Il. Buck,
Orland, Hancock Conference; Mrs Oscar
Holway, Augusta, Kennebec Conference
Miss NJ. NJ Fisk, Bath, Lincoln Con
ference; Mrs David Garland, Bethel, tOx-
ford Conference; Miss Mary Il. Puring-
ton, Bangor, Penobscot Conference; Mrs.
A. L. Chase, Foxcroft, Piscataquis Con-
ference; Mrs. Martha B. Turner, Somer'
set Conference; Mrs. George B. BarroWs,
Fryeburg, Orono Conference; Mrs. Il. ;.
Sibley, Belfast, Waldo Conference; Mrs
6. H. McCully. Calais, Washington Con-
ference; Mrs J. H. Burleigh. South Ber-
wick, York Conference.
Corresponding Secretaries--Honorary
Miss Sophia Spoffora, Rockland; Mrs
j. W. d. Carter, Portland.
Home Secretary-Mlss Ella H. Hayes,
Portland.
Treasurer-M Cullen C.NChapman,
345 Spring street. Portland
Assistant Treasurer-Miss Jean. Lin
coin erie, SO State street. Portland.
Auditor-Mr Edward..P Oxnard, Port
land.
The following We're elected delegates
to the annual meeting of the Wonan's
Board in Boston: Mrs. Pingree of North
Auburn, Mrs. H. G. Mank of..New Glou-
cester, substitute. Mrs. Rollin Il, Hack
of Portland, Mrs. jenkins, substituted,
Mrs. Holway of Augusta, Mrs. Fisk OF
Bath Mrs. Stevens Of Bangor, Mrs. Hub
bard, Mrs c. E. Dole ofsSomerset,. Mar
tina D. Turner, substituUe), Mrs. Cham
berlain of Bethel.
In tho afternoon session Prof. Paine
introduced a resolution declaring that
the efforts of the society ought not to
be crippled by its fnancial.condition
and pledging the members OF the society
to the support of the trustees in carrying
on the work. The resolutions were
unanimously passed. In the afternoon
session the first business after. the de-
votional service was listening to the re-
ports from Bowdoin College and Ban
cor Theological Seminary. These
REPORTS WE'RE OF CONSIDER
ABLE INTEREST.
From the Theological Seminary. Rev.
D. l.. Yale reported the excellent results
of the new English course, whereby those
who wish to enter the ministry late in
life may take an English course instead
of Greek and Hebrew.
In making his report from Bowdoin
College. Rev. Carl S. Patton noted with
approval the dong away with Greek as
a requisite for a degree, substituting
French and German in It's place.
The Maine Branch of the College and
Education Society next held its meeting,
Rev. James G. Merrill, D. D., presiding.
An address was delivered by Rev. Frank
Ferguson of Boston.
The following officers were elected
President, Rev. J. 6. Merrill; vice presi-
dent, Prof. J. s. Sewall; secretary, Rev.
Salem D. Towne; treasurer, Prof. f. E.
Woodruff; auditor, DR.. Alfred Mitchell
directors. John L. Crosby, R. N. Beatty.
and the president and secretary, ex-
officio.
This is the old boardaof officers.
The Maine Congregational Charitable
Society which was founded in 1899, held
its annual meeting next, and reelected
its old board of officers, as follows Rev.
4. B. Mason. d. D., president; FSsv. p.
B. Thayer vice president; Prof. +. b.
DEMO, secretary; Rev. j. E. Adams, d. D..
treasurer j. L. Crosby, Esq. auditor
trustees, Rev. P. B. Thayer, Rev. E. M.
Cousins, Rev. J. S. Williamson, Dea.
W. P. Hubbard, Rev. 6. G. Wilson,
Rev. III. A. Freeman.
For the Bible Society of Maine, Rev.
Gowen C. Wilson reported, impressing
upon the members present that this Or
ganization was one of the arms by
which the religious bodies were reach
ing out to the spiritually destitute.
Deacon A. W. Butler of Rockland, re-
ported as secretary. of the Sunday, schools.
There are total of 229 schools, with
a membership of s4,577, an increase of
2, 1877 since the report of "a. The average
attendance has been IA, $50.
The cause of the increase appears to
be the qulckening influence of Sunday
school, town and county conventions.
The past year has been very cheering and
satisfactory. In lo cOunbleS 0ne ScnOolS
are we'll organized. Some progress has
been made in normal work, and in house
to house visitation. Normal instruction
is necessary to the highest attainment
in Sunday school work. In Illinois they
have a state normal instructor, so ex.
tensive is the system.
In the Sunday schools of Maine about
II per cent of the money raised is used
in self support, only about 20 per cent
going for charity. Deacon Butler advised
that the churches support the schools,
leaving all the contributions of the chill
dren to go to charity. This would make
them cheerful systematic givers.
Field Secretary Milett emphasized the
need of normal and home department
work There has been during the year
more than 5000 gain tin the evangelical
schools of Maine. The cause of this, is
the new attention paid to the Sunday
schools.
After reports of delegates to CORE
spending bodies, the Maine Missionary
Society listened to Rev. DR.. William
Kincaid of the American Home Mis-
sonary Society. He said the society was