The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-21
DISCUSSION A HEATED ONE
1T THE CONGREGATIONAL CONFER
 ENCEIN WITERBURY.

ndOrsed-Other Features of Yesterdays
 cations to Church Work-Election of
 Directors of the Missionary Society.
 Waterbury Nov, 20.-Late this after noon during the business session of the twenty ninth annual conference of the Congregational churches of Connecticut there was heated discussion over the proposal that the conference endorse the Law and Order league and Secre- tary Samuel P. Thrasher. The discus- sion was so heated at times and the delegates were so deeply interested In the question that the session did not close until 6;S0, an hour after the sched- ule time. A resolution was offered commenting the aim and methods of IIthe Law and Order league and the 1 leagues secretary. At the outset a dis cussion was started. Rev. Dr. :. E. P. Parker of Hartford had previously left the church and was at the depot to take a train for Hartford. At the re- quest of Dr. Joseph H. Twichell and others Dr. Parker returned to the church to take part in the discussion. He said that the conference should exercise great caution about expressing | itself upon a question over which com- munities of Christian people are not in l harmony. He would amend their reso- lution by endorsing the Law and Order league so far as legitimate means and methods Were employed. pr. w. W. McLane of New Haven also urged great caution, remarking that a discussion at the close of a recent convention in | New Haven had nearly spoiled the ef- fleets of the entire convention. Rev. Asher Anderson of Meriden strongly urged the commendaltory resolution. He believed thoroughly in the league; dts methods are perfectly legitimate in employing detectives in disguise to se cure evidence. He said that Secretary Thrasher had told him that every agent of the league had been ordered not to tell falsehoods dn their efforts to secure evidence. MT Anderson closed by de- lending Secretary Thrasher strongly. Dr. Anderson of Waterbury thought 1t would be wise to endorse the Law and Order league, but not the methods re- ported to have been used.
 At length the following resolution of fered by the Rev. MT. McLane of New Haven was passed: Resolved, That the conference learned with pleasure of the efforts of the Law and Order league ! In enforcing the laws and rejoiced in the fearless and efficient services of the | league
 | Earlier in the afternoon it was voted that the next conference shall be held at the First church in Winsted begin ming the third Tuesday in November, | 1896.
 | Following is a list of the directors of the Missionary society of Connecticut for the ensuing year: George Leon Walker, Hartford; Rev. Edwin T. Parker Hartford, David N. Camp, Ma | thaniel Shipman, Hartford; William H. Catlin Meriden; Rev. Joel S. Ives, Strat- ford; Rev. D. c. Eggleston, Edward w. Marsh, Bridgeport; Rev. George W. Backus, Plainville; Rev. Joseph H. Twichell, Hartford; Rev. David Jones, Rev. John Depew, Norfolk; Rev. J. s. oorhees, West Winsted; George M. | Woodruff, Rev Azel w. Hazen, Rev. Joseph Anderson, Waterbury; George w. Banks, Rev. Watson L. Phillips, | New Haven; H. l.. Read, H. Gardner 1 Talcott and Rev. F. H. Fellows. These directors were also elected trustees of the fund for ministers.
 The conference closed with the even ing session, at which Rev. Frank D. Sargent delivered an address on: "Re- vivals and the Employment of Evan gelists."
 AT THE MORNING SESSION. The closing of the morning session to-day af the Connecticut Congrega- tional congress was made interesting by an excellent paper on Sociology and the Churches" by President c. H. Hartranft of the Hartford theological seminary. He said among other things: The duties of the church toward socio- logy are, the fullest recognition of this science, the furtherance of it's study, the education of the ministry therein, the adoption of sociological methods and results in its work. The duty of sociology to the churches is to re- member it's afiliation with theology, and to continue the federation and unity of the church.
 Rev. w. A. Duncan, D. D., field secre- tary of the Congregational Sunday School and Publication society, pre- sented the work of his organization. During the last year tWenty-four mis- sionaries have been maintained during the whole year, and eleven for less period. They organized AIS Sunday schools, reorganized 165 and aided 1,439. The total contributions last year were $52, 300, and the bequests s22,340. The society is out of debt. The great need is for more workers, that the district of each, particularly in the New Eng land and middle states may be small CT The next address was by Rev. J. A. Hamilton of New York on the work of the Congrega tional Educational so- ciety. After a short business session this afternoon Rev. J. A. Goddard, of Salisbury, delivered an address on "Fellowship Between the Larger and Smaller Churches" Rev. Judson Smith of Boston presented the claims of the A B. c. F. M.
 REV. DR. KELSEY ON CHURCH OR-
 GANIZATION.
 The last speaker of the afternoon was Rev. H. H. Kelsey of Hartford, pastor