The Newtown bee., 1896-10-30
article. Milo Parsons has been assisting him. Mir Beeman has been quite busy also in his repair and saw mill.
WARREN.

AN INTERESTING CHURCH GATHERING.
 On Tuesday of last week the Litch- field Northwest Conference of 12 church. es, of which Warren is one, met in Falls Village at 10 a. ID. The attendance was large. The pastor and one delegate went from here. Rev John DePew, of Norfolk, spoke on libraries and churches lon the use of books in the develop ment of Christian character. He men, tioned the great fact that to man was given the honor of articulate speech, but that the progress of the race in knowledge depended upon giving to human thought and speech permanent form, in writing. The Bible is the Book of Books, yet all the writers of the Bible from Moses, had earlier mat ter to draw from. The Bible is the uIti- mate appeal, and is but the door that opens to vOluminous literature. We cannot understood the gospels, without the use of some good life of Christ. So Of the eptstles, we need to know some thing of Grecian and Roman civilization. l Here comes in the library. It is im- l pOrtant to have access to a we'll stored library, covering the field of Bible and missionary lands. Absenteeism was discussed by Rev Charles w. Hanna of Falls Village. He sad there were 1880 absentees in the Congregational church of Connecticut and 228 in our 12 church. es. Rev E. c. Dyer of Sharon spoke of ] thp iunOrtenpp 0f tho ,,or,p,,p;o, taLIo l to Christians. He had sent out B let ters to absentees. Rev E. c. Starr of Cornwall spoke on "Pruning a church ] Roll, it's delicacy, wisdom needed and yet importance of the work" In the afternoon Prof George E. Albreth, D. D. of kyo e, Japan, addressed the confer ence on The importance of continu- ing the missions of the board to Japan"
 He spoke of the very rapid progress
 made by the Japanese, that they had done more in 25 years, than Europe in
 100. But the necessity continuing mis-
 mionary work among them lay some
 what concealed from outward obser-
 vation. The family needed it. Con
 fucianism was ground into the race
 They had spirit of loyalty, but it focal
 ized upon the Emperor. If four million
 Japanese overcome four hundred mil
 lion of Chinamen, it was our ulustrious
 Emperor that did it. Also they had 8
 spirit of patriotism, but in this was their
 weakness. They needed to be drawn to the Lord Jesus Christ. True civiliza- tiOn consists in chivalrous treatment of
 woman. Then the Japanese were for Japan to day. They were opposed to foreigners. They need to be taught the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. They have a great desire for knowledge. They do not believe in a personal God. It is all moonshine to them. How are they to get the Father hood of God and the brother hood of man, but from us? They are very im- pulsive, sentimental. Some controlling principles must educate them, or they will snever come to anything. A 12 months history of our 12 churches were presented by Rev John Calvin Goddard. in his own inimitable way. "Our men:| how to interest them in church work?" was presented by Rev Howard Mudie of Kent. The Lakeville meeting, by Henry $. Wilson, president, and the Salisbury band by Brother Goddard. The meet ing was packed full of good things, and ] every moment fully occupied. 4 very l beautiful collation. was provided by the l ladies of the Falls Village church and it was the universal sentiment that it was good to be there.
 Mrs Dorward, awho was at the par sOnage from South Africa, is to sail for l that country November 10.
 Rev Mir Bennett of Roxbury Metho- dist church preached in the Warren Methodist church, slast Thursday even ing, and is to come up once a Imonth for the present on a week day evening and on Sunday evening.
 A. B. Camps twin sister has been visiting him and their friends of late, but has returned to her home in Pennsyl- vania.
 Horse power and steam thrashers have been busy in. town for a week or more, and have not yet finished the bar vest of oats.
 MT Wheeler is putting new shingles on his house, MT Benedict being the leading workman.
 The republican caucus was appointed Monday, October 26. The greatelection day of the fall of 1896 makes haste. May the spirit of true patriotism uni versally prevail.