Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-18

In which the home work vas organized AMI
conducted
The last hour OF the session was occupied
BY a symposium Of short talks on Tho sab
bath School as n Miss iouarr Agency Rev
H. X Miller % Bennett. Srb., discussed
The Development of the NissI1uary spirit
in the sabbath school Rev 4 y. Marshall.
o.. % u.s N1.nrs. ia. importance %
City Mission Sabbath Schools" and =. u
Grant of Huron. S d. Tho Seed aud Posi-
hnities Of sabbath School Work in Rural
Districts"
In the afternoon adrcsses we're made
by Rav J. N Wilson DID, Omaha. Rcv
s. p MgG0gney. Leuars ia. Rev = Van
Dyke Wight WayUe. Eeb.. and Rev j. ID
C5uuterulne DD. Beatrice Neb
The evening services were attended hy an
audience that completely filed Tho church
the seats on the main floor and those In The
gallery all being occupied ana large uum-
Der Of persons standing. y song service
preceded the frs. address OF the evening.
which was delivered by EcF. Pleasant
Hunter. DID. OF Minneapolis
OPPORTUNITY or THE CHURCH
His address was a most eloquent one and
was listened 20 with rapt attention. ~"
spoke upon The Foundation OF the second
House. lie said that IL the snH0al house
Of God was 20 CosTare in glory and bright
ness with the first house ~ God IL would
be necessary for Christian people everywhere
to do four things: First. 90 cultivate a
stronger Christian love fCT the church. sec
Cud q unite themselves by closer irntbcTly
love: third. to give greater heed 20 their
own spiritual lives: fourth 20 appreciate
keener sense Of personal responsibility.
In speaking OF the magnificent cppgrtuni-
tics for the church 10 work as great
brotherhood he said that the questions OF
today should have the thought OF the best
people OF the day and be settled by them. IL
advocated a feeling OF brotherhood that
would assist a deserving young Christian 10
obtain an education. whether he was intend
ing to become a physician. a lawyer or
journalist He deprecated that the church
should give assistance only to the young
men who expected TO become ministers. and
refused to aid those who chose to follow
other honorable professions.
Speaking OF the strong attachment every
Christian should have for his church Dr..
Hunter said that the emphasis Of life should
be placed on its spiritual side. This was
not to be honest in business kind in the
home and willingness TO stoop to con-
guer II embraced all these things. but
they could be exhibited by non-Christians
He would not have any one slight these
great moral principles but there was some
thing beyond all these that the life Of the
Christian should eHempllfy The world be-
lieves in the value Of a moral life. It is
for us to demonstrate the spiritual life.
We need a life unto which is a made
righteousness and sanctifcation, to which
Christ shows Himself. This is the divine
life with which the world needs to be i'm
pressed. What we need to insist on Is that
but that it is also intensely spiritual"
PROBLEM OF HOME MISSIONS.
Rev. s. VI. Ware made a short address
asking for a contribution to defray a por-
tion Of the expenses of the convention.
He was followed by W. r. King, superin-
tendent of the missions in Indian Territory
and oklahoma He is supported in that
field by the Young Peoples Society OF
Christian Endeavor OF Pennsylvania and
paid fine tribute to that society, under
whose direction last evenings services were
conducted. He said that the past few years
had been developing a fearful crisis in this
country and that of the most perplex-
ing problems Of this crisis was that of
home missions. He said the financial prob
lem was one of the most serious that was
to be met. 1t had never been so hard to
raise money for the support OF home mis-
sions as it today. The apparent causes
were hard times. outbursts from chronic
grumblers, politcO-ec Clesi siastical disturb
anccs, but these he considered as mere ex-
cuses. The real reasons he declared. were
the ever growing passion for wealth, the
gross matcrialism OF today, the failure OF the
ministry to properly present the claims OF
home missions and the inability OF the
great middle class to contribute as they
used to-
H. SAID thee rlu.' be greater faithful
ness and loyalty to the church by the peo-
pie, and he advocated systematic giving that
should require every church member to
contribute one-tenth of his income to the
church In closing he also spoke OF the
social and the educational problems
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