The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-19
SECOND DAYS CONFERENCE
METHODS OF CHRISTIAN WORK IATTERESTINGLY DISCUSSED.

ANh hAGAhAoA AANub1 OAaC CoSGNs Speakers at Morning and Afternoon Ses-
 sions-Rev. A. c. Dixon Talks of City
 Evangelization-sleepy Congregations
 the Pastor's Dread.
 The second days session of the con- ference for Bible study opened yester- day morning at 10 o'clock at the Cal vary Baptist church. The attendance was small, as on the first days morning session, only about fifty being present.
 w. M. Parsons presided, owing to the absence of Dr. McLane. Rev. A. K. Foster of this city spoke upon the sub ject God Eternal" He said: q think we have limited the conception of the word eternal too much. We consider it as a matter of time. God is eternal.
 Tt is not doctrine and theology that saves men; it is the Holy Spirit. When we look over the vast world, into the slums and also into the higher classes of society, the way to save is by the power of the eternal God working through them.'
 Rev. Leighton Williams of New York spoke on The Person of Christ" He sald Tn part: We have before us the great theme of Christ The work of Christ is but the outgoing of Himself, If Christ is not divine, what hope of di- vinity is there for us?
 He is declared to be the first born of all creation, and is a primitive ex- ample. He is the very beginning of all creation lie is at the head of the great church. In Him we have redemp- ton. In Him all things are created. It was in the resurrection He was made immortal
 Rev. w. G. Fennell of Meriden spoke on Missions" His subject was, t.The Vision of Peter"
 The afternoon session opened at 2 30 o'clock, John T. Manson presiding. About 200 were in attendance. "Jeho- vah'' was the topic discussed by Rev. B. F. Kidder of the Trinity M E. church. He said that Jehovah or Jesus reveals Himselfto us every day spent in His service, and He comes to us as a. loving revelation.
 He was followed by Rev. D. B. Hahn of Springfield, who spoke on the topic Beginning at Jerusalem" or "The Gospel and the City" from the passage found in John I, i, 1S When John says in his gospel. in the beginning was the word he refers to the repetition in the book of Moses, and God said.
 "The Greek word logos is taken by some to mean simply a word, but by others it is taken to mean the reason or the minor truths of the mind.
 Among ancient philosophers the idea of divinity was that of emptiness and this perplexing problem of philosophy in regard to God was solved by John in the beginning of his gospel
 "The word itself is an expression of will as well as reason. When John says thathe came to his own and his own re- ceived him not, the real meaning, which is not conveyed by translation, is that he came to his own home and those of his own household received him not.
 "The passage the word was made flesh and dwelt among us' is to be taken In a. broad signifcation'
 Rev. A. c. Dixon of Brooklyn was unable to be present at the afternoon | session, but discussed both of the topics which hwere assigned to him at the even- ing service.
 Frederick Bostwick presided at the evening meeting.
 Rev Dr. J. E. Twitchell conducted the service of mediation and prayer.
 Rev Dr. Dixon spoke on the com bined topics of Beginning at Jerusa- lem or the Gospel and the City" and l ''The Pastor as an Evangelist" in part as follows: "A sleepy congregation is | to be dreaded I had rather be pastor of Greenwood cemetery than of a sleepy congregation.
 | Many ofthe strifes which arise be- tween pastor and his people are the result of a sleepy congregation. I heard of a poet who asked a critic to ing the recital the critic fell asleep, and when reproached by his friend, said his sleeping was a sufficient crit icism. The moral as applied to sleep ing congregationas is sufficiently ob- vious."
 | The speaker then proceeded to illus trate the importance of personal work in evangeliZation.
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