Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-19

America.
The Baptist Association which las
hem in session in Wheeling during The
pas. several days, yesterday concluded
its work. The day was devoted to le-
rg'ous services and The visiting Bap-
list clergymen occupied the pul2its Of
churches of the various denominations.
In the afternoon, commencing at three
o'clock a general prayer service was
b.Id in the Firs. Baptist church and vas
ed by Rev. J. D. Simmons, OF Grafton
In the evening in the same church,
Rev. Or. T. A. Remely, Of Iowa, address
ed q large audience upon the subject or
r elig;1us and Social COnd ions IN
GERMANY" The address was deeply in
teresting and gave to the au-.ance IGch
information and an insight 20 '1e pe0
ME and conditions OF the F2theildnd.
Rev. Remely is of German descent am
sreut four years and half " a thaoios-
ical course in a German university. he
informed his congregation thai while
foreigner, ne spoke from the s-antI ONT
of ain American.
The first part of MS discourse was an
eu,0gy of the German empire and us
people. Germany is one Of the most
civilized coun ries Of continental Europe
Germany stands for education. Sn5 hes
the greatest universities 5t The world
and is a deep searcher o. the tru-h.
1ts rf' .1-
and furnishes us with our choices, gems.
Germany leads in music. FLY per cent
of the great composers Of music are Ger
mans and German mast rs
In mechanics, Germany leads the CIV
ilizad world In benevolent institutions
in scholarship, craftsmanship md coed
government. the people Of Americ could
sit at G rmany's feet and learn. In 1900
there were fOrJy-nine millions or peO-
pie in Germany. While Wi-h such an
immense population, ,he territory Of
Germany is so small th7t If Tho one
State of Texas were a sea, and if Ger
many were an island situated in the
middle Of that sea YOU could look from
the island and not see the outer shores.
In Germany there are tATV-0 mil
lion of PrOtes.ants, and seventeen and
cue-half millions of Roman Ca-h1lics
After picturng some of The Gus oms and
traditions existing among The German
Catholics, Jha speaker passed on 20 the
Protestanjs, who were the principal sub
jet Of his theme
In The state churches Of Germany, Rev
Remely said The peopls are noJ expected
TO 60 TO church. The masses Of the pe1-
pie are all members of The church, yet
rarely attend. As an example in Ber-
lin -h-re are 5000 adult members of
the Protestant churches. and there are
sea- for 81, 900 in the Protestant church
of that city. Only eight or nine
thousand people in that city attend
church. There is one church that hss
usually a congregation of but forty-fye
people. and several thousand are meM-
bers of this church. They hava Sab
bath schools in Germany, bu, they are
for children. When a child arrives at
the age of fourteen or fifteen years. il
is graduated. Adults do not attend at
all Prayer meetings are unknown in
anv state PrOteStan, Church of Germany.
Rev. Remely declared in America our
civilization was beng demolalzcd and
degraded by the drink habit, but in
Germany everybody drinks In that
country there is no more moral difference
in drinking beer or wine han taking a
drink OF water A temperance lecture
in Germany is a novelty. The speaker
told of interesting incidents which dis
closed the public opinion of Germany on
the drink habit.
Further on he said that every Grim
inal. every druuk3rd and immoral man
in Germany was a member of a church.
This is due to the fact that every child
is baptized and confirmed as a member
of church when but eight years Old.
In regard to baptism and confirmation a
leading German Lutheran pastor says
that the baptism and combinations in
the churches are only dead forms
Most of the Protes.1H;s of Germany
rid.cu,e the idea Of conversion. There
is only one remedy, one hope for The
German people, and that is to call the
great physician. Jesus Christ
The social conditions of the Father
land viii not permit the two sexes 10
so together without marriage or 6ng3g
ment. This custom prevails because the
young people Of the lower classes ass0-
ci5te merely for immoral purposes. The
BapdSts are the Puriians Of Germany.
While the o,her churches permit gam
bling. dancing. card playing, etc, the
Bapl.sts DO not.
Mission work and what 1t had to con-
tend against in that country formed part
Of the address. Ignorance and small
wages were mentioned as some Of the
greatest Obstacles. Women there are
hopelessly in the majority, there being
over two million more women in Ger
many than men. Women engage IN he