The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-03
SECOND DAY OF
CONFERENCE
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rpw0RTH LEAGUE MEETING.

EPWORIn ltAdUt ME- iiho'
Edenton Street church was filed in
the evening the occasion being the Sun
day school work of the Epworth League.
Hon. l.. L. Smith, of Gates, who was
on the programme for an address ON
Sunday school work, was unavoidabiy
kapt away. but his place was eloquentiy
filled by Ilcv. DR.. Kilgo, who, as ne put.
il. was picked up on the fly
Prof. Edward Minis followed in a
warm, closely knit and entertaining de-
tense of Literature in the work or the
League Prof. Minis handled his sub
ject with skill and pllancy, having lore
bly, driven home the central Thought tnat
the high and pure thought OF great
poets and thinkers were a help toward
the higher life as idealized In the
church.
Inc two speakers held the vast audi
ence to every word, eHciting often marks
Of appl eviat.o and appio Oval.
Conference meets this morning at 9:3u.
Rev. Or. }. ID. Underwood, OF WASH
Inston station, will pteacn this aItef-
noon at 5 0 clock.
Last night was the anniversary OF tue
Sunday School Epworth League, which
was opened by uhe reading of the re-
port of the League by the Secretary,
Rev. j. l.. Nicholson, of HIGHLANDS. The
report was highly gratifying.
Rev. f. A. Bishop, of Newbern, pre-
sided.
Rev. ]. r. Sawyer, President of the
Sunday School Board said that as 1t was
impossible for Hon. l.. l.. Smith, OF
Gates, to be present, he had been for
tunate in being able to present IN HIS
stead Rev. DR.. Kilgo. who needed no
introduction.
DIR. Kilgo began by saying that he
bad been picked up on the wing about
FIVE inmates before he had come in the
church and the fact that he consented TO
speak showed how much goodness there
was, in him. This remark caused amuse-
ment.
lie proposed TO take no text, go wher"
he chose, and scatter as much as be
pleased. Ia
I'VE are living III. desperate rate and
life is at frightful pressure" picf-
ure. was. given OF the measured life of
chose OF the olden time when test ard
nre ssure as they are now we've unknown.
When the little boy gees toyschoe now
there was more pressure on ham than
there was for his mother in whole
month. AZ Is
We are all contending against the CONS
bined forces of the century, and from
this viewpoint the church should be I'M
tensely alive. 1t is time to take Chris
tianity seriously. We are rapidly app
preaching that intensity of thought and
influence which formed the heights from
which nations have fallen. God makes
crises to test faith. A moment decides.
as it was at the critical moment with
Abraham. If we are to get all out of
this age, it must be through intensity of
work. There was a time for camp
meetings but that is past; we must shuck
off our coats and go to work with in
tensity. We have never gotten hold of
the idea that our religion must first be
taught, then experienced. You have
got to lay hold of the mind and never
let it go until the heart ceases to beat
men should go to heaven reading the
scripture The Church of God is a great
conseryator. First conservation, then
action. We talk great deal about the
difficulty of getting over the Chinese
wall ito the heather. The trouble is
not in China, it is in America. We
need to develop the man.
0nr religion stands in relation to every
problem we have in life to-day. Amer
lea is more dependent upon what is done
in the churches than upon what is done
in the public schools responses of
Amen! Amen9
He heard DIR. Carlisle's speech some
years ago pleading for the country
church. He knew what was meant by
the country church. Back there, is to be
wrought out a type of men and type
of faith upon which the world will de-
pend. Out of those regions God has
brought every prophet, every reformer
of his people. Referring to the
bible line, ''the child shall lead Them"
Dr. Kilgo said a child was already lead
ing this world to-day-the child has laid
hold of the commercial world and said
run that world for me- This is the
child's month. AS DR.. Kilgo proceeded
he profusely illustrated the pregnant
propositions with homely and tender and
fervently told incidents. Rome went
where Caesar led, but Rome went down;
but Rome knew nothing of child-life.
The church has child-life in its own
hands. DIR. Kilgo closed by praying
the blessing of God on all Sunday School
work responses of AmenD
PROF. MIMS'S ADDRESS.
DR.. Bishop here introduced Prof. Ed
ward Minis, of Trinity, who felicitiously
regretted that he had been the occasion
of cutting short such speech as that
Just delivered by DR.. Kilgo.
Prof. Minis would not discuss tonight
the religious department of the League
work. He would not speak of the char
ity and Help Department. He would
turn the attention of his hearers to the
Literary Department, the necessity OF
which was not generally recognized. The
Literary Department was the church
studying The operative in England would
sometime go five miles to hear lecture
by q Professor at Oxford or Cambridge