The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-04-19

fathers in Israel" spoke. They were
Joseph Hawkes., now living in Cam
bridgeport, and Silas III. Emerson. Inc
ministers gave close attention as MT.
Hawkes., a man who is still vigorous at
50 and who, as he told the conference,
mas never had n sick day, described now
at one time during his active pastofate'
no was in the habit of rising at dawn on
the Sabbath, preaching in the morning,
then walking three miles to preach again
and then after another three mile Walk
preaching @ third time before nnlshlng
the labors of the day at prayer nesting.
Now he still does what he can and makes
u an especial labor to point out to young
men whom he meets on thu street his
views on the use OF tobacco. Neealess TO
add, the venerable minister deprecates
the use of the weed. In explaining to
the conference the necessity of the
stipend he receives, Mr.. Hawkes. told
them that he had always looked after
the dollars. He had done his own bar
| bering and boot backing and he had not
spent his money in secret societies and
| life insurance unless the Methodist
church could he called a secret society for
there he had often spent his last Goller.
| Rev. MIR. Emerson spoke briefly, tell
| ing the conference that he first joined in
| 1912 and would like to have charge
again were he in condition to do the
| work. Rev. D. b. Randall and Rev.
Charles Munger are also present after
over 90 years OF service In lins with Mr.
| HAWKES. views on smoking was n
pamphlet distributed by Rey John Col
Inns stating that many so-called root beers
contain more alcohol thnn does lager.
Another interesting thing in the Satur-
day session was the hearty singing under
the leadership of Chaplain Lozier, a
stout gentleman with bushy white hair
and bead and a manner whose cheerful
| ness would drive away the blues. He
sang louder than all the ministers, and
| that is saying good deal, and beat time
in a way that could almost he felt as
we'll as heard.
There were a number Of excellent
speeches, too, during the forenoon made
by representatives of several donomina-
Sional institutions, particularly interest-
ing being the explanation given OF the
manner Of hiring help in tie Methodisu
Book Concern This came in reply TO
statements recently circulated that the
Concern was giving the preference to
Catholics.
Prof. j. G. Van Beuschote, Professor
of Greek in Wesleyan University, was in
PRODUCED and greeted with applause, the
members of the Conference rising as thu
Professor came tn the front of the plat
form. He spoke Of the work of the Uni
SCASltJs am oi@Ad uht&u iAOIO uAuA luOu-
sand of her graduates were preaching the
Word today, SO that they can preach the
Gospel in every known language. Along
other professional lines, the University
has done good work. Among her gradu-
ates are enough lawyers to last until the
Millennium, but there are only two in
list of alumni who are described as gen.
tlemen of leisure. They are the only TWO
of that kind who have ever been at Wes-
layaN Ill tna rost ara yOrkarc
The speaker said that he had not come
here TO say any thing about competition
between Wesleyan and the theological
seuinaries TIE seminaries do "a good
work, God bless them! But this great
Methodist Church sends out 1000 men in
its University every year, and the theo-
logical seminaries eau graduate not over
goo year. Where are the other 800 to
come from? They must come from the
other schools. The speaker hoped that
they would be college men while recog-
MIXING the value of the little red school
house. He said that it should be remem-
bered that in these days the pew Was
being educated, and If the pulpit was not
kept up with it, valuable men would be-
lost out OF the pew. The Professor told
the brethren, toe, OF the struggles of the
hoys at Wesleyan, and appealed to Con-
ference to remember the University. tie
said that with snch students the work
OF the University must be religious
one. When they studied literature they
found God. When they studied science
they spelt God with capital letters.
Then the Rev. DR.. Spencer was intro
duced, and made spesch which aroused
considerable enthusiasm. He told,
among other things, of a revival confer
ence he once attended, where so many
were gloriously converted that it was II
O'Clock at night before the lights could be
turned out, and that even after that
lime two young men who had been pow
erfully awakened went to the house of
an ex -presiding elder and hauled him OUT
OF bed to show these poor seekers the way
TO salvation. DR.. Spencer was glad
to know that there was something for an
ex-presiding elder to do. He was an ex-
presiding elder himself. DR.. Spencer
appealed to the mem bers for their con-
tinued support OF the magazine Christian
ity in Earnest.
Next came Rev. DR.. Eaton, of New
YORK, the senior agent of the Methodist
Book Concern, who spoke for that or
ganization. Dr. Baton referred to the re-
cent reports that the Book Concern was
discharping its Protestant employees to
hire Roman Catholics. This report. raid
DR.. Eaton, came from a paper in Boston
supposed to be the organ of the A. 2. A.
1t had disturbed some Methodist
Clergy fneii, Huu IOr tudU TeaSUD lJf. la
ton said be should speak about it. One
clergyman came .nto his office recently
in a very excited state Of mind, and said
he should not trade any more with the
Book Concern, because it was hiring
Catholics "What is the religion OF the
servant girl in your kitchen?'' asked DIR.
Eaton. why, she's a Roman Catholic,
replied the clergyman, with a slcklv
smile. "Weu, said DR.. Eaton, then
100 per cent. of your employees are Ro-
man Catholics, and only a small portion
Of ours" And the indignant clergyman
concluded that he would continue to
trade with tie Eook Concern. 1t was
true that some Catholics we've employed,
and their employment made it necessary
for them to read the literature which it
was the purpose of the Book Concern to
circulate. The Methodist Church sends
missl oneries to Catholic countries. In
the work Ut the Book Concern Catholics
are setting up the Bible. and, said DR..
Eaton, we shall make bowling Metho-
dists Of some of them.
a member of the Conference asked if
Methodists had heen disc1 Grged to give
places to Catholics. Nc, sir, was the re-
ply, aud in hiring help the orders are to
pTIe tho pr,e ference to Il ethudists and