The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-04-20

| lIee lueuiCdl duFice Tor dny disease.
more, but some of the mem bers insistsd
upon being heard. The most persistent
of these was Rev. John Nj. Wood bury,
who was finally recngnized, and who
pitched into Mr. Locke and the board of
trustees In very warm manner.
II didn't come here to be intimidated
by man who haa no right to speak
here, began MIR. Woodbury..
" He did have right to speak. y
shouted several. 1.-THE conference gave
him the permission. -
"Al. right" continued Mr.. Wood
bury but l didn't give him my per-
mission at any rate. say that l don t
| propose to sit here and let man talk
like that. Why, he talks to us as II we
were idiots; Us If we didn't know what
to do; as if we were fools and coulan't
act for ourselves. Let him cultivate a
more humble spirit if he wishes to-
~ am not going to sit here and let
him call me to account without protest.
ing, said M. Locke.
"As I ssid,'' continued Mr.. Woodbury.,
81 shall not listan to any such rough In
| timidation as this which has just come
laundering down on us. he said that he
loved the cause of Methodism, that he
| loves Kents' Hill. We loved Kents' Hill
AS 1T was, said Mr.. Woodbury. emphati-
cally, and his sentiment was loudly APP
plauded. ~ don't propose toEA9e intim-
dated by what that man has suid though
others may he. | am an out and out tenn
perance man and [ believe in taking one
position and standing up to it like
men,.
Rev. Mr.. Emerson here got on to his
feet and moved that the conference ad-
journ. "We have fooled away too much
time already, he said.
The chair refused to entertain Mr.. En-
erson's motion and thereupon there o.
CURED another scene of tumult aud up
roar while the chair vainly tried to re-
store order
Mr.. d. H. Shaw, who is also men,
Der of the hoard of trustees walked down
the aisle and requested the privilege Of
being heard. At first there was much
opposition to his being heard, but when
the noise su bsided somewhat he was
given permission to speak by vote IF
the conference.
In beginning, Mr.. Shaw said that he
had been elected member of the board
of trustees of Kents' Hill without his
knowledge, and while he was away from
home. At first he had not wanted to
accept the position and intended to re-
sign, but when he went down to look mt
the school and snv the necessities of the
he said TINT he believed it to be his duty
to stay and work. 1 found that school,
said MIR. Shaw, suffering from the dan
gers OF disease, fire and the clements. 1
was made the chairman of the finance
committee, which the chairman of this
board said that he was selfish enough to
wish to see me take in order to aid hin,
in carrying part of the terrible load /
went to work, but you have no IDEA how
hard work it was. Mr.. CLARK collected
$4,000, but that was all he he could get.
The school was badly in debt and the
board of trustees could scarcely get a
quorum to consider matters. There were
some very elegant gentlemen on that
board who lived in other parts Of the
country who would not do thing for
the institution or even attend the meet
ings OF the trustees, The number of
meDa bers who tried tohelp was infinitesim-
ally small. When we asked the conference
to help US it refus ed, and turned us off
into the world like all unnatural parent.
So you have never had control of this
school outside Of the love that
the trustees bear for you and the church.
The only care you have ever taken of
Kent's Hill is to send board Of visitors
down there once year. Now whatever
my personal feelings may be now [
thought I was doing right when we yot-
ed that brewer as you call him into the
board of trustees, aud am sure that
God will make the matter right in the
end. I believe in the gospel you preach.
I believe that God Almighty has the
power to convert Frank Jone and bring
him to Christ. !"
A voice cried out at this point. "you
ought to have got him converted before
you made him o member of the board of
trustees.
Mr.. Shaw paid no attention to the in
terruption, but continued. Now there
was one thing that could do, and did
the thing that the Lord led me to do.
prayed over this matter and struggled
with it and at last I went to one man
who was the only man could see whom
thought would help us out of the diff
Guilty at that school, Christ led me to
him I believe, and though he was not
man the Methodist conference would
approve of and perhaps we should not
have turned to him yet felt and feel
now as if I had done my duty by the
school, by you and by him when asked
him to help us. That man ia an elegant
gentleman. A man whose WORD is as
GOOD as his note and whose note is as
,ood as III can be ackod that man If