The Portland daily press., 1898-01-20

to the surrounding communities. Build
up her schools and libraries and churches.
Make her "a residential town, town of
Christian homes. Keep her pure and
sweet and godly, and you will perfect the
ideal of your pious predecessors.
The evening exercises consisted of q
number of addresses, a graceful and ap-
propriate poem and delightful musical
numbers by the quartette.
Rev. VIM. Fl. Fem, D. D., of Portland,
delivered the first address, his topic be-
ing the Theology of Today.
DR.. Fenn's picture of the theology of
today was painted in attractive language.
DR.. Fem, among other things, pointed
out how the theology OF the present has
included in its influence the whole
world. 1t has added to the theology of
the past the fact of evolution in the
creation OF the world, although the doc
Urine was not in DR.. Fenn's opinion to
be accepted in all its features. The the.
ology of today has also made an advance
ment in that 1T no longer worships q
system. 1t is theology of the spirit and
not of the letter These ideas Dr. Fem
elaborated at considerable length in an
interesting manner.
Rev. DR.. Jenkins Of Portland followed,
speaking OH the church of today. He
described the church which is needed to-
day as one having the holiness and
catholicity of Jesus Christ. 1t will have
holiness as inculcated and illustrated by
Jesus Christ. 1t will have the catholioity
of Jesus Christ, the son of man. IL must
strip itself of any national or local bias
1t must treat man as man, be he Greek
or Roman. Jew or Gentle. The work
of church is evident; to possess, exalt
and exhibit @ Christly holiness and a
oatholicity and no other. The need of
such church Is the need of today. When
men take oaths of Office which they do
not feel bound to obey, when business
honor is allowed to decline, when the
beauties of family life are neglected and
disregarded, when laboring men and their
employers are combined against each
other, society needs sight of catholicity
of the Christ type; it needs church
which shall include the en- of mil
lions and the widows of mites; men and
women of clubs and of no clubs The
unit Of ths church Is the family; not a
man; what's man? And in the family
there should be the daily practice of
the holiness and catholic1ty of Jesus
Christ. The chief end of q church is the
profit of the public. May the day soon
come when it will be possible to say
not believe in the Holy Catholic church,
but I know church which is holy and
catholic.
"Thy Will Be Done.'' was the title
of the poem read by Mrs. Annie Dodge
johnson. 1t embodied many valuable
thought in graceful verse, referring especi-
ally to the chapel and its purposes.
Rev Mr. Reynolds read a number of let
tiers from former pastors and others, in
Guiding Rev. Edward P Robbie, and Rev.
Elijah Kellogg.
Rev DR.. j. G. Merrill, editor of the
Christian Mirror, in congratulating the
church and parish, said he should not
do SO if the beautiful chapel was to be
used solely for social gatherings and to
make money for the church; or if the
chapel was to be used as a place for
holding prayer meetings, although these
are proper and praiseworthy things; but
a town like Gorham needs not only a