The Portland daily press., 1899-09-23
NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD.
What Christianity
Should Strive For.
Address Of Dr.. Abbott Before Con-
gregatiOnaI Conference.
Move to Make Confer
ences Permanent.
English Speakers Address Last
Evenings Sessions.

Boston. Mass. September 22-Today's
session Of the International Congreea-
tional council was opened with the ousto-
mary devotional exercises. Rev. James b.
ANGEL, LII. D., presiding. Secretary
Hazen moved the appointment Of COM
mittee, with view of making Inter
national congregational councils perma-
nent. The motion was adopted and the
chairman appointed committee. Rev;
Lyman Abbott, DID, of New York, then
addressed the council on International
relations and responsibilities. DR.. Abb
DO tt said In part: THE ideal information.
al relations are relation between indepen-
dent nationaflties in one kindsom of God,
brotherhood Of nations embodying
brotherhood of humanity. The response
bility of the Christian nations and Of all
Christians in every nation isto guine the
progress of humanity towards this cosum-
nation TO remove obstacles and TO hccel-
srate the processes. The secular spirit
looks not beyond tina present horizon and
considers only what can be accom- plished
within this generation; the religious
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world fragment OF the universe, in this
epoch a fragment of an eternity, and
measures all movements by their rela-
tions to the ultimate effect.
cit is for us in America to advance
such Enterprises as the inter-oceanic canal,
the trans-oontlnental railways down the
Pacific coast from Oregon to Chill. Rapid
inter. oceanic communication between
our Pacific coast and the far east equal
ing in spesG and convenience that already
established between our Atlantic coast
and Europe. 1t is for England TO adj
vance The railway from Cairo to the
Cape, with It's branches from the West to
the East coast of Africa, to open up with
additional railways the stu unprecedented
regions of india. 1t Is for Russia for
Germany or England or America, or all
combined, to penetrate China with new
highways, making by their swift COM
munications tins terrible food famines
and the still more terrible mind famines
Of that unexplored ana inorganic empire
impossible in the FUTURE
In conclusion DR.. Abbott referred to
the Hague conference the results of
which he thought would prove greater
than the victory of wellington at Water.
loo or Meade at Gettysburg.
Rev. Alexander MacKennal of Bow
doin, England, then addressed the ooun-
ell on "The Christian attitude towards
war in the light of recent events"
This evening, three sessions were held,
one in fremont temple, another in Park
street church and one in Union church.
The KDglish speakers were more numer-
Gus than the American. addresses were
made by the Rev. John Brown D. d. :,
of Bedford. England, whose theme was
John Bunyan; by the Rev. G. Sylvester
Horne of London and the Rsv. Llswellyn
d. Bowen. d. D., LII. D., of Melbourne,
Australia; the Rev. Philip S. Moxom,
d. D., of Springfield; Rev. John d.
Jones' of Bournemouth, Eng. and the
Kew. Charles r. Brown, -. D., Of Oak
land, Cal. The theme of DTs. Jones and
Brown was ''The distinctive character
istics of Christianity"
Principal Andrew NJ. Fairburn, ID. d.,
of Mansfield college, Oxford, Eng, VITO
preached the sermon last night, was
heard agaiD tonight, his subject being,
''The influence of the study of other
religions upon Christian theology"