The Portland daily press., 1899-09-06

mMIMEXIMEA EtAAA-ANAUn CANNOT
generate nature. be quoted from Shakes
peare brain education may put sharp
weapons ina mad MANS hands" You
can no more educate bad man into a
good man than you can turn a buttercup
Into butterfly. Men are not made pure
and holy By intellectual culture. He
cited Illustrations from history to prove
his point. He spoke Of the Athanians,
the Romans and other people Of history
TO prove that education might educe
but oouldn't produce
Dr. McElveen compared the programme
OF the believer In legislation with the Cos
pei programme. He commended lsgisla-
tors who had put good laws In the statute
books and looked after their impartial
reinforcement but he saidi EVERY law on
the statute books ought to be enforced or
tax IN off," He said he didn't believe any
laws that were blinked at should remain
as laws. This sentiment did not seem to
be pleasing TO somo who heard the state
ment and who thoroughly believe In the
prohibition laws remaining In force
whether IL prohibits or not DR.. Mo-
Elveen said that claw may conserve th 9
good and restrain the evil but II can't
Iesislats the bad into the good IL 1t did
avery man 10 the psnitentiary would be
good. Law is impotent in certain direc.
tions. 1t has limited scope and power.
DIR. McElveen then referred to his work
with DIR. Parkhurst In New York In an
indirect manner. He said: "Law may
break up house OF III fame but by this
process II doesn't eradicatesthe lustful.wo-
men and men who frequent these houses
In fact by breaking up the house so as
to scatter the inmates you make "ten
little hells where there was one hell be-
FORE"
"By following out the process Of law"
continued DIR. McElveen, ''you may do
more harm then good, Education will
make men sagacious as criminals, pro-
hibitory laws make men willy as crimi-
mails but only the gospel of Christianity
can clean the heart and make 1t the
tenement Of pure desire. Legislation
win not serve any better than school
| ing"
Dr. MoElveen then referred indirectly
to the crusade against Iammany Hall OF
/
Parkhurst a few years ago when he said;
"By process'of law you can trim the
tigers claws but that don't change the
tiger into lamb. No croaksr whether
his name be Dick or Harry can gain ad-
mi ssion into the Kingdom of Heaven"
DIR. MeElveen was evidently referring
onoe more to the Tammany organization
of New York and It's hoad.
"The world Is not going to be saved by
art, by science. by evolution, by eduoa-
ton, by environm snt or by legislation,
hut by the gospel Of Christ and you En-
deavorers are to preach 1t TO the world.
4 Following the convention sermon q
"ouiet hour" was largely attended in the
reception hall which was conducted by
DR.. Smith Baker. ls.set~
LIST OF DELEGATES.
The following is list of delegates who
had registered up to six O'Clock last even
ing; Lena Adams, Camden; Mrs. Nancy
@. Andrews, Albany; Annie II. Bragdon,
Mary Dryden, westbrook; Frank II.
Baker, Bar Mills: Laura III. Bonney,
Rumford Falls; Mrs. +. H. Baker. Bar
Mills; L. Alfred Brewster. Friendship;
Mrs. +. S. Barnes, South Paris; Mr..
and Mrs. W. j. Buchanan, Oxford; Mrs.
@. e. Brewster. Old Orchard; Linda
E. Bates. A Augusta; Ora W. Bonney,
Sumner; Jennie N. Buck, Orland;
Angie G. Bean, Albany; Mrs. Sophia
Briggs. Sanford; Lizzie Brooks. Eliot;
Rev, and Mrs. L. NJ. Bosworth, West
Harpswell; Mrs. j. b. Bryant, Wayne;
Judson B. Bryant Wayne; Myra A.
Bragdon, Westbrook; Add1s J. Brown.
Cumberland Mills; Mrs. Jennie S. CARL,
South Waterboro; Anna K. Cummings,
Albany; Alice A. Clough, winthrop Gen.
ter; Elizabeth I. Craig. Augusta Annie
S. Clifford, Edgecomb; Annie l.. Cobb,
Saco; @. d. Crane. Machias; Emily E.
Caswell Harrison; Mrs. Eta A. Carr,
Pale rmo; III. Clements, buxton Center;
George &. Caruforth. Waterville; Rev.
and Mrs. A. Il. Chase, Eliot; Judith
l.. Cole. Sedgewiok; Mrs. Sadie E. Dud-
ley, North Manchester; Rev. r. @.
Drisko. Alfred; Fastuet Erskine, Sears
port; s. II. Emery, North Berwick: Eva
M. Estes, Sanford; Mrs. J. C. Fellows,
Wsst Buxton; L. Mabel Freese, Bangor;
Isabella K. Fisher, Oxford; Mrs. Leonora
K Eeely South Farmingham, Mass.
William II. Fultz. Gorham; r. E.
Freese, Wests Falmouth; b. ]. Gilmore,
Woolwioh; Elizabeth P. Gray, Harrison;
Emma +. Gould, Old Orchard; May K.
Gould, North Brldgton; Mrs. s. J.
Gould, Skowhegan; James l.. Gould,
Cornyille; j. g. W. Harold. Hiram;
Maurics E. Hoxis, North Fairfield; John
". Holt, Andover, Mass. Clara <.
Hawley, Bangor; Mrs. Ada and Jacob
Hedman, New Sweden; Jennie S. hay
ward. Boothbay Harhor; Frank q. Holt,
Norridgewock; Edgar s. Hawkes., ar
mouthvills; Mrs. George Hussey, North
Berwick; Emily K. Jones. Limington;
MIR. and Mrs. 6. V. johnson, Schneo-
tady. N. z; Israel jordan, Scarboro;
Marion W. Jones south Paris; Minetta