The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-24
DELEGATES ANGRY.
Wrangle Overa Small
Point in the Con-
vention.
DR.. MOXOM VEHEMENT.
GLADDEN. Speaks Quietly
and Stills the
Tempest.

Boston, Sept. 2S.-For the first time
in the meetings of the international
Congregational council there was the
voice Of dissent. 1t came over the mat
ter of adjournment in time for luncheon
and the excursion to Salem
Prof. Graham Taylor was in the midst
of long address on THE church IN So
cial reform" when the clock showed
only so minutes left to train time Presi-
dent Angel, whose conduct of the whole
session later became a matter for
quick and sure judgment, stepped to
the side of the orator and whispered 10
him. Instantly there arose at the same
time shouts of go on!' Time Give
him time!" and number Of people,
who would wait no longer left without
for the adjournment.
There is only a paragraph more, .
said Prof Taylor; Il will finish in five
minutes, if not interrupted" And he
went on more rapidly, to the end.
Move we adjourn, cried somebody
| Immediately. through the continuing
! applause. This brought Dr. Philip
Mo8om to his feet to declare that he
was not ready for adjournment; that
! this, the most important topic that the
| council had considered, merited discus
| sion by more speakers, and that not all
| the delegates cared for the excursion.
/ The motion to adjourn was put and lost.
Ihereupon about a third of the audience
left the hall
1t was some time before quiet could
be had, and then DR.. Moxom, who was
in way responsible for the contin-
uance of the meeting, came to the plat
form to sustain his action 81 don't
Il want to speak, but there are men here
whom | want to hear on this subject
and must gently and courteously en-
ter mild protest. The committee or
program, of which l am one, has ar
ranged that at each session there
should be a chance for discussion OF
the topics presented in the formal pa
pers. Space on the program has beer
left. But the papers have been Ions
ones. and there have been interjecteC
lot of trifling notices. read by sec,
retaries. and having nothing to do witt
/, the subjects to be discussed And to-
day we have been swept from our fee
by the departure of a great crowd t
take part in an excursion. In view o.
4 the tremendous Importance of this sub
J, ject ofthe church in social reform, il
seems to me to be little bit like fid.
\ ding while Rome is burning.
Il do not see why Mr. Taylor should
have been cut short in his address. Nc
other speaker has been to my knowl-
edge.
i All these problems have their roots
in the cradle. The principles of right
fand justice must be planted in the
child's mind before it is seven if it is to
hold them all it's life. An ounce of
formation is worth a ton of reforma-
ton, and | don't care how many quo
tation marks you put around that"
President Angel said, as DIR. Moxom
left the platform:
It have been looking all over the
| house for DR.. Washington GLADDEN."
DR.. Moxom said, still going down the
stairs:
HE is here"
DR. GLADDEN. mounted the platform
and spoke in quiet contrast to DR.. Mox-
om's vehemence. THE notion that the
l child is the root-ground of principle, is
good" said he, but who forms the
! child? Is it not the parent? And the
parent. to form the child, must have
| ideals. 1t comes back to you and me
ad our consciousness of the relations
OF God and man"