The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-09-28

Ilsley Will become pastor of the West
brook church.
Rev. Gowen G. Wilson spoke briefly In
behalf of the Bible Society.
SUNDAY EXCURSIONS.
An active crusade is proposed against
Sunday excursions, The report OF the
committee on reform, made on Wednes-
day, recommended law preventing rail-
roads, steamers and electric roads from
granting reduced rates on Sunday. The
Baptists propose to Cooperate with other
denominations and to this end commit
tee on legislation was appointed as fol-
lows: Horace Perkins of Waterville II.
q. Gooding of Yarmouthville, Charles o.
Dunn OF Houlton.
ARRANGEMENTS.
A committee of arrangements for next
year was appointed: Rev. A. B. Lori
mer, Rev. A. E. Kingsley, Rev. Il. J..
Ramsdell, Rev. j. M. Long, Rev. A. T..
Dunn,
The convention then adjourned for
noon after period of prayer.
TAFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon and evening sessions of
the conference were devoted to the inter-
ests of the Maine Baptist Education So
ciety.
The devotional service commencing at
two o'clock was led by Evangelist r, A.
Taylor of Hallowell. In the absence of
the president of the association, Rev. Il.
J. Ramsdell OF South Paris, who was de-
tanned at home on account of the death of
his daughter, Rev. A. e. Kingsley of
Bangor presided.
The annual address was omitted but
Rev A. E. Kingsley, in his opening re-
marks, spoke of the needs Of the cause of
education in Maine and urged the men,
bers OF the denomination to rise to the
emergency and come actively to the sup
port Of the educational institutions.
A vote of sympathy was passed to Rev.
Il. j. Ramsdell, the president Of the asso-
citation, in the hour of his aflliction.
Acting President Kingsley appointed
the following committees:
Nominations-Rev @. e. Young, Rev.
Q S. McLearn, Rev. Q. X, Flanders
Place and Preacher-Rev. Is. K. Tur-
ner, Rev. q. e. Owen, Rev. N. q.
French.
The annual sermon was delivered by
Rev. e. G. Whittemore of Damarisootta,
who spoke from the text, Timothy, 4th
chapter and 9TH verse: II have kept the
faith" The general idea brought out in
the sermon was that the keeping of the
faith meant not only the repetition OF
+ho agco-+4ov, &hok xrvo how, bent tt,o fosth
but that we should love and act in &C.
cordance with profession of faith in
the scriptures and its teachings.
The annual report of the treasurer OF
the Education society was presented by
Rev. DR.. Spencer Of Skowhegan. The re-
port showed the receipts from the several
county associations amounted to 1858. 6;
and that the expenditures had beer
S657 81, leaving balance of $95.66 Oh
hand. The invested funds of the society
amount to 1850.
The report of the board of directors was
presented by Rev. @. e. Owen.
MIR. OWENS'S REPORT.
Rev. q. &c. Owen, secretary Of the board
of directors of the Baptist Educationa
Society, submitted a report on the schools
and colleges of the denomination in this
State. The efforts of the financial secre.
tary of Colby to secure the cooperation
of the churches throughout the State in
the work of supplying needed funds for
the equipment and endowment of the
Institutions was succeeding. The work Of
securing 500, 900 In pledges from the
churches of Maine was succeeding. The
campaign for funds among the churches
had resulted in larger classes in the col
lege and in the ii tting schools. At Colby
progress and improvements were to be
noted. Electric lights had been put in
the dormitories this year. With improved
recitation rooms and the new laboratory
the college was better equipped than ever
for It's work. The same spirit of enter
prise was seen in the fitting schools, Hig-
gins, Hebron, Coburn and Houlton The
new dormitory for girls at Hebron, the
new presidents house at Higgins, DR.
Meserve's present to the library at Co.
burn, were noted.
The project of raising SIS, 900 was vital
and must succeed. The report closed
with a strong argument for the denomi-
national schools, which filed a want that
secular schools could not supply.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
The election OF the officers OF the Bap-
fist Educational society resulted as fol-
lows:
President-Rev. L. j. Ramsdell. South
Paris.
Vice President-Rey. A. e. Kingsley,
Bangor.
secretary-Rev. j. NJ. Wyman, Au-
gusta.
Treasursr-Rev. W. H. Spencer, d. D.,
Skowhegan.
Directors-Prof. W. e. Sargent, He
bron; Rev. q. b. Ilsley, Bangor; Kew. E.
o. Whittemore, Damariscotta; Rev. A.
II, Crane, ID. D., Hebron; Rev. O. E.
Owen. Houlton; Rev. II. S. Bnrrape. d.