The Portland daily press., 1900-09-19

Ahus, IN Wes6DrOok $44S were pledged the
otner day ia a few hours to secure a
pastor.
The chairman Of the committee on the
weaker churches, appointed at the last
meeting, reported that the~only churches
that could be called weak were those at
farsonsfield. Center dillingham;, N. H.
East Llmington, North Limington. Free
dom, N. H., Westbrook, and Alfred. The
FarsonsHeld church has fund of $1,000
winch 1t is proposed to transfer to the
baptist convention, and then discontinue
the church. The Westbrook church is
Ias6 growing strong. The other churches
are being helped, and the Limington
Held looked encouraging.
The sermon was preached by Rev. ID a.
via Webster of Lebanon, Me his subject
being "A Conquering Life.'
After the sermonsand the reading Of
more letters from the churches, a dinner
was served In the vestry to the visiting
delegates by the ladies of the First Bap-
list church.
In the evening, after a devotional SER
Vice led by j. w. Hatch, the moderator
announced that Rev. DIR. @. II. Spalding,
VINO wasA to have spoken, was III and
could not be present. He then introduced
hev. Dr. Mosely, general missionary Of
the Baptist Home Missionary Society in
the
EASTERN PROVINCES OF CUBA.
DR.. Mosely, who said this was his first
trip into Maine, proceeded to speak of
the missionary cause IN the island of Gu
Da. lie said that there was never in the
history of the world more unseldsh war
Than that which the Uni ted States gov
eminent undertook to relieve the intoI-
cradle conditions on the island OF Cuba.
He said that the horrors or the WeyIer
regime had not been exaggerated. When
he first entered the city of Santiago he
found the people starving.
The Cubans were our wards, and par
ticularly were we responsible for the
spiritual regeneration OF the island of
Cuba.
DR.. Mosely reviewed briefly the recent
history of the island. The long struggle
Of Cubans for liberty would have been
futile without our help. The Romish
church ana the Spanish government
were leagued together. Rome excommu-
nicated the Cuban leaders and soldiers,
and prosecuted the families that they had
left at home. The advent of our armies
meant the overthrow OF both Spain and
/ the ROmish church in the island. The
Cuban patriots therefore are full of re-
sentiment both toward Spain and the Ro-
manish church.
| Therefore the masses of the Cuban peo-
pie are alienated from the established
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mi sstonaries of Protestant christendom.
Dr. MoseIy said that when he went to
Santiago IN 1889 he found the conditions
so different from what he had seen dur
ing an eight years residence in Mexico,
tnat he formed the opinionsthat Cuba was
ripe for Professionalism II the men and
money could only be poured in there.
When the board decided to move in Cuba
he found difficulty in getting proper men
to carry on missionary work. Tact, en-
ergy, conservation, sacrifice, and the
true missionary spirit were required. And
he had been unable to find any assistants
who were qualified and at the same time
knew the Spanish language.
DIR. Mosely described the crowds that
came to hear him when he preached on
the streets Of Santiago. the Protestant
) doctrine. He described the church he or
ganized there, where already one hundred
members ha1 been baptized. He could
have got many more members, for hum
ldreds who were in revolt from the Rom
ish church wanted tos join. But he could
not receive many because they had no
knowledge of spiritual religion.
DR.. Mosely then went en- to describe
more in detail the work at Santiago.
The mission churches, necessarily built
In the poorer quarters had in them Chi
nalnen, negroes, mulattoes, Cubans,
Spaniards ard Americans. 1t was desir-
able to have churchesz1n good localities in
order to get the higher as well as the low
er classes.
The.speaker described at length the
difficulties Of selecting proper converts
for the mission churches. Some mis-
sionaries had baptised a hundred in a day
and gained great fame in this country
thereby. But suohS baptisms by wholesale
were pernicious. More care had to be
exercised and this required hard, honest
work. The work also was suffering from
honest blunders by good missionaries who
understood neither the Spanish tongue
nor the Spanish character.
DIR. MoseIy appealed to his hearers for
funds TO support the missions in Cuba.
The meetings Of the association con-
tinue this forenoon and afternoon.
AID FOR GALVESTON SUFFERERS.
The public has responded we'll to the
announcement of II. M. Lewsen &c Co.,
that five per cent of the proceeds of their
rnIos for. tha first tIraa DAYS of the week