The Portland daily press., 1900-04-30
MAINE BIBLE SOCIETY.
Observed Nineteenth Anniversary at
state street chareh Last Evening.

Socisy If Maine was observed last svsn.
ing by appropriate exercises At the State
strest church which were presided over
by Rev. A. 4. Dunn, and seated near
him In the pulpit were Rev. DR.. Jen-
kins and Rev. John Carroll PERKINS
Occupying front sests IN the sanctuary
were Hon. James =. Baxter, Rev. DIR.
Dalton, corresponding secretary; Rev.
q. q. Wilson, seCresary; Lyman Cousins
Feo., and seven workers Of the society,
l.. l.. Brown. ]. L. Corson, Rsv. ". v.
Norcross, Miss Ida L. Fuller, william b.
snow, Rev. Georss W. Barbour snd
Edwin E. Harlowe
Rev. Mr.. Perkins read from the sorir-
lures which was followed By prayer W
Rey. DIR. Jenkirs Rev. mr. Dunn
teen said that they had ssssmbled TO OBJ
serve TIE pinstieth anniversary Of the
Bible Society Of Maine and referred to
the equalization as the only one Of the
kind doing work In the limits OF the
state, embracir 9 on Its rolls ninety live
thousand persons belonging TO the vari
Gus Protss tant parishes. be mentioned
the fact that the customary annual
report had bsen prepared BY Rev. Luther
freeman which would be published for
the inform alton of the society. He re-
3oiced In the hiesIings that had come to
the organization during the past ninety
years and was pleased that the meeting
was In the home OF persons who In their
life time had rendered the society such
aid. He named Hen. samuel X. Spring.
Deacons Edward Gould, b. W. Larrabe~,
Hon. Mark r. Emery and In conclusion
said that none had been more olossly
identified with ths work OF the society
than had Rufus II. Hinokley and he in
troducsd Rev. DIR. Dalton as man who
could speak from the heart ~ to the
worth Of their lately deceased friend.
Rev. DIR. Dalton said that he was ao-
quainted with many men who have
passed away during the past thiIty-seven
years, men who had been active In the
advancement and prosperity Of the city.
but for none OF th,se bad he deeper sffec-
tioa than that he fslt for Mr.. Hincklsy
who was distinguished for his goodness,
his charitable character and modest
demeanor, never oourting publicity.
There was never q man who rad q ten
derer heart for the poor DIR. Dalton
mentioned the philanthrcpic work Of
Mr.. Hart, Mr. Gooduow, Mr. Green
oagh, Rufus Deering and the Clcyss
brothers. DR.. Dalton saw In the great
and growing wealth OF today q menace
to the country unless aiengsiis vith 1t
goodness was cultivated and hoped that
to the last syllable Of time there might
grow up In our midst citizens like thcse
whose good qualities IL had been his
pleasure to refer to IN bis remarks. q
Rev. q. @. Wilson then read the reso-
buttons OF respect TO the memory Of
Rufus Il. Hinoklsy, which were passed
at the last meeting OF the society afte +
which Rev. MIR. Dunn gave an idea Of the
work Of tn % society during the past year.
He asked the seven workers in the
various fields to riss for the prayers Of
God in their behalf. and then said that
thirty-eight towns and 81. los families
had been visited. OF these families Q, $40
were identified with no church and sell
dom attended divine worship. The offer
ing was taken up which WAS folio by
an address by Rev. II. II. Neill, profseor
OF English literature In Amherst college.
Rev. MIR. Neill's address was a mcst
scholarly one, having for Its subjsot
"Tns Bible In Liters ture." The Bible
permestes all English literature from
Its beginning to Its end, from Casdmon
to Tennyson. 1t permsates 1t by
metaphor and illusions not by stock
quotations. This method Of treatment
is the literary treatment The preva-
Ience OF Bible allusioas and quotations In
literature is because the Bible itssh is
literature.
The speaker than referred to literature
as an art and said that an art can be
appreciated not through criticism but by
actually sppreoiating the thing itself.
10 apprsoiats the art Of the Bible,
biblical passages were compared with
passages from the best English htera-
tore.
Eaaving Z shown what the Bible Is
literature, literature was defined to be
q quioksning power revealing the heart
OF humanity to itself through the
medium Of style and 1t was shown that
the Bible followed the conditions Of this
definition. There are among the salient
points made by Rev. MIR. Neill whose ad-
dress abounded with smany beautiful
illustrations.
Rev. Mr.. Dunn announced that an
important adjourned. meeting Of the
society would be held this morning at
nine o'clock in the rooms Of the so,iety
In the First National bank building after
which he pronoI need the henediction.