The Portland daily press., 1900-09-19
Organization and Proceedings Yes.
terday.
An Address By a Cuban
Missionary.
interesting Account of Island
Work.

The annual meeting of the Cumberland
Baptist Association began yesterday at
the First Baptist church in this city.
First on the programme was the de
votional service led by j. W. Hatch, the
evangelist.
When the business meeting opened at
10 a M, upwards of an hundred dele
gates were present.
The Organization OF the association was
effected by election of these officers:
Moderator-Rev. j. K. Wilson, of
Portland.
Clerk-E. b. Dolan. of Waterford.
Treasurer-George II. Newell, OF san
ford
Authorized Bruneu, of Portland.
The chairman introduced to the associ-
alton Rev. Bowley Green, pastor Of the
First Baptist church OF this city. Mr..
Green IN turn welcomed the delegates to
the inequalities OF his church.
The constitution of the ass collation. was
next ready by the clerk for information
Of the delegates.
Letters were read from the churches
giving the facts relating to the condition
OF each church.
In the afternoon after the devotional
exercises, Kew. j. K. Cochrane, of the
springvale Baptist church, spoke Of GER
tain practical problems IN Sunday school
work. He referred ID a recent editorial
OF DR.. Burrage in lions Advocate, IN
which it was show q that while IN the
Baptist Sunday schools of Maine there
were 300 more scholars than ten years ago,
there were nevertheless 100 less than
there We're four years ago. In the Cum
beriand Association in the last seven
years the Sunday school scholars had in
creased from 1884 to 1000. This was an
excellent showing but the speaker wishes
that &c 1light be better. Mr. Cochrane
spoke OF means OF increasing the schools
by personal effort, by more denomination
al spirit, and by more expansion OF the
Sunday school work. There was much
territory IN this region where the Baptis
Sunday schools ala not now reach.
Messrs. Colcord Of Yarmouth, Gould o.
Waterboro, Gilman Of bingham, IN. H.
Bruneu of Portland, Lands of Kittery
Burrage Of Portland, Webster of Leb
anon, MoseIy OF Cuba, Estes OF Sanford
Doten OF South WATERFORD, Mrs. Barrow
OF Burma, spoke.
DR.. Burrage said that the problem O.
the Sunday school today was the prob
lem Of finding the proper teacher.
Several speakers, including Dr. Mosely,
criticized the lack of kno Wedge of the
Bible by Sunday school pupils of today.
Mr. Estes OF Sanford said there had
seemed to be a hesitation on the part OF
teachers TO plant themselves on the Bible
squarely. They had seemed to feel that it
was under criticism and might drop out
from under them. Therefore they had
omitted to teach the Bible itself, and
thus had lost the influence Of the high
and ennobIing sentiments Of the greatest
book IN the world.
Miss Barrows, a missionary of Burma,
contrasted the knowledge OF the bible
among the Burmese youth with that pre-
vailing among the youth in this country,
and her comparison was not In favor of
the American youth.
Kev. J. x. Wilson OF Portland spoke
briefly Of the indifference of the parents
to the Sunday school.
The next topic OF discussion was EOur
Weaker Churches. - and Evangelist John
W. hatch Of Fairfield spoke first. He
said that one OF the first steps to help
weaker church was to make the church
building neat and tidy. A little paint
and few shingles sometimes worked
wonders 1t was a pleasure to work
among the weak churches, because the
people in them were loyal and earnest.