Evening star., 1900-04-18

Of God. and the child can be made to know
God in the home by a knowledge of the
Scriptures and by daily illustration of the
Christian graces.
Mrs. Isabella Macdonald Alden of Phila-
delphfa, who writes under the nom de
plume Of Pansy, read a paper on ''The
Religion of Childhood" which was largely
theological dissertation.
An interesting contribution was made by
Mrs. Frances A. Ford, also of Philadelphia.
upon Church Membership in Childhood -
Mrs. Ford declared children had a right to
church membership, and that parents had
no right to interfere between their children
and the Savior. Faith was the foundation
for all church membership, and faith was
simple to possess, because it was trust in
Gods promises. 1t was easy. she said, for
children of tender age to be trained to have
faith in God, because the sentiment was
inherent in them. as evidenced by their
training advisedly, she said, because Chris
tian training was infinitely better than
Christian teaching.
The Bible and the Church.
The evening session yesterday was de-
voted to an address by Bishop ]. W. Holt
of the United Brethren Church of Dayton,
Ohio. whose subject was, The Bible and
the Welfare of the Church" No religion.
he said, could obtain any considerable hold
on society at large without a sacred oracle.
Philosophy might be religious, but it could
not be religion and therefore could not be
the basis of the church. The church was
the representative Of a faith, and with
Christianity and the Bible had done more
to honor the intellect of mankind than all
other powers combined since the history of
man began. The Bible, he declared. was
the standing army of mankind, mghter
than all other millions of the brave. Anglo
Saxon civilization stood for Christianity, a
Christian church ard for the Bible. The
Bible had made the Anglo-Saxon race all
that it was in nobility and exaltation, and
the race should make it its eternal code.
He appealed TO the churches to hold the
Bible in every place and position of power
within their reach, and closed by declaring
that when the Christian church should al
low philosophy and human learning to hyp-
notize it into believing that it could do
without the old Bible or make better one,
its own death warrant would have been
sealed.
This Afternoon and Evening.
The program for the sessions this after
noon and this evening calls for the follow
ing:
2:45 o'clock-Presiding. Rev. S. S. Waltz
D. D.. of Louisville, KY, and Rev. R. A.
Cooke, D. D.. of Waynesboro. Va. Devo-
tions; paper, bible Study a Spiritual Ex-
ercise," by Rev. Carter Helm Jones, D. D..
pastor Broadway Baptist Church, Louis
vile, KY; paper, The Family as an Agent
of Biblical Instruction. by Rev T B.
Nicely. D. D., LID, pastor Union Meth
odist Episcopal Church. Philadelphia. Pa;
paper, Mother. the Child's First Biblical
Teacher" by Mrs Mary Chisholm Foster,
authoress, Holly Springs, Miss: conversa-
ton, opened by Rev. r. B. Cook, D. D., of
Wilmington, Del.
7:30 o'clock-Presiding. Rev A Mackay-
Smith. D. D., Of Washington. D. c., vice
president. and Mr.. Washington Gardner, NJ.
c., of Michigan. Devotious; reports of
committees; lecture, THE Bible and the
Welfare of Our Country by Rev. R. S.
Macarthur, D. D., LID, pastor Calvary
Baptist Church, New York city.
Closing Events.
The congress will close tomorrow morn
ing. The session will begin at 9:45 a. m. and
be presided over by President J. E Rankin
of Howard University and Mr.. b. F. John
son of Richmond Rev DIR. ]. E. Gilbert