The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-14
BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE.
large Attendance at Yesterdays Session
international Assembly.


Cincinnait, Ohio, July 13.-Music hall,
with a seating ca pacity of five thousand,
was packed today at the second session of
the tenth international assembly OF the
Baptist Young Peoples union. DIR. h.
M. Wharton of Philadelphia, Pa, spoke
on the secret power. A banner service,
illustrative OF POlyglot missions in
America, included addresses by j. @.
Grimmeu of Cleveland, Joseph r. Jones
Sloan Of Perry, Ohio, and Field Secretary
I'll Il. MOrehouse of New York.
The following officers were eleoted:
President, John H. Chapman Illinois;
vice president, l.. j. r. Bishop, New
York; w. r. Il. Smith, Virginia Harry
i. Stark, Ontario Recording secretary,
III. W. Reed, Wisconsin. Treasurer,
Frank Moody, Wisconsin
Secretary Moorehouse' address was
as follows,
BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLES UNION.
The Rev. H. L Morsehouse, D. D.,
field secretary Of the American Baptist
Home Mission Society, delivered an adj
dress on America as Field of Oppor
tunity :" He said in part:
Here is the opportunity of Christian
centuries for Christianity to be at It's
best and do it's best Among effete peO-
pies of Egypt, Greece and Rome, encOun-
tertpg glitteriDg paganism, with its Sc
PHILOSOPHERS, 6nCOI0DdSS6Q Dy nos
tile influences and beating q pestilential
atmosphere, though Christianity wrought
wonders, it had not fair chance on a
large scale to show it's capabilities.
Neither in many modern European coun-
tries have conditions been favorable.
But here, in this continental preserve, in
an absolutely free field, with ample scope,
with great Incentives of action here on
this mount of privilege and opportunity,
ii anywhere on earth, should be its trans
fguratiOn, and here, through the Divine
Spirit il S mira Giles Of miniStratiOn. For
this, has not the world been waiting to
see Christianity at its best? 70 this far-otf
divine eve At have not the processes of
centuries been tending? This people
said Jehovah OF Israel, have [ formed for
myself; they shall sheW forth my praise.
Does 1t not seem that here again, in these
later times, when a mighty people, thor
oughly Christian could be a tremendous
fore IN the world S evangeliZ alton, he
would have us feel that in a peculiar
sense he had formed us for himself to
SheW forth His praise? The brief and al.
most blOOdless war of one hundred days
which dislo0ged the Spanish leech from
her depleted possession in this hemisphere
and elsewhere, made us thee cynOsure of
the nations and changed the world atti-
Gude toward us and ours toward the
world, while our acquisitions in Hawaii,
Guam, Samoa and the Philippines are
simply stepping stones in the path of
duty and destiny. Are we so thoroughly
Christian as to be a pattern to others; is
this the expression of the highest capa-
b1lities of Christianity; are the one hum
dred millions of this continent to be more
Christian than now? Have our churches
themselves high ideals of what they
should be, or what they should do? We
are many, indeed but how much? We
must more fully evangelize, then energize
and utilize these Christian forces.
Baptist Young People of America,
this field Of opportunity is peculiarly
yours. Here is to be your home. Neglect
now means nettles bye and bye. Love for
your fellow men, love for native land and
call for the best you have. Organize and
give through your churches for missions
abroad. Organize and give likewise and
equally for missions here. Your lot, your
privileges, your opportunities here are
the envy OF mankind 10 our American
minister at the Court Of Siam the young
Grown Prince, dying, said; s'Mr. Bar
rett, 1t am born again, l want to be
born an American. Baptist Young Peo-
pie, American born and born again of
the spirit of God, it vests largely upon
you to improve these golden opportuni-
ties; to make this land the brightest gem
in our Redeemer's diadem and thereby
nightly TO accelerate the evangelization
OF the world
In the afternoon the states were called. I
In the evening DR.. a j Rowland of
PHILADELPHIA spoke on 1.-The Press as an
Agency in Evangelism"
The closing event of the night was the
address OtHRey, Es G. Grange Of London
Eng, on The JOY Of Service"