Evening journal., 1902-05-16
CHURCHMRN MKET
AT FESTIVE BOARD
SOmi.anBHaI Dinner III New
Century Club
Members Discuss Fine Ntnu and Hear
Inspiring Addresses by Prominent
Clergy and LaymeA

A. o'clock last evening th NELL
no,e Of the Church Club OF Dei"Nai
sot down TO dinner in the rooms OF 'he
New-Century Club.
~ was the twenty-ninth semi-annual
d,rner and a most enjoyable event itl
o~o,-ed from the first item OF the menu
tc cigars, and from the opening le
marks of the president TO the cohoiu-
sion OF the last speech
AS the hands Of the clock pointed 10
Tho hour OF 9. President Duoel arose.
and in few well-chosen remarks
thanking the members for the nonor
III an election as president OF the
clul, and expressing the wish for the
continued success of the orsanAa-
tioo introduced Archdeacon George {.
nall the FIRST speaker, who respohueNA
ia INC sentiment the Church Divine.
DR. Hall spoke earnestly and COM
manded close attention throughout lie
piciarcd the trials and difficulties ol
modern life and pointed to Christian
itv as the supreme need OF the race
he said that those who thint
most pfofouhaly regard this as oul
truest hope. lie dwolt upon the noces
sity for recognizing the Supreme
source and Head OF the Church, and
warned men that It must not bI
brought down to a mere ethical so
ciety.
Religion in New Possessions
AT the conclusion of Dr. Halls re
marks. the president introduced Gen
cral James H. Wilson. whose them
was the Church Militant" and it wa
most interesting TO its concluding
word. General Wilson spoke from {
wide experience i'm Cuba and Chin
and plainly expressed the need OF new
religious thought in our new insula
possessions. He said that the worl
is growing less certain of the peculia
dogmas Of the scCts, and more certai
OF the great work TO be done. He be
lieved that II was hard TO establis
and maintain republican institution
where there was only one recognize
church. and declared that the cryin
need I'm Porto Rico. Cuba and the Phi
ippincs was for another church
work along side of the one which ha
been In supreme authority SO long. Il
elaborated this idea and showed tia
number of great clergymcn agree
With him.
In passing. General Wilson paid
tribute to the women Of Cuba, sayir
they are devout, chaste and moral, an
gave the impression that in these r
spects they are I'm advance OF the me
He thought there could be no great
charity than TO establish churches
oar new possessions which should e
tcnd their services free, and point'
cut the custom OF the old church
charging for its offices. He was co
WINGED that often the missionaries ia
ga because they were not backed up
that practical support which wou
appeal to these people.
Eloquent westerner Speaks
1t was Gas when the president intI
duoed the Rev. C. NJ. Roberts.
Philadelphia. late OF Ohio. His thel
was The Church Universal" and {
audience was held spell-bound at
earnestness and elOQuence He
pressed his great JOY that we We
thinking less of dogma and more
the real spirit Of religion; that
now cared less for petty distinctio
and declared that God never made
men Exactly alike and, therefore,
rct intend them to worship in
s2uo precise way.
He declared that the need of
church was for consecrated men a
syos~cr. and he reiolced that IL
were more of such persons than e
before in the history of the church, q
declared that the brotherhood Of n
and the fatherhood Of God was
spirit of the age.
Following this address, Ewing