The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-11-18

CONVENTION
CONCLUDED

The 14th annual convention OF the Ma
tional City Evangelization union OF the
Methodist Episcopal church continued in
session today, arriving at fnal adjourn
ment at a late hour this afternoon.
The sessions OF this morning and after
noon. ss were those OF yesterday. were
held in the Trinity Union NJ E. church
on Trinity square
THE MORNING SESSION
The opening session of today was con-
vened at 2 o'clock and for Ia minutes
| thereafter a brief devotional service was
led by the Rev. J. f. Blake.
The first general topic taken up at the
morning session was styled "A Brief
View of Our Field and Our Work"
Reports were received from the local
| unions of New England cities, other cities
on the Atlantic Seaboard and cities 10 the
westward
Under the general theme, "Our National
! Union the following brief addresses
were made: The Treasury I Mr. Horace
Benton, Cleveland THE Committee OF
| Fifteen" Mr.. W. r. Beach. Jersey City;
The Societys Present Status" the Rev.
| F. NJ. North, corresponding secretary OF
| the National union.
The next general subject to engage the
attention of the assembled ministers and
laymen was "Methodism I'm New England
| Cities" The addresses made were as
follows: The Change of Type and the
| Change OF Method" the Rev. Charles +.
Rice, d D.. pastor. Springfield: The
Layman's Place in the City Church of
| Today" Mr.. Robert F. Raymond New
| Bedford. Morgan Chapel, Boston," the
| Rev. r.. j. Helms. pastor; East Side Cen
| ters in New York" the Rev. Charles r.
| Tinker. pastor Cornell Memorial church.
New York; the Rev. Ernest l.. Fox. pas
tor Peoples Home church, New York.
| The last address OF the morning was OF
! unusual interest. Its subject was De
nominationsl Cooperation" delivered by
Professor j. .. Dealey, Brown university.
| Providence
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
At 3 o'clock the closing session OF the
convention was convened Introductory
| devotions being led by Rev. J. O. Randall.
Then followed a symposium OF brief ad-
dresses on the topic. The City Laynan
| of the New Era" the following gentle
men participating in the discussion Mr..
]. w. Pearsall president Laymens asso-
citation, Newark conference. Ridgewood
| ~. j Mr.. A. y. Sloan. president OF the
| Brooklyn Church society: Mr.. James +.
|
Missionary society: Mr.. George r. Wash
burn, president Boston City Mission So
| cfety
At o'clock the discussion OF Methodist
| work In cities was resumed the rescue
mission being particularly considered in
the following interesting papers:
The Relation of the Rescue Mission to
| the Churches Rev. J. Wesley Johnston.
| u. D.. pastor "Old John Street" New
4 IVl II.
| delphia. the Rev. G. NJ. Boswell. ID. D.,
secretary Philadelphia City Mission and
| Church Extension Society; Wesley Rescue
| Hall. New York, the Rev s. n. Hadley.
| superintendent
| The remainder OF the session was de-
voted to period OF prayer for Divine
| guidance in the effort to evsngelize the
| cities and to the completion of the rou-
tine business of the convention.
LAST EVENINGS SESSION.
The session Of tho convention held last
evening was devoted TO the delivery OF
two able addresses on THE City Prob
! lem" Bishop John w. Hamilton. u. D.,
OF San Francisco and Rev. Wallace Mac
Mullen, u. d, pastor OF the Madison Ave-
nue. NJ. f. church, New York. were the
| speakers
| devotional service. led by Rev G. NJ
Melden. d. d. opened the meeting. and
| music by the choir prefaced the speak
| ing Rev. Ezra Squier Tipple, u. D.. OF
| New York was to have spoken. but owing
| 10 sickness was unable 10 he present
| Particularly forceful were the follow
| ing passages from DIR. MacMullen's ad-
dress
I THE city may fairly be called the heart
\ OF civilization. From II the currents OF
| life go into all the departments OF our
modern existence. Social impulses and
social customs go from IT: political promi-
| nence is accorded it. commercial policies
| and products stream from IL; the arts find
| their home and their patronage I'm it: the
| best literature is born in It: the great
benevolences are oganized and admin
| stered~in &C. II may be n diseased heart.
| n is. No optiuist can declare that 81 is
| in no need OF medical treatment But
| ~ is not hopelessly diseased. There Is
| plenty of vigorous. clean. unselhsh. moral
| life left in IL. Its trouble is functional
| rather than organic. But whether sound
| or unsound its office Is vital. There Is
| no extremity OF our national or world
| life which does not feel the throb ~ the
| city
The city IL the sink Of civiliza ation
| II receives things filthy. II breeds things
/ filthy. Because of the close contacts and
/ severe frictions Of its life. its business
battles. its political opportunities. its In