Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-11
THE APPOINTMENTS
Made at East Maine Confe-
renee, Sunday.
Sessions at PittsfeId Have Been In
teresting and Profitable.
Work of Saturday and Sunday-Ad-
journment, Today.

Pittsfield, Me-, April (SpeciaD.-
At $50 O'Clock, Saturday morning, the
auditorium Of the Manson Street Meth
odist church was again filled with an
eager and enthusiastic assembly of
Methodists. notwithstanding the ex-
tremely Indictment weather caused by
the cold driZzly rain.
1t certainly takes something moro
than disagrecablc weather to dampon
the art!or OF the members of this de-
nomination, for their was no diminu-
ton of the attendance at the various
sessions Of the day, and the CHEEKY
greetings, the hearty handsilaking and
the enthusiastic singing was just the
same as OH previous days when "Old
SOL shone forth in all his beauty AMI
maj esty from on high.
Bishop Vincent condut ted the NOM
ing service ana gave an Interesting ana
helpful address. his theme being Re
vivaiS"
The bishop said: 4 believe in revival
have reViv"ls, Eut the minister who
puts all his cffcrtS to bald up hi,
church into revivalS will be a failure.
would like nothing so we'll as to spend
the last years Of my life as pastor Of
a little country church in the East
Maine Conference. If l found anyone
in my church who opposed rcvivals.
should defend REVEALS and go about
to correct the evils. 1 shoull try to
get the individuals who were religious
ly cold, revived in faith and peace"
Il should Try to correct the habit of
irrcvcrent talk in the church. In Ger
many and Switzerland the people com
ing into service always bow the held
in silent prayer. 1 would try to get
our people when they come into the
church, to spend few minutes of 81
lence and prayerful meditation. Ii this
were done every Sunday the revival
would be begun.
Il would try to have all the people
sing, not familiar hymas. which are
lazy hymns without thought. l woulI
sing such hymns that the people would
have to think. In Switzerland all the
people have hymn books and sing be-
cause Of an idea i'll the hymn. should
have Il revival Of singing. | would have
all tt" people bring their Bibles and
read the Scripture. lii Switzerland the
service is never over an hour in length.
Some preachers are exceptionally
endowed. | have heard Eishop Fowler
preach an hour AMI Il half and wished
he would go on, but the average min
lister should have re"ivnl Of brcvity.
He should not ordinarily preach longer
than a half hour"
IT is not the minister or official
board who runs the church exclusively.
Every unit is i power in the church
Tho poor hun"hlack. or widow depend
eat on charity has Il power of Sfiritu-
alty. | would have Il revival in IT,"
collections. Every person should have
a shdr" in the contributing. We could
Just as well have from % TO 80 per cent
increase i'm our collections if we would
get the people to feel their RESPONSE
bility.
During the summer season. when
visitors are in town. | would have my
people call on them and invite them to
| church.
| After the autumn comes. | would
have special help if / needed it and
could get the right kind. Not travel
ing evangelist with IA singing book to
sell or his photographs or an autobi
ogra!hy. | would get a young fellow
| from country charge, full of faith
and godinnss ana not anxious for his
| reputation and a better charge. We
! would pray together in the study. We
| would urge our people to study afrcsh
what the Bible says about sin. Some
churches undcrvalue this. Then en-
phasiZe the power of Jesus Christ as
present here in power. Unless our peo-
pie believe this there can be no revival
and we would better go to work on
| farm, for the desire to get ahead Of
another church is of no value and does
not need to be revived.
I'VE can give no present hope to n
man now perSistng in living in sin.
We have now revived the essential cle-
merits of the religious life and if we
can approach 10 or 20 or more persons
and ask them about their personal con-
dition and attitude toward Jesus Christ
and find one or many have resolved in
private to lead a new life and are will
| ing to make it known publicly. we have
done nothing. but Jesus Christ by His
holy power has wrought revival in
those hearts and lives. Then we VIII
ask all who have family devotions to
rise and many will come to revival in
that matter.
| $50 there comes revival of radical
ideas and real practices which make
! for godliness. There have been no re-
quests for photographs, even of the
minister but great changes in many
ways. There has been effected the de-
cis;on of soul. but no great excite
ment. No great emotion has been
stirred. but the will has been reached.
Deciding tells. We want revivals of
the steady sort. for 365 days in the
year. This. Methodism must remem-
Der. and emphasize. This is the re-
vival we need"
| Prayer was offered by Rev. A. s.
Ladd of Lewiston. presiding elder of
the Lewiston district Of the Maine Con-
ference from which body he is dele