Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-07

methods of securing and preserving
| perpetual peace between Ill nations.
We believe that rational ana uniform
dlNorte laws should b. secured AMI
| that rs ministers W. shoIli strive to
make more sacred tile marriage tie by
s"leli'nizins only scrirtur'll marriage.
| Resolved, That We greatly dcplor-
the tendency of tn. times towards the
destruction of TIL. sabbath as 4 sacred
| day. We feel that not only the we'll
/ being Of the church If Christ and in
! dIVlEHhl souls, hut of society at large
! ana even the stability Of the republic
/ are sadly affected 10y the Wholesale
| d"Sccrhti"n of the Lords day. We re-
| Jolce that some of the great railroad
corporations are abandoning the sun
/ day excursion business and We hail this
f'tct as a sign Of promise.
We urge in the interest of religion
aud patriotism and particularly i'll the
! interest of the Wnrfsin" men of gu"
great country that all christians unite
| by pr""ept ana cXImpl" To do their ut
most to preserve to ourselves ana 10
| the coming generation the Christian
sabbath. We also ask our state IegiS-
laturc 20 pass an act making it unlaW-
! ful for any railroad company to sell
tickets for sunday travel at less than
regular rates.
| Resolved. That q committee of five
/ u" ;.ppointed by the president of the
| convention, to whom discretionary
pow y shall b. given. for the erection
! of a suitable memorial "a Rev. Isaac
i Case. which memorial shall he placed
on the spot where onr" stood the Bap-
tist meeting hous" in Readtield, in
! which the Maine Baptist Missionary
! Socit,. was organized one hundred
J years ago.
Only l. years after the founding of
English Baptist Foreign Missionary
! Society and the beginning of the work
of William Carey III India; and just
/ 10 years before the organization of
| American Baptists for Foreign Mis-
sion work by the formation Of the
! Triennal Convention. the Baptists of
! Maine. in 1904. united in the Maine
Baptist Missionary Society Ito pro-
4 mote the knowledge Of evangelical
truth in new settlements Of the United
States or farther if circumstances
may render it proper Thus in the
/ constitution of this society is found
some real expression of that mission
! airy impulse which soon manifested it
| self in the beginning of the flow of
| gifts for work in foreign lands, a river
| of gifts which has attained its greatest
! size in the decade just closed. and this
| to. in a decade signalZcd by special
| and enlarged interest in the work of
the Maine Baptist Missionary cOnven-
| ton ana other societies for work at
| home Nor was the contribution Of
men and women for foreign service
| long delayed. beginning with Board
man the earliest apostle to the karenS
our list of missionaries, including mis-
sionarirs' wives. contains the names
of nearly or quite two score mission
aries to karcnS and Burmah to AS
simesc and Tclugus. to China. Africa
and Japan. To mention only those
| who have been promoted to higher
service above, this roll of our heroes
| of faith bears the names of George
! Dana BnarGman and Miss Sarah Cum
mings. missionaries to the karens;
Ivory Clarke and Wife ana Mrs. FL
della Cohurn brooks. missionaries to
'+'irn: William G. Munroe, missionary
to Hayti; Henry \. SaWtelc, ID. D..
missionary to China; Lyman Jcwett.
-. D.. Charles Hadlcy and Miss Orissa
Gould. missionaries to the TcluguS;
Miss Myra >tetson and Miss Sarah
linardmhn BarrOWS, missionaries to
tn" RurmahS. Such. in part. has been
our missionary offering during the
century Just closed What of present
al y md f,,t
not rcaffirm Il resolution presented by
Rev. Thomas T.. Ridley in 1881:
'Rcs"lv"d That we sincerely rejoice
and give glory to COD in view of the
success which has attended our mis-
sionary enterprise abroad. That we
will increase or efforts to sustain, bv
our more earnest progress and more
liberal contributions. our dear broth
rem, who have sacrificed all the en-
d"armcnts Of kindred and home. that
they might preach among the heather
the unsearchHhc riches of Christ"
This charging and blessed work
would W" do urged on by the need of
the multitude still in darkness; moved
~ the very nature Of the gospel; en-
Outraged ~ open doors and by the
maTnitlld" Of victories already won:
and impoll"d by the positive and per-
pctually binding command of our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ.
At this point there was a short break
II tn" hearing IF the reports to enable
several matters connected with them
to BE- considered. On motion Of NJ.
Woods 1t WAS voted that the matter
81 securing legislation against Sunday i
excursions be referred to Rev. C. =
owen OF the Christian Civic I.ear,,a
The appointment Of new memhar |
Of the Observation-Disclosures Commits
sion was referred to the executive COM |
mittee
Other Committees.
The committee on enrolment report
ed that there We're present AZ ~