The Republican journal., 1905-10-12
CHURCH CONVENTIONS.
Maine congregationalists in Gardiner

session the conference was organized and
reports of the officers were made.
The report OF the secretary showed that
the present membership of the church is
81 ,2oS, and that during the year 1914 new
members had been added, several hundred
more than during any one of the last seven
years. New churches had been instituted
at Beddington, De Blois, Grand Lake
Stream, Matinicus and Oxbow, with one
discontinued at North Arson. Four new
pastors had been installed. In benevo-
Misunderstanding home missions where
there is small gain-occurs decrease of
from to 10 per cent. in receipts. For
foreign missions has been given S., 944 edu-
cational purposes, $1,443; home missions,
$1O,225; A. NJ. A. cOlored schools, $3,447;
Sunday schools, $3.50; ministerial .eri aid, S62e;
Out of 260 churches 1874 report paying
in salaries $134,535, an average of S731.
Two hundred and eleven churches report
value of buildings $1,741,1 100 One hundred
and two church report vested funds OF
$26S,501. The Sunday school membership
is 21,760, and 1872 societies, mostly Christian
Endeavor, have 6,443 members. No deaths
have occurred among Maine preachers but
Rev. G. c. Wilson and Rev. JudsOn w.
Shaw, whose pulpit labors had been outside
the State, died here.
Among those who claimed Maine as a
birthplace, or some time had charges here,
since laboring elsewhere, IS have died dur
ing the past - months Henry L. Talbot,
William II. Wilcox, Samuel S. York,
Charles l.. Nichols, William Ii. Haskell,
Jacob L. Denott, Wilson NJ. Bailey, John
W. Dodge, John H. Garman, William R.
ing, Edward b. Palmer, Almon J. Rackliff,
Henry c. Robinson, William L. Sleeper,
Ezra w. Smith, Egbert C. Snlyth.
Conference Treasurer, Osman Adams of
Portland, in covering the incidental ex-
penses and receipts of the year showed
that the county conferences had paid in
S791.14, Cumberland of course much in ex-
cess of the others. And Names national
assessment was S31S.45
Rev. George c. DeMott of Bath reporting
on Bangor seminary was very interesting
in his story of its usefulness, and said it
now had 600 living graduates working not
only in the home country, but abroad as
well. and that in the 90 years of the semi
nary'S life $50 had been northumberland
over thousand more or less educated there.
Following, many commendatory remarks
were made in favor of greater aid and sup
port OF the seminary.
Key. Il. t. MOrSen of Yarmouth finished
the forenoon session, speaking of the con-
nectlun of BoWdoin college with Congrega-
tional work.
The afternoon session was given over to
short sermons on the general theme, Youth,
after which the new ministers We're intro
Wednesday, Sept. 9th, the anniversary
of the Maine Missionary Society was cele-
brated. President j. G. Blake addressed
the convention, and reports of other Of
ticers We're read. These were followed by
addresses on the different phases of mis-
Souary work.
The report of William b. Hubbard, treas
urer Of the Maine Missionary Society, gave
the total amount of contributions received
during the year as SIG, 600.S6.
AT a business session of the general con-
ference it was voted to merge the Maine
conference into the national conference,
pooling all finances. By this arrangement
the Maine churches Will receive about 90
per cent. Of the money locally collected and
the corporate members of the national con-
ference will be selected by a nominating
committee and elected by the State confer
ence
Officers of the Maine Missionary Society
were elected as follows: President, J. 0.
Blake of Bangor; vice president, j. T. War
rem of Cumberland Mills; recording score
tary, Rev. II. II. Noyes of Island Falls /;
treasurer, W. B. Hubbard of Bangor Sew
eral trustees and directors were also elected
The annual meeting of the Congregational
Society was held in the afternoon, and the
following officers elected: President, Rev.
Y. w. FOLSOM, Bath; vice-presdent, Rev.
=. NJ Cousins, Thomaston; secretary, Rev.
I. 3. DEMO, Bangor treasurer, w. II. Hub
bard, Bangor, auditor, W. l.. Bunker; trus-
tees, Rev. n II. Hague, Gorham Rev. Ray
Calkins, Portland; Rev. G. W. Frost, Au-
burn; Rev. g. c. DeMott, Bath, and Rev.
c. X. Rogers, New Gloucester
The themes of the ministers meeting
were Problems and Progress. The first was
treated by Rev. Smith Baker of Port
land in a characteristic address on Prob
lens from Preaching. Rev. Walter Fiske
OF Auburn gave an interesting and in
structive address on Problems in Pastoral
Work. On Progress in Greater Fellowship
in Our Churches, Rev. t. P. Williams of
Searsport. Rev Clayton d. Boothby of
Madison, took up the subject of Organized
Political Effort.
At 80 special meeting for the children,
under the direction of Rev. Herbert A.
Jump OF Brunswick, was enjoyed quite as
much by the older members of the cor
ference as by the children, the audience
room being crowded with eager and inter
ested listeners.
The theme of the evening session was
Essentials. The service was opened with
prayer by the Rev. A. X. Baldwin of South
Paris, after which an address on Names
Appeal was given by Rev. Chas. Harbutt
OF Portland The closing address ON the
subject, The Essentials of Christianity,
was delivered by Rev. VIM. Dewitt Hyde,
ID. d., l.. l.. d., president of Bowdoin col
lege and was one of the grandest lessons of
the meeting of the conference
thursday, the closing day, an early morn
ing devotional service was followed by
brlet business session and addresses by
Rev. Il. ii. Clapp on Sunday as a Day of
Worship; by Rev. c. A. Moore on Venera-
ton and Dominion, and by Rev. Carl Gates,
on The Reunion of ChristendOm. At noon
the Holy Communion was observed In the
afternoon the delegates visited the National
Home at TOgus, where live $500 disabled
volunteer soldiers.
MAINE FREE BAPTIsTs IN RoCKLANp.
The 18th annual convention of the Maine
Free Baptist Association convened Sept.
10Th IN the Littlefield Memorial church,
kockland, with about 100 delegates in at
tendance: The annual meeting of the
Maine Woman's Missionary Society was
held in the afternoon. The treasurer's re-
port showed contributions of $4,000 by the
auxliaries of the State
AT the annual meeting of the ministers
conference these officers were elected Pres
ldent, Rev. r. E. Golkey of Auburn: vice
president, Rev. f. II. Prescott of Raneeley:
secretary, Rev. W. D. Churchill of Milton
Nils; executive committee, Rev. w. II.
Fultz of Portland, Rev. ID. ID. Lothrop of
Bangor, Rev. T. S. Ilartland of South Port
land, Rev. II. ii. Hayes of Gardiner
The constitution of the organization WAS
changed so as to provide for permanent
State ordalnlng council, and the following
were elected as members of the council:
Rev. o. II. Tracey of Pittstield, Rev. ID. ID.
Lothrop OF Bangor, Rev. c. +. Mosher of
Augusta, Rev. 5. C. Whitcomb of Bangor.
In the evening an address nj yualon,,o ,,,,,