Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-10

and prayer was by Mrs. y. w. scott
editor of the Children's Friend. and
| the address was by Rev. DR.. George
He Der Jones of Korea. who talked on
missionary work there and of its
needs.
Then for the home missionary exer-
cises Mrs. E. M. Taylor presided, and
the speaker was Rev. DR.. c. NJ. Mel
den of Providence. He talked upon the
missionary work among the coloreo
people of the South, and among other
things he said: II want to nail cruei
SANDER which has been widely clrcu-
| lated. which is that the educated ne
gro is the criminal 1t is an interhai
| lie. Tine educated negro is not the cri''i-
inal, but the criminal is the ignorant
| vagrant negro.
| '"Thcre is not single graduate vi
| out school in the South who mas ever
| been accused, let alone cohdelliieu' vi
| the awful crime for which theS sd!
| they burn negroes in the South. Inc
| educated negro is the prosperous he
gro, for of the 1000 graduates from our
| school. inquiry shows the average
| property held by them since gradua-
| ton is $500 each. and this indicates
| industry. thrift and better moral
| condition.
| At 4 O'Clock in the parsonage adJoln-
| ing the First church a reception was
| held to the ministers wives and
Gauphtcrs who have been attending the
| conference this week. The house was
decorated with potted plants and mu-
sic was provided by a string orchestra.
| The hcstcsses were Mrs. J. NJ. Leon
ard and Mrs. e. H. Stackpole.
| In the receiving lire were bishop
| Charles H. Fowler of New York, Rev
and Mrs. joel M. Leonard. Rev. and
Mrs. William G. Richardson. Rev. ana
| Mrs Joseph H. Mansfield. and Rev
| and Mrs. Willard T. Perrin. The uSherS
| were all wives of clerSymen. as toi-
lows. Mrs. Arakel H. Nazarlan. MRS.
William NJ. Cassidy. Mrs. w. A. Wood,
Mrs. John w. Ward, Mrs. George L..
Collyer. Mrs. Joseph M. Shepler. Mrs.
George NJ. Spencer. Mrs. D. H. Gerrish.
Mrs. W. n. Mason and Mrs. }. T..
Harvey.
Nearly $50 persons attended and Mrs.
Philip l.. F'rick poured, the servers be
) ing Mrs f.. H. White. Mrs. A. l..
Holmes. Mrs. c. |. SanbOrn, Miss ltt'
Carter, Miss 4. p. Carter and Mrs. b.
Grant. The most noted guest at the
reception was Mrs. William Batter. a
missionary from India, who began that
service just 20 years ago tomorrow.
The evening session of the conference
was devoted to the brotherhood ami
y..rsary The meeting was announced
for men only. but many women were IN
the galleries. Rev John d. Pickles pre-
sided, and the meeting WAS opened
with the singing of hymns by the sur
r.Iiced choir of the Belmont Methodist
church of Maiden. r. y. F'raleigh di-
rector and Organst.
The principal address of the evening
WAS given by Rev. DR.. John Handley OIL
New York. whose subject was "Ihe
Wesley brotherhood He said iii part
"Chare is no field in religious work
which needs our attention more than
that of laboring to save the men OF
this country. The boys up to Il wears
are well cared for. but after that many
: Of them lose their interest in religion.
More than - per cent of the boys from
IA TO Il drift out of the Sunday school,
never to return.
"Our system OF Sunday schools does
rot meet the demand for the care of
these boys. When boys reach TINS age
: IL is the important crisis in their lives.
Every year 100000 young men or u
leave homes where there is no family
altar. / find it hard to keep up the
, family altar in my own home. TINS
large number of young men start OUT
, ir life without religion.
What are we going to do to bring
? hack these men: something must be
done to save them. OF the 3O,ooo'ooo
men in this county IS per cent of their
: never go tc church and not more thar
Is per cent of those who do go are seer
5 in church every Sunday.
I'VE are told that we are getting toe
{ effeminate too esthetic. If we coulC
get every male member of our church
2 to attend the services we could accom-
$ phsh more than we have in the past.
1 WHY don't the men who do attend
make it their business to bring theil
friends to church the same as the mem
g hers of the fraternal lodges do? Ii
I New York the Paulist fathers of the
Catholic church. when they are given .
:. mission to proselytiZe our Professionals
Z they have rule that no catholic is tC
:. he admitted unless he brings a pro-
teStant with him.
: 1T becomes our bounden duty tC
= labor to bring the men to church. Let
us make a sincere. earnest effort tc
save the men and boys of this country
IS Among the other speakers were
= Charles c. Barry of the Melrose Bap-
e fist church. Franklin P. Shumway
: president of the mems clubs of the
;. Congregational church; Alderman Les
: lie +. keene. James W. Murray. presi-
= dent of the Life Line brotherhood:
r George H. Guest president of the Bar
d ry class and DR.. c. w. Clark. president
/ of the Wesley brotherhood of Melrose
Greenfield Farmer Dead.