Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-04-13
Evening Session.

Inc evening session opened u few min
utes alter $50 O'Clock with Il closely
packed church. and after IL prayer offered
w hcV. ID. &. Abbott oil Lisbon. The first
apt"h'f OF the evening was introduced
ny tcN. i. G. Potter of Bct'!ei. who
conducted The session. which was the an
nilVtfsafl.* OF me Missionary and Educa-
.iohil Societies: II, introducing the
speaker the chairman told of his efforts
10 procure prominent members OF the
clergy as features of the evening. and ne
lntI"iuc,d Rev. J. e. Floyd. ID. d., field
agent OF the Cincinnati division OF ONO.
DR. Floyd prcfaccd his address with
many witty references to his experiences
IN the field i'll uae conference work and
In his present sphere, and then plunged
into Il graphic recital of his experiences
While Il missionary II, darkest India ana
rISHn China. In the i!rst part OF his
address i)r. Floyd mentioned the great
good being accomplished by the hom@
, mission work. He quoted statistics 10
"Americtns, 50 called. who come into
this country through El;s island, in that
never c";i%in2 flow, deep dyed i'll thelr
IGNORANCE and superstition. and as sadiE
!" need of knowledge that iney are only
let I" be born OVER again that thtf
may acuuir" an adequate knowledge OF
fli" true liberty and independence that
prevails in The United States of America;
II IS this class of people that IL re'tcntu
by the holn" mission work, according 10
lir. Floyd, as well dS the 10Jo,ooo negro
Americans, over u yeas al age WI"
Wntn they Vot" at tn. polls 40" lrttHi-
dent or ouh"r civic oiIicrr do not Nho"
just what the ballot is itr. II" advanced
other reasons why the offerings Tor none
mission work should be increases 1ii.a
year and later entered into an interest
ing descriptive talk of his experiences as
Il missionary in the heather countries III
the dark lands across the sea-. VIZ
the average Indian maiden ciotnius
costs less than 81 every wear and whcr"
70 coo 0OO people go to their graves an
nually without hearing the maine ol tnv
Saviour. DR.. Floyd laborcd, trlcnlnS me
gospel and lots of healthy, practlcdi ca
ucation in the mission schools
He spoke of the little importance villa
which woman is regarded IN ihal1 anu
Cl,ina and told of the aid that is being
lent by the missionaries in uplifting the
women OF these benighted countries mo
a state other than slavery and degrade
ton.
pey. William F. Anderson, -. D.. secrc~
tar, of the board of education OF the
NJ. E. church Of New York. Dr. Ander-
son gave an outline OF me nee ueu rt
branch OF the Methodist Episcopal church
,nG dwelt more especially on tho op-
soryance of the children day, and ne
denounced many of the songs sung DE
Inc children in the Sunday schools today
as being criminal. He outlined the pro-
pra,n as prepared under the SUPERVISION
OF the board of education, ana recon-,
l.rpfiOtt mat II Ut uStt Ni''''iH' 80"
h. .,.}drd that the Songs such as are be
ing used at the present time do not bear
the stamp Of approval OF the board ana
never will. The speaker deFlored the ele
mert of commercialism that Is entering
the church. and he cited an instance
where he heard a presidr g elder of q dis
trct refer to clergyme" in his eharss
as being Fifteen hundred-n"ifir men,
III Py COMPARISON of state universities
and those conducted by RELIGIOUS soclc-
ties. and along denominH,ional lines Or.
Anderson showed Tie better iniicence
over the moral life that dominated in tn"
latter class. DR.. Andcrsons address was
Very interesting. ana he hello the close
attention of his hearers until the f1nish