The Republican journal., 1905-04-27
A REVIEW OF FIFTY YEARS.
An Historical Address by Rev. G. G. Win

An Historical Address by Rev. g. G. Wins
low.
At the afternoon meeting April 10th
of the East Maine Conference in Ban
COR the first business was the delivery
of historical address by Kew. e. G.
Winslow of the Wiscasset church. Mr..
Winslow has passed 80 years as men,
Der of the East Maine conference and
his "reminiscences were interesting in
the extreme.
Mr.. Winslow took for his theme, Go
Forward. his text being Speak to the
children of Israel that they 60 for
ward"
"There comes to every Christian"
said the speaker, ''The command go
forward it came to you all when you
accepted Christ"
Mr.. Winslow then referred to his
early life, when he spent four years at
the seminary at Kent's Hill, where he
studied under the fatherly care of DIR.
TOrsey, to whom he referred as" prince
of educators" In 1855 MIR. WinslOw
enjoyed the privilege Of being enter
tanned by Rev. William II. Crawford,
then pastor OF the NJ. f. church in Wis
casset. There also was the home of
Rev. Albert Church, presiding elder of
Here 80 years ago the speaker took
the first steps toward entering the
Methodist ministry and he remarked
that it is remarkable that he should
have spent his 5Oth yearin the pastor
| ate in the church that a half century
ago recommended him for the work.
There were ~ others received into
the conference with me on trial so years
ago. The first on the roll is Samuel A.
Fuller: then follow Dennis B. Stinch-
field, John n Marsh, Horace L. Bray,
s. Franklin Strout, George q. Winslow,
Stephen c. Elliot, Josiah Cookson, Hi
ram Chase, Otis r. Wilson, Isaao P.
Roberts, Joel A. Steele, Clarksou b.
Roberts and Otis Dunbar, OF these L
think three only remain
Mr.. Winslow then interestingly de-
Scribed his early work in Bristol and
on the Crawford and Wesley circuit.
On the trip Down East" he dined at
East Machias with the Hanscom family
and was driven to his new field of labor
by one of the sons-the late Rev. L. L.
Hanscom. At the end of the year on
this circuit, Mr.. Winsow was appointed
to the church at Lubec. His next
charge was Dennysville and Edmund
stOn, where a very successful revival
was held.
Mr.. Winslow then spoke of the salar-
les paid so years ago, mentioning that
the presiding elder of the Bangor dis
| trict drew $GO73O and of the Bucksport
district, S6O5.74.
To the pastors, the Bangor church
| paid S694; the Grace $555; Brewer,
$500; Dexter 1885; Rockland $64; and
so on. There were reported for mis-
sions in 1855, S999.67 as against So, 1872
last year.
In speaking of the changes of the
| past so years, Mr.. WinsloW humorously
alluded to the passing of the time limit,
saying:
| ain SO we had time limit This
was extended from two to three years,
then to five. Now, alas We have no
| time limit or are limited only by the
| length of time brother can hold on
The May Worlds Work teens with
timely features. The first hand inves-
tigation of the Kansas oil fight, by
Isaac F. Marcosson not only reveals
the facts of both sides of the dramatic
conflict, but shows the people and the
methods. The article is adequately
| illustrated. OF kindred interest in the
| intimate character study of Henry H.
| Rogers by John S. Gregory, which tells
| for the first time the story of the Oil
mans service to Mark Twain. "The
Masters of Insurance Finance" by l.
! S. Grim, is an Illuminating view of the
men behind the great insurance com
panies, to whom two-thirds as much
wealth is entrusted as to our savings
banks. The personality of James
HaZen Hyde, the storm center of the
Equitable fight, is interestingly ex-
! planned by Lindsay Denison. The
whole number is of exceptional inter
est, maintaining the high standard of
the magazine.
The Booklovers Magazine for May
gives its readers a foretaste of the
charms of outdoor sights and sounds in
an unusually attractive number The
illustrated paper by Waldemar B.
Kaempffert on "The Protective MIN
/ icry of Insects" is striking and popu-
lar presentation of some phases of the
struggle for existence which goes on
ceaselessly throughout the whole ami
mate world, and will be source of
pleasure and profit to nature-lovers
who wish to study the subject for them
selves. Joseph Conrad, master of sea-
craft, contributes delightful disserta-
ton on Sailing as Fine Art" where
in he expounds the philosophy of yacht
ing seamanship in its relation to the
development of character and conduct