Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-12

";t Of TIN State was $4,000 :'ad that
for all Inn"VolencoS 81, coo was annually
sem; "uL Of this State.
Then followed an exceedingly able
;;ilH Interesting paper by Rev. Thomas
+. Jones of Guilford on
One Conference for Maine.
"rhc Maine Conference" has been Il
name and Il potent factor in the social
ami moral and religious life of our
Commonwealth since the year 1873
five years after our birth as Il state.
.Mrthodisnl has had a hand under God
il: IN" lie of our people since the year
!''3. when by the New England Con-
ference held thar year in Lynn, Massa-
''i,U""ttS. Jesse Lee WAS appointed to
III. Province Of Maine. and Lynn for
his charge
In thc year 1913. the General Confer
enc" in its session ut Pittsburg. Penn
sylNrrir. by the desire Of the Metho-
dist ministers of Maine set off the ter
ritory east of the kennehec and estab-
lisicd the East Maine Conference.
The reasons for this division as given
We're the widespread area of the I'M
divided Conference. including as it did
the entire State; the great difficulties
OF travel realized especially at the time
Of TIE annual moves: Roads were lit
tie. better than bride paths, of rail-
roads there was virtually if not abSO-
lutely none: jOurneying by water was
! without convenience when not perilouS;
correctional administration was al
. ways prnblcmatic: correlated labor
among the charges was hardly to be
thought of: even attendance at the an
nual Conference could not be expected
from all parts OF the Conference be-
q. Use of expense. of the great labor of
IT," journey and the length Of time the
| pastors would necessarily be absent
from their parishes.
FIR these causes the division was felt
to he justifiable though there was no
pa,t Of the field III our growing Metho-
GiSm that more seriously needed the
backing and support OF a strong or
| @anizati"n than did the East Maine
Conference in 1878 And it will ever be
| 4 question in the mind of thoughtful
| mci. whether in view of the needs of
| generalization ana ChristianiZation and
| in the light of the possible prestige and
! was wholly wise.
| Put We are living in Il time of rev
| thingS-l time of the combination of
| forceS--a day Of enlarged Outlook-an
age of great advancement-an era or
| big things" The corne" grocery, the
variety store. the Yankee notions
| chariot. ana all that ilk have served
their time. We have the magnificent
department empnriums in place of
| tneii. The putting. struggling wood
burning locomotive of other days has
been crivCn To the scrap heap by mag
| niiiccnt twelve and siXteen-wheel hun
| dIcd-ton moguS that carry thousand
pass "nSers with the speed of the tenn
| pest. in palatal coaches over highways
of steel from ocean to ocean of our
vast national domain.
FHltnn'S "ClcrmOnt," the "Savannah'
and the Great Western" have yielded
| the paths Of the Seas" to the Luci-
tani1S' of the 10th century. Even the
! Great Eastern" that held the record
Tor SIZE among ocean traffckers for 40
years is thing Of the past The
| world smiles benignly upOn her mem
DRY. She is no longer a big thing"
The frigate Constitution (Old IRON
| sides). Nelson's flagship "Nictory" and
our proud old Monitor" are gone for
| ever and have given place to the
| 'DreadniuEhtS" and "SatSumaS'' and
the 'Louisianas" of the worlds navies
today.
| OrrS are days Of Brooklyn and New
York bridges. Of vast railway systems
with 4-track lines. of electric trains. Of
| NV fnla n fn1c
| phone and telepost ana the wireless
We travel by lightning on land and
on sea: We talk by lightning. ard sing
by lightning: We light our homes. and
warm our hearths by lightning: We
cook cur food by lightning and we fly
| OH the wings of the wind.
Oar thirteen States of other days
| have expanded until all between. the
oceans east and west and from Canada
to the Calf is ours. We have extended
our arms of benevolence away to the
| South and made the isles of the An
| TILES part of ourselves. We have
| heard a cry for help from the Hawaiian
Macedonia and have raised our glorious
| banner of protection over her and have
carried the liberty and light of a Chris
| tan civilization to the guns of the far
| away Pacific.
More than this God has thrust upon
| oar fostering care the islands of the
yet more distant occident and the be-
niShtcd thousands of the Philippines
| with their splendid possibilities of
Christian enlightenment and civiliza-
| ton are become our dependents; and
we are become a nation on whose ter
ritories the sun never sets. THE little
| one hos become Il thousand. ana the
| small one a strong natiOn.'
| The day Of little things has gone new