Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-04
Wednesdays Session.

At o'clock Wednesday morning
praise service was held by delegates
of the state Universalist convention
in session here The service was led
by james II. BarroWs of Bethel AT
$50 a song service was enjoyed and
prayer was offered by Rev. Lily Il.
Schafer of Kingfeld. This was fol-
loved by stirring conference led by
Rev. John steele of HalloWell on The
World Through Which Jesus Passed
At $50 Rev Howard B. Markley of
Turner addressed the convention on
"Our Church and the Social Order
Among other things Mr.. Markley said:
"The characteristic of our age is this
that the common people are begin
ming to dream of Il new social order
What is it that makes people restless,
that makes them ask for higher So
cjal organization? It's because they
are reading the Bible. Men are pro-
testing against the effort to make
might right People are asking today
why we have crime, drinking habits,
poverty and idleness-not the ldleness
of the poor men who go tramplng
over the country especially, but the
idleness of rich mems sons VINO go
t1amping over the country in auto
mobiles. What part shall our church
have in righting the social order? The
church should have more than ready
ear for the human cry at any time.
When we seek to be true to the best
principles in the history of our church
then shall the kingdom of God be es-
| tablfahed in every interest of human
life
| The discussion of Mr.. Markley's top
! ic was to have been opened by Rev.
Harry Fben Townsend of Wastbrook,
but he was called away and his place
on the program was filled by Rev.
Dwight A. Ball of Mechanic Falls
AT 1890 the church was filled with
| people anxious to hear the address by
Rev. William II. Gould of the Church
of the Messiah, Portland, who for IL
wears was pastor of the Dexter Bar-
fist church. Mr.. Gould's subject was
1.-THE Irniversalist Evangel and Evan
gelisn1." He kept the intense interest
of his audience throughout his ad-
dress, saying in part:
| at seems sometimes in these days
| that theology is unpopular but popu-
| lar or unpopular. it is important-prl-
marily important. There is no record
of any soul that has found peace I'M
til it has found it in God the Father
| A man cannot have all that he desires,
for God loves His children too well for
that: He gives them only those things
that are good for them. We must
teach the Evangel to our children in
the home. 1t is our business to tell the
story of the good tidings there. 1t is
through the father and mother that
Universalist evangelism is to be real
lied. Teach it also in the Sunday
school and hold frequent evangelistlc
services. All will be well in Gods
world when all of His children have
come to cooperate with Him to do His
will Then our Evangel will be re-
ccived and give joy to the world
After n short discussion led by Rev.
Eben II. Chaplin of Rockland. the con-
yention adjourned for dinner.
From 2 to 430 Wednesday afternoon
the session was in charge of the WO-
lman's JTniversalst Missionary Socie-
ty. The president, Mrs. Henry Ber-
nard Smith of Mechanic Falls, pre-
sided.
| From 4s0 to $50 was given up to
tie discussion of the I.aymen's
League. An address on 1.-THE Work of
the Lavmen'' was delivered by the
secretary of the National Laymen
League. Frank ]. Turner of Buffalo
N Y.
j At $50 a Laymen's banquet under
the auspices of the Dexter Laymen
League was enjoyed at the Exchange
hotel.
Wednesday evening occurred the de-
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Rev. Carl F. Henry of Bangor. At the
close of his sermon Communion was
observed. Rev. Stanley Gates Spear
and Rev. A. Gertrude Earle Of Dover
presiding.
MIR. Henry's subject was "a Look int
the Mirror" and his text Tim. iv:16
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