Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-10-06

dwelling beings that we look 70 toody.
What does the mother see in the race
of her little boy? She sees only the pest
in him. She believes in him, she trusts
him. She believes he will always pc
true to her teaching.
"Tnjrty-five years ago last month the
speaker was baptized in tins baptistry
beneath this platform. No human MS
toriar can tell what this meant to the
sneaker. With us today are in spirit
such Baptist heroes as Joseph Kicker,
Gov. Abner Coburn Deacon Greenough
and DR.. Dunn. Are they pleased with
what they see done today? Let us nope
so and that our work is up to the stan
dard they set.
"The heavenly invisible host is all
ways about us. Could we but realize
their presence what a help it would De
to better living. A glacier is good H.
lustration of the irresistible force or
the invisible hosts. At its head no
movement is perceptible but at the
base Of the mountain gorge its force
and progress no one could hinder. SO
the work of our state convention in its
beginnings was small, but now lts
force is felt throughout the State.
down in the Southland little child
was lost and searching parties were
sent out in every direction. Finally one
of the party heard in the distance the
words: Papa! papa! papa! and the
child was saved in season. The cry OF
that child is the cry of the human race
today, reaching out into the infinite
searching for it's Heavenly Father.
II like the fear nots' of the Bible.
Fear not Abraham. Fear not little
flock, for it is your fathers pleasure 70
give Won the kingdom
"What is needed all over Maine is
more people who have heard these
fear nots' of the Bible. Remember
that the victorious hosts that be with
us arc more than they that be against
us. We have Christ's own promise and
that cannot fall
A telegram was read at 2.45 P. NJ.
announcing that Anna Sargent Hunt,
former Augusta resident, who had been
living for several days at deaths door
at Medford Hillside. Mass, had passed
beyond DR.. Preble led the convention
in sympathetic prayer and was asked
by the convention to make hitting re-
Spouse to Brother Hunt.
The convention then heard brief mes
sages from the State workers of the de-
nomination. Rev. c. f. Young declared
that this had been his best year. lie
had baptized q. His work had been
among the Free Baptists and it had
beer very pleasant. Rev. Nathan Hunt.
the man who travels through Maine
with the colporteur's wagon, and the
noui1 fold nf his WORK,
Nathan and David are known all over
the State and some who have seen
them don't know yet which is Nathan
and which is David.
p. A. A. Killam reported that during
the year he had baptized A.. He had
met with many heroes in the work dur
ing the past year. Rev. J. r. Cochrane
declared that the last year ne seefoed
to be on the Mount of Vision in at
tending the Northern Baptist conven-
ton and other great gatherings. rms
wear his work was in the valleys, but
the last years exaltation had remained
with him still. Rev. Perley E. Miller
said that he had heard the voice say
ing: eco We into all the world anu
thanked God that he was able to say
Here, Lord am l."
Rev. E. NJ. Fuller of Vermont
brought the hearty fraternal greetings
of the Baptists from Vermont and con-
graduated the Baptists OF Maine upon
their splendid record of 1856 baptlsms
in the past year. He voiced the prayer
that it might be greater the coming
year.
Rev. Edwin c. Whittemore of Wa
terville read the report of the exec
utive committee He reported that
nearly all of the associations in the
state had raised almost their full APP
portionment, but none of them quite
attained their stunt. The amount
raised was a thousand dollars more
than has been raised for the past 1G
years.
Rev. M. ]. Twomey of Portland pre-
scented the report of the committee
upon important topics in the annual
report. Those named in his report as
important and taken up for discus
sion We're:
Report of the Institute held last
Spring at Waterville. The net gains
of the Baptist churches for the past
year, encouraging and inspiring to
greater effort. The crying necessity
of more work to be done by the Bap-
fists in the Sunday schools and the
hope that more workers may be en-
ployed in this line of Christian activ-
ity. The work done by others In our
smaller churches during the summer
season and the excellent work done
by many students. The proposal that
the Maine Baptists cooperate with
the National Baptist Convention In
raising a full apportionment for the
coming year. Report of that written
between the lines Of the work by the
secretary. Rev. /. b. Newer, was
highly commended. Recommendation
that an advisory committee be APP
pointed in regard to the union of the
Baptists and Free Baptists.
1t was voted that the mid winter
assembly be continued and that the
Convention be authorized to organize
for it in connection with Colby Col
lege. Voted that the matter of CO.
operating with the National commit
tee in the missionary apportionment
be referred to the executive committee
Voted that the action of the executive
committee in appointing a committee
upon the relations of RantiStS and