The Republican journal., 1910-10-13

rotary; Herbert W. Rowe, Brewer,
treasurer
These officers are to constitute board
of the Maine Baptist Missionary conven-
ton in accordance with the plank Of the
platform endorsed Wednesday by the
Missionary convention and ratified
Thursday morning by the young people
IN their business session, which provides
for closer afilation between the young
people and the Missionary convention.
An hour of the morning session of the
missionary convention was taken up with
discussion of the outlook for the Bap-
fist and Free Baptist denominations.
Rev. G. G. Mosher, pastor of the Penney
Memorial Free Baptist church of Angus
ia, and formerly Of Bangor, spoke in
part as follows:
"Baptists and Free Baptists-The Out
look, is the subject assigned me. Out
look for the Baptist cause in State and
nation is good, possibly it never was bet
ter than at the present moment. Bap-
lists are unified with one aim and pur
pose: Zone faith, one Lord, one bap-
tism.' There is no sound of strife in all
our borders. There was time when the
differences between Baptists, free and
regular, were real and there was excel
lent fighting along the whole line, but
differences have vanished and we are not
emphasizing differences today for the
very good reason that none exist to en-
phasize.
Some years ago the Baptist Barhis
said to the Free Baptist Peggoty:
"Barkis is within" At first Peggoty
was coy, not because she didn't like Bar
kis but because the proper thing under
the circumstances was to be shy and
blush little. But the blushing period is
over, the bans have been declared and
the nuptials are soon to be celebrated
Yes, The Outlook is good. An ancient
general halted his somewhat wearied and
dissatisfied troops on towering summit
commanding full view of the surround
ing country. Pointing to the plains of
Piedmont below he thus addressed them:
Soldiers, you have endured hardships,
privations and toll but few more
marches and few more battles and all
this plain below is yours.
Mighty are the fields, wide are the do
mains that wait for Christian conquest,
the ''felds are white unto the harvest"
and the unified condition of the Baptist
forces at present are prophecy and
plSuSe IIldC CuSy are W nave d part, anu
no small part in making the kingdoms of
this world the Kingdoms of the Prince
Emmanuel. The outlook is grand: A
few more marches, few more days of
conquest, then comes the victor's song.
The Baptists of America, united and
strong, following Loyalty the great cap
tain Of their salvation, face the future
hoping for large things, willing to under
take large things.
Rev. c. D. Hazelton, pastor of the
Baptist church at Oakland, followed.
He spoke of the union work at Kennebec
Siding and the pleasant conditions under
which it had been carried on by the two
denominations. He advocated the adop-
ton of Maine confession of faith by
Baptists and Free Baptists. which should
cover the common beliefs of the two
bodies and suggested that the lions Ad-
vocate might become the denominational
organs of both the Baptist and Free Bap
fist peoples.
1t was voted that all questions affect
ing the union Of the Baptist and Free
Baptist churches be referred to the adj
visory committee. 1t was also voted to
change the form of constitution recon-
mended for the associational conventions
by striking out the word regular in Arti-
cles l. and V. so that both Baptist and
Free Baptist churches could be included
in the associations.