Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-10-07
The EVENING Session.

| The evening service opened at 100 with
a devotional service led by Rev s. r
Belyea of East Machias. Rev. p. A. A
Killam of Eastport led in the song SCI.
Twice.
The first address of the evening was nv
Isaac Higginbotham, a member Of the
Senior class at Colby College. Mr.. HIg.
ginbotham gave a spirited presentation
of the theme The Churches Obligation
| to the Education Society," impressinv
upon his hearers the duty of the differ
ent churches of the denomination to aid
the educational society in its great work
| in developing men of strong Christian
character.
| The closing address was by Rev. Georya
E. Horr. D. D., president Of Newton
| Theological Institution. and was a mas
| terly effort. He said in part:
Newton, unlike some other theological
| institutions of today. is not at sea- The
same old truths are taught there with an
equal reverence for God and the deity
of Jesus Christ. The great need of to-
day is that of educated. competent min
listers of the Gospel. The central prop
osition of my remarks tonight is that
society cannot afford to commit this
question of religion, which is of funda-
mental Importance, to the hands Of in
competent men.
1.-The minister is not like the postman
who brings you a letter the contents Of
which he is ignorant, but he is like
messenger, who comes with a verbal
message which he must entrust to you.
Henry Drummond once said that he
thought that the greatest task in Amer
lea was the pastorate of the New Eng
land church. In many of these villages
there are three or four nationalities and
the pastor in order to succeed ought to
be able to speak three or four different
languages and also to be an adept In So
GEOLOGY.
81 predict that the great coming ron
flict of Christianity in the East Is to De
not with Buddhism, but with Confucian-
ism If l were not a Christian myself.
think l should be Confucianist. The az
Mysticism both of England and America
lis current as accepted truth in the schools
of China and Japan. The next . year,
will witness a conflict for the control Of
Asia and Christianity will come into
death grapple with Confucianism.
1T is our great duty to pray that the
world will thrust forth men into the min
,istry, but before we can have large
number of consecrated ministers we mus
have in our homes new sense of values
"A short time ago l read two novels. One
was Woodstock by Sir Walter Scott
and the other was Edith Whartons re-
cent novel, THE House of Mirth' 1
was much interested as / read those two
books to make comparison as to what
the characters in them stood in fear OF.
The characters of Woodstock were afraid
of God and the King, but the only thing
of which the people in Mrs. Whartohs
novel stood in fear was that they might
lose their money and the attendant COM
forts which it brought .-e .ss
The committee on place and preacher
reported that the time and place be r.
'ferred to the executive committee WIN
power to act and named as the preacher
Rev j. l.. Clark of Fairfield with ne"
"A. A. Bennett of Jefferson as alternate.
The anniversary of the Maine BaptS
Education Society closed with the singing
of a verse OF hymn ana Tue Pio
ing of the benediction by Rev. NJ
Howes of Ridlonville.
The Maine Baptist Christian soce'
before it's final adjournment took slep
in line with the other societies affliia'eu
with the Missionary Convention. COM
mittee was appointed, consisting OF rev
DE-. C. Whittemore, Rev. l. S. Mower am
Hon. Horace Purinton, to take under Wv
gvisement and consider the unification o.
the Charitable Society with the other
icieties of the Convention and WIN ~
National organization of the Nortnei'
Baptist church.