Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-05-13

The afternoon session of Wednesday
was begun with devotional service led
by Rev. w. II. Palmer of Wilton, with
Vice President Jesse Hill of Portland
presiding At the business meeting fol-
lowing, Superintendent Charles Harbutt
was re- elected for term Of three years.
Then came the fraternal greetings, Rev.
G. W. F. Hill of Paris Hill speaking for
the Baptists and Rev. B. c. Wentworth
of Norway speaking for the Maine Meth
odist Conference.
The next hour was given over to the
work of the Woman's Home Missionary
Union of Maine, with Mrs. ]. r Libby,
the president, presiding. Mrs. j. b.
johnson of Portland, who was to give an
address on "Bird's Eye View of the
Work OF the w. II. NJ. U. of Maine,"
was unable to be present because Of
sickness in her family. Mrs. Libby
spoke briefly, emphasizing the need Of
mothers allow to grow up without being
shielded in any way by the church.
Many of the young ladies Of society are
said to be firing of their butterfly life
and are seeking something that will give
to them feeling that they are doing
something worth while. The President
then introduced Miss Miriam l.. Wood
berry, who is at the head of the Woman's
Congregational Home Mission, as their
principal speaker of the afternoon.
Mrs. Woodbury. was rapid and inter
esting speaker, showing herself to have
a remarkable grasp upon the conditions
that face her in the continuance of the
work of her office. She confined her
discourse largely to the great immigra-
ton problems which we as Christian
nation must meet. Are we making
American Christians out of the great
number that are coming to our shores,
or are they forcing upon US the customs
and religions which they bring with
them? She said We were copying the
style of others and to certain extent
we were allowing their religions to get
too strong a bold In this country.
Don't think that Mormonism is dead, it
Is growing and must be watched, and the
same is true of other forms OF worship.
The foreigners who come here do not
initiate our leaders, they initiate the
masses, and 1t Is the masses that must
show their Christian way of living. We
are Christian nation, but we shall re-
main Christian only as long as wo live
up to the principles of q Christian life.
She spoke Of child labor In the South,
which is largely done by the children of
the immigrants. In closing she urged
that we must hold up Christ before the
world.
The ladies then retired to the vestry
below for their annual meeting, reports,
etc. The officers which were elected at
that meeting were az follows:
President-Mrs. j. r. Libby Of Portland.
Vice Presidents-Mrs. ID. n. Beach Of Bangor.
Mrs. W. b. johnson of Portland.
Mrs. B. W Ineson Of South Freeport.
Sec.-Mrs. Herbert z. Libby Of Portland
Tressurer-Mrs. c. Z. Leach Of Portland.
In the auditorium the services con-
tinued with series Of addresses on
"The Promised Presence" The first
speaker was Rev. L. d. Evans Of Cam
den, and his portion of the subject was
"The Holy Spirit In Christian work."
He believed in the doctrine of "Three in
One and One In Three" and that the
Holy Spirit had an important place 10
Christian works. We must shake of the
dust of old ideas, lot in the sunshine of
tSe present day and retain that which Is
best. The Spirit Of God IL in the world
to- day. We must live the truth a. we'll
~ teach 1t. The dark places are sure to
come in the life of all OF as but there 10
always that still small voice which says,
60 on, do the duty that lies nearest thee.
Rev. ]. N. Bieler Of Mschias spoke on
the subject, "The Holy Spirit in Chris
tisn Experience" To be q Christian one
does not need to be theologian. The
origin Of Christian Experience IL the ORR
gin of Christian life. Every Christian
has first knowledge OF truth by the re-
suits of his living, and the final test Of
religion il what It can do for bad man.
"The Holy Spirit In the Building Up
of the Christian Life" was the part OF
the subject on which Rev. w. B. Tuthill
Of Portland spoke. He preferred to think