Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-16

one of the warriors of Christian ser
vice., Bishop Hamilton of Boston.
Bishop Hamilton
Bishop Hamilton opened his remarks
by stating that he was believer IN
the crowd. He stated. however, that
forever the multitude has held its
pcrils the remedy for which is in the
individual. II believe in the many" he
stated, lin the great corporation of
human hearts and in the great trust
Of human hands" A man has tc be
a brother or there's never any multi
tude. 1t was in this altruistic way,
the speaker said, that he looked upon
the individual, but the only way one
amounted to anything in this world
was as the individual. He showed that
statistics Showed that the burden of
responsibility in the churches Of the
country rested upon but one-third OF
it's members from which arises the
question of what to do with the other
third. one of the great menaces that
we confront is the number of people
who shift responsibility to irrespon-
sibility. He referred to this trait in
the so-called best classes of the
country and pointed out that it was
the so-called middle class that bore
the greater part of our responsibility.
AS for a remedy he prescribed giving
the other two-t thirds something to do.
In answer to the question of how to do
it he said that politics could not ac-
complish it, nor could many other
things: it required something that
reached the source, which was of the
spiritual rather than the physical. For
loading responsibility upon member
of this class he outlined the plan OF
finding the man, giving him something
to do, and showing him how best to
do it. Bishop Hamilton stated that II
was the business of every man to work
out not only his own salvation but that
Of his fellows. Here he closed.
The solo by Harry Chamberlain be-
ginning with the words SHOW me thy
face-one transient CLEAN of lowell
ness divine" was beautifully rem
dered.
Mr.. Smith called for two-minute
speeches of testimony from the va
rious men who had been associated IN
one way or another with the confer
ence Horace c. Day spoke or the
amazing proportions to which the con-
ference had risen in it's Importance and
it's import. Orlando E. Frost stated
the necessity of getting hold of tine
steering wheel of each individuals life
and referred to his conviction OF the
hands of Almighty God steering the
world r. H. Varney spoke with par
ticular reference to the over 100 stu
dents at the conference, of which he
was one, stating their conception On
the present conference as call to
arms to solve the problems OF COM
munity efficiency. H. e. Dunnack stat
ed the three significant things which
this conference had impressed upon
him to be: For all to stand together in
the great battle, to protect and really
help each other; apd that God al
mighty has made us all. President Mil
liken of the conference asked the ques-
ton of whether those present would
make good when they returned to their
homes, and as a word of caution, re-
minded that it was action that was
required. AS a word of encouragement
he stated that the program to it's end
was the Kings business and that 1t
was bound to win, and secondly, he
pointed out his belief that not in any
of the delegate retrospective commune
ties was there a single man who had
no interest in some part of the pro-
gram of this Community Efficiency