Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-26

lOl d N5dNlOu4s IL IS h PtAS lAeiIlOAs but it does not affect the dogmas of the church. We must insist upon the personality of Jesus Christ as the power of God for salvation"
 Following the service, a roll call was taken and 104 members of the con ference answered to their names as read.
 Memorial Services.
 Memorial services were held during the latter part of the morning. Rev. R. $. Moore of Attleboro, Mass, and Rev. J. Francis Cooper of Brockton, Mass, delivered eulogies upon the late Rev. Porter M. Vinton, who died in Provincetown, Mass, last April. Mrs. Mary McVey, the wife of Rev. John McVey of Warren. Mass, who died last April also, was eulogized by Rev. F. C. Baker. Mrs. Anna Blanchard, widow of Rev. John Blanchard, who was at the time of her death. in August, 1913, the oldest living widow of & minister in this conference, was eulogized by Rev. w. $. MacIntire of New Bedford, Mass. Bishop John w. Hamilton de lvered g. eulogy upon the late Bish ops Bowman and Walden, the former of whom was chaplain of congress dur ing the Civil war and a friend of Abraham Lincoln.
 Dr. kingsley, who spoke briefly Mon day evening, addressed the conference in regard to the conference claimants, the subject of last nights session, urging action by the conference on the matter of increasing the funds available for the purpose.
 Women in Session.
 During the afternoon, while vari- ouS committees were in session, the women present held a meeting to con sider deaconeSs work, Rev. J. rlant1s Cooper of Brockton, Mass, press-ling. Mrs. George E. Wilcox of this city rendered a solo during the meeting which was received appreciatively.
 Rev. Daniel w. Howell of St. Johns- bury, Vt, delivered the address at this gathering, speaking of the splendid work done for the sick and the needy by the deaconesses of the olden days. In America, he said, the movement started about 1S36. and was in other denominations. The Methodists took up the work later, but there are many deaconesses at present in the Meth Odist church Their work was applied, practical Christianity doing the house. work of sick mothers, washing the floors, and tasks of that nature, like the nuns of the Catholic church. All agree upon the beauty and glory of the saintly life. Their work was helpful to the pastors and in many cases work which the pastors could not do as well as they.
 Held in the Open Air.
 
 held at the Main street end of the fcotbridge over the railroad tracks and was well attended. Rev. Gilbert E.. MoSSInan of Taunton, Mass, and Rev. James M. Potter of BridgetOn, R. l., were the speakers.
 Temperance Was the Topic.
 The meeting at 4 in the afternoon the principal speaker was Dr. Clarence True Wilson of Topeka, Kansas, seer e. taTy of the Nj. E. Temperance society. Dr. Wilson comes from Q prohibition state and he delivered @ stirring talk upon the drink habit and the cause ,sf prohibition, during which he pcedicred that there was a greater probability that the constitutional amendment pro- hibiting the manufacture or sale of liquor in this country had a better chance to pass right now than had the Webb bill before the date of its pas sage
 Dr. Wilson said in part: If it is wrong for the individual to drink in toxicating beverages, to make them and to sell them, how can it be right for the community? This is the thought which we must hold until 1t becomes conviction When a man starts down hill, he finds everything greased for the occasion" said the speaker, who told the story of one man who went down hill in Maine, and how his down fall led to the three and one-half years work of Neal Dow, which brought about prohibition in that state.
 Making "Dry" States Into Wet
 The history of the prohibition move ment was traced by Dr. Wilson from its inception to the present, showing how one state after another felt the wave of reform, until IT out of B had adopted laws restraining the sale of liquor. Then came the Civil war, and while the men of the country went to the front the brewers and liquor deal CTS stayed behind to change the dry made the statement that not a single brewer or distiller volunteered to go to the front. For fifty years" he said, this statement has been made in the press and from the pulpit and 1t has never been contradicted"
 pr. Wilson reviewed the work which had been done since 1865, when but three dry" states remained, paying a compliment to the members of the prohibition party, whom he said had for 45 years been without an office. kept their banner ahoat and been true to an ideal. He also spoke of the W. C. T. U. movement and of the anti saloon league movement and made a plea for brOadneSs of vision, that all these forces might work together in a common cause. The speaker also said that amendments were pending in most of the Pacific states and that it was not a vain hope that the cause would make a clean sweep of the Pacific coast before the Panama. canal brought people from all the lands of the earth to it's shores.
 Dr. Wilson's speech was delivered in a forceful manner and his illustra- tions and metaphors were apt and his style entertaining.
 Foreign Missions at Evening Session.
 Rev. w. H. Bath of Newport, R. l., presided over the evening meeting, the subject under discussion being foreign missions and the speaker of the eve ming former Bishop W. F. Oldham, D. D., now secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist church.
 After an anthem, beautifully rem dered by the quartette of the Congre- a scripture reading by Rev. G. c. Mosher. and a prayer by Rev. A. C. Bruce. followed by another anthem, af- ter which Rev. Bath introduced Dr. Oldham
 The former bishop of India began his address by saying he would en- deavor to present what seems to be the general situation in the work in which the Board of Missions is engaged. talk ing conditions in Latin America, in the stronghold of Mohammedanfsm, in In = dia, in China and East Asia, and mak- ing an effort to provoke interest where it has been alas too low.
 Solution for Mexico. He said in part: Every one of you who looked at a newspaper this morn inf looked first, 1 venture to say to | see what was doing in Mexico. our I