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

| Boston, Who Spoke on THE Practical
Demand for Christian Unity"
the law for goodness and the law for
piety, which cannot be disputed. These
are the things for which the church
stands and he said, There is only one
| church no matter how many
branches" No matter what a man
believes the holy spirit is bound to
have His way. Christianity is the
Natural Philosophy" He alluded to
| the book of DIR. Peabody of Harvard
University.
Bishop Hamilton spoke at some
length upon the reasons for church
differences and upon the necessity IF
their greater efficiency by becoming
allies, as the different nations of Eu
rope are now allied, each a distinct
| unit standing for the same purpose.
Unity, he concluded, is necessity
of human nature and human life. The
churches should unite as allies to ov
ercome common enemy. The last
statement of his address was He.
that doeth the will of the Lord abideth
forever"
Warren H. Wilson of New York was
( testimony of conditions he had found
throughout this country in relation to
Christian unity. He called attention
that the creation of greater Chris
| tan unity might not be swiftly
moving process and showed that suca
thing was not necessary.
| Concurrent with the mems meeting
at the Y. M. C. A. was held the
women's Mass meeting in the Green
street Methodist church. Mrs. Clay
ton D. Boothby presided. An anthem
was sung by the church choir, who as
sisted in the singing of the hymn.
After the opening remarks by Mrs.
Boothby she introduced as first speak
| er Charles r. Towson of New York
Mr.. Towson in a general way referred
to the work of the present conference
| with especial reference to the social
aspect of it's purpose.
! The second speaker of the afternoon
was Fred B. Smith of New York. Mr..
| Smith mentioned that it was the
fourth opportunity that he had had to
speak to women and that it should be
his last, so that for whatever he wish
| ed to tell them he would avail him
self of the present opportunity. He
stated that he knew no man who was
not influenced by some woman and
centered his theme around the fact
that woman had a place to fill as well
as ann, and should do 1t.
Sunday Evening
The final meeting of the conference
was held Sunday evening at City hall.
Fred B. Smith of New York presided
On the platform were: r. H. Varney of
the University of Maine, Horace c.
Day of Auburn, Orlando e. Frost of
Belfast, Charles r. Towson of New
York, Rev. C. D. Boothby of Augusta,
Rev. H. E. Dunnack of Augusta, E.
K. Jordan of Alfred, President Carl
c. Milliken of Island Fails, Samuel
Titcomb of Augusta and Bishop John
Hamilton of Boston. The singing was
led by Harry Chamberlain of Angus
ia and Rev. H. w. Haynes Of Augusta
assisted at the piano.
Prayer was offered by Rev. C. D.
Boothby. The audience joined in the
singing of several hymns AS presid-
ing officer of the meeting Mr. Smith
| made general remarks conforming the
conference. He stated that they had
had three most intense and most sig
nifcant days; that every sphere in
Names activities had been represent
ed by delegates and had been met with
a definite place in the program Of the
conference; that this had been a con-
ference where all of these different yet
associated problems had been brought
together. He referred to the conference
in Portland five years ago from which
had evolved the present conference and
of the work which had connected the
| two. He directly turned to the point
of Christian benevolence and said
that the attitude Of men and women
| in this country during the next eight
| months toward Christian benevolence
was the thing he was most concerned
abotu. He pointed out the need for an
increase and not a decrease in our
| contributions. He associated the op-
portunity now in the support of the
organization which should carry the
work of this conference forward and
secure another one, perhaps next year,
and the ushers passed subscription
blanks that all might subscribe or