Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-02-18
CONFERENCE
Crowded out last week.


ing at the M. E. church Sunday night,
the second meeting in the Laymen's
Missionary conference being held in the
city. 'tAll that we have as Ayrans of
the west, we owe to our religion.
In beautiful poignant language and
in strong appealing voice, DR.. Calkins,
missionary from India and pastor of the
Grant Road Methodist church, Bombay,
held his audience spellbound, as he
drew in simple but powerful language
pictures the Heart of Heathenism, F"
the subject of his second address before
the conference.
In dramatic way he showed the
progress we as Ayrans of the west
have made from Christ's time, when
we were beastial savages, dominated
by brute passions; ignorant and dirty,
to our present stage of civilization, at
the present time. "We owe all that
we have and are to our religion" said
the speaker.
Returning to our brother Ayrans of
the East, Dr. Calkins gave to his hear
ers wonderful appreciation of the
heart of the Hindu and the eastern type
of mind. An appreciation such as only
one who had been close to Oriental life
could project.
Placing Christianity and Hinduism
side by side, the speaker brought out
with peculiar vividness, the strange
likenesses between Hinduism or Braha-
manism; likenesses that are most strik-
ing to the westerner.
But the differences are vital. Love
is the ruling passion in Christianity.
Hate dominates the religion of the
T, Brahmin. If we as Christians hate, it
is in spite of our religion. Hinduism
teaches hate. Christianity makes of
every man a brother. Hinduism is
caste. Every man is predestined by
birth to position which he cannot
change any more than he can cause the
sun to stand still. And here is the
point where Christianity finds its en-
tering wedge, especially among the
poor and hated castles. Goods caste
is love-" says the preacher. and the
despised one understands. ''You must
have spiritual rebirth into his caste, "
and the despised one sees great hope.
He may raise himself to the place of
the highest caste Brahmin now. He
is new man, redeemed by Gods love.
In his address of the afternoon at
the Congregational church DR.. Cal
kins, using the same method, brought
his audience close to the heart of the
Mohammedan world, showing where
the fundamental weakness of the wor-
ship of Allah lay.
The meetings have been well calcu-
lated to give the citizens of Baraboo a
world vision of the great field of mis-
sion enterprise and DR.. Calkins's ad-
dresses will be long remembered by
those who have heard them.
DR.. Trimble, who is working with
DR.. Calkins, in short talks, both in the
afternoon and evening, presented the
opportunity of the people here at home,
to share in the great work. With these
two men as leaders, and aided by the
ministers and the laymen of the city,
the conference of these two days
brought home to the citizens of Bara
boo as never before the need of more
energy in the mission friend.
The Banquet
The Laymen's Missionary banquet at
the M. E. church on Monday evening
was we'll attended. The ,supper was pre-
ceded by song, "Blest Be the Tie
That Binds, and invocation by Rev.
H. P. Jordan. The foreword was given
by George w. Andrews and after the
addresses there were resolutions
and naming of committees.
In forceful address DR.. Mcmillan
projected some very good views on the
great problems that the church must
face and commence to solve if it is to
hold its place in our twentieth century
life.
The church has its place in the solu-
ton of our political problems, said the
speaker. Shyster politicians have
divorced the church from its legitimate
place in the field of our political life.
Politics need the aid of the church, not
as a partisan. but as cleansing power.
The church is needed in the great So
cial problems of the day. Labor or
CARNATIONS need the church, not as an
ally, no more than it should be the ally
of capital, but for the outstanding of
both labor and capital.
Aside from these the speaker ex-
pressed the opinion that the church had
a big work in the solution OF the pro-
blems of our young people, the liquor
liquor problem, and others.
Dsoaus Are ike lis