Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-09-26

LARGE ATTENDANCE AND PRoFITABLK
SERIES OF MEETINGS.

ton met Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept
10 and 20, with the South Paris Baptis
church. The attendance was large
There were eighty registered delegates
and the attendance from outside the loca
church was about one hundred.
The new Oxford United Baptist Asso
citation now comprises all the churche
of the Otisfleld Conference, and all ex
cept two of Oxford Baptist Association
the two exceptions being Turner ant
North Livermore, which are to unit
with the new Androscoggin United Bap
| fist Association.
The letters from the churches showed
excellent records from some of them
Bryant's Pond had star record, will
twelve baptized. While the full record
is not available, 1t is thought that abou
sixty were received into the churches BY
baptism during the year.
The next annual meeting of the asso
citation will be held with the church al
Mechanic Falls next September. It Il
hoped midwinter meeting with the
Norway church may be arranged.
Officers were elected as follows:
Moderator-Rev. +. F. Foshay, Rumford.
Clerk and Treas.-Rev. G. E. Kneeland, Eas
Otisfeld.
Auditor-Geo. B. Crockett, South Paris.
Miss Charlotte French, who is grad
uate of the Chicago Baptist Missionary
Training School, and is in October to be-
gin work as missionary for the Italians
in New Haven, gave one of the addresses
of the session. She was led to think of
this as her special work by her expert
ence in teaching the Italians in night
school in Rumford. She described also
her first experience in helping Italians
in Chicago.
Mrs. G. A. Salquist, for nineteen years
a missionary in western China, told OF
the great change for the better that has
come in China since the days of the Box
or troubles, 80 that now missionaries,
and education by missionaries, are
warmly welcomed by the people.
Chinese women do not know what real
home life is. Often the Chinese mother
may have a hundred or even a hundred
and fifty relatives under one roof to plan
for and keep in harmony. The homes
are packed close together, and sanitary
conditions are very bad. The Chinese
women attend our mission day schools,
are anxious to learn. and persevering,
and deserve all possible help from us. In
former days, before the Boxer uprising,
the missionaries were called foreign
devils. Now they are called friends.
China's open door of opportunity for the
of Christianity will be grad
uslly closed If we do not enter 1t now.
Rev. G.. 81. Newton of South Paris
made plea for consecrated autos.
Rev. George Il. Hamlen, D. D., former
ly missionary for the Free Baptists in Bal
asore, India, spoke on The Macedonian
Call. God is calling for volunteers for
the missionary field. He can switch a
man on the right track who is going
somewhere. Paul was going somewhere
when the Lord switched him into Mace
donia. Let Us be ready to 60 somewhere
and the Lord will reveal his will to US
also.
Rev. w. p. Porter preached q sermon
on "The Price of Success" which Is sac
rifice.
Rev. L. W. B. Jackman, foreign mis-
sionary in Assam, India, gave a splendid
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India, showing that their heather reli-
gion is filed with grossly immoral teach
ing; that theosophy, whether in India
or America, leads into corrupt thought
and life. He made burning appeal for
India.
The annual sermon by Rev. E. a..
Slower was preliminary exhortation to
move forward by taking up the national
five year program proposed by the
Northern Baptist Convention.
Rev. E. c. Whittemore, D. D., of
Waterville, spoke on our Baptist schools
and colleges, Colby, Bates, Hebron, Co.
burn, Maine Central Institute, Higgins,
Kicker.
Deacon G. A. Mixer of Rumford led in
the discussion of the five year program.
Miss Martha Mixer was Of splendid as.
sistance in connection with the young
peoples work of the association.
Others participating in the meetings
in a special way were Rev. E. A. Davis,
Rev. G. W. F. Hill, Rev. F. W. Buck,
Miss Lethers. Mrs. Nellie Brickett, Mrs.
E. A. Davis, G. A. Mixer, were organists.
Mrs. Ethel Noyes was soloist.