Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-22
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Saturday Session of East
Maine Conference - Grant.
Murray Wedding
| At the Saturday morning session Of
the Eastern Maine Conference in ses
sion here, Bishop Edwin E. Hughes
conducted the opening devotional ser
vices and delivered a short address full
| of interest to the large audience.
| A business session followed and the
/ following new members of the confer
ence were received on credentials: JOS
| eph harvey Irving, from the evangeli'
cal association, and Job r. Howes from
the Pentecostal church Of the Nazarene
and placed in the itudies of the third
year.
John E. Blake, Frank c. Worcester
and Thomas Grimshaw were admitted
to full membership and will be ordained
this year. The followin,; were reported
to have completed the conference course
Of study and elected to be ordained ell
! ders this year: Roy Chester Dalzell
George Henry Dawson, George Poland
Sparks, William Henry Stewart, Albert
Ernest Written and Milan James
Smith
Those elected and ordained loca
preachers are Arthur Hoyt and Zenas
Staples, the latter under the missionary
rule.
Visitors who addressed the conference
Saturday morning were Rev. John Nj
Arters of Washingt' n. the supernten
dent of temperance morals; Miss Glenn
entina Butler Of the Foreign Mission.
airy Society, DR.. J. Frank Knox II
America University, Washington, and
Miss Robertson. representing the Bos-
ton Training School for Christian Ser.
vice.
the entering class but address ed the
new members informally for half hour
before the noon adjournment
Preachers Wives Association
The annual meeting of the Preachers
wives Association o. the East Maine
Conference was held IN the Shaw Me-
mortal parlors at the First Universal
ist church Friday afternoon Mrs. Bion
W. Russell Of Camden presided at the
meeting. One of the features was the
introduction of newcomers in the con-
ference. The following officers were
elected: Mrs. David M. Angel, Bucks
port. president; Mrs. George Davis
Burlington. vice president; Mrs W
Quinton Genge. Bangor, secretary.
During the latter part Of the meet
ing Bishop Hughes arrived and gave q
short address to the men, eXplainine
some Of the advantages of living i'm 9
Methodist parsonage. Mrs. Annie l.
Worth Of Bangor also addressed The
meeting in behalf of the Ladies' Ait
Union. The meeting voted to instruc,
its secretary to send a vote to Bishor
Hughes mother in Pasadena, Cal. ex.
pressing their appreciation of the bish.
ops kindness in addressing them.
The Evening Session
Rev. Albert E. Luce presided at the
Friday evening session of the confer
ence. In opening the audience rose and
sang Faith of Our Fathers" led by
Rev. Melville +. Osborne of Rockland
the singer of the conference. who later
In the evening delighted the audience
with his wonderful rendering of THE
Holy City The applause was so srea,
that he responded with another selec.
tion, My Task The address of the
evening was given by Bishop Edwin II
Hughes and the church was filled with
people who considered the price of adj.
mission none too much for the treat ir
store for them, nor were they disap.
pointed
Inc subject of Bishop Hughes lee
lure was, children of the Manse :
ana IN explanation of the topic hi
announced that the lecture was writ
ten Tor the purpose of proving bv in.
disputable facts and figures the fa1.
lacy Of the old slanderous adaee tho,
preacher sons and deacons daugh.
ters do not turn out we'll. Being +
preachers son Bishop Hughes mad,
up his mind several years ago that liz
would collect and keep material tc
use some time in lecture which
would prove the fallacy of the Sian
der. Two years ago he took his ma
terlal. classified and sifted it dowr
into this lecture, using not quite one
NTH or the convincing material he
had collected.
The first instance he mentioned was
that OF a man who was referring tc
the old adage as true, but on being
asked to go over the history Of the
~ pastors who had served in the
church which he attended during the
previous 40 years and noticing the
standing Of their sons, he had tc
acknowledge that everyone of then
were iiVing honorable and useful lives
Tue olsiiop quoted from two wei
known poems. one, The Preacher.
boy by James Whitcomb Riley. the
other, The Parsons Son." by Roher,
W. Service, and cited the fact that !,
closing. each poet gave the subiec,
of his rhyme the honor due him as III,
son of a preacher
Right here he made the remark tina
it would be damaging evidenc,
against religion if the children
brought up in homes where religion
OF the business of life should fail I,
make good.
The speaker announced that the fac
he was to cite would be confined Il
Professionalism in America and Eng
land. Bishop Hughes then went on t,
give amazing facts concerning the
number of noted men and women