Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-13
THE METHODIST CONFERENCE
SESSIONS CONTINUE TUESDAY
Lively Business Session in the Morning at
Which Adjutant General Mel. Pres son
Speaks Women's Missionary Societies An
niversaries Observed Bishop Hughes Gives
Lecture in Evening

trea surer. presented his audited re-
port as conference treasurer.
The pastors Of the Portland dis
trict reported their respective char-,-
eS.
Rev. G. }. Brown OF Bangor. State
Sunday school secretary. was intro
duced to the conference. He stated
that he believes the Sunday school
the greatest field of christian activity
outside the christian home and he
showed that the work of the sun
day school is to supplement and as
Sist the home in preparation for
Christian service and that the sun
day school is a field for all ages.
Rev. {. o. Mills. D. D., of Port =
land read series Of resolutions on
the rural situation.
Afternoon Session
At the opening of the afternoon
session the anniversary of the Wo-
mans Home Missionary Society was
observed, Mrs. f.. II. Hall of Port
land presiding. The speaker upon
the occasion, Mrs. Annie Q. Clark of
Newton, Mass, spoke in a most In
teresting manner of the work OF the
society and Of the great amount of
work there is still TO do. And she
said that this great work is neces-
sary in this country so we shall have
a Christian democracy to present to
the world.
The anniversary Of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society was also
observed in the afternoon, Mrs. Cora
Knight clifford of Portland presid-
ins at that meeting. Mrs. Ella G.
Upper of Worcester. Mass. spoke
of the work of that society. She
told Of the great advance that Japan
has made during the past 80 years,
but she pointed out that the need of
the Gospel there is desperate And
the need of the Christian religion in
other of the foreign countries was
also pointed ont by Mrs. Upper.
Miss Machle of Togus rendered a
vocal selections in very charming
manner at the session. being accom-
panied at the organ by Miss Carrie
Bradford of Augusta.
Delegates Registered Friday
The following delegates registered
Friday:
Mrs. w. A. Meservey, Pittsfield:
Rev. Clinton Simonton, South Port
land; Mrs. Frank II. Hall. Portland;
Mrs. Annie Q. Clark. Newton, Mass;
Rev. and Mrs. A. T. Craig, Fairfield:
Rev. and Mrs. Leech. Hallowell; Rev.
Alexander Stewart, Mt. Vernon: Rev
f. r. Stuyer, Oakland; Rev. X. ).
Remick, Chebeague: Rev. MlIon J.
Smith, Woolwich; Edith L. Smith,
Gardiner: Rev. and Mrs r. 4. Rich.
kennebunk.
Bishop Lewis Reports on China
Bishop Wilson S. Lewis Of Shang-
hal, China. recently returned to work
for the 1919 Methodist Centenary of
Home and Foreign Missions, reports
that the open door in China is most
hospitable to education, especially on
social. religious and national affairs.
He describes the American mission
aries as among the most active forces
lOT uefIlOCIdIJ Ill NllIlld ana cuucd =
ton is their weapon.
I'm three years time the Chinese
Publishing House of the Methodist
Episcopal Board Of Foreign Missions
hopes to be able to put one book a
month of good. clean, popular litera-
ture into the hands Of the Chinese
people, to awaken their interest in
social, religious and national affairs.
THE Chinese Government has set
on foot an interesting movement to
simplify the writing of Chinese char
acters. This will mean much to the
10000 newspapers in the country, fol
the aim is so to reduce the time re-
required to learn to read and write
that a boy who now must study I'M
til he is IA before he can read the
may learn the same
thing by the time he is eight years
old. In other words, the government
seeks to cut nearly in half the time
required to learn to read and write.
Think what that will mean to a ma
ton of more than 300,0OO,0 900 If the
time ever comes when compulsory ed
ucation is enforced!
But that millennium is far dis
tant and meanwhile the missionary