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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , JUNE 9 , 1891TWELVE PAGES.
CONGHECATIONAl MISSIONS
\Voik of tbo Convention Proper Brought lo
a Olcso Yesterday ,
MANY ABLE PAPEf.S BEING PRESENTED
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Lily l.xrurMoii to Iiihttr ISe-
ct'iitluu tliln livening.
Yesterday was the grent day of tlie Homo
Missionary society cunvontloii. It wax the
last day of tlio convention proper , and the
most Interesting events wore reserved for It.
After tin usual devotional meeting at 9
o'clock , nn nudlencohlch filled ttia First
Congregational church nsHcmhlml to hear tlio
Hpeakvra ' .vho were to address tlio twelfth
nnntial mooting of Ilia Woman's Department.
Mra II , S. Cniwelt of Now York , the secre
tary , presided , and the meeting was one of
the most enthusiastic ot the scries. Ad-
drcsscsH were delivered by Miss Frances J.
Dyer of Massachusetts ) , Mrs. Joseph T.
Duryea of Omalm , Mra.V. . \Vawkes of
Utah , Mrs. H. II. Ollchrlst , the wife of a
missionary In the Dlack Hills , Mrs. iDoKor-
rcHt of Alabama , who spoke on "Tlio Chris
tian Giver's Creed , " Mrs. C. W. Preston of
Curtis.
Ten persons , headed by General 0. O.
Howard , subscribed $10 each for the educa
tion of Minnie Llcrry for the missionary
worlc ,
A collection of $127.27 was taken up for
the assistance of the department.
Mr. and Mrs. I'lcrco of Connecticut an
nounced that they would pay the expenses of
Mr. nnd Mrs. Gilchrlst , the evangelists , to
the Dlack Hills.
Mrs. Caswell then called for a stand up
roll call by states and nearly all In the union
proved to have representatives.
Klold Secretary I'uddefut followed with an
address detailing his work In Chicago and
elsewhere.
Hev. Oeorgo M. Doynton's address on
"Home Missions and Sunday Schools" closed
the morning session.
"Homo Missions and Christian Education"
was the subject considered In tlio afternoon ,
and the leading address was delivered by
Hev. John A. Hamilton. The following repre
sentatives from the field followed : Rev. L. P.
Uroad , Kansas ! Uev. 13. II. Ashmun , Now
Mexico ; Hov. T. W. Jones , D.D. , Pennsyl
vania ; Kcv. Harmon Dross , Nebraska ; Uev.
J. Homer Paiker , Oklahoma ; Hev. A. K.
\Vray , Missouri ; Hev. W. II. Thrall , South
Dakota.
At the public meeting at the First Methodist
Episcopal church last night addresses were
delivered by Rev. Charles S. Mills of Cleve
land , Hev. George H. Wells , D.D. , Mlnne-
ipolls ; Hev. A. L. Frlsble , D.D. , of Des
Molnes , and Rev. Edward P. Goodwin , D.D. ,
5f Chicago , which were listened to by an
ludlence which filled the church. This closes
Iho convention proper and for today
the general committee announces that the
drive about the city has been provided for
at 2 o'clock , to start from the Mlllard hotel ,
and every visitor and delegate Is especially
requested to meet there promptly and par
ticipate In the ride.
In the evening the business men of
the city will tender the visitors to the city
a reception at the Commercial club , from
7:30 : to 10 p. m. , to which every ono Is In
vited. This will be the "love feast" of the
occasion and you will bo entertained by the
brightest speakers , Including Puddefoot and
others.
An excursion to Tabor college will leave
the union depot at 0:45 : this morning , return
ing at C:55. : President Drooks will act as
escort.
WOKK IN CONNECTICUT.
Dr. Moore Describes 1'rogrosi ot Homo
Itllnftloni In tlu > Nutmeg Stiito.
Continuing the addresses yesterday fore
noon , Ilcv. W. H. Moore of Connecticut spoke
ot the work In his state as follows ; Connec
ticut began to bo the frontier of Congrega
tionalism about 2CO years ago , when settlers
tlors from the Plymouth and Massachusetts
colonies planted Windsor and Hartford.
Great hardships were endured. The winter
of 1635 was moro severe than that encoun
tered by the Oklahoma pioneers. In 1637
they had a mortal struggle with the Pequots ,
and more than 100 years passed away be
fore they were delivered from fear of the
Indians. In January , 1639 , they adopted a
constitution which declares their object In
these notable words : "To maintain and preserve -
servo the liberty and purity of the gospel
of our Lord Jesus Christ , which we now
profess , as also the disciples of the churches ,
which , according to the truth of the said
gospel , Is now practiced amongst us. "
In carrying out this purpose the govern
ment became a Congregational Home Mis
sionary society for Connecticut under the
following plan , namely , that each town should
have on orthodox minister settled for life ,
and a church organized under power of the
general court , and that whenever necessary
aald court should aid a town In settling a
minister , bulldlnc a parsonage and a meeting
house and supplying the minister until the
town could take care of Itself.
Under this plan the settling of Connecti
cut went on until Its whole area had been
enclosed In Congregational parish lines the
last original town to bo settled was Cole-
brook , whore a church was founded In 179o.
At that time every town In the state had a
Congregational church , ono or more , and
the general court might have regarded Its
planting work as ended. The worlc was
done so well that only two of those Incorpor
ated societies have ever fallen away from
Congregationalism. Ono In the last century
uecamo Unlversallst and ono In the present
century Unitarian , but In neither of these
from our principles
cases did the church swerve
ciples or fellowship : nor has any church
over abandoned us for error or for another
denomination. Though many now towns
have been formed from the original towns ,
wo have today only two towns without a
Congregational church , and they are towns
( armed during the present century. With
churches and over
168 towns wo have 312
C0b u ? ttUrpC.anTd . , Sully and permanently
< realize Us object. Disturbing forces came
into operation. The disorders following tha
great awakenings of 1740. the burdens anil
distractions of the war with Kranco and
the mother country , the general declension
ln-tho last half of the century , the spread
of Infidelity after the revolution , the rise
and growth of other denominations ana their
co-operation with each other and with ono
of the political parties for the overthrow
ot the ancient order of things , the migration
beyond our borders and from the rugged
hill towns to the more favored portions of
the state , accelerated by the growth of
manufactories and of the cities , resulted In
reducing many old churches to feebleness
ami also In starting new churches without
adequate means of self-support.
In the meantime changes In public aen-
tlmout found representation In the general
assembly , so that that body , losing Its old-
tlmo liomogenlty and finding itself In condi
tions not provided for , and perhaps never
contemplated by the founders of the govern
ment , could no longer bo relied on to carry
out a policy which , however favorable to
Congregatlonallats , was unfair to all other
religious bodies , a state of things demanding
relief likely to bo got only by such a change
ot the constitution as would debar the gen
eral assembly from aiding any denomination ,
and thus throw all church bodies upon their
own resources under God.
In apprehension of such a change , and In
view ot destitutions already alarming In ex
tent , a homo missionary society for Con
necticut was formed In 1816 , only two years
before the adoption ot the present constitu
tion ot the Htato.
This society found about twenty-five
churches watting for Its help. It has aided.
In all 131 churches , sixty-four old churches
and seventy new churches , or moro than
one-third of all the churches In the state.
About two-thirds ot all that have been aided
ore now self-supporting , and some of them
are churches of great usefulness. About
flfty churches now look to us for help , ot
which one-half are old churches , one-third
foreign churches and the rest are now
American churches. Each class of these
churches needs and merits our assistance.
Wo cannot abandon the old churches with
out Ingratitude and folly , for our roots are In
them and , our springs come from them. We
cannot If.noro ths new American church's
for they are In centers ot growing population
ami nealth , and thn work nmoiig the for
eigners In thn slate rspecial y cla'mn our
attention , ba ausc the manifest blessing
of Oml Is MI It ; because the foreigners are
already xo targe a majority In the state that
only fourteen of the forty-four states have
so high a ratio ot foreigners to the whole
population In Connecticut , and because id la
ratio la bound to be carried higher by the
larger birth In their families than In ours ,
and by a steady Imlux from the old world
attracted to us by our nearness to the ports
of entry nnd the variety and extent of our
manufactories , and furthermore , because two-
thlr.li of IhM foreign element ara non-
prutcstant , nnd because , while our Congrega
tional constitution was never more numer
ous nor moro prosperous than now , our
Congregational communicants are only S per
cunt of the population , and the Catholic com
municants are 20 per cent of the population.
In conclusion , In view of the whole situa
tion , we must spend moro of our
homo missionary money In Connecticut than
heretofore , In order that we may hold our
own , and assimilate such as we can of the
strangers within our gatei , and thus enlarge -
largo the area from which wo gather re
sources from tlio Kingdom ot God at homo
and abroad.
Both of our Connecticut scclctlcs , that of
1793 for frontier work and that of 1810 for
state work , which since 1S80 has been
merged Into one , have been In hearty co
operation with the national society since
1S30.
1S30.Somo
Some Idea of what Connecticut has done
In this movement may bo got If wo con-
Rider that In addition to all we have con
tributed In the Christian migrations from
us for over a century and all of the edu
cated men wo have furnished to bo Itiner
ants , pastors , superintendents , teachers ,
presidents and professors In colleges , and the
money we have put Into educational Institu
tions , and all wo have given for church
building , our homo missionary offerings for
this outsldo work from 1793 to date have ex
ceeded $2,970,000 , In fact , less than 15 per
cent of which has been raised for homo
missions hai been spent In and for Con
necticut , nnd over 85 per cent has been dis
tributed to the country at large , and It Is
some satisfaction to bo able to say that what
Connecticut gave to this work In 1893 was
many thousands moro than In former years.
Wo bless God that wo have been able to
do so much. .Wo propose to keep doing ,
for , In the words of our venerated Connecti
cut forefathers , "We don't expect or desire
to be freed from the duty of promoting the
kingdom of God and the Interest of re
ligion In the world. "
As the churches In these great states mul
tiply and grow strong the time will como
when you will far exceed us In numbers
and In resources for every good work. You
will Increase nnd we must decrease , but
thereby our prayers will be answered , our
purpose will be accomplished , God will bo
glorified and Connecticut will bo made glad.
OHIO'S WORK EXPLAINED.
Rev. J. a. Frazer , D.D. , of Ohio , spoke
as follows of the work In his state : I am
afraid that the New Connecticut Is a long
way behind the old Connecticut , and that It
Is to be n long time before Ohio will bo equal
to Connecticut. Ohio appears very grateful
that the churches which were started were
built by the Homo Missionary society , that
they were built by missionaries of the Home
Missionary society. Ohio of Itself has not
very mueh of which to be proud of this year.
We are going on In a very quiet , conserva
tive way. AVe have Just enough to encourage
us to keep on In our work , and not enough
to , by any means , make us vain. The
problems that bother us the most are the
problems which we find everywhere In the
home missionary field. Wo find that as the
city grows , as the population Is progressing
the churches are suffering. That Is true of
the whole country. With two cities with a
population of over 250,000 each , and fifty-
five or sixty cities with a population in ex
cess of C.OOO , you can understand something
of thu problem that confronts us In the
work. In all of these fifty-five cities I do
not think there are over one-half of them
that have Congregational churches. Wo
find In our cities the "down town" problem ,
the problem of the down town church. We
find In some of our missionary churches
that we must Introduce Institutional methods
and Institutional work for the sake of giv
ing our churches the best aid. The very
best experiment is being made now by ono of
our missionary churclfes , a church that re
ceives about one-half of Its support for Us
pastor from the' Home Missionary. It has
been to an expense of almost $10,000 and Is
the most complete Institutional building I
know of , and It Is the most powerful In its
methods.
Dr. Schafer will tell you something about
the worlc among the Bohemians. This Is a
great thing. There are a great many of the
Dohemlau Congregational churches , entirely
Bohemian , with moro than 200 members.
There are something like forty services of
ono kind and another , and there ara moro
than 2,000 people that attend. This -will
suggest to you something of the magnitude
of the work , something of the greatness ot
the work that Is being dona among this
class of people.
We have one problem In Ohio that I think
Is peculiar and that Is the lack ot Congrega
tional churches. You may ride 100 miles
through town after town and you will .find no
churches. You can travel further and not
find 01 town In which there Is a single Con
gregational church. You can go fifty miles
further to Springfield and there Is no
church ; twenty-fivo miles further to Dayton
and tliero you will find a church , but It has
been organized recently. You can go
eighty miles across the state to the old capi
tal and you will find a church that was or
ganized but a few days ago. You can go
seventy-five miles to the Ohio river without
finding a church.
The Homo Missionary society Is doing a
grand work In Ohio and I do not think that
I would bo very far wrong If I should say that
at least five-sixths of these churches that
are organized were organized by the society.
Wo are grateful for this Homo Missionary
society and ask the blessing of God upon It.
THE WORK IN IOWA.
Rev. T. O. Douglas of Iowa spoke of the
work In that state as follows :
I really feel complimented1 that so many
of the brothers and sisters have remained to
hear about Iowa. As I have said before ,
I have the honor to speak for Iowa , the
Massachusetts of the west , the Mesopotamia
of the world , the Garden ot Eden. Mr.
Moderator , these are all quotations from re
liable authors. A few days ago I was trav
eling on the Rock Island road with Secre
tary Herrlck. I was trying to fix up my
old talk for another association , and I found
Brother Horrlck looking out of the window
and talking. He said , "Why. this is really
grand , this Is magnificent , this Is wonderful.
I have never been In this part ot the state
before. " I listened then and said. "Yes , this Is
Iowa this Is a part ot Iowa , and that Is all. "
I was standing with the same brother a few
days after on the platform of the great gen
eral association at Newton and wo were lookIng -
Ing over the magnificent spectacles , ( aces
of true men and women , and I said to him ,
"This Is also a part of Iowa , Congregational
Iowa , the cream of It all. " I will only
speak a very few momenta at this time. I
want to talk first about our age. We are
not very old , wo are Infants yet. Mr. Moderator -
orator , threeot the members ot our first
Congregational church , of the first Congre
gational church that was organized In Iowa ,
ara still living , and they are still members
of that church. Two of them are HO young
that on every pleasant Sunday morning they
go to church and they also stay to the Sun
day school. Wo are but an Infant. Wo
are not sweet 16 , but sweet 56 , tor that Is
our age.
Next I want to speak about the size.
I am going to dispose ot all my points just
as quickly as I did that. There are now In
the state 314 Congregational churches , 27,000
members resident , 33,000 children and youths
In Sunday schools , three academies , and two
of these I think I ought to say should be
better , two colleges , about $3,000,000 worth of
church and college property. That Is the
Nlzo of Congregationalism In Iowa. That
Is not , however , the size of the great moral
.and . tplrltual forces. They cannot bo
measured , and only God and the angels can
toll the size.
Third. From whence comes this great
Congregational Iowa ? I can toll you and
can say truly that the history of the Congre
gational churches In Iowa Is the history ot
the Home Missionary society In our state.
In 1836 a llttlo handful of minors were In
Dubuquo. A missionary was sent to them
who was to get his support almost entirely
from the Homo Missionary society. In 183S
a church was organized In Iowa and Mr.
Turner waa to get $400 , one-fourth ot It
payable In produce , and I have been told
that some ot the men assured Mr. Turner
that they would not let their share of his
salary run any unreasonable time. Mr.
Turner was to act as agent for the society
Tha year 1843 was a great event In our
history , u there were twelve youug men ,
twelve young missionaries iicnl there , eleven
from Andovcr and ono from Tale , and they
said , " 1'Icaso Qed , we will spend our lives
In town , " tnd they have done It. Five of
them arc yet living. Rev. llobblns came to
Muscatlna In 1843 and Is there still , and Is
the pastor of the Congregational church.
You see , sometimes we don't change a > often
as the Methodists , some of us do nnd some
of us don't. Mr. Kobblni Is ono that don't.
( Laughter. ) What did these twelve young
men find In Iowa fifty years ago ? Thirteen
little Congregational churchy , but I under
stand that not ono of thcie brothers took
ono of these little churches. They said ,
"Wo will let the old men have the soft
places , wo will go out and make churches
ourselves. " I wish to God 'that a little
morn ot this spirit Was In the hearts of our
theological graduates today. How were
these young men supported In the work of
making churches for themselves ? About
all of their support canio from the Homo
Missionary society. In 1836 a brother came
from Vermont , pretty well advanced In
years , nnd settled In Des Molncs nnd started
a church , There were five members , three
of which were his own family. This was
In two years after his arrival. In two
years there were four members , and In four
years there was ono church member. H
was nine years before that church had de
veloped any deacon timber. There was
n young man came to Iowa In 1S5G
and his salary was to bo $400 a year.
"Never In my life , " ho said , "havo I had
over $100 a year salary. Once I was offered
$000 and that very nearly broke me up. I
was talking to ono of the good sisters. I
was taking tea with her , and shu excused
the tea not having nny milk In It , nnd ex
plained It by saying that they had sold their
cow and put the proceeds Into the meeting
house. A young man came to that place
without a cent In his pocket nnd ho borrowed
$1,700 at 10 per cent Interest to begin life
with and ho said that ho would glvo as
much to the church as the rest of the con
gregation put In , ns mucTi as the rest of
the collection amounted to. That cost him
about $ U)0. ) After they had taken that col
lection Brother Sweeny arose and said : "I
think wo will proceed now to take the col
lection to get that cow out of the church. "
They took a collection amounting to $31.00
nnd the cow was got out ot the meeting
house , and I nm sorry to say or I"am glad
to say , I don't know which that that cow
has got back Into the meeting house several
times since. That Is the way the Congre-
gatlonallsts do In Iowa. Every few days
a new church Is organized. These are very
hard times and we have strictly forbidden
any Congregational children to bo born
during these hard times , but notwithstand
ing all of this the Congregational churches
are growing. We have had eighteen new
churches organized. Just as I came hero I
received a letter stating that another new
church would bo organized this month and
In the past year seventeen churches have
been started in Iowa and wo Just can't pre
vent their being organized.
Wo have closed ono of the best years
that wo have ever known. There Is ono
thing that you don't know ; wo have closed
the year out of debt ( applause ) and what
Is better , wo have closed with a surplus.
( Applause. ) Now , I will tell you what the
Iowa Congregationallsts will do. If yon
will engage to pay all of your debts and
never get Into debt again out of this surplus
we will let you have It. The amount Is
$118.87. Wo questioned most seriously
"shall wo cut down our worlc the coming
year at our annual meetings" and wo sale !
positively , "No , wo cannot cut down our
work. Instead of cutting the work down we
can make greater sacrifices. During the
past year wo collected for the home work
$21,000 , $2,000 for the regions beyond and 91
cents per resident member from every
church , nnd for the summer of 1894 the dry
months shall bo suspended. That Is the
motto that wo agreed upon. Another motto
wo have Is "Iowa , our country and the
world for Christ. " ( Applause. )
"OUIl WOKK IN CITIES. "
Dr. I * . II. Cobb'n Able Paper nnd theDis
cussion It Kvoltcd.
The afternoon session of the convention
of Juno 7 was opened with the singing of the
hymn , "My Faith Looks Up to Thee , " fol
lowed by prayer by Rev. Dunsmoro of Kan
sas.
sas.Dr.
Dr. L. II. Cobb was to follow , opening the
business ot the afternoon with the presenta
tion of a paper on the subject , "Our Work
In Cities , " but as ho was absent because of
sickness his paper was read by Dr. Talntor
of Chicago. The paper was as follows :
On the original letter heads of the Ameri
can Congregational union was found this
suggestive sentence : "Aids feeble but prom
ising churches In erecting houses of wor
ship. " The statement was strictly true.
But It was taken to mean moro than It said
that It aided none but feeble churches.
It gave givers a tired feeling. It gave the
Impression that but llttlo aid was needed , '
consequently comparatively little was ex
pected from donors , and the llttlo expecta
tions were realized. The ninth annual re
port gives the total receipts at $7,535.24.
Aid to added churches that year averaged
$202.33 per church. "The work to be done , "
says tha report , "Is to look after the few
churches now depending upon this treasury
for a little aid , then get and send portions to
hundreds of feeble but hopeful Christian
bands for whom nothing Is aa yet provided. "
These receipts nnd that report no doubt cor
rectly gauged the general estimate of the
church building work among the 2,734
churches reported In 1861. When twenty
years have passed aid has been rendered
in only 873 houses of worship and two par
sonages. The average aid was $364.31. Only
forty-eight churches could have been aided
that year even on. that scale.
The Inevitable tendency of tills was to put
the society and Its work In a subordinate
rank , and In the benevolent thought of some
of the Lord's good people the society has not
even now outgrown the clothing made for It
In 1853. Knowledge is spreading ; appre
ciation Is raising. The rule of the society
to vote only $500 , except In the rarest and
most urgent cases , no longer exists. Thw
modesty of asking , too , Is passing away.
Only a few weeks slnco ono pastor confi
dently urged the claim of his church for a
gift of $17,000 , nnd ho was not the first of
his generous hearted class.
The change In the aid limit has como with
the growth of the country and the movement
of the people from the country
to the city. When In August ,
1857. the Congregational Church
BQIldtng society , then known as the Ameri
can Congregational union , paid out the first
$500 of aid It ever paid to any church to
the First Congregational church In Omaha ,
Nob. , the population of this llttlo burg was
only 1,883. Father Gaylord began work hero
In November , 1856. The membership of the
church was reported to bo twenty-six. There
were but four other churches In Nebraska
In 1857. All five ot them together reported
but nlnety-two members that year ; 189i
finds about 12,000 of our members in 185
churches , of which eight churches with a
total membership of nearly 1,100 are In
Omaha.
In the growth of our work In Omaha , and
In the whole state , the Congregational
Church Building society has had assigned to
It no Inconsiderable share. Nebraska has
called on us for aid in building 191 houses
of worship , and fifty-flvo parsonages. The
number of houses built , as you notice , is
greater thaa the whole number of Congre
gational churches at present In the state.
That Is easily explained by the fact that
nlno churches have boon aided twice. Nine
times Omaha has called on us for aid In
church building , four times In parsonages.
Heartily , therefore , this society Joins In the
Joy of Us co-workors. of the Congregational
Homo Missionary slclety. In what God per
mitted us to do nnd see done In these
thirty-seven years. No Interested party will
bo moro ready than the Homo Missionary
society to acknowledgethdt thotr work In
this city could not have been done'without
the absolutely essential co-opcratlon of the
Church Building society.
What has been done In Omaha mainly
slnco 1892 , when Omaha was ono of the
larger Inland cities. Is only a hint and Illus
tration of tlio work of the Church Building
Hoclety In moro than a score of the largest
cities of tha land. Nearly $350,009 ( $343-
527) ) have gene Into church and parsonage
building by and through the Church Building
society In the larger cities of the country ;
$27,295 have gene Into six churches In New
York City ; $45,015 have gene Into thirteen
churches In Brooklyn , N. Y. ; $74,040 have
gone Into flvo churches In Philadelphia , Pa. ;
$4,700 have gone Into churches at PHtsbure ,
Pa. ; $13,440 have gone Into three churches In
Baltimore ; $28,900 have gone Into two
churches In Washington , D. C. , besides
$17,000 moro asked for Washington , which
have not been voted for or paid ; $1,000 Into
the capital of the Empire state , bes'des
J3.000 asked for , but not yet voted ; $6,700
into three churches Ip nulta'o. N. Y , $3,603
Into six churches In Cleveland , O ; 123,190
Inlo fourteen churcfril 'In fhicnuo ; $1,000
Into two churches InlMllwauk'e , W.s , , $11-
105 Into clRht churchaH In Minneapolis ,
Minn. } $7.112 Into foujuuuirciics In St. Paul ,
Minn. ; $6.849 Into flvo cmirchoj In St. Louis ,
Mo. ! $6,023 Into four MhWchos In Springfield ,
Mo. ; $19,520 Into fouheeii churches In Den
ver , Cole$9,077 ; InUMtive cniirchos In
Pueblo , Colo. ; $7,140 Into over. churches In
Los Angeles , Cal. ; , 'Jts.COO Into three
churches In San Franc-fCj , Cal ! S3.010 Inlo
tlirca churches In. Portland , Ore ; $ S,513 Into
seven churches In Tnrjoma , Wash. ; $300 Into
two churches In Spokand , Wash.
These exceedingly fcdtrcrous but neces
sarily limited givers lo' ' this society may
ask"Havo you been Wilting the sma.l con
tributions which we liaVo boJii enabled with
gri > at sacrifice to inhkc Into large canters
of population , like thesqf To which we re
ply , frankly , yes. Wo have been putting
nearly one-fifth of the whole sum that has
passed through our hands Into largo cities
of the country. Let us look nt some of
these case * which wo have aided , and see
what has been the result. It la Just to stale
that In several Instances the Urge sums ap
propriated to these cities have been specially
put Into our hands for that purpose. For
example about one-half of what was put Into
New York City , more than that proportion
of what was put Into Brooklyn , four-fifths
of what was put Into1 Philadelphia , three-
fourths ot what was put Into Baltimore , two-
thirds of what was put Into Washington ,
D. C. , at least on-thlrd ot what has
been put Into this city of
Omaha , a generous portion ot what went
Into Denver , Colo. , likewise Los Ango'.es , nnd
San Francisco , Cal.
What have been the moneyed returns from
these Investments ? Moro than $60,000 have
come back In cash from these twenty-three
aided churches. Plttsburg , Pa. , had $1,700
and has paid back $1,833. Minneapolis , Ply
mouth , had $275 , and has paid back $6,473.
The First church In Omaha had $500 from
this society , nnd $300 from the Albany
fund , and has paid back $1,685 , besides sev
eral specials put Into other churches In this
city and this state. Los Angeles , Cal. , had
$1,590 , and has paid back $1,440.59. The
South Park church In Chicago had $1,000 ,
and has paid back $1,000. The three churches
In Baltimore which received $13,410 will
soon , through the generosity of one of their
members , have paid back the cntlro sum
many times over.
But the moneyed considerations that enter
Into this statement are by no means Im
portant. It will be bringing coals to New
castle to undertake to tell the Omaha
churches how much the younger churches
of the city owe to the First church , as the
fostering mother of nil the rest. In many
Instances churches aided by this society In
the days of their financial and numerical
feebleness , have not only become the fosterIng -
Ing mothers ot other churches In the city
where they are , but the largest givers In
the general work of the denomination
throughout the whole country. For several
years the little , struggling church to which
this society gave $275 In Minneapolis led
the whole country In the amount of Its an
nual contributions to benevolence. Beyond
a question there ara others In this list that
If they had not already approached that
generous figure will soon como to It , when
we consider their ability , their local charity
and their numerical strength. No giver ,
however careful as to where his gifts shall
bo expended , will spend much time over
the question , which is better , to put $2,000
Into a church In a large center , which can
reach C.OOO people , or $500 Into a town of
500 pcoplo that must divide its patronage
with two or three other evangelical churches ?
Or even If It Is the sole occupation of a
town of that slzo , there can bo no question
that the expenditure1'at ; the larger center
Is equally wise , to say1 the least , with the
expenditure In the smaller town.
THE WORK'IN ! ' DENVER.
Dr. F. T. Bailey of Denver was Introduced
by the president , who referred to that city
as the center of our country In geography
and In many Interests. Dr. Bailey spoke
as follows : ' , „
Mr. President and , Christian Friends I
am very glad at havlngibcen born in Boston
and at having lived > so much of my life In
dear old New England.1 I am very glad that
the president has spdred mo the necessity of
telling you that to comefrom , , Denver Is to
come from the real Hub , and I am very glad
to stand here as a representative of the real
west. > ii
Wo have heard this morning from the al
leged 'western states of- Ohio and Iowa. I
must say that I have beelt , as a real western
man , considerably shocked at the failing
modesty of these brethren from these alleged
western states , who hayo tried to inalto out'
In tha first place that everybody was born In
those states , and In the second place that
everybody who hasn't been born there wishes
ho had been. We of Colorado don't claim
that everybody was born In Colorado , and
just at the present time wo dare not sug
gest that everybody wishes ho had been ,
either. ( Laughter. )
I have been asked by Dr. Cobb to speak
partly with reference to the work ot church
building In the large cities. This you will
observe is not the whole broad scope of the
work of the society , but only a part of the
field.
field.Tho
The Church Building society no longer
needs to Justify its worlc. Emphasis and
urgency are needed still , but not Justifica
tion. The importatfti pf the house of wor
ship Is patent. The shell Is scarcely moro
essential to the egg than Is the building to
the church. But the function of this
society In our largo cities Is , perhaps , not
equally clear to all. It Is no wonder that
the first thought of this society was to grant
small sums In aid of feeble churches. That
was the alphabet of Us work. But feeble
ness Is relative. It must bo determined by
the relation of ability to opportunity. A
corporal's guard Is a strong force for the ar
rest of a straggler , but It Is decidedly feeble
for the takingot a stronghold. Feebleness
Is a strong claim. Tor help , but pos
sibilities of a large usefulness are
\i stronger. The business of ia
church Is not simply to live , but to do the
work sot before It. Its value and the Im
portance of Us preservation depend largely
upon Us prospect of usefulness. The aid
of these twin societies , the missionary and
the church building , Is not a charity , but
an Investment. Wisdom will put It "where
It will do the most good. " These secre
taries need to bo men of prophetic vision.
Such was he , who , coming to the yet virgin
field of Gettysburg , decreed the holding of
Cemetery Ridge , because ho saw It to bo
the backbone ot the situation , the Gibraltar
ot the field. General Howard rendered
greater service to his country and the world
by that strategic choice than oven the gift
of his right arm at Fair Oaks.
I am asked to speak of our worlc In great
cities , but let me not seem to speak In
derogation of the work In the snraller towns
and the open country. City and country
are ono body mutually dependent. . They
must bo saved or lost together. The cur
rents ot our common life are a circulation.
The city Is the heart , Indeed , but the
country Is the body , and If the heart drives
the llfo tide throughout the body so does
the body pour Us torrents continually Into
the heart. There can bo no conflict of In
terests In our worlc for city and country.
They are ono and Inseparable. Wo must
save each that wo iinay save the other.
Wo must save both that wo may save our
country. Yet there -wisdom In the grow
ing attention being paid < to the cities. The
heart ia A center , afternil , ; none the less a
center because It first jrecelvea the flood-
tide which It sends through tha body. The
very failure ot the Pguro Is significant ot
peril or of duty. Tlio.-heart of the body
politic , alas , does not .fend out a purified
tide. Wo must save thy. city lest It poison
the whole body with jts polluted pulse. The
great sun sent out ffoni , her burning heart
a family of worlds ; shq Is still the center
to them nil of light , a'nd , heat and of life
to such of them as can' receive llfo , and the
law of centrifugal development holds from
the greatest to the 'least ' ; from planota to
Invisible diatoms. The bcntrlfugal principle
Is of the very essence Of tlio gospel. The heart
ot God Is the great original source ot love.
Out of that heart flowed the tides ot re-
demptlvo grnco and mercy ; and It li ot tha
very nature of that love divine to ho over
establishing new centers akin to Its first
great source. Hy this eternal law uvery
henrt that surrenders to thn love ot God
becomes n loving heart : n new center of
lovo's saving energies. Hero Is tha Genesis :
Yoi , nnd the Exodus , too , of the missionary
spirit ; the whole philosophy ot the gospel ,
Note , now , the application ot these
principles to our theme. Wo might bo sure
beforehand that God would call us to special
work In great cities. Wo may rend our
calling In creation , In history nnd In provi
dence. * See how the triumphal march ot
God's host has always been ordered with
peculiar reference to great cities. Jerusalem ,
Antloch , Rome ; these are key words In the
history of the early church ; the divine
strategy of missions Is bound up In these
names. These great cities were the nerve
centers of the early church. They were
divinely chosen centers of rcdlntlon and re
demption. Moro than over the city Is today
a center ot human llfo. In the city are
massed , In a gre.it degree , the populations ,
the powers , the possibilities and the perils
of our time , and because this Is true the
city must bo a center ot the redemptive
operations of God through his church. The
church In the city has , first ot all , the
mission of saving the pcoplo of the city.
What a mission it Is. How fraught with
difficulty ; how Imperative with the emphasis
ot defending destinies. There arc more
people to bo saved or lost In some of our
cities than In whole states made up chiefly
of sparsely settled country.
But the city affords leverage for a wider
work. The city Is a vantage ground for
the larger field. What a monstrous thing
for any church of Jesus Christ to live unto
Itself , but the sin Is greatest whore the
opportunity Is the largest. The church In
the city should bo the church for tha coun
try. Gathering and guiding the powers of
our concentrated city life the powers of
wealth , Influence nnd co-ordination the city
church should become a center of centri
fugal forces wide spreading. A strong city
church should be a prolific mother of
churches ; a center of missionary work ; a
farce for the redemption of the state ; a
factor in the larger history ot the church
universal.
( Jlearly , this Is God's plan , You may see
It written In the history of the glorious
mother churches all the way from Jerusalem
and Antloch down to St. Louis and Minne
apolis , via Boston.
The growth of a city often develops a
strategic opportunity. The local situation
sometimes makes a particular field a key
position of great value. It pays to throw
our might into the occupancy and the holdIng -
Ing of such a position. Its value lies In Its
strategic relations. Us future possibilities.
It has been my privilege to witness a recent
Illustration of these principles , and Dr.
Cobb has asked mo to tell you of It. Every
body knows , except Omaha , that Denver
had a marvelous growth during recent years ,
though Just now wo nro resting. The best
growth has been on Capitol Hill. Less than
three years ago the generals of our two
Homo Missionary societies made a study of
the situation , A solid square mile of Urge
population , In this promising section , was
without a church of any kind , and the
growth wag still rapidly Increasing. That
region ought to bo tlio homo of one of the
strongest , most useful churches In our de
nomination In the west. Local conditions
which may not bo described made the oc
cupancy of that field of peculiar Importance
to our work In the city and stato. The op
portunity constituted an emergency. Our
nearest church was situated on the older
edge of this region. It was in extreme
feebleness. Dissolution had been talked of.
It had seventy-nine names on Its roll , with
less than forty resident members. In 1891
It had lost seventeen members and received
none. There was very little financial
strength In the congregation. Its building
was a wooden structure , dilapidated , forlorn ,
forbidding , situated on a back alley and
hidden by adjacent buildings from any but
a directly front view. It would hold but 150
persons. If this church could bo saved ,
transplanted Into the center of the adjacent
region , which was Us proper field , and nour
ished upon a pure gospel , It had splendid
possibilities , though It must needs struggle
for a tlmo at best. A new building was es
sential , absolutely. Growth beyond a very
narrow limit was a physical Impossibility
In the old structure. The thing to do waste
to buy a corner In a commanding location
and to build , and It would not do to build
meanly In such a region. It would be sui
cidal folly to put up a building that would
fall to attract and to accommodate in large
numbers the dwellers In the beautiful homes
adjacent. But how should we ever do the
thing that clearly was Indispensable to our
salvation and our service ? We must have a
building to get a congregation , but It looked
as though wo must have a congregation
to get a building. How wo did see
saw on that proposition. Our own
resources were exceedingly small , and , alas
for the weakness of Congregationalism In
that city , wo could get but llttlo help from
sister churches that had never been
mothered themselves. Personal friends of
the pastor in the east gave liberally , but
wo still saw the land of promise afar off.
Wo cried to God and wo looked to the Church
building society. It required considerable
stretching of faith and other Christian qal-
Hies down In New York to convince a cer
tain commltteo that It might wisely make
exception to certain wise rules governing
appropriations. We used such arguments
as General Warren used at Gettysburg ,
when he begged a commander to disobey
orders and rush his men to a crest of a llt
tlo hill , a certain llttlo round top , that he
might save that strategic point to the fed
eral army , knowing that even then opposing
forces were climbing the opposite slope to
seize a position held only by a signal man
with his flag. The New Yorkers yielded.
I am bound to say that wo ewe a great deal
to Dr. Cobb. Ho was on our sldo all the
while. Wo got a loan ot $2,000 and a grant
of $1,000. Wo sold the old property for
$5,000 , bought a fine corner for $10,000 , giv
ing us space for the completion of our church
plant by and by , built a beautiful stone
chapel seating 450 people at a cost of $17,500
completely furnished. Thus wo gained a
property costing $27,500 In place of the old ,
which wo were thankful to sell at $5,000.
Wo entered our now homo In April , 1893 ,
fourteen months ago , n thankful people ,
singing praises to God and believing with
all our hearts In the church building society.
The subsequent year has been ono of great
trial. Wo In Denver hnvo shared the com
mon distress of the business world , to say
nothing ot woes peculiar to ourselves. Wo
have had a Walte of our own to carry.
( Laughter. ) God save the commonwealth of
Colorado. Our church burdens have been
heavy , including a considerable Interest pay
ment upon pledges to our building fund un
paid because of the times. Yet God Jias
greatly prospered us. Our congregations
have grown until we have been compelled
to bring In the last available seating. Wo
have received members at every communion ,
and our church roll now numbers 233. Our
prayer meetings have shared a similar
growth. Our Sunday school has climbed
to an attendance ot 286 , with moro than
100 often present In the primary department ,
which numbered half a dozen three years
ago. Last year wo declared our Independ
ence of the Homo Missionary society ( ap
plause ) , a saving to Us treasury ot $500 n
year. And on the Sunday after an offerIng -
Ing was taken for a sister church just mov
ing out of a tent Into a new house of wor
ship , amounting to $67 , These things have
not been accomplished without sacrifice.
Gifts have been made to the work that might
make angels weep with Joy. I have In
my pocket a $5 gold piece that was brought
to me by a woman who has lost her all and
who walks to save car faro , "This was
left to me by my mother , " aho said. "Neither
hunger nor cold would take It from me ,
but I want to give It to the chapel. " A
widow nnd her daughter brought n $5 bill ,
the only money found In n wallet of the
husband nnd father , who left them poor.
( Continued on Sixth Page. )
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
The subject of the nbovo portrait ia n
tirominont nnd much respected citizen , Mr.
Hobert Mnnson. of West Hye , N. H. Wliero
Mr. Mnnson is known "bis word Is na ROW !
ns his bond. " In a recent letter to Dr. H. V.
Pierce , Chief Consulting Physician to the
Invalids' Hotel nnd Surgical Institute , Buf-
fnlo.N. Y. , Mr. Malison says :
"Dr. Picrco's Pleasant Pellets nro the
best pills I over took for the liver. All my
friends say they do them the most good. "
This opinion Js shared by every ono who
once tries these tiny , llttlo , sugar-contod pills ,
which nro to bo found in nil medicine stores.
The U. S. Inspector of Immigration nt Buf
falo , N. Y. , writes of them ns follows :
"From early childhood I have suffered
from n sluggish liver , with nil the disorders
nccompnnylng such n condition. Doctors'
prescriptions nnd patent medicines I have
used in abundance ; they only afforded tem
porary relief. I was recommended to try
Dr. Pierco's Pleasant Pellets. I did so , tak
ing two at night nnd ono after dinner every
day for two weeks. I have reduced the dose
to ono ' Pellet. ' every day for two months.
I have in six months increased in solid flesh
twenty-two pounds. I am in better health
than I have been since childhood. Drowsi
ness nnd unpleasant feelings after meals have
completely disappeared. "
Assist nature n Httlo now nnd then with a
gentle laxative , or. if need bowith n moro
searching nnd cleansing cathartic , thereby
removing offending matter from the stomach
ach nnd bowels , nnd toning up and invigo
rating the liver und quickening its tnrdy
notion , nnd you thereby remove the cause
of n multitude of distressing diseases , such
as headaches , indigestion , biliousness , skin
diseases , boils , carbuncles , piles , fevers and
maladies too numerous to mention.
If people would pay moro nttention to
properly regulating tbo notion of their bow
els , they would hnvo loss frequent occasion
to call for tholr doctors' services to subdue
attacks of dangerous diseases.
That , of nil known ngcnts to accomplish
this purpose , Dr. Piorco's Pleasant Pellets nrd
unequnled , is proven by the fact that ojica
used , they are always m favor. Their sec
ondary Direct Is to keep the bowel ? oixm nnd
regular , not to further constipate , ns Is the
case with other pills. Hence , their great
popularity with sufferers from habitual con
stipation , piles , and Indigestion.
The " Pleasant Pellets " nro fnr moro cffcc-
tivo in arousing the liver to action than "bluo
pills , " calomel , or other mercurial prepara
tions , nnd have tbo further merit of being
purely vegetable nnd perfectly harmless In
nny condition ot tbo system ; no particular
care is required \vhllo using them.
Composed of the choicest , concentrated
vegetable extracts , their cost Is much moro
than is that of other pills found In the mar
ket , yet from forty to forty-four "Pellets"
nro put up in each scaled glass vial , ns cold
through druggists , nnd can no bad nt the price
of the moro ordinary and cheaper made pills.
Dr. Pierce prides himself on having been
first to introduce n Little Liver Pill to the
American people. Many liavo imitated them ,
but none have approached his " Pleasant Pol-
lota" in oxccllonco.
For nil laxative nnd cathartic purposes
the " Pleasant Pellets " nro infinitely supe
rior to nil "mineral waters , " sedlltz pow
ders " salts " castor oil fruit -
, , , syrups ( so-
called ) , laxative " tons , " and the many other
purgative compounds sold in various forms.
Put up in gloss vlnls , scaled , therefore
always fresh and reliable. Ono llttlo "Pol-
lot " is laxative , two gently cathartic.
As n " dinner pill , " to promote digestion ,
take ono each day nfter dinner. To relieve
distress from over-eating , nothing equals
them. They nro tiny , sugar-coated , anti-
bilious granules , scarcely larger than mus
tard seeds. Every child wants them.
Then , after they are uikon , Instead of dis
turbing nnd shocking the system , they act In
a mild , and natural way. There is no re
action afterward. Their help lasts.
Accept no substitute recommended to bo
" just ns good. " They may bo better for the
dealer , because of paying him a better profit ,
but ho is not the ouo who need3 help.
Saturday , June 9th ,
AT THE * * * * ! *
Men's Suits ,
In cheviots and cassimeres ,
$8 , $9 and 810.
Boys'Short Pant Suits
$2.25 and $2.50.
Boys' Wash Blouse Suits , 95c.
. Boys' Kilt Wash Suits , 95c.
Boys' Wash Knee Pants , 25c ,
Boys' Straw Hats , 20c , 25c , 38c
New Tourist ,
in
light colors ,
Men's on Saturday at
1 ourists
, $1.75.
Light colors. Regular $3 goods ,
Corner 15th and Douglas.
Don't Fool m Your Eyes
Headache Oausod by Eye Strain ,
llany persona whoia heads ore conntantly ach
ing liutu no I < UM what teller Kclentlilcally nti
to < l KlUKHcH . will Kho thorn. This theory la nun
,
unlu.-iHully tHtiiMlnluil "
"Improperly ilttod glass
c , will Invariably lnrrcn u Iho trouble und mai
leud to TOTAL IIMNDNHBS , . Our ability to ad
jum Blanco Bufvly uiul correctly Is beyond que *
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