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THE OMAITA DAILY BRK : SATURDAY , .TUNE 9 , 1894-TWELVE PAGES. CONGREGATIONAL MISSIONS it ( Continued from Fifth Fuse. ) 'Ah ' , brethren , there are sacrificial values in these Plymouth walls that can never bo ' put down upon paper. Ai "Little Round tTop" will ever bo sacred to the nation's ) icart , because It was bought with blood , DO wo love the very stones ot our church i because the oil of sacrifice has consecrated them. Sacrificial service Is costly , but It pays. The fruit of It Is love , joy , peace , ' new power for service nnd a now under standing of the heart of Christ. We have made but n beginning. God litu helped us to toy good foundations , Christ himself bo ll Ing the chief corner stone. The church has II splendid possibilities , and "Ho who has led ' , wlll lead. " FIFTY YEARS OF CHURCH BUILDING. Dr. Ell Corwln of Chicago was next In troduced , and spoke as follows : With glad ness and gratitude wo now come , in this uuccesslon of festivals , In this grand proccs- tlon of jubilee anniversaries , to the taberna cles. I am asked by the national and local officers of the society I represent to talk to you of fifty years of church building In the Hut there was very little of Congregational church building anywhere In these great In terior states forty years ago. It had been the habit of the Congregational lamb to ful fill the ancient prophecy by meekly lying dawn Inside of the capacious maw of the Presbyterian lion. But somehow the west ern variety of mutton was so very tough , or the lamb was so wild and wooly that It did not ngrcc with the lion's digestion , and BO It happened that Jonah-like It was cast out , and It has managed to frisk about so lively ever slnco that It scorns little likely ever again to be taken In. ( laughter. ) Our church building society , founded In 1853 , Is hardly more than forty years old. For the new Impulse was given to Congre gationalism In the west at the celebrated Albany convention In September of 1852. A crisis In Congregationalism had conic ; and it was felt that It would live In full force and thrive In the west pnly as It should assert Itself mere vigorously and adopt a more aggressive policy. Henry C. IJowen , who , at the head of a Brent silk houcc In New York City , had been threatened with that weapon of barbarism , the boycott , by the south because of his anti-slavery sentiments , and who bravely replied : "My silks are for bale , but not my principles , " had sent a letter to the conven tion In which he offered to give $10,000 toward a fund of $50,000 for building Congre gational churches at the west If" $10,000 ehould be raised at the cast for that pur pose. That offer , read at a critical point In the deliberations , was the keynote to the great march of Congregationalism across the continent. Mr. Uowen's offer kindled the greatest en thusiasm. Dr. Leonard Ilacon rose In that convention and while expressing some doubt of their ability to raise so large a sum In the required time was prudent enough to niovo that If there should be any small sur plus over and above the proposed $50,000 It should be expended upon the needy fields of New York. The result of the appeal to the New England churches on the first Sunday in January , 1853 , was over $ C2,000. The surplusage of $12,000 was divided between thirty churches at the east ; 12 In New lYorlc , 10 In Maine , 3 In Vermont , 3 In Massa chusetts and 2 In Now Hampshire , while the 150,000 was divided at the west , aiding In . .Wisconsin churches , In Illinois 39 , In Michigan 32 , In Iowa 31 and In Ohio 30. and the remnant was divided between ten or fifteen churches In other western states. In all 225 churches were built and the aver- ngo aid received by each was $275. The report of the society up to the -close of 1S93 shows that from 1S53 to 1S93 there had been 171 churches built In Nebraska at a cost of $109,000 , and 55 parsonages built in the state at a cost of $19,000 , and that In the entire coun try there had been aid rendered In the building of 2,500 churches and 500 parson ages. If Instead of having our heads on the right way and facing the future , our beads were turned and we were looking backward and building backward , this soci ety has helped to build churches and parson ages enough to make one a year from the 'dedication of Solomon's temple until now , and to have made a goncrous contribution to that. Does any other Investment pay so , well ? Doubtless a barn filled with God's spirit and In which there Is a consecrated preacher Is better than a temple , ever so gorgeous , If the service Is only an empty form. But what when the temple Is filled .with God's glory and Is a power house for the generating of the mightiest spiritual forces ? Civilization may survive for a llttlo In the shack , the shanty or the dugout , If a refined and cultured family Is dwelling there. Cut tlieso discomforts are not aids and ac cessories to civilization , but hindrances that tend to barbarism. So , too , the semblance of church llfo may bo maintained' a while amid the most adverse surroundings , but these are always hindrances and never real helps to Individual piety or to church growth. Happily this society has llttlo to fear from ecclesiastical controversies. The conflicting creeds of Christendom worry It far less than the monstrous greeds of Christendom. It is affected far less by loose notions than by the tightness with which men hold on to tholr money. They take care on business principles that none but sound timber and well burned brick shall go Into any struc ture and that there shall bo no daubing with untempered mortar. Every door Is ortho dox that Is broad enough to let In the people ple , and every window that lets In the light. , Wns that a symbol of the limitations of the old dispensation or was It defective church architecture when Solomon made for the house of the Lord windows of narrow lights ? Who can overestimate the educating In fluence of the well proportioned temple and of these heavenward pointing spires , those silent monitors of an unseen city ? . They are eloquent reminders to a gainsaying and gain-getting people that there are better things to think of than the whirling wheels of our manifold Industries and better In vestments to bo made than In city corner lots. Why , Mr. Moderator , there are so- called Christian people over yonder who would not bo nblo to repeat moro than a single passage of scripture , and that only with a misplaced punctuation "Romcm- ber Lots , wife ! " ( Laughter ) . Pre-eminently true was It of the evangeli cal typo of religion which formalists In derision called Puritan till Its adherents shod such luster upon It as to rescue It from all odium , that. It was constructive , Puri tanism In Its stormy birth and Its turbulent Infancy , rocked In the cradle of persecution , over the prldo and glory of these who sought war upqn formalism , and with heroic forti tude resisted oppression. Persecuted Into pioneering. It pushed out over the border lines of civilization that It might plant Its standard In the wllderno's. nut It was over the prldo and glory of those whosought to restore In Its purity the primitive faith , to bo reckoned among the working forces of this world's mighty builders. Not restless , transient and nomadic. It aimed at per manent results. It carried with It Institu tions : the church with Its settled pastor , the school and the college , It organized with reference to a long campaign. Wherc- ever It planted a standard It was ready to erect a fortress around It It looked well to the outposts , but It aimed to maka them the centers of aggression , Hover to bo re taken by the enemy. It dreaded not to I ; domicile the desert , If by spiritual culture * ' It might bo made to blossom as the rose. It would patiently and firmly lay the founda tions wherever It might establish a city whoso builder and maker Is God. Not con tent to run hither and thither , scratching over the surface and with shallow sowing and the slightest culture , hoping for a vol unteer crop. It takes up Its claim to fence and to build upon It , to subsoil and thor oughly cultivate the ground , that It may se cure the largest and most lasting results. When the Integrity of the. nation was at stake , no man could call himself a patriot who. refusing to Imperil his own life , was indifferent to the needs of those who went down to the front. And how can men of wealth In our churches claim either piety or patriotism who care not for the struggles and the suffering of those who as pioneers are In the forefront of the battle to conquer this whole land for Christ ? Wo may hasten the dawn of the mlllenlal day If wo will , but only when wo have honestly consecrated ourselves and our substance to the Lord , and IIAVO to count the wealth of the world as the cUttcrlng diamond dust cut up by the whirling chariot wheels ot our coming King. ( Applause ) . SICUIT.\UV CHOATK'H i'Ai'iit. Homo Mmlom for the Snko of America A lily 1'rcnoiitoil. The paper of Ilev. Washington Choato , D.I ) , of Chicago was on "Homo Missions for the Sake of America. " Ho said , In substance : ' On the pages of the Home Missionary Magazine , bearing date April , 1S5G , stands this record : "Another name has now been added to the llct of states and territories occupied by this society. The Homo Missionary standard has been planted In Nebraska. At Omaha City the banner of the cross Is already unfurled , and other posts await the advance of that peaceful army whoso tri umphs are for freedom and for what inakoi freedom good. One missionary has gone to Nebraska. " Ilev. Reuben Gaylord had entered Omaha. This First church , which now welcomes Its mother and the mother of moro than 4,000 others , In her first step out Into the great field of her labors ; this church , become strong with the Christian llfo which It had gathered and trained , standing In the heart of a great city which has grown up around It , with a 'Sisterhood of nearly half a score In this metropolis of an empire state this church this city this state may not Inaptly ) > viewed In their beginnings , growth , transformations and development as type and Illustration of the field and the labor and the fruitage of Congregational Homo Missions for the sake of America. If you seek a monument , look about you. In July , 1851 , Omaha consisted of one log house. Two score years Inter the outpost settlement has become the city of 110,000 people , with every Institution that belongs to our civilization commercial , Industrial , educational , benevolent , philanthropic , re ligious. Contrast in thought that frontier village In Its temporary homes , Its Irregular , deep- rutted roadn , the pralrlo tchooners crossing yon river on the "lone tree" ferry , the open vista In every quarter of the horizon out upon the measureless plains , the newly gathered congregation of our first mission ary , meeting In the legislative building of the territory where was organized the fir t church In Nebraska of nine members ; con trast all that with this edifice which adorns a beautiful city , sanctuary of a church that has become the mother of others and the benefactor of many , the contracted vision from these streets lined with massive business block" , the almost Immeasurable traffic moving east and west over the bridge' spanned river and hold these contrasted views In mind as typo of n transformation that has taken place in form , If not In de gree , nt more than 15,000 points between the Hudson river and the Pacific since the organization of the American Home Mis sionary society sixty-eight years ago. The hamlet has become .trie metropolis. The territory has taken on statehood. The one church , dependent on eastern sympathy and benevolence , has become the group of nearly half a score In this city , while In the state are almost 200 of the pilgrim faith where noble men have wrought , molding the peoples gathering here Into a citizenship worthy of the state and nation , shaping the social and educational Institutions , opening fountains ot Christian Influence and benefi cence whence shall flow forth In all coming time , and with augmenting force , streams of Inspiration and benediction and ennoble ment that shall bless the land , and through It the world. Here Is a type tangible , visi ble , almost measurable of the work that has engaged this society since Its formation. It has been laying foundations and rearing the structure of a Christian civilization In city , town , and hamlet ; among the mines , on the prairie and In the forests , on the mountain side and In the valley , In all these now great , prosperous , growing commonwealths. This has been the labor and the reward of a host of true , self-denying , heroic men and women , living and tolling under the com mission of this society. Congregational Home Missions for the sake of America have a significant and special ized meaning today. Wo meet for the first time under the name which we love and honor for the history that clusters about It. Wo meet at the almost central point of our great national territory. The name declares the form of llfo and organization that has grown from the seed planted at Plymouth 275 years ago , and which we hold to bo In closest accord with the genius of the nation. We would Institute no Invidious comparisons between ecclesiastical organizations that are working together for the one end. But , in the factor of a citizenship in the nation and a membership in the church trained In each Individual to highest Intelligence and largest responsibility and truest self-direction , wo discern an accord of spirit and genius that constitutes 'a deep motive and Impulse to the planting and upbuilding of the Church of the Pilgrims east and west , north and south. Congregationalism stands not alone , though It does stand emphatically for a renewed , re generated character a llfo within kindled by the divine spirit ; but It stands , also , In being true to Its Inheritance and loyal to Its own nature , for a disciplined and developed man hood and womanhood , with which self-gov ernment can safely rest. The Congregational Idea shaped the civili zation of New England , and wherever that Idea goes Its necessary effect Is to create a higher , truer , stronger self-government In men and women , which Idea Is also the strength of our nation's life. Congrega tionalism has thus a mighty motlvo to main tain Itself In the older and rapidly-changing states , and to repudiate itself throughout this newer and growing part of the land ; In the country and In the city ; among these of American ancestry , and of European or Asiatic ; among the descendants of the once enslaved race and the sons of the aborig ines because of the oneness of Its primal Idea and that ot a democratic nation , whoso very existence depends on what the Pilgrim polity alms at self-governing people. A true Congregational church Is a pure democracy. It emphasizes supremely the In dividual , and the force which works most directly for the highest and stroiipcst per sonal character In all Its qualities Intelli gence , moral Integrity , purity ot purpose , spiritual aspiration Is that which Is most mightily shaping the nation's civilization. Continuing the speaker dwelt upon the movement of the population of the country from the rural districts Into the towns , which , he said , was the occasion of two material perils the spiritual destitution of the depleted rural region and the spiritual destitution of the congested center. The towns ho showed by statistics to bo feeding the cities. The decadence of the town means the deterioration of the social , educa tional , religious opportunities. This Is In cipient barbarism. The Missionary Church , upheld by the missionary love and sympathy and benevo lence ot the nation , must continue to do Its work for the scattered millions of agri culturists and village dwellers , even though It remain a missionary , dependent church , for many years. Wo are not to plant these churches only which are to win the strength of self-support In n brief time ; but also to'do that missionary work of promoting the Christian church , school , Sabbath and fam ily among the 30,000,000 of the rural-and de cadent regions. Over against the spiritual destitution of the country stands the perennial problem the spiritual , destitution of the congested centers. The facts of peril from the massed and corrupt and practically heathen llfo In our cities ore altogether too well known to need recounting. Here Is urban heathenism chal lenging rural barbarism as a fee to national prosperity. Side by side with the spiritual destitution of the country and of the city , intermingling with each and complicating both. Is the third factor of our great problem the Inflow of llfo from beyond the seas , No thought of Homo Mlsalons for the sake of America can leave this factor unnoticed. So long as the fountains of this Inflowing stream are predominantly southern and eastern Europe , races subject to centuries of absolutism or despotism , Ignorance and su perstition , so long must the note of watch , fulness bo sounded and the call to an ever- Increased effort to reach and goupellzo them bo sent forth ; for bo It remembered that "civilization means civilized persons : the civilized Indlvldual-tho civilized many. " So comprehensive a view of our respon sibilities seems pertinent to the tlmo and Placeof our gathering. From this central point , the magnitude of our national domain a constant factor of the problem Is pressed upon us anew. Tim homo of the colossal nation that U forming here opens before us In Its territorial extent as never before. This factor of a vast natural basis for de velopment Is central In the problem. It underlies all the KoaslblllUes of the future ; It conditions all the certainties. With a de clared agricultural basis for n nation of 1,000,000,000 ; with n. growth that has carried u from a little less than 4,000,000 In 1700 to 02,500,000 In 1890 , an average ratio of In crease through the century of 32 per cent for every decade we are moving on toward the 100,000,000 ot the twentieth century , to bo doubled , doubtless , ere the mid-point of that century Is turned , Hut such n growth cannot como to us without n greater test and strain to the national fabric than the past has presented. In 1860 our population was 31,000,000. Then the wave of westward moving llfo had but just entered the trans- mlssouri states.vOno half of our great terri tory was practically unoccupied , Between I860 and 1890 another 31,000,000 waa Idcd to us. But thus to double a population when the country possessed a Vast arable territory for the expanding llfo to ( low out over , to enter upon for homes and occupy as farms , with mineral resources almost untouched , was a condition to which adjustment was easily made. But In the years before us , to odd CO.000,000 to 60,000,000 of population , when our once great public domain has passed largely Into private ownership , when the be ginning of the end ot the greatest agri cultural movement known to history Is noted , such a. duplication , and that again re peated , as Is confidently pro.llctod , within the measure ot a lifetime , must subject our social and political Institutions to a test wholly unimaginable. Ours Is n new world problem. If so vast a task as that of perme ating this llfo with the gospel spirit bo not effected as the decades pass , it can never bo overtaken ; the work will fall of Its ac complishment. Hero Is the urgency ot the "now" In homo missions. It cannot be de ferred to the future , for our task and duty are to make and shape that future. In our self-congratulations upon the greatness ot our nation , there Is peril lest the fact bo lost sight ot that wo arc yet In the process "nation-making. . " Though wo have out stripped every European race save the Hus- slan , wo arc still building the nation that Is to be. The America that Christian thought forecasts , hopes for , prays for , labors for , Is to be reared out of the materials which the coming years shall furnish. Only founda tions have thus far been laid. But these have been laid In prayer , consecration , Belt- sacrifice , deep devotion , and faith In a mighty purpose and plan of God ; Interwoven In this nation's llfo , discerned In Its ligln- nlng , traced through Its history , rcveabd In It.s crises and deliverances , and Inspiring the confidence that , with fidelity , zal , and unsparing toll , there shall be reared hero a national structure that shall bo to His honor and glory. Such will be the task of generations , doubtless of centuries. Our call Is to occupy this land In the name and for the sake of Jesus Christ ; to pl'Uit that or ganizing force which Christianity Imparts to the social llfo and the civil state In every city , town , village the living church , em bodiment and instrument ot the living Christ. In the great enterprise of Christian missions , which looks to the conquest of the world for Christ , homo missions for the sake of America must have thu highest place In the evident fact that Christianized America Is to be God's mightiest Instrument In bringing the great realm of earth's heathenism Into the. sphere of His re- demptlvo process. Christ's great command , "Go preach , " Is Indeed broad as the world , wldo as humanity , but an American Chris tian's obedience to It begins ami continues till the universal aim bo accomplished In that service which finds Its field In his own land , and Its greatest incentive in Christian patriotism. GENERAL HOWAP.D'S ENCOURAGEMENT President Howard In referring to Dr. Choate's paper said : In listening to the very able paper of Brother Choate , I was thinking that this Is a very largo problem. But our Savior 1ms said , "Let not your heart bo troubled ; let It not bo afraid. " Our great consolation Is that wo have Him with us all the time , and that ho will help us. I think It was Horace Greeley who used to say when ho was young that ho thought ho could do everything , but after u while he said he found out that ho could do scarcely anything. It seems to mo that wo want to como to this phllosopny : I will do just what I can. It Isn't much , but I will do what I can. If we can make somebody happier and better every day because wo have lived In it , that Is something. I had a beautiful letter given mo while I was on the way hero by an old soldier. There were four soldiers who went out In the war , and two ot.them were killed while absent. Ono ot them was a Christian and ono when ho went out was not , but the ono that was not became a Christian because of the ex ample that ho saw of the other two Chris tians , trying to live after Christ. Llttlo things are never little , and with God behind them two men can convert the world , when It Is the will of the Almighty. Now wo have a good brother who Is to follow up this beautiful paper , Rev. James S. Alnslle of Fort Wayne. WORK OF THE LOCAL CHURCH. Rev. Alnslle spoke as follows : The noble address to which wo have listened has surely freshened In all our minds our conception of the splendor and comprehensiveness of this homo missionary work. This society with Its 2,000 commissioned agents and its annual expenditure of nearly $700,000 Is engaged not only In the work of soul saving. It Is not so busy saving "souls" that It has no tlmo to save men and women. It Is , rather , an enterprise of man-redeeming and society- transforming. It affects the whole person ality of man , and extends Its influence to all his Interests and occupations , and while Its aim Is to reach and to save all of the man , It also endeavors to reach all of the men. The motto of the Now York Sunday School association Is , "Tho blblo Is the hand of the living teacher to every child In the state. " The motto of this society , If I may frame It , Is , "Tho gospel by the voice of tlio living teacher to every Individual of this nation. " And In carrying the gospel the preacher car ries the church with him. The Master said , "Seek yo first the kingdom of God and his righteousness , and all tlieso things shall bo added unto you. " Long years ago this society discovered that If It could find the missionary and got the means to send him out he would carry with him , as Secretary Choato has just said , "that organizing force which Christianity Imparts to the social and civil life of every community , the living church , embodiment and Instrument of the living Christ. " In the few minutes allotted to mo I want to focus your attention upon the local church as the chief Instrument or this society In doing Its national work. I mean by the local church , the group of men , women and children who are gathered together In one place In the name of Christ. You remember the servant girl said to Peter. "Thou also art one of them. " You are ono of that llttlo group round the person of Christ. They form a compact social nucleus. They meet In the spirit of love and loyalty to Christ , singing his praises and trying to become like him. in the spirit of love and loyalty to ono another , helping one another , and encourag ing each other , and In the spirit of love and loyalty for the highest Interests of the com munity In which they live , In order that there may bo a light there that shall not bo extinguished by business , nor by politics , nor by pleasure , nor by anything else , and shall bo a perpetual testimony of the living Christ , who can succor and save. Now Mr. President , this llttlo Homo Mis sionary church is. In Itselt , a wonderful Institution. The "Institutional church" has been referred to In the previous address. I believe In It. Our now edifice , Just completed In Fort Wayne , Ind. , was built with n view to the adoption of certain features of the Institutional church. But , on the whole , let us remember that the great , commanding work of this society Is being done through the average Homo Mis sionary church , which Is no trilling matteru- tlon. The minister preaches the gospel of Christ , and thereby the humblest tiller of the soil Is exalted and becomes a' child of the Father nnd a servant of Almighty God. In the frontier nottlomont , when the service Is held on the Lord's day , the miners throw down tholr apadSs and the lumbermen rest from their logging to hear the story of the Savior. U Is a wonderful thing to carry the Institution of the Christian Sabbath to a careless , Godless community. The minister preaches of personal purity and thus estab lishes a socliil purity organization a wing of the White Cross army. The subject of temperance comes up for discussion , and by reasoning and moral suasion the missionary ondeavorti to keep the men from the drink. Ho also speaks to the corporate conscience ot the community , and by local option and prohibition tries to keep the drink from the man. Bo the church ls the best possible tcirperance society. In times ot Industrial disturbance and lawlessness the preacher Is again at the front with a message counselling pence and respect for law ; so the church becomes a law nnd order league. Through Its numerous social gatherings It becomes a mutual Improvement society. By Us Sunday school U promotes bible study , It hn * n messngo f < .r tlio c'l ' > . -in at th ballot box , when It iirelnr Unit "riHUt OUP ness exalts a nntlun i/'hllo sin is a r < - prunti to any people ; " anj to the church bfcomes an organization for She advancement of good government. In its observance of the great festival dayslAJTtho Christian year It becomes a society for tjic promotion ot good cheer. In Its cffdru to evangelize the nation and the world It becomes a patriotic missionary society \nilklng every church n mission station nn'd ( Very member n mis sionary. _ _ _ _ I believe our Hard" , meant thla .church should contain In Msclf the euro of every social III. There | , ( s-an latent power for evangelization In our churches that needs to bo-called forth. Great as Is the work that has been done It Is not Wh'at it should be. U'lillo rejoicing In the splendid achievements ot the past wo must notnforHCt the sad fact tr\ ( there arc multitude ! who drift within the In fluence of the churchr and of the gospel who are not held and mdldcd Into good citizen ship. A few years ago I heard from the lips of a representative pastor of Albany , N. Y. , the statement that every poor girl coming to the house of shelter ( a house for the profligate nnd abandoned 'In that city ) , had sometime been a member of n Sunday school. And the records ot the penitentiary bora testimony to the fact that 80 per cent of our native born American criminals had been Identified with Christian congregations. This decs not prove that Christianity Is a failure , but It docs Indicate that the mem bership of our churches are not awake to their duties. The minister cannot bo levcn for the whole community. If our country Is to bo evangelized every Sunday school teacher , every Christian Endcavorer mil every member must become a consecrated worker , a faithful soldier of Jesus Christ. But the rank and file of our churches arc not here , and the present methods ot com municating missionary Ideas nf not ade quate to reach the majority of our members and train them Into a largo sense of personal responsibility. Wo have Women's Home Missionary societies and Women's Foreign Missionary societies and various juvenile so cieties. Wo reach the young people some what through the Christian Endeavor and the children somewhat through the Sunday school ; but , alas , for any systematic plan for teaching and training the men. It seems to be taken for granted that men can not be Interested In missions , except as they will make an occasional offering , In response to an occasional call from the pul pit. Yet It Is the men , chiefly , who have the money ; and It is the men largely that wo must look to for the resources to carry on this great work ; lot , therefore , the men In the local church bo organized Into ac tivity. In a majority of our churches where the membership does not exceed 300 let there be one grand missionary society Including men , women and children , letting it meet once a month , taking the hour of the mid-week prayer meeting. Let the brightest and best possible program be ar ranged , with many taking part. Let every member be thus schooled nnd solicited and trained until his thought and prayer and purse are links to the mighty enterprise of saving America to save the world. And In less than three years the Congregational churches of our land will march to the tune of $1,000,000 for the cause of home missions. OMAHA'S FIRST CONGREGATIONALISM Dr. Duryea : I remember of being deeply Impressed at ono time at reading of Goethe that ho took alarm when he noticed that ho was beginning to be unmindful of his bene factors. He was conscious of the Intensest selfishness when ho found that he had drawn on others' energy and appropriated others' services more than he had given in return. Ho wrote out a calendar and appropriated one day In the yearto the memory of some one who had been 40 him a source of help , and on that day hq tieit that person before his soul by an excrtfon of the power of his will. v , r t You have heard of'\he \ ; Mormons over hero at Council Bluffs ; they are all gone. They went up north of us to Florence and stopped there , and you can [ so Oil t there and see their houses there yet , some of them , where they lived. However , many , pi these houses were put on wheels nndiJprtycd to Omaha for the early settlers In this town. You can go out on the Military roa"d .also and see how the Mormons constructed their houses. If you had como a llttlo lateY * we could show you how they had Imprudently planted sun flowers here all along he road. They can be traced out to Cheyenne , I think. There was no steamboat on thb river In those days , and If you wa.nted to- cross It was needful to take a row boatf "ii . ' * . . . * j . , . Rev. Q. OV Rlce > . | f > I am nol mistaken , Is hero present.'rno knew how to row across the river by taking a diagonal line and aiming up a good deal higher than ho meant to go. It was ho who brought Reuben Gaylord to this shore. If he will come up hero on the platform and show us his arm we will hold out our arms to him with our hands at the ends of them. Rev. G. G. Rico was Introduced and said : We rowed over In a canoe with paddles. In the winter or In the summer of 1851 the secretary of the Omaha Land company pro posed that If I would como over and select two lots for the church they would donate 'hem. There was then not n house In Omaha , but they were preparing for some buildings , and ono of the members of the land company pointed out what they Intended to have , 'and where they were to have the principal business streets , and myself and my wife came over and wo went with him and selected two lots , and on one of those' lots the first church 'was built. I held the deed In trust until Brother Gaylord came over and they organized a society , and then the lot was deeded over to this society. I would mention one other thing. In the winter of 1855 the legislature met here and by Invitation I came over ono Saturday and spent the Sabbath , and I was directed to a house where they kept boarders , members of the legislature. The house sat upon blocks , built after the ground was frozen , so It couldn't be banked up , and it was built of green lumber , sided up with only ono thickness of boards. The floor was of un seasoned lumber , which had shrunk , and the thermometer was below zero. There I spent the Sabbath , and at night It was necessary to put on my overcoat and button It up to keep out the cold. I walked over then on a natural bridge , for the river was frozen over. The next summer Brother Gaylord visited the place and the next winter ho com menced his labors hero. ( Applause ) . DR. HOPKINS' ADDRESS. Rev. Dr. Henry Hopkins of Kansas City was Introduced and said In part : Our confidence In the statement that Jesus Christ Is to bo king of nations , as he Is king of saints , Is the reason for our being In Omaha. Wo are hero as a company of pro fessed I had almost said professional op timists ; that Is a part of our calling as Christian men and women. Wo cannot help It. Our Almighty God is almighty goodness , nnd wo are still holding onto the first recorded promise and expecting that the seed of the woman will bruise the serpent's head. We are Indeed able to sustain all the weary weight of this unintelligible world In the personal and In the corporate life only becaujo wo ballovo that truth Is stronger than error , virtue than vice , Christ than Belial , love than hate , and that God nnd Christ and truth and virtue and love must by and by triumph. The Homo Missionary society finds the reason for Its existence dn Its firm faith that It Is sent to help to bring in the kingdom of-God between the two'oceans. ' This char acteristic of homo 'missionary people makes It necessary for the Bake of America that homo mission should. , * Through light and darkness , marching" and fighting , long waitIng - Ing , deadening lmltfcrcnco | and Ignoble peace , and there muster ' the safety of the republic , bo these who'never fear , nor flee , nor sleep , nor doubt'tno coming of the morn ing. The paper of Secretary Choato IB on Inspiring statement of'our past , and rings with a note of hlgty 'expectancy , but It has also startled us , if wo" have ears to hear , with Its notes ot warning , and In that ho Is also true to the genius , if I may so speak , of the Christian faith. For the true Chris tian , though an optimist , | j not a sontl- mcntalltt , not a lotuseater. . He always dares , with holy coxrage ) , to look facts In the face , and , If need be , to drag them , hate ful and hideous , Into the light. He pays the homage of his understanding only to facts ; his confidence Is barn not of Indo lence and Ignorance , but of faith In God and In himself , helped of God. Wo cannot forgot that no true soul ever lived In this world wltjiout having at times the great Indignations of MJ nature stirred , and the more Chrlstllko a man ho Is , the more certain It 1s that ho can neither bo Indiffer ent nor silent In the presence of the shames and wrongs of his fellow men. Ho , our Lord , was angry , angry with the duplicity and hypocracy ot his time. The hottest In- vectlvo and the most scathing denunciation on record he spoke. Wo do well not to forget the seourgo of small cords with which ho drove out these who profaned his father's house , The apostle Paul has left for us In the first chapter of Romans a picture of HIP uimpcaknb'o degradation ot j humanity without God In his day , which , like the last judgment 11 n mightier Angeto , hangs In the world' * sky Every prophet of God and every child of God , small or great , having anything of the prophet iplrlt , lias seen and hated , exposed and denounced ovll , whether Savonarola , or Luther , or IIiiss , cr Knox , cr Lincoln , or Lowell , or Harriet Ilcccher Stowu. Thin Christian at titude toward sin and all evil Is the second reason why we need home missions for the sake of Amerlcai Ccnsclou ncs > of wrong , Indignation against It nnd opprsltlon to It cannot be spared from the national lite , Secretory Choato presented In powerful lines porno ot the dangers which threaten the republic. The debused foreigners' menace , the municipal menace , the startling nnd In creasing danger of spiritual destitution In the country district' , but of other facts In dicating eminent nnd deadly peril ho could not speak nor have t time so much as to enumerate them. It Is Impassible also to even mention certain causes and tendencies In our political , Industrial , social nnd re ligious life which menace , nut only pence , but the stability ot our Institutions. But for one , after deliberate survey. I am ready to say that , looking at the visible and most apparent trend of events , nnd otter study ing causes nnd tendencies In the light of much of our modern thinking , the outlook of our country seems to be an exceedingly dark one. Nay , I am ready to freely ac knowledge that except for the presence of the Indwelling and outworking spirit of Jesus Christ , an unseen spirit which political economy takes no account ot and the man of the world despises , a spirit which Is other than truth , abstract moro than commercial , honesty , the spirit which Is revealed only In his cross , the spirit of love In solf-sacrlllco ; except for this , despite our sciences anil 1 t- cratures , our schools and commerce and law * , the case would be hopeless. And 'It Is at least an open question whether unless there bo n vast Increase of the manifestation of this spirit It Is not hopeless already. My personal belief Is that , In order to save the republic , there has got to bo n great awaken ing , n new energizing and a now directing of the followers of Jesus Christ. tint I be lieve we have promise that It Is on the way ; that It Is here waiting to bo apprehended. Meantime wo may stay ourselves on the old fundamental truths In which all the saints have trusted. We may stay ourselves on God. God Is nnd man Is. God has a part In the history of the world , the materialists to the contrary notwithstanding , and person ality Is n m'ghty transforming forcj In his tory , If n fatalistic philosophy has demon strated the folly of trying to make the world over. over.We must keep alive here In the center of the continent the great traditions that started yonder by the sea and help preserve strongly marked , In our time and place , these heaven-born characteristics of Congregational life. To evangelize and to teach Is not our whole task. To Christianize Is moro than ths. | It Is teaching them to observe nil things whatsoever I have commanded you. A Christianized society Is the aim of all our efforts an embodied Christianity. This would bo the Kingdom of God set up In the world. To this task the generation In which wo live , the providence of God and the lead ership of Jesus Christ , through His mighty spirit , are calling us. Let us not bo deaf to this call. The church Is a means of saving men and of saving society. Those days are critical ; along the nation's horizon He clouds dark with portent , and lightened and streaked by the play of forces that may be either let loose for destruction or harnessed for benefi cence. There Is need of applied Christianity. There Is need of conscience , of truth , of jus tice , of purity , In business , social and polit ical life , but , above nil , of love In sacrifice , which Is Christianity. Those wo must have or perish. Our churches exist not for the rearing and training of these who shall make real and actual this Christian Ideal ; they ex ist for the lifting up of Christ on the cross , not only In tireless proclamation , but also In the dally living of Its members ' , always and everywhere , that Ho may dra'w all men to Himself. There are signs that our churches are awake to this call and are trying to meet this demand. They are learning to believe moro In the church and also In the kingdom. If wo have an "understanding of the times" wo may be called of God to lead In n now movement , as we were called to lead In bu- half of liberty , of missions and of Christian education. Dr. Clark announced that arrangements had been made with The Omaha Bee to print an olght-pago supplement next week to con tain the proceedings of the convention In full. full.Tho The meeting adjourned after prayer by Rev. Mr. Ellis of Neligh , Neb. TIJUKSUAY EVKNING. Feeling Itefcrcnco to u Stricken Hrollicr I'lipers Head. Rov. William Klncald , D. D. , who was down for the first paper at the Thursday night meeting , was detained at home by sickness In his family , and Rev. J. D. Kings- bury road his paper. He said : "Our beloved brother has written this paper at the bedside of his dying son , and I read It because I know that In his deep af fliction his heart has been moro and moro In his work and "Tn tills missionary cause , and there Is , therefore , , a peculiar meaning In these words which have come out of his heart In this tlmo of sorrow. " The paper , entitled "Home Missions for the Sake of the World , " was as follows : Our beloved brother.Rev. M. W. Mont gomery , whose familiar figure vrf shall never again behold upon this platform , but who being dead yet speakcth , began his ad dress at Saratoga last year with these words : "We ought never to lose sight of the fact that In all the problems concerning the future of the United States we are plan ning not only for the Interests of the United States , but also for the interests of the whole world. The United States of today Is the mountain top ot hopes of many nations ; and the mornlnir beams which shine upon our hills and upon our temples glvo great joy to millions of people In many lands. " Let these words ot our departed co-worker be our'motto for this evening. Let us pray that American home missionary" enterprise may never become provincial. The truest nnd most effective patriotism Is that which carries the world upon Its heart. That love of fatherland which loves the fatherland alone may servo the politician , but nothing less than the whole great world for which the Savior died can adequately Inspire the missionary of the cross. "The firm patriot there , AVho made the welfare of mankind Ms care Shall know lie conquered. " Let us consider , then , what Is the bearing of this American homo missionary work In which we are engaged upon the future des tiny of earth. Is It true , as Mr. Mont gomery said , that "tho United States of today Is the mountain top of the hopes of many nations ? " Is this simply a poetic fancy , or IS It true ? Is It true , as Prof. Austin Phelps declared , that "wo should look on these United States as' first and foremost the chosen seat of enterprise for the world's conversion ; " that , "forecasting the future of Christianity , as statesmen fore cast the destiny of nations , wo must bollcvo that as goes America so goes the world ? " Is It true , ns Dr. Joslah Strong nlfirms , that "ho does most to Christianize the world and to hasten the coming of the kingdom who does most to make thoroughly Christian the United States ? " It Is our conviction that these utterances express the simple , sober truth , truth that should glvo shape and color to every plan that American Christians adopt for bringing the world to Christ , truth upon which wo should meditate and pray until our whole being Is fused Into ono glowing aspiration and pur pose to save this pivotal nation upon which the destiny of the world shall turn. OUR RELATIVE POSITION. What Is the relative position of America among the nations of the earth ? Prof. Brlco afllrmH that she "murks the highest level , not only of material well-being , but of In telligence and happiness , which the race has yet attained. " This In not an Idle Yankee boast , but the conclusion of a distinguished English scholar and statesman after pro found personal btudy of our country and Its Institutions. The eminence thus asserted of America appears In the land Itself , Its situ ation , Its extent , Its resources ; In the char acter of Its people , of sifted Anglo-Saxon stock , the race upon which , In the opinion of the ablest modern thinkers , the future of mankind depends ; and In the fact that It Is the most favored homo of the resourceful English tongue , of late wonderfully prev alent , and destined , In the view of many , to become the common language of the world. This eminence characterizes the religion of our land. All modern progresi U linked with the reformation , but In this country , as Ed mund Burke pointed out , "we have the ills- sldence ct dissent , and the protestantism of the Protestant religion. " There are other countries that are deeply religious , others tlmt nro highly Intellectual , but there Is probably no other country where th ro Is such deep religious feeling In combination with inch high Intellectuality as here. The American type ot piety dominates the mind as well ns the heart. The eminence ot America Is seen , too , In her Christian legislation. Bho Is not only the home of liberty , but ot liberty embodied In law. A century and n quarter ngo Gen eral Gage explained to the English govern ment tlmt nil Americans nrc lawyers or xmattercrs In law , nnd that , even then , nearly us tinny copies of BlacUitono's "Com mentaries" were sold In this country as In England ; nnd Mr. Gladstone has given It as his deliberate Judgment that the American constitution Is "the most wonderful work ever struck off at n given tlmo by the bniln nnd purpose of man. " It has come , there fore , to bo the recognized mission of this country to develop n legislative system which shall express , more perfectly than any human system yet has done , the Idea ot human brotherhood nnd nn equality ot human rights. In addition , the eminence ot America ap pears In the diffusion of knowledge among her common people ; In her philanthropise : ; In the extent and rapidly Improving quality of her literature ; In her progress In art and science ; and , especially , In her Inventive skill , In which , by the sober judgment uf Intelligent men , oho leads mankind. And these advantages she Is In the way to use for the benefit of the race. She oc cupies n conspicuous position , exerts n pecu liar fascination , nnd exorcises exceptional Influence among nil people. That glowing passage of the ancient prophet , which prob ably suggested to Mr. Montgomery his fig ure of the mountain top , may be applied , al most literally , to this favored land. "Her mountain Is established In the top of the mountains , and exalted above the hills , and nil nations flow unto It. Many people xny lot us go up to the mountain and America shall leach us her ways nnd wo will walk In her paths , for out of America shall go forth the law , and the word of the Lord from the United States. " From the first discovery and early settlement of this con tinent , and especially slneo our war for In dependence nnd the adoption of our federal constitution- gaze of the world has been riveted upon this country. AH a result all nations flow toward us , and , what Is of spe cial significance In these recent years , tht-ru Is also a useful refluent tide. Ocean travel has become so cheap that Immigrants can afford to revisit their native lands. Amor- lean tourists observe that the steerages nro full In going as well ns coming ; laborers , domestic servants , small farm ers , petty tradesmen , having tarried here awhile and learned our ways , are re turning to spread throughout Europe the knowledge tlut they have gained and the spirit they have breathed In .thla free nnd enlightened land. Among the Italians landIng - Ing here In n recent year there were 57,917 males to 12,829 females , Indicating that the great majority do not como with the Inten tion of settling here , bin to accumulate money and return to their country to enjoy It. Hut , then , we do not wait for the world to come to us , we go to the world. We are not a hermit nation , wo go much abroad. Americans are renowned as travelers and are found In every clime , mingling , accordIng - Ing to their democratic notions , with all classes of people , observing , Investigating and appropriating on the one hand , and , on the other , stimulating , suggesting and Im parting. Wo discover and report what Is going on even In the dark corners of the earth Turkish outrage ? In Bulgaria , Rus sian barbarities In Siberia , English Immoral ities in India and Spanish abuses In Micro nesia. By the recent lamented death of a distinguished man attention has been turned to what a single American family has ac complished In these directions. Through David Dudley Field , as the English Lord Sherbrooke has said , America has led man kind In thu art of Jurisprudence and In the pacification of the race. His five revised codes , in which Christian legislation Is sim plified and made effective , have won their way , not only In this country , but through England nnd the British colonies , even to Hong Kong and Singapore ; and to him , more than to any other man , belongs the honor of Introducing the gospel of arbitration ay n practical and successful expedient Into the statesmanship of the world. His "Outlines of an International Code , " provid ing for a peaceful settlement of differences , has been translated into French , Italian and Chinese. An eminent chancellor of England once said : "Mr. Dudley Field of New York has done moro for the reform of laws than any other man living. " Out of America shall go forth the law. His brother , Cyrus W. Field , through American scientific enter prise , linked the nations by menas of the Atlantic cable , sending , as the first message , "Peace on earth , good will toward men. " Another brother , Stephen J. , has Illustrated , since Abraham Lincoln's time , American Christian jurisprudence on the supreme bench of the United States. Still a fourth , Henry M. , has been called "tho unspeakable trav eler. " Welcomed , In all his Journeys to the most distinguished hospitalities of the world , ho has made enlightened American Ideas the table talk not only of renowned statesmen , but also of princes and kings. A sister of this remarkable family was a missionary of the American Board to Asia Minor , and her son , who now sits beside his uncle In the national supreme court , advo cated In a striking address the cause ot home missions b3fore the recent anniversary of this society In the city of Washington. These nre notable , but not solitary. In stances. Who , for example , can estimate the Influence of three such American trav elers as President Julius Seelyo , Rov. Joseph Cook and Dr. George F. Pentecost , ns they elucidated the profounder aspects of Chris tian truth before the 1,000 Hindoos who speak the English language ? Such are simply the spontaneous and undersigned ef fects of American llfo and thought upon the destiny of the world. If , besides , we take Into account our vast organized efforts , through literature and missions and gov ernment agencies , to exert n wholesome In fluence abroad , wo shall gain some appre hension of America's Impress on the world. An ancient philosopher asked for n pou sto , a standing place , and ho would ilft the earth. Wo have found It , O Archimedes ! America Is the divinely provided fulcrum , upon which placing the gospel lever wo are moving the world. METHODS EMPLOYED. Now let us make no mistake ns to the means by which this work has hitherto been done nnd must bo done In the future. A short tlmo slnco , to one riding through thu country town of lladdam , Conn. , was pointed out a humble residence by the wayside as "the house where David Dudley Field was born. " These four eminent men , whose work has Just been described , with their missionary sister , were the children ot n Congregational minister , who labored for a time under n homo missionary's commission In the wilds of western Now York , anil who probably never received a salary In excess of the average annual stipend of the missionaries of this society. The Haddnm parsonage itself reminds ono of many homo missionary homes at the west. This world-wide work lias been done by men who were born Into a missionary household , educated In a mis sionary college , nnd are burled , ono by ono ns they are called away , In the old mission ary graveyard at Stockbrldge , Mass. , the scene of the missionary tolls of John Sar- gent , Timothy Woodbrldgo. Jonathan Ed wards nnd David llralnord. It Is from such parentage and amid such environments that the American manhood Is produced upon which wo must rely to revolutionize the world. The history of Hnddnm nnd Stockbrldgo nnd of the missionary college at Willlamstown has been repented over nnd over again In the Interior and nt the west , and with Ilko wonderful results. The great men of this nation , nnd multitudes not known as great , but who nevertheless have left tholr Impress for good upon the times nnd upon the world , have been brought forth under similar Influences. The regeneration of Individual souls through the gospel , the truth announced by the Savior to Nlcodcmus when ho said , "Yo must bo born again , " this Is the fundamental agency In securing the salvation of mankind. It Is well for us to discuss "now methods ; " there must bo new methods. But let us not neglect the ono Indispensable method which Clulst prescribes and experience com mends. It IB well to consider the Introduc tion of "a new social order" and "tho com ing of the kingdom. " But let us not lose ourselves In generalities and overlook the only possible agency by which a now order can bo Introduced and the kingdom ushered In. Men are to be rescued , one by one , from the power of sin , organized Into local brother hoods of Christian believers , for their devel opment In character and sanctlflcatlon through the truth , and then sent forth to take , each his part , under the guidance of the Spirit , In the regeneration of the world. The ethical philosopher , Dr. Felix Adler , who , as the son of a Jewish rabbi , brings an unprejudiced mind to the question , re cently drew a contrast between the ancient Israrlitish prophets and Christ "Th prophets of Israel , " ha unid , ' were Inter ested In the rwncrntion of society , Jcsua was interested primarily in the regeneration of the Individual. The Iden of the prophets was n political Idcn ; that of Jesus and of the early Christians was nntl-polltlcnl , or at least nonpolltlcnl. The aim of the prophets wan to establish on earth n perfect , model commonwealth. The Individual na such was to be snved In the salvation of the people. But Jesus mid : 'The kingdom of Clod Is within you. ' " NO\V our primary task ns homo missionary workers Is to pro duce men who have taken the king dom of God within thrm. Wo need not fear that they wilt not find a place and a way to make their Influence felt li < the salvation of the world. AM General Sherman * nld nt Atlanta. "Go In anywhere , general. There Is lovely fight ing nil nlong the line. " And we nro not training our homo ml-slotmry guns at so long n range that wo cannot see the shot strike. Our now work among the SIvnka / In Johnstown , Pa , , was reported for the llrst time Juat a your ngo ; but , said Dr. Srhnufilcr In n recent letter , "You will bo pleased to know that n Slovnk converted at Johnstown , Imvlng returned to Hung.iry , U working directly in his own homo there , t have n very Interesting letter from him In whloh ho tells uf the opposition nnd the sua- oo s , souls having nlrondy bivn. ns he be lieves , converted. 1 firmly bclkvo that the work o nro doing fcr Slovaks nnd Magyars In this country Is going to have n great rollex Influence In Hungary , which Is ns kplrltually dead ns any country which has thu word of God can be. " In the sprhg of 1SS2 a missionary was punt by the society to n llttlo struggling church 'In Dallas , Tox. , consisting of cloven women and one man. Twelve years have pabsed. That struggling church has become the mother of n group of Texas home mis sionary churches , and these churches main tain at the present llmo. at their own charges , n lulsslonary and nine caworkora In India and three entire missionary fam ilies. Including ten commissioned laborers In central Africa. A consecrated young lady does n llttlo porsonnl home missionary work In the city of New York , and to her great joy n Cuban refugee , Alberto J. Diaz , Is converted. Within half a dozen years that refugee Is preaching the gospel In Cuba to nudlonces soniftlmes of 3,000 people , nnd six Protestant churches , with n membership ot 1.000 , and seventeen missionary out sta tions are organized. Such Instances could bo Indefinitely multiplied. These are but spec imen results. CONGREGATIO.VAL HERITAGE. I must not omit to mention , too , that our heritage ns Congregationalism Imposes nn obligation which , perhaps , wo we too slow to recognize. If. as wo have seen , It Is the mission df America to furnish Heals In civil government , why is It not cquailj her mis sion to suggest the Ideal system of ec clesiastical control ? The two things , the spiritual and the civil order , were elaborated by the fathers Mdu by side and cannot bo separated either In thought or fact. A frco church Implies n free state , and a free ntato u free church. The truth Is tlmt the Almighty gathered together upon these shorea from the persecutions ot thu old' world a picked company , nnd set thorn at work , under un precedented conditions of religious Inspira tion and civil freedom , to evolve a perfect polity , both for churcli nnd state. America , then , owes It to the world to give forth the results thus far attained , both In the civil nnd ecclesiastical realms. In the provi dence of God wo meet for the first tlmo this year ns the Congregational Home Mis sionary society. This aspect of our work has not been pressed with unseemly haste. On the contrary wo have yielded gradually and , in a sense reluctantly , to our destiny. Our preference was for organic co-opcratlon In homo nnd foreign missions with Chris tians of every name. God has ordered It otherwise , and are wo not to accept thla ordering as nn Indication of the course Ho would have us pursue In seeking that unifi cation of Christendom upon which all our hearts have been set ? What wo have failed to bring about by denominational con cession and sclf-nbnegatlon wo must now seek to attain by n firm and loving Inslst- ancc upon the polity through which alone unification can come. Richard Baxter's scheme of comprehension , "In essen tials unity , In noncsaentlnls liberty , In all things charity , " Is Illustrated In CongrgationallKin ns In no other Christian order. We hold nothing as essential which Is not admitted to be e sentlnl by every ovnn- gellcal denomination. Thus the blumcnts 6f division and repulsion nre reduced among CongregJtlonnllsts to the lowest conceivable terms. It Is the genius of CongregationalIsm - Ism to let down every possible bar to fellow ship. If , therefore , Chrlstlnu ? are kept out of our communion it must be by the com plaint that there not bars enough , which Is the same as saying that one cannot enter the household of faith because so many doors are open. Let this suffice as to faith. Now as to polity , cur theory of the complete autonomy of the local church makes fellow ship possible with every body of believers under the sun. Wo are not n national but n world wide church , nnd nre thus specially fitted nnd prepared to conduct our homo missionary enterprise , not for the sake of America alone , but for the sake of the world. The logical nnd Irresistible conclusion to this train of thought I' , that the planting and nurturing of Congregational churches In America Is our first nnd best work for the world. Our first wcrk , bec.iuso nil our other Christian activities flow forth from and depend on this. Our best work , because In no other plnce on earth can we obtain so mighty a purchase for the elevation of mankind. It was the keen perception of those facts that led the late Judge Currier of St. Louis , In the words of hlsi biographer , "to mass his giving largely on the Homo Mission society , " because - cause , having "a sense of the overwhelming Importance of converting America to Christ" and believing that "tho true way to help all benevolent causes is to help the local church , " ho held that "upon the Home Mis sionary society depends the existence of every benevolent society -wo have. " It be comes us no't only to give liberally , but to give wisely. It Is believed that there Is among slncero ChrlstlaiiB very little. If any , ot that "telescopic philanthropy" which Dickens describes as caring moro for the na tives of llorrloboola Ghn than for the perish ing at our door , but It Is likely that thera Is n vast amount of fatal miscalculation as to where our gifts and efforts will do the most good. The moro wo study the problem In all Its numerous relations , Immediate and remote , the moro shall wo feel the su perlative Importance of maintaining Amer ican Congregational homo missions for the sake of the world. DR. SCHAUFFLKR'S ADDRESS , Rov. II. A. Shaulller. D.D. , followed him. Brothers nnd Friends of the Homo Mis sionary Society : When I heard my brother. Dr. Clark , ami my brother , Dr. Frnser , who is In Ohio , tell this morning the most Im portant parts ot the news from the Bo hemian Jk-M I felt relieved because I was very sure that I should not bo called upon to tell you any old story tonight , which I am always very much nfrald to do , but when I heard Dr. Klncald's paper hero to night , I declare , I don't know but I htivo ndoptcd that version of the verso in the psalm which the llttlo fellow did In my wife's class In Bcthlohom Bohemian Sunday school , when ho wns being taught the verso . . In which occurred the following words : ' "Forglvoth all thy Iniquities , " ho rendered It , "Who forglveth all thlno antiquities , " and If I am guilty of any antiquities , pleasa forglvo mo. Joking osldo what moro noble thcina could wo hove than that which bus been read before us this evening , the climax ot the deliberations nnd of the considerations of the great truths that have been brought before us up to this point In this glorloim meeting , "Homo MlHslonu for the Hake of the World ? " America not for us , but America for all other nations of the earth that It can reach with the gospel of Jesus ChrlBt ns God has committed that gospel to It nnd allowed It to Interpret It by His own people and by His own favored Christian Institution : ! to the admiring nations of the world. It Is n wonderful thing , It Is an Inspiring thing as well as a delightful thing to bo per mitted to accomplish two distinct results In the pursuit. In the direct pursuit of but one to bo permitted to accomplish ulti mately the results whllo wo are doing some thing that Is right before us here. Now that Is Just exactly what every ono who Is praying and giving and working for the Cbrlstlnnlzatlon. the complete Chrlslanlza- tlon , of our land Is doing. Ho Is doing Just what Joseph did when ho saved Egypt , for ho not only In that hour saved his poor old father's llfo. but ho carried out nn Impor tant part of God's great plan for the salva tion of the whole world. That Is what ( Continued ou Seventh