Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-30
THE VERMONT PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, OCTOBI

which the church was filed floor and gal
leries.
The evening service was in the Baptist
church, which was beautifully decorated
with evergreens and notices. and which
was filled by an audience of about eleven
hundred. The praise service was con
Quoted by Rev. j. L. Sewall. A chorus
choir seated in the gallery led the singing.
E. ii. Miller of Brattleboro sang a solo.
and the chorus sang hymn of welcome
to Vermont Endeavorers composed by j
f. Hall of Brattleboro.
Rev. DIR. FRrrnr's Address.
Then came an address which will be long
remembered by all who heard it. The
speaker was Rev. II. G. Farrar, ID. d., pas
tor of the Trinity Methodist church in
Albany, n. Y, president of the New York
Christian Endeavor union during the past
year. His subject was "The Outlook"
and as he spoke with thrilling eloquence of
modern problems and possibilities, he made
all feel that it is good to be alive. He be-
gan by saying, | am glad to be in my old,
native state, and after little pleasantly
with President Mcmillan entered upon his
theme. This, he said, is the young peo-
pies age. They are coming to the front,
not to crowd out the old people, but to
stand by them and help them in the great
work. We live in a new era. Never were
there such opportunities, never were there
such problems. The great problems is to
send the gospel into every portion of the
habitable globe, so that every human
creature may hear it as we hear it. This
is a wonderful century. More discoveries
and inventions have been made in the last
fifty years than in the five thousand pre-
vious ones. Steam has been harnessed,
electricity is still great baby but wait
until it grows up and feels its power! You
and | will yet ride POO miles an hour with
ease. pity the young man who doesn't
thrill at the privilege of living now.
| look around and ask, is the church
adopting methods adapted to these new
times. Men will go for ivory and plumcs
where the church will not 60 to save men.
The burning question of North America
today is the education and Chrstianiza-
ton of the present generation. Every sixth
man who votes can neither read nor write.
Our country is filling up with foreigners
They rule our cities, and run our saloons
We are in danger of being bound hand
and foot. God has raised up these young
people in this nick of time. The whole
history of the country is providential 1t
was given to God by its first settlers, and
He hasn't given it over to politics and the
devil. He is going to give us people of
better character than ours has been This
character cannot be formed by society or
in the schools. 1t must come from the
church which teaches the ten command
ments and tile Lords prayer. We want
men of character in every sphere of life,
men who will go out and make money for
| God. We must learn the art of cOnseCra-
ton and concentration. 1t is our privilege
to touch men into life.
The address, which occupied about an
hour in its delivery, received the closest at
tention and was warmly applauded.
At the close of the service a reception
was held in the Congregational church, at
which refreshments were served, and the
delegates met each other socially. And SC
the first day of the convention closed, a
day of very great interest to all who at
tended the services.