Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-08-04
CHRISTIAN ENpEAVoR.
EvANGELIsTIc WORK IN THIS G,

EVANGELISTIC WORK in THIS COUNTY
Those who attended the Addison
County conference of Congregational
churches, which met at New Haven the
I'd aud 81 of June last, and those who
attended similar meeting of the Baptist
churches of Addison and Chlttenden
counties, held at Charlotte later in June,
saw the young ladies, Misses Craven and
Clark, who are doing evangelistic work
in the out-districts of this county under
the auspices of the county union of \.
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The purpose is not to have them spend
much time in work in places where the
people have good gospel privileges and
pastoral care, but to have them work in
tile out-distrlcts. where the people have
few or no gospel privileges and little
or no pastoral care. Any one acquainted
with the county knows that there are
many such needy districts in it.
The ladies' commenced work in Leices-
ter, Friday, May 10, and continued two
weeks till Friday, June =, when they at
tended the meeting of the Congregational
churches at New Haven. Saturday,
June 3, they went to Vergennes and
worked in the city until Wednesday,
June II, when they attended the meet
lug of the Baptist churches at Charlotte.
The next day they returned to Addison
and continued there until Monday, July
81, at which date they went to North
field Mass. to be present at Moody's con-
ference for Christian workers, taking with
them one of the young ladies of Addison,
the one who must be IA leader of the
young people there in Christian work.
The regular order for days work is
Bible study in the forenoon, calling IN
the afternoon and Il meeting in the even
ing. In Leicester, meetings were held
nearly every evening, excepting Monday
evening, in private houses, and there
were more invitations to hold meetings
than there were evenings. The meetings
were better attended than the most
sahguine expected and the interest con-
tinually increased. Some were led to
confess Christ publicly for the first time,
some family affairs were raised, some who
are not Christians promised to read the
Bible ev rv d4v. These promises were
not made lightly by holding up the hand
or nudding the head. but in personal
lnversatinn in private. 1t was against
the wishes of the people that the work
ers should leave when they did, and all
are DESTROYS to have them return.
They went to Vergennes at an un-
! favorable time, as some of the best
Christian workers in the church were
on; Of town, and there were other thing
t. take the time and attention from the
work of many others who were at home
hence their short stay in Vergennes.
In Addison the work was almost en-
tirely in the Willmarth and Whitford
districts. Meetings were held on an
average of five days each week. some OF
them in the afternoon for children and
Others in the evening". The evening
meetings were well attended, those attend
ing being for the most part young
people. After two weeks meetings were
held in both districts each Sunday even
ing. Several of the young people have
taken decided stand for Christ, anC
others show much interest in the gospel
Arrangements have been made TO give
them weekly meeting of their own fol
prayer and Bible study. Effort was
made to interest them in systematic
Bible study. Some work was also done
in the direction of The home department
of the Sunday school and % joined the
Sunday school in that department.
1t is hoped that the Christian people O.
the county will support the work will
their prayers. Efforts will be made II
keep all who are interested in the worl
informed about it. b.