The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-09-15
THE CONGREGATIONAL CONFERENCE.
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speaker said, .that helps to swell the Grim,
Ut the country Is that we have 2OOl
towns and villages without church
or Sunday School. The speaker gave many "
Illustrations of what the Home. Mission was do
ing. Rev. Puddef0ot 10 probably the mos
popular speaker at Congregational conyen
tons. He ia Field Secretary. OF our Home
Missionary society, and spends most OF hit
time among the larger churches OF the east
is the despair Of the stenographic fraternity
Rev. W. Walker offered prayer and this
closed the afternoons session.
The main floor of the church was crowded
a. the evening exercises, which were opened
with a missionary praise service by Prof. III.
II. Shaw, followed by Home Mission rally.
Brief addresses were made by Secretaries
Shelton, Gutterson and Puddef00t. Mr..
Shelton told why Home Missions did not want
pity, they wanted help, workers with true
Christian heart. He gave as an Illustrate
OF what mission work Is, his experience In ia.
kota doing the work, the hardships endured,
how little was thought of going 40 miles In
the binding, drifting snow to visit the bed.
side of sick child or 70 attend the funeral Of
fellow man. He said the work Of a
Home Mission was to reach out that some
one may be guided. to touch the one who
was the farthefest away from Christianity.
The speaker said, "There is much work ur-
done here In our own country, many little
townships without churches, Sunday Schools,
| Christiin Endsav0r societies aud without
Christian guidance.
Mr.. Gutterson In his remarks said: "This
things. In the religious sphere of our life we
are doing similar things. Christianity Ia deal
Ing In places aud with people where 1t Is 81.
most unlawful for man to 20 or look upon.
HON, Missionaries are going into the slums,
alleys, and among poor, wretched souls trying
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to live is to become Christians, with Ged IS the
helper. He spoke of the landing of Bartholo-
new Gosmer at Martha's Vineyard, of the
power he had over the people OF that place.
He then told of the treatment the Red man
had received from the white, how we had
cas-. the Red man mas aside and - sg gsssS
him religion and help him to become
civilized, and dc our duty to make a man
of him." He spoke Of the Christian heart OF
Mr.. Moody, OF the influence he had used to
make Christian men and women of the many
"Charity should be shown to the negro, we
ought to try and make man OF him. II we
do our best In helping poor unfortunates to
lead Christian lives God will ask no more OF |
u.s."
Mr.. Puddefoot gave most of his time TO the |
dangers OF the great cities where the weak
ness ends and where work is NEST needed he |
pictured the homes, the society and the lives
Of many poor souls In Boston and New York,
where the word of God is never heard, and |
said ''those are the places where the mission.
airy might do good work." He said he knew |
''of 70 townships III the state of Maine with.
out single church +" There are no large
American cities but plenty large cities In
America that are governed by foreigners and
they are the ones who must become Chris
tlans In order to help make those under their
ruling lead true and Christian lives.
The evening exercises closed with number
of stereopticon views of mission work In our
home field which were described by Rev. Mr..
Puddefoot.
Benediction was pronounced by Revs. Mr..
Thompson and Merrill. -5.--
Thursday mornings exercises opened with
and early communion service at 8 80 by Revs.
DR.. Thompson AMI Merrill followed ty the
business meeting Of the conference. 1t was
voted to have the next meeting In TOwnshend
In September, 1894, other business was at.
tended to, and . resolution ofthankswas offered
10 the Centre church for the kind hospitality I
shown by its members during these meetings. I
Al Rev. r. f. L.wIs was unable to be pres
and the family Bible was most ably handled X
Dy Rev. Merrill and Miss Hartig. In Mr.,
Merrilps remarks he said "that we have very 1,
little idea Of the coed work done by young y
students during their vacations In the rural
districts, how many of them had become SO D
Interested III LUG WOTh tuSt Oh tuclT IctuIu
college they had taken up thorough study OF z
1 and how many that he knew have become G
very prominent minister's. He also said that
t, takes the women to do this Kind of work r
because they can enter the homes of the
Mothers and In this way influence them to be-
rue Christian spirit sne Gun direct her chIY-
iren. He told Of the good and noble Il
work done by Misses Hartig and Billings In
he small townships Of the state where the Z,
work had been neglected and what they v
lad done to revive It, but said there was =,
much more to be done and he hoped to a
ear good reports at the next meeting.
Miss Hartig told Of the help the Christian
IndeavOr society bad been to the churches VI
I'd of her experience In the homes where
here were no Christians. how hard 1t was to II
pen the question to these parents and often I'll
be hsd let the mother start the subject OF
er visit. She said 1t was always known In u d.
own where she visited that she was mis- m
Ionary and they expected she would CALL at
G. +. Thompson spoke few words In be-
alt of the Christian Endeavor society Of NJ
alton with Miss jessie Gregg at the ~ ~
iano followed. Rev. j. H. Babbitt !,
ave some excellent advice on Sunday q.
,hc Of work, and how 1t should he done. TIE "
peaker said that there are 1000 Sunday :,
,hool scholars in our state and in France RI
$50 scholars. Mr.. Babbitt In his report of
he International convention at St. Louis WI
st week. said there were two conventions Ia les
ne, the international and the Worlds ey
invention, how for three years delegates tn,
I'd been anticipating this convention. He en-
I'VE brief description Of the exposition no
lildiDg where the convention was held. The
y was twice illuminated with between 10 so
0 al d 80 90 electric lights, once n the IT.
irrational and once for the world. On the
rival of the delegates procession of 5000
lnday school children marched through the
reefs and were viewed by the visitors Al
ie tabnacle procession, he said, was the
'andest sight be ever witnessed. On the last
~ Of the convention an excursion on the !,
lssissippi was given the delegates, most ito
,llghtful trip. In giving report of the be
lnday schools In the United States there are pc
ready 9,6SS,506 teachers and officers and be
BOZ, 254 schools, making Total of 10 99l. 76O, ms
this number 10 per cent. are In New Eng. eff
I'd. fro
Mr.. Shelton by request spoke briefly but In. or,
resting on the immigration question. He Yo
Id OF the 100000 Immigrants who have boz
me to this country, 1900 coo have went hal
ck as missionaries. As the population has OF
crime has also incre ased. the
2 told how eight years ago 1t cost In
and took from % to 40 days to come WI
this country, and at the present time II cia
ly costs S22 and takes only eight days. He init
Is 6S per cent Of all the liquor dealers In tina
Is country are foreigners. He closed with I
v remsrks on church buildings, telling how fro
" must be made attractive ir order to 1t
~ tie young people from the richly fur edi,
he'd daLce hall, saloons and theatres to lish
m its
Dinner was served by the ladies' IN the T
npel a. y 80 and remarks made by Rev. VIII
Walker and other visitors. pas
rev. MIR. Chapin was elected reporter and cha
eiver. kno
he first Windhsm counfu conference datea we