Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-06-07
BAPTIST
CONVENTION.
Representatives From All
Parts of the State.
Thirtieth Annual Meeting of
Vermont Baptist Sunday
School Convention.
Large Number Present, and In
teresting Addresses Given.

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assembling together of the Vernon
Baptists and over 200 visitors from ou
OF town assembled here yesterday after
noon and evening to attend the sou
annual meeting of State Sunday Schoo
Convention. They began to come yes
terday morning and the number contin
ued to increase until the evening trair
brought in enough to swell the number
to 200 or more.
Supper was served to the visitors al
the First Baptist church parlors and the
assignment committee was kept busy in
making arrangements for the entertain
ment of the guests.
1t is seldom that more talented list
OF speakers graces such an occasion and
amongst these we are proud to say that
our popular pastor the Rev. E. M.
Fuller takes a prominent stand. Mr.
Fuller has been kept constantly OH the
jump for several weeks in preparation
for this event and one OF the results of
his labor is a beautiful souvenir pro-
gram Of Barre,
The exercises opened last evening
soon after O'Clock with singing by the
audience. A Scripture lesson was read
by Rev. w. j. Harris d. d., and prayer
was offered by the Rev. j. a. Sherburn.
and then.
Aftel Il short song service the Rev. Il.
Nj. Fuller arose and addressed the au-
diencc as follows; The welcome which
we extend to you is not Il formal one.
Did not know that we could again bring
this body together OH this side of the
mountain. We give you hearty well
city. You are welcome to our church
and to our Bible School. You will find
yourself in metropolis here one of the
busiest in the east and one which it has
already pleased someone to designate as
the "Chcago of New England,' We
have as in!p0rtan! work to do here, as
have any of the western cities. We hol G
to be able 10 do our share of the work. ,
AT the close of his remarks the Presi-
dent Rev. w. A. kinzie of Bristol arose
said in part as follows;
The reception is indeed warm and
the welcome hearty. According toyour
statistics of the number of church men,
bers here about 2O00 there must be
more wickedness here than in your sis
ter cities. On the other hand believe
there is II great deal of good here. We
have come here with a deep interest
in the church, 1t is one of the best
in the state. We hope that our coming
here will help you and your community
We are all clad to be here and we wish
our other brethren throughout the state
mirht he present also to receive the
rood which we are certain TO obtain
After the singing of hymn, &. W.
Osgood OF Bellows Falls was introduced
as the man who has made Il great sue
cess of the great Osgeod Bible Glass
His remarks were in part as follows on
the subject 'lnveslment Of Talents:
feel it an honor while do not be.
lone TO this denomination to be counted
amongst your member. 1t is the chal'
leee of today "Give and ii shall be given
unto you" You will never get higher
than your thought. This country Am
ericA offers you no grander opportunity
| tban 20 be the teacher of Sunday
School. You belittle tho teaching Of
Sunday School class if you DO not cou'
it your highest ambition 10 teach ''ia
ola <. There is one sure way to success
that way is to give your heart to 'l''
Master. No one can be Christian a"t
| live for himself. believe that durl"-
the next century the word OF God vii
ho more universally needed. The great
est ambition of this country IS to rails
mon to leach the word of Cod
At the conclusion OF these remarks IN
audience arose and sang n hymn alte
which the Rev. James X. Ever of Plovl
dence Il, |. who spoke in an eloqhei
manner en- the subject "lIeroic servic
Alony Sunday Scaool Lines" a por'lo
of his discourse was Us loilo"si