Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-07
COUNTY ooNFSRENoT.
Interesting aud surfing 1es'inG' az
N.wfans--.I0 Pastors Pressnt---Csm-
mIttse on Gently and EvsngsIistic
work.

N,yfane--.la Pastors Present---eSm-
m,t,ss on Gently and EvsngsIistic
work
The meeting called for the Christian
workers of the county at Newfane was
sadly interfered with by the severe STORM
time was small, and did not Increase very
which began at about the hour Tor as
sembling The number present at that
'' The morning session opened Tuesday at
II o'clock and was of a praise and deVo-
tioal character. conducted by Rev. l.. Z:
Kimball of Dummerston who had sent
No formal organization Of any kind was
entered upon, but Mr.. Kimball acted as
there is no lack as TO number, stu there
conductor throughout the sessions of the
convention. The afternoon was devoted
to the consideration of the out-distriet
problem" as Il Is called, Rev. y. 3;
discussion From his statements, II APP
peared that there were from 90 TO 70
churches at work in the county and that
influence. This topic was freely discussed
ence does not appreeiably reach. me
question Is what shall be done for these
localities ana low to do IT,
Mr.. Kimball illustrated this lack by aid
of a map which he had roughly drawn for
the purpose; he showed that there Is IN
space extending clear across from east
to west, the people OF which do not at
tend church or come under known church
session of Wednesday morning.
The session OF the evening was given to
the topic The The line OF sePa arad p r be-
NJ. f. Hardy of Townshend was the
opening speaker. He said, there is such
line. lightly drawn Il is a line which
lasts for life, and IL is a line which runs
through our homes, through society,
through business and citizenship; each of
these four points was amply set forth
At the close of the evening hour secre-
tary Merrill of the Vermont Domestic
Missionary society spoke of money as
means of grace, meaning as one remark
ed later, when we hadn't IL because we
had given II away.
ably increased Wednesday by arrivals
from below and above, mostly by train.
The time during the day was spent
mainly In prase, prayer and county need
different denominations in the field.
DIR. Marble and Mr.. Miles. both of Brat
tleboro, were especially outspoken in the
way OF true comfy. but IL was only a
setting forth of what seemed TO be a
unanimous sentiment in the convention.
The outcome Of It was the selection of
committee upon county and evangelistic
work in the county. This committee con-
sists of Revs. Marble and Miles, Lewis
OF Bellows Falls, Kimball, Bickford, Es-
tabrook of Wlliamsville. and Ball.
IL was expected that DR.. Scofield Of
Mortified would be present for an ad-
the convention was compelled to fall back
upon itself. DR.. Marble gave an effec-
tive address upon Christian love and was
followed by several speakers who took
the line of personal work in reaching
the unconverted. The session was one of
great effectiveness.
Thursday morning was filled by an ad-
dress from Miss Halsey, principal of the
Training school at Northheld, and by a
consideration Of the spiritual topics on
the program.
As a whole the convention was a deeply
interesting and stirring one for those who
attended II. Some 16 of the ministers of
the county were present. All entered
heartily into the purpose of making Il a
success. considerable number OF peo-
pie mostly from the nearer localities.
were in attendance, as also of Newfane
people. The interference from the storm
was regretted as IL was believed that a
much larger number would have ap-
peared; but the storm did not prevent
what every one said at parting, 1T has
Christian forces OF the county"