Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-06-15
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ton, Miss Florence Henry; Marshlield,
Mrs. Lydia Pitkin; South Barre, Mrs.
Lucy Smith; Stowe, the Rev. Frank
r. Gale; Barre, Mrs. Mower; Will
Jamestown, Mrs. Granger. The re-
mainder Of the parish reports were
deferred until Friday morning. On
the whole the reports were very salts
factory, and showed the parishes to he
in good working condition. -
After an organ voluntary by Miss
Healey and selection by the choir
the Rev. Effie X. M. Jones spoke
briefly of the harmony existing be-
tween the different churches here,
and introduced the Rev. E. M. Fuller
of the local Baptist church who deliv-
cred a carefully thought out and very
mastery address on "Religious Train
ing at Home" speaking exclusively
of the home training Of children.
The address was right to the point
and was listened to with great inter-
est.
The choir rendered a selection and
then Principal o. K.Hollister of God
dard Seminary delivered an address
on "The Place of the Seminary in
Education" lie contraSted the
Seminary with the High School and
then spoke of the increasing difficulty
the former institution is having to
secure each year the required number
of new students. He urged upon all
Universalists the great need of send
ing students to Goddard, where the
outlook for next year is not SO bright
as it has sometimes been on account
of the recent epidemic. If all will
make it personal matter, and help
secure the usual number of new stu
dents the future of Goddard will be
bright.
The Rev. e. X. NJ. Jones spoke
briefly of the religious atmosphere at
Goddard which is far from being strict
ly UNCONVENTIONAL and said that in
many respects the life and training
there is far ahead of what it can pos
sibly be in any high school. After this
the congregation joined in singing a
hymn.
The Rev. j. Edward Wright of
Montpelier delivered very lnstruc-
tvie and interesting address on GA
musements" speaking in particular
of the amusements for the young.
He thought there might be I'M
worldly amusements, and while he
stood for liberality and broadness of
view, did not think that the present
was good time to let down the bars
too much on account Of the dcgener-
acy of the drama and other amuse-
mentS.
After some announcements by the
Rev. E. X. NJ. Jones Misses Morrison
and Henry gave vocal duet and the
afternoon session came to close. A
ministers meeting was held imme-
diately after.
The evening session opened at 7.3O
by the singing of several hymns by
the choir and congregation, after
which the choir rendered an anthem.
The Rev. L. f. Fortney, of Plainfield,
read the sculpture lesson after which
the Rev. Anna b. Aldridge, of East
Montpelier, lead the assembly IN
prayer and the choir rendered another
selection.
The Rev. Walter Dole, of North
field, who was to deliver the OCCASION
al sermon was detained by Illness, and
the Rev. Frank r. kGale, of Stowe,
spoke in his stead. His subject was
"Theught for the Morrow" the text
being "Take no thought for the
morrow. Behold the fowls of the air!
Behold the lilies of the field" He
spoke of the inevitable result of mans
taking these words literally, and said
that the lesson they bear is, not to
spend our strength in needless worry
over imaginary troubles, but to have
more trust for the future, prevent
what we can prevent, do what we can
do, learn to live today and the NOR
row will take care of itself in much
larger measure than we have thought.
After vocal solo by Prof. Joy, of
the Seminary the congregation joined
with the choir in singing hymn and
the Rev. Frank r. Gale pronounced
the benediction. A social hour in the
parlors followed.