Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-16

FRANKLIN COUNTY, MASS.
NORTHFIELD.

held here presents rs IL progresses
perfect galaxy of interests affecting the
entire Church of God. 1t is difficult to
give even skeleton of the program as
il is carried out from day to day. A
Thousand visitors are gathered together
from many parts of the world, among
whom are eighty or ninety missionaries
from home and foreign service. The
large auditorium is crowded daily.
Sunday the meeting began with the
early morning PRAYER meeting; then at
10 the Chldren's Service, conducted 10y
f H Jacobs of Brooklyn; at 1870,
a powerful address from Rev Sam
uel Chadwick of England, on
"Chrst at the Threshold of the Church -
at 3, Captain Bremen of the Salvation
Army, gave on Round Top his life his
tory. dressed as rabbi in the time Of
Christ; al the same time in the auditor
| ium meeting for ladies was addressed
by Mrs Howard Taylor, of the China
Inland Mission; at 40 DR. II G Weston,
of Chester. Pa, continued valuable adj
dress on the Lords Prayer; at $50, DR.
McElveen of Boston spoke at Round Top
on the TRANSPORTATION at s, Command
err Booth-Tucker of the salvation Army,
gave a Gospel address, followed by an
| till past 10 O'Clock.
Mon Jay was the great and long-antici-
pated Missionary Day. 1t began with the
early morning prayer meeting at $50; at
8, Commander Booth-Tucker gave de-
scription of the work of the Army; at
10, Mr. Openshaw spoke OIL China and
Mr. Lavering on Persia; at III, DR. A t
Pierson of Brooklyn, N Y, spoke on
Goods Hand in Recent Events in the
Far East" from to 345, there was a
symposium on Foreign Missions con-
Quoted by DR. Howard Taylor of the
China Inland Mission, at which spake
Miss Watt of the Leper Mission, Mr. j F
Clark of Bulgaria, Mrs Crosby Wheeler
Of Harpoot, Turkey, Mrs Stott of the
China Inland Mission, Mr. W F Beaman
of the American Baptist Missionary |
Union, Dr. + B Shepard of Aintab, Asia |
Minor, and Mrs Howard Taylor of the !
China Inland Mission. The Mortified |
Schools are now represented in the For
eign Field by 30 missionaries, two of
whom have met a martyrs death ID
China.
From 4.3O TO 80 there was a similar
meeting on Home Missions, conducted
by Commander Booth Tucker, the
speakers being DR. Spence, laboring
among the Mountain Whites of Tennes-
see. Mr. Richard Bell of the Sailors In
stitute, Montreal, Mr. Bernard Angel of
the New York City Mission and Track
Society. Miss Delaney of the Catherine
Slip Mission. New York City. Miss
Hayes OF New York City. Miss Berry at
work among the poor Whites of Ken
lucky, and Mr. Sanford engaged in Y NJ
c A work in the Army and Navy.
At $50 the meeting n the auditorium
was addressed by President Capen, of -,
the American Roard of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions, on THE Respon- .
sbility of the Churches towards the :
Boards The busy -,
day closed at 7.30 with Grand Mission
airy Rally, at which three minute adj !.
dresses were delivered by some thirty =,
At the evening meeting on Sunday :
Mr. II NJ Moore. president of the North ,
field Board of Trustees, explained that :,
the auditorium, in which the great :,
,rowd was gathered had been built at =
cost of s55 900. OF which $4,000 re- :
NAMED unpaid. and on which the in !
crest at 1 per cent, amounting to 500 ;
year. was due. A collection was taken. =
The Young Peoples Institute con.
iucted by Mr. John Willis Baer, Secre-
AIRY of the Y p 5 G E will be held from
Aug ID to Is. 9
Post Conference Addresses: Rev G =
Morgan of London and Rev
samuel Chadwick of Leeds, England.
Will each give daily Bible lectures IN "
he Congregational church arranged in ~
curses, from the close of the General
Conference, Aug Is to Aug 26 inclusive, :.
kept Monday, Aug 10. Sunday SER !.
ices are held at 10 - m and 80 p 7,
q. In other years people have found u
hese Post Conference addresses as
elpful as those of the regular confer
noes, because there is so much more
me for quiet study aud meditation lie
pom the themes discussed than is af- m
ordtd when there are so many meetings W
ach day. 81
- lie
A town meeting is TO be called soon &C
} consider the changing of Highland pl
venue nearer the Scnell Mansion also tl
, see if the town will vote to raise W
500 toward state road and also to c.
onsider the bridge qu-s zion again. al
4 young lady who was taken sick an
! one of the halls at East Mortified. fr
as been brought to Mrs Powers
MdIU SJ1teJ W De thheu care Ul
The lawr party given by the Unita- -.
an society on Tuesday evening was a LII
&c ided success. 1t WIS an ideal even
g and ice cream found ready sale,
g. 40 was realized. ~
1t is very poor plan to leave Pc
othes on a line out of doors over a r.
ght as was proven one night this SUI
eek. Some clothes which we're left az,
-er night out doors at DR. n p hpl
Gods disappeared like magic. 1t r ems
i'll not be safe for these persons to do on
at same thing again and they may des
It into trouble this time. tho
,,; Az, NJ - ,p:, but
sitting at Mrs Stephen Keels'. Ada inc
fits is visiting at Brattleboro. - mo
llian Alexander is on her way to the ami
IN American Exposition at Buffalo aft'
d quite few persons are planning Hn
60 next month. as. .