Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-07-03
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS,
Universalists in Session.

The annual meeting of the Windham
and Bennington association of the Uni
versalist churches occurred Monday
and Tuesday at the local church and
was one of interest and profit through
out all its sessions. The address Of
welcome was given Monday afternoon
by Fred H. Babbitt, followed by an
address "Why People do not Attend
Church" delivered by Rev. c. F. Nc
Intyre of Marlboro, n. H. This adj
dress was freely discussed by a num-
Der of the members of the association,
elicting some very helpful thoughts.
The speaker alluded to large number
of reasons usually given taking each
up separately and disposing of them.
The tenor of the address and the dis
cussions which followed was that all
methods to interest and draw the peo-
pie should be used, both by the pas
tors and by lay workers.
The evening service opened by a
praise service of 10 minutes, and at
7:3O a sermon was delivered by Rev.
Q. E. Crooker of Rutland. The theme
was Love and from the text Let
everything be done in love- The
last number upon the evening program
was advertised as an address by Rev.
c. b. Elder, who was unable to be
present and the service was shortened
thereby.
Tuesday morning a praise service
at 10 was followed by business meet
ing and election of officers, with re-
ports from the officers of the past year.
At this service Rev. II. Gertrude Ros-
coe, pastor of the church at Hinsdale,
sang a solo very acceptably, THE
Holy City" At eleven O'Clock an adj
dress was delivered by Rev. c. E.
Petty of White River Junction upon
the topic "Co-workers with God" and
another upon the theme of The In
stitutional Church. by Rev. G. l..
Thompson of Springfield. He took the
position that in order to do the very
best work the churches of today must
gradually absorb a large part of the
social work of the communities, such
as lectures and entertainments, as far
as practicable, and that the churches
should be kept open at all times fol-
the use of the different proper func
tons
The closing address of the meetings
at 2:15 was by Rev. H. Gertrude Ros
coe upon the topic of Harmony" the
underlying thought being that har
mony is the perception of spiritua
truth through sound and color. Al
discord is but harmony misinterpret
ed. Discord of sound or color is inju
rious to the bodily health Harmony
builds brain and body. Christ was the
supreme example of harmony, and VIZ
as his followers should feel the ne
cessity of harmoniZing our purpose
our thought and our actions, that thu
action of our minds may produce onl.
sympathetic and healing conditions
Miss Roscoe will leave this countr,
next month for few weeks visit dur
ing her vacation in her native place
Yorkshire, Eng, it being her first re
turn since childhood. She will be &C
companied by her parents and sister
Her father is a well known pastor o
a church in Enfield, N. II.
The officers are as follows: Pres
ident, Rev w. w. Hooper of Below
Falls; vice president, Col. H. E. Tay
lor of Brattleboro; secretary anu treas
urer, Miss Martha Ingraham of Gui
ford; executive committee, Rev. Refs
mold X. Marvin of Brattleboro. Mr.:
Mary Akley of Vernon, Mrs. c. +
Stedman of Williamsville.