Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-06-09
BRATTIEBORO, VERMONT, FRIDAY JUNE o. 1905
CONGREGATIONAL CONVENTION.
Program Of Interesting Meetings Here
Next Week.

CONGREGATIONAL CONVENTION
Program Of Interesting Meetings Her,
Next Week.
The 18th annual meeting Of the
Woman's Home Missionary union o.
Vermont, which will be held In the
Centre Congregational church here
Tuesday just preceding the 10th an
nuai meeting OF the state Congrega.
tional convention. Will open at
o'clock I'm the morning In the chapel
with a prayer service led by Mrs. q
S. Mills: the address of welcome by
Mrs. T.. L. Waterman. president OF
the Centre church union will follow
with response by Mrs. Rebecca +
Fairbanks OF st. Johnsbury state
president. The reports OF the state
secretary, Mrs. Evan Thomas tEsseS
Junction), and OF the state treasurer.
Mrs. C. II. Thompson (Brattleboro)
and of the nominating committee VIII
precede the election OF officers; Mrs
]. f. Swift will outline the work for
the year to come. Miss Theodora
Auman will speak on Our School IN
Utah. Miss Della Leavens OF Saluda,
N. c., on Life Among American High
landers. and the session will close with
a hymn.
Al 1:15 d. m. in the chapel there
will be a delegates meeting: at 2:1o
a devotional service followed by a
memorial service for Mrs. Mary L.
Paine, report of the program COM
mittee and a young peoples hour with
reports OF secretaries for young peo..
pies work and Junior work. and
papers by Miss Anna P. Moore Of
Massachusetts, Miss Leavens. and
Mrs. H. S. Caswell Brood. the last on
Missionary Experiences OF Seven
teen -year-old Girl. After the offer-
ing and reports of committees the ses-
sion will be adjourned to hear the
convention sermon In the church and
partake of Holy communion.
The evening session will meet at
7: 80 In the church and Will constitute
a part of the church convention. Kew:
j. r. Stocking of Bellows Fails VIII
lead the devotional exercises. and ad-
dresses will be made as follows:
Why We Are Benevolent and How we
May Become Beneficent. Rev. c. A.
Northrup. secretary of Systematic
Beneficence: Christ's Message to the
American People. Rev. L. Payson
Rroad: The white Mans Book. Mrs.
II. S. Caswell Broad; The Christianiz-
ing of America. Don o. Shelton,
Young Peoples secretary c. H. M. 5.
AT the close of the evening session
a reception will be given the omcers,
delegates and friends of the conven-
tion and union in the chapel.
The Congregational Convention.
The church convention will extend
from Tuesday afternoon until Thurs.
day noon, with six sessions. AL !.
o'clock Tuesday afternoon In the
church the convention will organize
and hear reports; at 4:15 Rev. Francis
A. Poole of Barre will preach. FOL
lowed by the communion service.
Tuesday evening the program is pro-
vided by the Home Missionary union
as given above.
Wednesday morning at $3.50. morn
ing prayer: at 9, The Evangelistic For
ward Moyement-A Report from the
Field, by w. r. Stewart. followed by
discussion. At 10. adjournment 1or
the annual meeting OF the Vermont
Domestic Missionary society, Rev. e.
H. Merrill. secretary.
Wednesday at 1:45 p. m. a 70
minute business session; at = O'Clock
under the general topic. Boys an' tne
Church. address by Rev. II. w.
Roundy Of Ludlow; 2:2o, discussioni on
onened by Rev. J. B. Lyman; 2:30s
eeneral discussion; addresses on work
for boys as follows 8 o'clock. Rev.
W. c. Prentiss. Newbury: 3:1o. p. II.
Dorsey. superintendent of schools,
Ludlow; 1925, Rev. c. c. st. care
Morrisville: 3:35. Rev. Frank l. MAS.
seek of Brattleboro, National King OF
the Knights of King Arthur; $3.50.
general discussion: 4:20. unfinisheo
business oo -,
wednesday evening at 1880. devo-
tional service at 7:45. under the gen.
eral tonic. Men and the Church. re-
marks by Rev. G. W. c. Hill OF Proc
for and Rev. ]. X. Fuller of Johnson
Does the Church Make Men Feel her
Interest in Them as Christ DID? Al
Sis, Is the Basis on wnich tne
Church Receives Men that on whlcn
Christ Received Them, Rev. ;. n
Barnum, Cornwall c. c. Fits. BRAT
tleboro: at S:45. II. III. Blanchard OF
Springfield and S. H. jackson OF
Barre will speak on The Pulpit from a
Young Mans Point of View. =,
The Thursday morning session VIII
omen at $3.50 with morning prayer
followed by business from s:45 q, &c
|9:15 when Sunday school work VIII
be taken up by the committee, WIN
discussion by Revs. c. H. smith OF
Pittsford. w. P. Jackson of Dummer-
ston and f. NJ. Fuller. state secretary
At 10. 30 Rev. G.. S. Mills Of Benning-
Ton will speak on A Revived Sense OF
Cod the Dynamic of the New Revival
after which the business will be COM
pleted and the convention adjourned
Each church is entitled to two del
egates, one of whom shall be the pas
tor. 1t is expected that about 25g
people from out of town will attend
these meetings. They are to be en-
..a,,,oa hx, tha families of the Brat