St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-10-25

Association, representing the combined
Protestant forces of the state, recognizes
the inadeouacv OF the present high-license
local-option law effectually to regulate
or control the traffic in intoxicating
| liquors.
| Resolved, That we urge upon our law
makers an. opportunity tor a popular
vote upon the question OF the repeal OF
our present high-liceuse local option law
and the adoption of wise prohibltory
| law.
Resolved, That the Vermont Sunday
School Association most heartily wei
comes and endorses the action OF the
International Sunday School Association
in providing for an advanced course OF
Bible study, believing that it will answer
a growing demand in our Sunday
schools, also
| Resolved, That this Association recog-
nizes the purpose and value OF the work
of the Religious Education Association
and other cooperating movements IN
furthering interest in the reverent STUDY
of the Bible.
This Association hereby expresses its
high estimation of the service OF W..
N. Hartshorn, chairman OF the inter-
national Committee, and of Mrs. Mary
Foster Bryner. field worker, in their
earnest and efficient labors in the cause
of the Sunday school; and its gratitude
for their generous aid in furtherlng the
work of this convention.
Resolved. That the Vermont Sunday
School Association extend to Mr.. and
Mrs. II. A. Slayton OF Morrisvllle IT'S
deep gratitude for their proposed gilt to
the Association of $1,000 in memory OF
their deceased daughter, Lucene Louisa
Slayton, the same to be used as per.
: manent fund, the income of which shall
: be devoted to office or such other ex'
. penses as the executive committee may
{ direct.
, Rev. G. l., Story of Essex Junction
. chairman, of the committee on nonina
! tons, presented the following and thes'
gentlemen were unanimously elected
Pres. G. F. North, Burlington; vic'
|, pres., N. G. Williams, Bellows Fans
! Rev. Frazer Metzger. Randolph; rec. sec.
Rev, G, l.. Story, Essex Junction; treas
D.L. Wells, Orwell; auditor, J. E. Weeks
Middlebury; ex. CON-, chairman, d.
Slayton, Morrisville; one year, Z.
Ferguson, Burlington, Fred 5. Peasee
Burlington; two years, j. A. Greenwooo
Chester. Fl. w. ellis, Greensboro; thre
years, A. Asseltine, ]. W. Sault, st. JOINS
bury.
%. M. Camp of Newport, chairman c
the committee on Recommendations, PR
sented the folio wing which were unan
mously adopted. =,
Your committee recommend tt
appointment OF Board of Trustees
the rmanent funds of the Association,
to consist of three members, to be chose
at this convention, one Tor term
one wear, one for term OF tW
wears. one for term OF thr
| Years. At each succeeding annual co
| yentiou one trustee shall be chosen tor Il
| term of three years. The duties OF til
/ hoard shall be to receive all trust tun,
that NAV come to the Association
beouest. or otherwise and to invest al
Il care for the same, to annually pay
II the treasurer of the Association all pr
4 ceeds from such in vested funds and ma
a an annual report of their doings to tt
convention.
Q That the State member OF the Int
national committee and the treasurer
Tia the convention be constituted ex.ofh
49, members of the Executive Committee
w. nS We recommend the following app
, in priation for the year:
the Salary of the Field Secretary. 81:
ion Office work, -
- Field work ,,
ore For an emergency fund to cover all
she other expenses. -
an. So;
""' We recommend change in the It'll
s;n our secretary, that hereafter instead
~ field secretary he shall be known
~ called general secretary.
Acting upon the suggestion OF
= y. committee to choose board OF trns
gay N invest the permanent fund establis
rom 10 inVss' 'n~ ~ CIou+or and
additions thereto, IL. A. Slayton
elected for three years, {. +. Smith
Burlington FIR two years, ohm
ong Richie of St. Johnsbury for one year.
d OF The session closed with helpful
ROT. dress by Rev. Benjamin Swift OF Or
on on "Possble Relations between
the Young Peoples Missionary Moven
most and the Sunday School"
VEN
ghts THURSDAY AFTERNOONS SESSION.
INV This afternoons meeting was dew
rras largely to conferences that were
All helpful to the workers.
10 Mrs. Lillian c. Chase OF East Flett
ress was the first speaker and her su
-,,th was "The Sunday School as an Eva
the lizer." She explained the meaning o
All LIB, R. A., as the International
,har. Readers Association, and its obJee
inca. encourage the occasional Bible read
ton regular reading, and to interest I
el;o;- who do not read the Bible to b
and Through this systematic method
el;o;- one million people are each day res
wss the same passages from the Bible,
ed hv the membership fee is only five cei
YEAR. Oaly ten members are requir
r+;on form a local branch, and secreta
these REQUIRED for each. Mrs. Chase to
com her efforts to form branch. while
ously in by Sickness, anu III d sta'eo Ill
,rdav smaller number had been anticiI
n as Bible reading is a step in the rilgf
most rection, and as this association is
listers nominational it has wide field.
have Following this subject Field Secl
ments Fuller spoke of"The Home Departn
nnual which would seem to go hand in
' and with the l. B. R. A. He says that
,rta;n. Sunday school should be RESPONSE
every family in the community
undav asked for experiences of people ii
n the Gus localities concerning their "
hereby this department. Their responses