St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-03-15
Methodist Confer nce.
Program for 61st Annual Session "a
Be Held at EnOsburg Falls
ADriI 1925.

The program for the 61st annual sess.
ion of the Vermont Methodist Conference
70 be held at Enosburg Falls April 18 25,
with Bishop David H. Moore, of Port.
land, Oregon, presiding, follows:
The session, which will be held at the
Methodist Episcopal church, will open at
7 80 o'clock Tuesday evening, April IS,
with the anniversary service of the con.
ference temperance society, at which
meeting Rev. DR.. Baker, national super
iutendent of the Anti Saloon League, will
deliver an address. Wednesday morning
at 9 o'clock, the conference proper will be
opened by Bishop Moore, when the sacra.
ment of the Lords Supper will be admin.
istered. The organization OF the confer.
euce will come next, after which the usual
memorial service for deceased members
and of deceased wives of members of the
conference will be held.
The conference missionary sermon will
be delivered at $50 O'Clock Wednesday
afternoon by Rev. S. G. Lewis. o Barton
Landing. In the evening at 100 O'Clock
the anniversaries OF the board OF educa.
ton and of the Sunday school union will
be held, at which addresses will be de.
livered by Rev. DR.. w. F. Anderson, of
New York, and Rev. DR.. A. P. George of
St. Louis, Mo.
Thursday morning at $50 O'Clock the
usual devotional service of one hour will
be held, followed by the first business
session of the conference. Thursday after.
n n - i
be represented by Mrs. r. S. Douglass, Of
Boston, and Thursday evening the ami.
versary Of the missionary society will be
held, when an address will be delivered
by Rev. DR.. S. 0. Benton, OF New York.
Friday morning from $50 to $50
O'Clock will be devoted to devotional
exercises, followed by the business of the
conference and at II o'clock the bishop
will address the class ready for tulI con.
nection with the conference. At 2.30
O'Clock in the afternoon the anniversary
of the Womans Foreign Missionary
society will be held and an address will
be given by Bishop Moore. Friday eve.
ming at Z 80 o'clock the anniversary of
the Church Extension society and the
) Freedman's Aid society will be held, when
speeches will be made by Rev. DR.. W..
Thirkield, OF Cincinnati, secretary of the
Freedman's Aid society, and by Rev. Dr.
Robert Forbes, secretary Of the Church
. Extension society.
: At $50 o'clock Saturday morning the
: usual devotional exercises will be held
followed by the business session, and at
n IL o'clock reception to visiting frater.
J, nal delegates will be held. At 2 O'Clock
in the afternoon the anniversary of the
/, Woman's Home Missionary society will
be held and will be addressed by Mrs. E.
a Libbie Allen, general field worker of the
society. The reception to the Pastors
Wives Union will be held at the Metho.
l. dist parsonage at O'Clock. In the even.
l. ing at 6 O'Clock at opera hall, Bishop
Moore, who has recently returned from
four years in the Far East, will deliver
his celebrated lecture on "Chemulpo or
(, What an American Saw of the First
% Battles Between Russia and Japan"
l" The services Sunday will all be held at
y opera hall, opening with love feast at
"a O'Clock in the morning, led by Rev. 0,
y M. Boutwell,, OF Hyde Park At 1890
~ O'Clock there will be services with a ser.
le mon by Bishop Moore. There will be a
brief address by Rev. DR.. E. M Randall,
OF Chicago, general secretary of the Ep-
worth League, followed by the ordina.
ton of deacons and elders by the bishop
y At O'Clock in the evening the first ami.
versary OF the conference Epworth League
will be held and will be addressed bv Dr..
he Randall, followed by evangelstic services.
.r The conference will come to close Mon.
day morning when the unfinished bust
h ness will be wound up and the appoint.
~ ments read by the bishop.
- The conference which includes $50
~ churches, will be attended by at least
200 delegates. Although hotel accom-
modations are limited. every member at
&c tending the conference will be we'll taken
le care OF. The Free Will Baptist and Epis-
Is copal church people have very generous.
ly rendered the Methodists their hearty
support in looking after guests and the
n. entertainment committee is pleased to
h announce that places have been found for
If all, within easy walking distance of the
r. conference.
Rev. DR.. Charles S. Nutter, of st. Al
bans, who has been presiding elder OF the
ST. Adams district for the past six years
c. will complete his term as such in April
{. and it is expected that he will take an
appointment to preach. The same can be
k odlu vi NSF. j. W. OHSIouIu, VI OF. JOINS
"a bury, presiding elder OF the St. Johnsbury
IS district. Who their successors are to be
e. will not be known until the conference
$. appointments are given out. The board
Of examiners will hold a meeting Tuesday
in afternoon, April IS, for the examination
e. of candidates for admission on trial and
At in the courses OF studies and also for local
n orders.
D, Bishop Moore, who has been selected
h as the presiding officer of the conference,
d is one Of the ablest and most talented OF
r. the board OF Bishops. He has had wide
It and varied experience in affairs of the
" world and is great traveller. His repu'
tation as public speaker and lecturer
"a extends across the continent and the
+ oceans as well. The bishoparrived home
1T last April from four years in the Orient,
e. where he has had charge of the foreign
n. missionary work in the Far East. He
a. was present at and an eye witness OF the
I first battle, that at Chemulpo, of the
1t great war now being waged between
IS Russia and Japan, and passed through
ID many thrilling experiences. Bishop
Moore's story OF the battle has been put
a. in the form of lecture, which he expects
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