Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-10-27
EPWORTH LEAGUE
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF
BURLINGTON DISTRICT
Held In This village During The Week
Large aud Enthusiastic Audience.
Speakers of Prominence.

Speakers of Prominence.
The local Epworth Leaguershave again
demonstrated their ability to entertain
and right royalty at that. For two days
the present week, Tuesday and Wednes-
day, the annual convention of the Bur
lington district of the Epworth League
has been in session at the NJ e. church
and one of the largest gatherings of
delegates that has visited that church in
many months attended. The gathering
of delegates and visitors was not only
one of the largest that has visited Mid
dlebury but was one of the most enthu-
siastic.
The convention opened on Tuesday
evening with a lovefeast led by the Rev.
w. II. Wasbburne, pastor of the local
NJ. E. church following which there was
short service of singing. The address
of the evening was by Rev. l.. B. Bates.
d. D., of East Boston, Mass, who took
for his subject, "The Greatest Movement
of the Ages" DR.. Bates is a vigorous
speaker and has a way of getting down
to his topic from the start. He told his
audience that the church needed revival
and that the Catholic church profited by
its revivals for such he termed the
missions held by the latter church from
time to time. The speaker held the
closest attention of his listeners until he
had finished. DR.. Bates is the father of
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alth ugh over 80 years of age is one of
the most strenuous speakers in League
circles today.
The morning session on Wednesday
was opened with devotionals by the Rev.
a. j. Pennell, pastor of the NJ. E. church
at Bridport. The speaker of. the previous
evening, DR.. Bates, delivered the princi.
pal address during the morning session
his subject being: The Uprising of the
Youth of the Christian Church, the
Earnest of the Universal Proclamat ion
of the Gospel OF the Blessed God" As
on the previous evening Dr. Bates held
his audience closely to his theme. A
male quartette followed aud the other
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Rev. f G. Heaxt, whose subj ct was
"The Relation of the Social Work to
Soul Winning and Rev. w. R Ry der
who spoke upon THE Next Revival,
When?"
The business meeting of the convention
was held at 10 AS and the election of
officers resulted as follows: President,
N. l.. Ball, Ferrisburgh; vice presidents,
Mrs j. III. Davenport, Rutland, Jacob
Ross, Burlington, S. B. Aines, Middle
bury, Mrs. A. j. Pennell, Bridport; sec
retary treasurer, Il. q. Lindsey. Bristol;
Junior superintendent, Miss Lucia f.
Manchester, Middlebury; executive COM
mittee, Rev. P. l.. Dow, presiding elder,
Rev. G.. w. Woodall, Rev. Milford H.
Smith. At the close of the business
meeting dinner was served in the vestry
by the local leaguers.
The afternoon session opened with a
devotional service by the Rev. Jas. b.
Gooding of East Middebury. The
speakers of the afternoon and their
subjects were: Rev. III. A. Durfee, of
White Creek. N. Y, whose topic was
''The Relation of Missions to the Spiritual
Prosperity Of the Church, Rev. Anthony
Woford, THE Epworth League in the
Revival" Mrs. NJ II. Smith, Rutland,
Junior League Methods" Bert Lyon
of Troy, N Y, gave "Chalk Talk on
Junior Perils A solo by Edgar Dow
aud selections by the male quartette
completed the afternoon session. The
evening service which was largely given
to singing included the installation of
the newly elected district officers and
presiding elder delivered the last address
of the convention his subject being The
Spirit Filled Life"