The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-16

been held are Of an aggressive type and
much interest is being shown already
Dir. Brushinghsm spoke yesterday
morning on the Power Of prayer IN
sonl winning and In the afternoon on
.rhe Eyangelistic Messenger and Mes
sage"
Almost the entire congregation rose at
the close OF the sermon and promised to
Join the "Win One society and in this
conference win one person In Barre TO
Christ BY personal effort,
At 3:00 o'clock To-day was held the
first anniversary Of the Vermont Veter-
ans association with an address by the
Rev A VI Webb Of Brattleboro and a
poem which is published on page Of
this issue.
Interesting Session.
The hours Of the second session yester-
day were crowded with good things and
it was almost impossible for even the
most ardent Methodist TO take In all the
hopeful and helpful things that were
said
More Memoirs--Mrs. Gushing.
After the statistical session at | 80,
WITH tut pifbtbtic DlohkHb IA q AliShtJ
mass of figures and good sum Of mon
eys, the memorial session was resumed
and memoirs were given as follows; On
Mrs. FL p. Gushing Of Montpelier, BY
Rev. A. J. Hongh of that city; on Mrs.
r. W. Buck BY Roy. G. w. Kelley of
Sheffield; on Mrs Il. H BARTLETT by Pre-
siding Elder Hunt Of St Adams, and on
harry Ingalls,, late son Of Mrs. y. w.
Sharp, wife OF the pastor at Northfield,
by Presiding Elder Smithers Of Mont
peIier.
The case Of AIRS. Cushing was specially
significant in this section for the reason
that she was formerly Miss Grace Hum
tington of Washington, and spent her
later days at Montpelier. They used to
say that when Mr.. Cushing was going
TO Washington counting, he used often
to give out the hymn to his church,
Grace, 'tis charming sound"
Missionary Sermon.
Rev. G. d. Lance Of Island Pond, by
appointment of the preceding conference,
then preached the annual missionary SER
mon on The Promises aud Potencies Of
Gospel to Secure the Conversion Of the
Entire World, taking for his text Dam
lei 2:34. He declared that hope lay in
the susceptibility of men everywhere for
the Gospel, that to make that Gospel
universally successful church members
much have d firm belief IN the Gospel
IA the only medium Of salvation, and an
absolute faith in the final supremacy OF
the truth. The sermon was in spirit
of earnestness and seIf-abandon, and
was couehed In chastc and elegant die
tion, showing careful preparation.
The Work Of the Women.
Next in order was the anniversary Of
the Noman's Home Missionary society
over which Mrs. ~. E S. CeIley Of
Fairlee ably presided Prayer was Of
fered by Rev E Al Legg Of Bradford,
and the address OF the occasion was de-
livered by Rev. DR. ]. Il. Fitzwater Of
Ohio, who gave incidents and accidents
of the great work accomplished by wo-
men for the church.
The Evaugelistic Motive.
The last. and to many tho most inter-
esting service of full afternoon was
an address by DIR. Ilrnshingham. who
spoke on THE EVangeiistic Metive,
Method, Message and Messenger. This
was Dr. Brushingham's second appear
anee and his previous address had ex-
cited so much that full house greeted
him this time He II evidently the right
man fer the right place, and greatly
pleases the brethren. Not the least
among The interesting features of these
meetings is the singing under the in
spring leadership of Dr. HILL who n a
natural leader along This line. Evident
" when Dr. B. struck him, he struck
good thing.