The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-08

membership roll eoald testify 10 the
srlf denial pFsetiesi that thu chufsh drbi
Of pasi ysars niisit h. lifted.
Mira Lucy A, taN tald of attending ihr
hrst hap,ls, anday sclsoal and said that
,hr nrs, moelins Of iiapiisis ever held ~
iirattiriop sss a. ksF sE-nss. aliirF's
housr. Asa = Field rfcrrd hrirIly Ia
his earl, rrcallreilans of tho chansh, Aiiss
francrs Iilia, told Of gathering ga
"Wednesday afternoons al prayer nir-i-
lnss and rrinrmlrrvd srrins snuff baN
passed among lhr ssmsh. I. q, u,
smith said that D-aron jacob Estry had
often told hos the uhiiaFishs loahrd
caninanian eups Ia the bapiisis, Tic
lali of the conversion of drunkafd a.
an example ef ahat prayer did Ia ihosr
days, The pastor had announced that
when ,hr dhurch hell rang again hr hopcd
u would call sonc sinner, The neat Time
Il rang a man IN a saloon In the village
laid, that mran, me-" and leasing the
,aloon srni H. the church and bccamr
converted Dr. Henry ID, iiolion told
Of attending prayer meetings at o'clock
Ia The morning, lie moved that the his
iorical sketch rad by ". u. Smith be
printed and II aas "a voted. lets have
everything said Tonight printed, and l
don't cam IL Nc have a photograph af
the bonnet" said DIR. iiolton, II, II.
Chamberlain told of carrying his dinner
and attending iar'c services on Sunday.
lie drsrril,rd church scrnrs of his b0.-
hood. Mrs. Olive Sargent said that dur
ing her girlhood the weather MAS never
used a, an excuse for abscnting oneself
from church. She never knew oi a SNOW
storm or a Thunderstorm - severe a, a.
keep people fram church. Mr.. Asa ;.
Field spoke III the regularity of attend
ancr Of Julius J, Estey at prayer meeting
when he wa, II years old,
The exercise, Tuesday At 5.S0 In the
evening were in the form Of an address
by Rev. frrd T.. Marble of Cambridge.
Mass. who took for his sub iect Men IN
the Church and Ou, of IL. lie referred
particularly 90 the brotherhood work
among the men Ut the Baptist churches
and said that such work was Ia get men
into the church and also out Of the
church. lie said that the methods used
by the brotherhood In its social work
were sufficiently attractive To bring men
into the church and that the brother
hood had been one of the strongest fac
tors in getting men out Ia workout of
the church--out into the field.
The closing day of the anniversary
exercises was "Wednesday when the
Young Peoples union rendered recep-
ton 10 the older members Of the church
at i.30 o'clock This was followed 10y
the annual church supper for the mem
hers of the church at O'Clock. II was
prepared and served by the members
OF the Ladies' Missionary and Aid So
cicty. Over POO sat down TO the supper.
At 7.3O DR. Holton, the moderator,
called To order the annual business meet
ing. Following the presentation of re-
ports from various church officers ana
auxiliary societies the following officers
were elected upon the recommendation
of the nominating committee: Deacons
for three wears. >. Wilcox, l.. j. Eddy;
trustees for three years, j. O.. Estey, \.
l.. MAYNARD; clerk, L. ;. Knight; treas
urer. 4. l.. Harris; collector. +. j.
Eddy; auditor. III. +. c. Toedt; mem
bers of the prudential committee. Mrs. |
Lucy 4. Cox, Mrs. A. W. j. wilkins |
The present membership of the church |
was given by the clerk as Sill The treas /,
urers report showed that all bills have |
been met. The expenses for the year /
lust closed were Si.ljs.6s. The church /
contributed Sl.j90.l6 for benevolent pur- |
poses in addition to donations. Brief |
reports were made by the officers of the
Sunday school and woman's auxiliary |
societies. showing that the several or
CARNATIONS have experienced year OF
progress.
The exercises were brought to close
by the address of Rev. John Ward Moore
Df Bellows Falls ut $50 o'clock. His |
subject was The Future of Baptist
Churches in New England The adj
dress teemed with optimism and the
speaker predicted greater things for the
church in the years to come. He said
f il was to succeed and be a factor in
The life of the community it must give
to the community in citizenship. lie
referred briefly to the struggles of the
Baptist denomination in New England
turing the last half a century ana be-
eved that new order of things had
arrived and that the Baptist church was
destined to maintain the place it has
made for itself.