Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-04-08

ing with a service in which the sermon
was preached by Prof. Henry X Rowe
II the history department of Newton
Theological seminary. Rev. Dr. John r.
Cow, pastor of the church, conducted
the devotional service and male
quartet consisting of A. L. Maynard, e.
v Morse, c. b. Crowen and f. S
Knight sang Memories of Galuee 3"
Prof Rowe's subject was The life Of
the last 20 years in New England Bap-
fist churches" and the address was
uplifting and forceful. His text was
They shall abundantly utter the memo
ny of the great goodness" The purpose
Of the discourse was to give a broad
outlook over the past with view to
intellgently forecasting the future Bap-
list churches have stood principally for
evangelism and religious liberty. Time
brings changing ideas of God and man.
but the essentials of Christianity re-
main. The humanitarian note supple
ments the evangelical Churches must
undertake a social as well as a spiritual
ministry. The test of life and organiza-
ton is efficiency. The call is for a
wel-rounded faith, a more abundant life,
and a larger vision
In the evening service Rev. George b.
Lawson, principal of Vermont academy
and a former pastor of the church, gave
an able address. Mr. Lawson spoke on
the relation of the church to education
lie showed how the church had been the
fostering mother of education in all its
history, that Christianity had not only
been compatible with highest culture, but
its inspiration, that the school, the edu-
catiOnal institution, had become so large
a factor in sharing the higher life of the
people that with the family the church
and the state ii was today really a crea-
tive social unit. The work of education
is comprehended in that of the kingdom
Of God The church should not leave the
Held exclusively to the state The re-
lation today should be close, vital and
sympathetic rather than mechanical and
organzational. The school should be
truly the ally and agent of the church in
securing the largest social result Mr.
lawson spoke at length of the opportu
nifty today in secondary education, and
made a plea for the home school as the
educational ideal
The program was continued Monday
evening with a family gathering of the
church people in which the old times
We're recalled by "reminiscences and by
a very complete and interesting histori-
cal paper by w. b. Smith. Every living
pastor of the church had a part in the
Observance as every one who was not
present at one or more of the gatherings
sent a letter of greeting. Rev. Dr. John
r. Cow presided and a letter was read
from his father, Rev. DIR. George b.
Cow, pastor of the church from 1879 to
1883 and now of Glens Falls, n. Y.
Letters were read also from Rev. f. e.
Tower of Albany and Rev L. d. Temple
Of Upland, Cal. DIR. Cow, Rev. George
b, Lawson and Rev. F. E. Marble Of
Cambridge, Mass, took a personal part
IN the observances. Mrs. l.. X. Fuller,
who united with the church in 1860.
gave some bright "reminiscences of the old
days in the church, although she could
not go quite so far back as Mrs. Olive
sargent, who joined the church in 1919, or
Mrs. Asa S Field, who became a men,
her in 1886 Others who recalled the
joys ana sorrows of the old days were
Mrs. w. E. Banks, Asa S. Field, Mrs.
Lucy 4. Cox, Miss Frances Elliot, Miss
Hattie Stearns, Mrs Florence Gray Es-
tey, 1. O. p. Smith, DR., II. ID. Holton
and II. b. Chamberlain.
Mr. Smiths paper traced the history
n the Baptist denomination in Brattle-
horo from the time of the earliest set
,lers, when baptsms took place in the
Connecticut river Seventy years ago,
in March, 1910, Rev. Emerson Andrews,
ana evangelist, came to Brattleboro and
began series of meetings in the Metho-