Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-09-23
STATE BAPTISTS.
WIN Hold Their Convention the
Comma Week in ,MtddIebury.

The annual meetings of the Vermont
Baptist societies will be held Sept 26,
q and % in the Memorial Baptist
church of this town. The opening ses-
sion will be held on Monday evening at
1880 O'Clock. The following is the pro-
gram of the convention:
MONDAY.
At 1880 p. m.-The Vermont Baptist
Young Peoples Union, Rev. Silas P.
Perry of Richford, presiding; address by
Rev. Geo. T. Webb, d. D., of Phila-
delphia, Pa, subject, "Our Young Peo-
pie in Present Day Conquest.
TUESDAY.
At 10 a. m. The Vermont Baptist
Ministers Conference and Aid Society
will convene, Rev. Frank D. Penney,
d. D., presiding. Essay by Rev. j. S.
Swain, Boston, Mass. Subject, 1.-THE
Appeal of the Church to Men,"
At II o'clock the Vermont Baptist
Women's Missionary societies will meet,
Miss A. A. Brigham and Mrs. j. A.
Greenwood presiding. Report of the
Home Missionary society by Mrs. J. A.
Greenwood, with address by Mrs. Lewis
Gurley of Troy, N. Y, and Mrs. N. N.
Bishop of Bos ton, Mass.
At 2 p. m.-The Vermont Baptist
Bible school session will be held with
Rev. John R. Cow, D. D., presiding.
Addresses will be delivered by Miss
Mable E. Carpenter of Rutland, Rev.
William E. Braisted of Barre and Rev.
Hugh T. Musselman of Philadelphia, Pa.
At $50 comes the complimentary
banquet rendered to delegates and in
vited guests by Col S. A. Ilsley, trustee
of the Vermont Baptist State conven-
ton, at the Inside Inn on the Addison
County Agricultural society's fair
grounds. Judge F. M. Butler will pre-
side. Addresses will be delivered by
Hon. Clarence J. Ferguson of Burling-
ton, Hon. Henry D. Holton of Brattle-
boro, Supt. j. N. Barss of Vergennes,
and Pres. John M. Thomas, D. D.,
of Middlebury college
AT s p. m. The eighty-sixth annual
meeting of the Vermont Baptist State
convention, with Judge F. M. Butler of
Rutland presiding. Address of well
come by Rev. Arthur E. Hartman of
Middlebury and Judge Butler respond
ing. The annual sermon will be preach
ed by the Rev. A. Z. Foote of Fair
Haven.
The board of trustees of the conven-
ton will hold their meetings on Tues
day at p. m. and Wednesday at 80
p. m.
WEDNESDAY,
At $50 a. m.-The regular business
session of the convention will be held
on this day. The reports of the differ
ent committees will be received and
acted upon and addresses will be de-
livered by representatives of associa-
tons in Central Vermont, Addison
County, Danville, Windham County,
Woodstock, SALISBURY and Lamoille,
on the subject, 'Needs of the Associa-
ton, and What More the Convention
Can Do to Meet Them"
At2 p. m.-The convention will be
opened with greetings from the Congre-
gationalists of Vermont, by Rev. c. H.
Dickinson, D. D., of Middlebury; from
the Methodists of Vermont by Rev.
David Corkran, D. D., of Middlebury;
from the Vermont Bible society, by
Rev. L. DIN Sherburne; from the YER
mont Sunday School Association, by
Rev. H. A. Durfee; from the Baptists
of New York, by Rev. Chas. A. Nc
Alpine from the Baptists of Massachu-
sets, by Rev. Frank w. Padelford; and
from the Baptists of New Hampshire,
by Rev. o. C. Sargent. Addresses
will be delivered by Rev. Frank D.
Penney of Burlington, Rev. Charles L.
White and Rev. George E. Horr, pres
ident of Newton Theological Institu-
ton.
At 1880 p. m.-This will be the closing
session of the convention, with address
by Rev. o. P Clifford, of Brookline,
Mass. Subject, Winning Souls.
The committees of arrangements have
spared neither pains nor expense to
make this convention one of the most
successful and fruitful in the history
of the Vermont Baptist State conven-
tons.