Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-11-17
COUNTY CONFERENCE.
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of some of the conditions he has OBJ
served in the church life of the county
and spoke of what many felt was
fundamental need, the necessity of
! church members land ministers) living
lives of absolute cleanliness and con-
secration, in order for the church to be
the civic force it could and should be.
At the evening session DIR. E. A.
Collins of Middlebury college presented
a most interesting and helpful paper on
1.-THE Development of the Religious
Life of the Normal Boy" 1t is earn
estly hoped that his paper may be pub
lished in full, in the near future, as it
was of such general interest and gave
SO much light upon how to treat this
much misunderstood animal-the adol
escent boy.
On Wednesday morning at nine, after
short devotional service, the subject
1.-The Decline of the Prayer meeting
What are we going to do about it,"
was presented by Rev. E. M. Holman
of Bristol. He read an admirable paper
and this was followed by discussion in
which nearly all of those present par
ticipated. Many interesting theories as
to the reason for the decline of the old
time prayer meeting were developed.
A hopeful attitude was taken of the
situation by all. In the absence of Rev,
E. R. Stone of Bristol on account of
sickness, his subject, "Evangelistic
Effort in the County-How best pro-
noted" was omitted and the conference
took up the matter of permanent organ
ization. The report of the committee
on the constitution and bylaws was read
and adopted.
Rev. Samuel Rose of Cornwall was
elected president; Prof. F. w. Cady OF
Middlebury, vice president; and j. Sterl.
ing Moran, secretary treasurer. The
executive committee consists of Rev.
w. V. Berg of Brandon, Rev. l.. w.
Sanford of Lincoln, and Rev. E. R.
Stone of Bristol. 1t was decided to
hold the meetings semi-annually, and tc
make them as big and broad as the
social, economic, and religious life OF
the whole county.
In the afternoon the subject, 1.-THE
Young Man and the Church" was taken
up by Mr.. Moran, County Secretary of
the Y. M. c. A. The radical treatment
of the subject as to why the church is
not effective in its work for young men
brought out much criticism of Mr..
Moran's views, as well as wide differ
ences of opinion among the men them
selves. At the special request of the
ministers present, Rev. r. B. Esten of
the Memorial Baptist church at Middle
bury, presented the "Men and Religion
Movement" as possible help in getting
the men together for moral and religious
uplift in the county. After considerable
discussion it was formally determined
to take up this movement and, If posi-
BILE, to secure some of the benefits that
accrue therefrom. 1t was left in the
hands of the committee to outline a
program for a general survey before
starting the work
The conference adjourned to meet
again at the call of the executive COM
mittee early next spring. Everyone
felt amply repaid for coming and eX-
pressed themselves as more than pleased
with the result of the first meeting OF
the Addison County League for Social
and Christian service.
The MiddIebury Graded unior.
The next meeting of the Graded
Union will be held in the Baptist church
Saturday afternoon at O'Clock. The
topics which will be discussed are
''What teacher Should Be-" by Rev.
Mr.. Hallowell of Weybridge; what
the Teacher Should know" by Mrs.
Milo B. Johnson, Weybridge; What
the Teacher Should Do" by Mrs.
Matthews of Cornwall.
The subject of the sectional con-
ferences are as follows: Elementary
department, "Stories and Story Tell
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