St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-04-24

Thornton b. Penfeld,
At Grace Methodist church, Dr.
John Brown. Jr.
At the Church of the Messiah, A.
c. Hurd
At the First Baptist church, H. G.
Burt of Bennington
At the Free Baptist church, r.
D. Thompson of the University of
Vermont.
At the Advent church. r. o. STRAIT
ton of Montpelier.
Afternoon Meeting.
At the Association building at
$50; DIR. John Brown, Jr., gave a
very interesting talk to the older
boys on 1.-THE Making of a Man.
There was special music.
At three O'Clock at the North
church there was a service for
women. Mrs. c.. A. Stanley pre-
sided. The music was in charge of
Mrs. Don G. Stiles and the devo-
tional exercises conducted by the
esting address on Spiritual In
sight was delivered by Thornton
B. Penfield.
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est meeting of the conventions, was
held at the Colonial at three o'clock.
The song service was led by e. r.
Maekay and a bass solo sung by F.
GAL NINE-IMPEY
H. Brooks. Prof. M. G.. Benedict
presided and the devotional exer-
cises were conducted by Rev. Paul
D. Moody. The address was by
Charles r. Drum of New York and
was rather evangelical. His sub
ject was can Honest Man" He
maintained that an honest man not
only met his financial obligations
but other obligations as WELL He
must meet the obligation to pull up
and not push down his fellow men,
his obligation to his family, his OBJ
legation of clean, a correct posi-
ton on divine questions, a religious
life and to give his worship to God.
At the close of his talk the en-
tire congregation rose to express a
desire to live better life and many
pledged themselves to attend a Bible
class in their church for the coming
year.
The Last Meeting.
The North church was filled at
ton held Sunday evening. Prof. NJ.
G. Benedict presided. The devo-
tional exercises were conducted by
Rev. H. w. Hubert and there was
special music by the quartet and
boy choir.
The committee reports were read
showing a registration of 60 del
egates and resolutions adopted
thanking the people of St. Johns
bury for their hospitality and cour-
tesy. On the state committee G.. L.
Durham of Brattleboro was chosen
a member to succeed G. G. Fits and
i Pres. Guy P. Benton of the Univer-
sity of Vermont to succeed e. p. Adj
ans of Swanton. The remainder of
the committees are the same as last
year.
The state committee elected w. J.
Van Patten, chairman; J. N. Barss
of Vergennes, vice chairman; G.. F.
North of Burlington, secretary and
treasurer; Byron N. Clark of Bur-
lington, state secretary and w. E.
McGovern, assistant secretary.
The address Of the evening was
by Mr.. Drum on THAT Boy" He
impressed on the audience the i'm
portance of right actions before the
child before his initiative age from
two to six years. The father is
the greatest influence on the child's
life and the child knows him by
what he does rather than what he
says. During the second stage of
child life, from six to 13 years the
boy does all sorts of things but he
lshould never be called a bad boy
because he is not bad, he
is only natural. 1t is
time to establish a bond of sym
pathy between yourself and the
boy. 1t is the time when home in
fiuence should be made the strong
est and the child taught obedience
and respect for authority. In the
third stage from 13 years on the
boy begins to be interested in 9TH
ers and joins gangs of boys. This
is the time when heroic leadership
of the boy is necessary. If the lead
er is bad the boy goes wrong but if
it is strong and right the boy is
led into right living. We must give
our boys physical mental, social
and religious training if we are to
develop them into the best man
hood.
The president and directors of the
st. Johnsbury Association take this
opportunity to thank all those who
entertained the delegates and assist
ed financially in the local, expenses,
the Boy Scouts, who helped in
many ways, the committees who
made the arrangements for the con-
vention, the people of the North
church for the use of their building
and the local papers for their coop
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