Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-05-10
117TH CONFERENCE.
We. Domestic Missionary Society
to Meet in MiddIebury.

to Meet in MiddIebury.
The 117th annual meeting of the
Vermont Congregational conference,
together with the annual meeting of
the Vermont Domestic Missionary soci-
ETY., will be held at the First Congrega-
tional church in this village on May 21,
% and %. The following is the pro-
gramme as arranged by the committee,
of which Rev. A. A. Lancaster, pastor
of the local Congregational church, is a
member:
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
200. Organization. Appointment
of Committees. Reports of Commit
tees. Committee on Civic Justice, Rev.
]. w. Barnett, Barre. Other Reports
2:30. Fraternal Greeting from other
Churches.
2:45. Report of Secretary of Confer
ence, Mr.. ]. M. Comstock, Chelsea.
$3.50. Devotional Service, Rev. W.
L. Boicourt, Waterbury. Conference
sermon, 1.-The Church an Organization
to Fight Evil" Rev. H. L. Ballou,
Chester. Sacrament of the Lord s
Supper, Rev. H. J. Newton, Bradford,
Rev. Chauncey Adams, Irasburg.
900. Welcome banquet in the vestry
of the church.
TUESDAY EVENING.
7:30. Devotional service, Rev. L. A.
Edwards, Newport. Addresses, "Efi-
cheney of Congregationalism. Report
of State Advisory Committee, Rev. B.
h. De-
Report of Commission of Nineteen,
Mr.. Porter H. Dale, Island Pond. "The
New Congregationalism," Prof. Willis
ton Walker. Yale Divinity School.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
$50. Devotional service, Rev. Paul
D. Moody, st. Johnsbuiy.
8:45. Committee Reports and Busi-
ness.
9:15. General Discussion of Report
of Commission of Nineteen. Address,
MATTERS for Comment in the State"
Rev. c. H. Smith Burlington. Open
Forum on Nonresident Membership
and other Church Difficulties.
1000. Annual Meeting of Vermont
Domestic Missionary society.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
las. Devotional service, Rev. R. G.
Woodbridge, Vergennes.
200. Reports of the Standing Com
mittees, Addresses, Open Forums. APP
portionment and Benevolence. Report
of Committee, Rev. d. H. Strong, Mil
ton. Five Minute Addresses on Sue
cessful Schemes in the Churches of the
State, Rev. Messrs. S. H. Barnum, S.
Rose, S. F. Bloomfield, w. +. Boicourt.
A. P. Pratt.
2:45. Sunday School. Report of
Committee, Mr.. G. L. Dunham, Brattle-
boro. Address, Evangelism in the
Sunday School," Mr.. A. F. Stone, st.
Johnsbury Address, 1.-The Village
Sunday School" Mr.. C. D. Howe, Essex
Junction. N. b. The address on Thurs
day morning by Supt. Bailey is under
the auspices of this committee.
$3.50. Young People. Report of
Committee, Rev. F. w. Raymond,
Proctor. Addresses, Rev. A. P. Pratt,
Bellows Falls, Rev. w. P. Jackson, st.
Albans.
4:l5. Open Forum and Unfinished
Business.
600. Brotherhood Banquet. All
delegates, both men and women are
invited. Brief speeches will be made.
hon. y. y. fltLS VIII preside.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
7:30. Devotional service, Rev. w. E.
Baker, Morrisville. Report of Com
mittee on Brotherhood, Mr.. w. j. Van
Patten, Burlington. Addresses, "Men
and Religion, "Men and the Brother
hood" Mr.. Stephen Cushing, ST. AL
bans. ''The Church and Boys" Supt.
j. N. Barss, Vergennes. "The For
ward Movement" Mr.. F. H. Brooks,
st. Johnsbury.
THURSDAY MORNING.
$3.50. Devotional service, Rev. N. o.
Bowlby, Swanton.
8:45. Unfinished Business. Roll
Call, Minutes, etc.
900. Recent Experiments in Church
and Community Life. 1.-The Country
Pageant" Rev. w. Slade, Thetford.
"Social Service in County," Rev. S.