St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-09-25
BAPTIST CONVENTION.
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Guy u. LamSOn of Boston stating
that he had to attend the funeral of
DR.. Seymour and could not speak as
Expected. In his place Rev. G. A.
Fulton of the Dudley Street Baptist
church, Boston, spoke on Our First
Business" His text was from Mat
thew 6:33, "But seek We first the
kingdom of God and His righteous
ness; and all these things shall be
added unto you" He said in part:
Must Have Fixed Purpose
No life will amount to anything
which has not a fixed purpose. The
first business of every man is to seek
the kingdom of God. We must seek
! it in three ways. First as a realized
achievement in our personal lives.
We must achieve it in our lives as a
pattern to be followed, as an ex-
preston of the divine life. Morality
worked out along the lines of law
lacks soul and is not beautiful. We
want our lives to show the Christ
within us. We must be christians
before we try to do good for what
we are will speak louder than what
we do. Second we must try to make
the kingdom saving force in the
community. There are two ways of
doing this. The first is by leading
men to enthrone Christ in their
hearts; second by trying to make
the principles of the kingdom of
God regnant in the community. We
could do this if more of who are good
were good for something Young
people should study the social and
economic evils and put themselves
against them. Third we must try
to bring in the kingdom of God as
worldwide power. We are facing
a tremendous battle if We are to
hold America for Christ. There are
perils on every side: the saloon, the
white slave traffic, the corrupt prac-
tees of business, the congestion of
wealth, the evils of poverty. The
popular motto, "laissez faire" will
lead to something worse than the
French revolution unless we Chris
tians prevent it. This is no time for
UNCONVENTIONAL scrimmage; we must
be a united army if we want to save
America.
Tuesdays Session
While the men were holding their
meeting at the Universalist church
Tuesday morning the women met in
the Baptist church and heard the re-
ports for the years work in the
state. Mrs. J. A. Greenwood of Ches-
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man of Newport read the 96th Psalm
and prayer was offered by Mrs. P. D.
Root of North Springfield. Mrs. F.
is. Tolman gave the ladies a most
cordial welcome which was grace
fully worded and sincerely given
To this Miss Brigham of Bennington
responded cordially and Miss Kath-
crime Morrison sang Just for To-
day" Miss Brigham also gave the
| foreign missionary report for the
year. 1t showed three new circles in
the last year, at Wallingford, Ran
dolph and East Bethel. The con-
tributions for the year while not so
large as last year were so because
there were no legacies received and
not because the circle gifts were
smaller. At the end of the year $71
was lacking of the apportionmeQt.
Two secretaries have resigned.
The Junior Foreign missionary re-
port was given by Miss Mary Brown
of Ludlow. There are five new sec
retaries and the gifts from the Sun
day schools are much larger than last
year. Miss Brown suggested as
motto for the work my Opportu-
nifty"
The home missionary report was
out of SO churches, A. reached or ex-
ceeded their appottionment and they
were less than SIG short of the state
apportionment. Mrs. G.. H. Brock
of Kanigiri, South India, was the
foreign missionary speaker of the
day but she devoted her time entire
ly to China and its present needs.
Her hearers were particularly inter
ested in the new flag of China which
she showed: five stripes of even
width, black for Turkestan, white for
Tibet, blue for Mongol, yellow for
Manchu and red for the new China.
Her plea was for the women of
China and that leaders may be sent
out to help them. The speaker gave
many interesting facts about the old
and the new China and made all who
heard realise what a critical period
this is in that nations history and
that no time could be better for send
ing missionaries to them.
During the morning two vocal So
los by Mrs. G. H. Holt of Barre
were enjoyed. Miss May Houston
of Boston, district secretary for New
England, spoke for the home field.
She told of the literature which is
issued by the society, and of the
different fields of work. Her personal
experiences of the work carried on
in Boston, at Ellis Island, in Cuba,
Mexico, Porto Rico, and among the
negroes, Indians and Mormons were
listened to with interest and she left
many valuable facts with her hearers
which can be used in their work
during the coming year.
Work of Sunday School
The session Tuesday afternoon
was devoted to the work of the Sum-
day school and was presided over by
Hon. Henry Bond of Brattleboro,
president of the Northern Baptist
Association. After prayer by Rev.
G. H. Holt of Barre, Rev. Morgan
E. Pease of Richford gave a talk
on Facts of Childhood" His words
showed a knowledge of child psy-
chology and made a plea for trained
work with the little ones. He di-
vided childhood into three periods:
the first up to five years when he