The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-05-29
COUNTY S. S. CONVENTION.
Rev. William Shaw of Montpelier Chos-
en- President--Large Attendance.

The Washington county Sunday school
convention met in Montpelier yesterday
with the morning and afternoon ses'
sions in Bethany church. Rev S. X
Bloomfield of that church gave an ad-
dress of welcome, to which Rev. +. r
Newell of Barre responded.
H. G. Woodruff of Barre spoke in fa'
vor of international graded lessons, prin-
cipally from the fact that the lessons
adapt themselves to the child, instead
of the child to the lessons. Much Of
the benefit, however, lies in home study
DIR. J. w. Barnett of Barre spoke on
"The Fathers and Mothers of Men and
Women" His plea was for noble-mind-
ed parents, who wish for their children
not wealth or fame, but character. 1t
was the opinion of the speaker that fa-
therhood is too often neglected in the
present day in that the fathers shift
the responsibility to the mothers. The
Sunday school deals with the boys and
girls and instils in their hearts the
ideas of social welfare, but too often
the religious education of the child is
entirely turned over to the Sunday
school. Marriage laws should be made
tally, morally and physically capable can
wed.
The afternoon session, preceded by
the dinner hour, opened with conferences,
in which different phases of the Sun
day school work were considered by
G. S. Andrews of Barre DR. II. A. Dur
fee of Burlington and Miss Edith Balch.
Mrs. Lillian NJ. Powers of Waterbury
and Miss Alice Talcott of Williston
spoke concerning the home department
work. Reports were given and DIR. Dur
fee closed the session with an address
on Adopting a Standard for Each
School"
The following officers were elected:
President, Rev. William Shaw, Mont
pelier; vice presidents, G. S. Andrews,
Barre, c. C. Holmes, Montpelier, p. A.
Gilmore, Cabot, +. S. Joslin, Waitsfield,
Earl Cutting, Northfeld, B. r. Demeritt,
Waterbury, Rev. A. A. Mandigo, More
town, G. II. Rumney, Shady Rill; secre-
tary, Miss Anna Bunham, Marshfield;
treasurer d. b. Dwinell, East Calais;
superintendent OF home department, Mrs.
Lillian Powers, Waterbury; assistant,
Miss Anna Cummings, Shady Rill; su.
perintendent teacher training, Rev. J. B.
Sargent, Northfield; superintendent tenn
perance work, P.5f L. A. Shaw, North
field; superintendent intermediate work
III. g. Woodruff, Barre; superintendent
adult work. DIR. o. G. Stickney, Barre;
state executive committee, DIR. o. G.
Stickney, Barre; superintendent mis-
sionary division, Rev. r. J.. Caster, Web
sterville; assistant secretary, Paul Pit
kin, Marshfeld; superintendent elemen-
tary department, Mrs. w. E. Harlow,
Montpelier.
The evening session of the conven-
tion was devoted to the installation of
officers, talk ON Teacher Training" by
Rev. j. h. Sargent Of Northfield and
on "The Value of Missionary instruction
in the Sunday School" by Rev, Robert
L. Caster of Websterville. DIR. Durfee
made an inspiring address on Has the
Twentieth Century Bible School Any
thing of Interest to Mem"
The following resolution was adopted:
sWhereas disunion and rivalry in the
ranks of Christian churches is something
that is becoming more and more intoler-
able to the awakening social conscious
ness of the churches, be it resolved
that we approve the aim and spirit Of
the federal council of churches of Christ
in America and it is our desire and
that the various denominations
always work harmoniously and, where
actually unite their forces
even though for the sake of the king
dom UNCONVENTIONAL sacrifice must be
made. In opposing the forces of evil
and in building up the communities we
need undiminished by petty rivalry our
united energy in the power of the spirit
OF love-