The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-20
BANQUETERS HEARD
OF WORLD MOVEMENT
Whose Purpose Is Spreading of Chris
tianity In Every Land Within
the Present Generation.

ing, when lLeN. III. w. L. DIdchHouss
spoke for the laymen's forward move
ment and presented some astonishing
facts relative to the stupendous tasl
which the men of every Christian body
in the country have undertaken within
the last few years, namely that Of
spreading the gospel in every land and
converting to Christianity the whole
world within the present generation
The presence of DIR. Stackhouse was
made the occasion for supper served
at 1890 o'clock to as many as l50 men
Rev DIR. w A. Davidson of Burlington
secretary of the Vermont state Baptist
convention, Henry Bond of Brattleboro
vice president of the convention, and
several Barre pastors We're present.
John A. Greenwood of Chester, presi.
dent of the state convention, and who
was down on the program to speak wcs
unable to be present, Rev. George II.
Holt, pastor Of the Baptist church, pre-
sided at the after dinner exercises and
a quartet consisting of Bernard Lewis,
Rev. Mr.. Holt, Fred Inglis and Will
liam lnglis, furnished music during the
| evening. Twice during the exercises,
the company arose and sang verses OF
the Baptist laymen's rally song, I'VE
Are Coming Lord, Hundred Thousand
| Strong" w. II. Snow acted as caterer
and members of the ladies aid society
OF the local church efficiently waited on
the banqueters.
Briefly stated the program was as fol.
| lows:
Selection, quartet.
Greetings, Henry Bond.
/
/ Rally song.
/ Introduction of Dr. Stackhouse. Rev
| w A. Davidson, D. d.
! Adress, DR.. Stackhouse.
| Rally song.
In the absence Of President Green
wood, the duty of extending greetings
fell to MIR. Bond who also covered the
statement of work during his remarks.
In referring to the privilege offered to
secure first land knowledge Of the lay.
mems movement through the visit of Dir.
Stackhouse TO the state. Mr.. Bond said
that the creation OF sentiment in favor
Of the movement meant much to Yer.
mont. Admitting the faet that the col
leges and seminaries are not at the pres
ent time turning out ministers enough to
man the earthworks, MIR Bond asserted
that it is also true that laymen are
being everywhere pressed in to ill the
gaps He urged that the principles OF
business be applied to religion especial
ly in the laymen's movement, saying
that the problem of conversion must he
studied in systematic and business
like manner. To the Young men and
their elders who are not To seek service
in the ministry. he offered the opportu.
nifty Of giving of their money aud inilu-
ence in participating in the movement.
IL was the message of layman speak
ing to layman and Mr. Bonds re-
marks were always interesting and
forceful
Dr.. Stackhouse Introduced
After his introduction by DR.. David, |
son, the speaker Of the evening, DR. |
Stackhouse was given rousing round /
Of applause as lie took the floor The |
keynote of his address was organized |
action and giving in such way that |
tha church in its local sphere would not |
he impoverished Without attempt at /
oratory, the speaker presented his ar 4
guments in sane aud sensible manner.
Attention from the audience never I
tagged and the quiet which accompanied /
his address was broken only when the |
speaker drolly recited homely story
that invariably emphasized and brought
home a vital point
To condeasc the speakers definition
of the lavmen's movement, this new
force in the ranks of Christian work
ers is the banding together Of church,
men in every country, under every flag,
-, .I.,, ,ir,o 7
pose Of world conversion. The address
dealt chiefly with ways and means
whereby this present-da hope is to
become an ultimate fact. DIR. Stack
house sought to show that evangelical
tion of the whole world could be accom-
panied in the same generation that would
witness the grandest era of progress
in home missions that Christianity has
ever known. The two ends can be
reached at the same time. he said.
The campaign which DIR. Stackhouse
advocated is one which will equitably
distribute the burden among all Chris
tiaE people. Its advance will be by
steps although the results
are well calculated to be astounding.
He told of what has been accomplished
by missionaries in the last fifty and
one hundred years. According to the
speaker, what has been done in the past
,an be outdone in the future To-day
the doors of every country in the world
nave been thrown open to admit Chris
.iar workers and the impossible bar
-iers of century and half-century ago
nave been cast aside In this connec-
,ion DR.. Stackhouse stated that up to
late over 80 per cent. of the work had
,cen accomplished by Great Britain and {
he United States; and furthermore he
that just so long as these {
wo Christian nations continue to work !
n harmony and bear the burden of sup
,orting missions, such a thing as war |
between the two will be impossible I
Now, the mission field in its relation :
o the forward movement has been di- {
ided among the denominations and each {
5 working out its salvation with the q
moral support and sanction of the 9TH I
r. The elimination of waste is OBJ i
ious. I
DIR. Staekhouse briefly outlined the 4
teps in the movement as follows:
tudy, prayer, planning, giving and serv :
re. The earnest Christian worker. who I
arefully considers each of these points 6
annot become convinced that he has }
duty and a place in this great mani h
of lay activity. Throughout Y
is arguments, the speaker furnished Il
instances and facts TO corroborate his {
tatements and the fund of figures and b
fatistirs with which he was pullipDed ! |