Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-05-24
CHURCH CONVENTION
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of Cornwall; Federation Between Con-
gregational Churches" by Rev. R. C.
Flagg of Burlington; Experiments in
Religious Education" by Rev. A. w.
Bailey of the Congregational Sunday
School and Publishing society.
Devotional services at different ses-
sions were conducted by Rev. w. L.
Boicourt of Waterbury, Rev. l.. A.
Edwards of Newport, Rev. Paul D.
Moody of ST. Johnsbury, Rev. R. G.
Woodbridge of Vergennes, Rev. w. E.
Baker of Morrisville and Rev. ]. S.
Clark of North Bennington. Com
mittee reports were given as follows:
Civic Justice committee, by Rev. j. w.
Barnett of Barre; Advisory committee,
by Rev. Benjamin Swift of Woodstock;
Apportionment and Benevolence COM
mittee, by Rev. D. H. Strong of Milton;
Sunday School committee, report writ
ten by G. l.. Durham of Brattleboro
and read by Rev. A. E. Martin of Will
mington; Brotherhood committee, by
w. j. Van Patten of Burlington COM
mittee on Inter-Church Federation, by
Rev. F. Metzger of Randolph.
The singing at the various sessions
was led by Mrs. Mabelle Cottrel of
Middlebury, assisted at the organ by
Mrs. j. Walter Sylvester of Middle
bury. Special musical features of the
convention were the following: An an
them by the chuch choir Tuesday even
ing; violin solo by Miss Susan Giffen
and vocal solo by Mrs. Mabelle Cot
trell Wednesday evening.
A Brotherhood Banquet" was held
in the parlors of the church Wednesday
evening at O. clock. Charles C. Fits
of Brattleboao acted as POSTMASTER.
Other speakers were President j. M.
Thomas of Middlebury college, Rev. w.
A. McIntire of Dandy, Rev. Paul D.
Moody of st. Johnsbury and ex-Goy.
John w. Stewart of Middlebury. The
double male quartet of Middlebury col
lege sang.
At Thursday mornings session a
resolution thanking the pastor and
members of the local church for their
hospitality was adopted. The conven-
ton also adopted a resolution express
ing deep sense of loss through the
recent death of D. M. Camp of New
port.
A series of resolutions, introduced
from the Committee on Civic Justice by
Rev. j. w. Barnett of Barre, were I'M
animously adopted by the convention
Wednesday forenoon. These resolu-
tons affirmed the confidence of the
convention in the Vermont Anti-Saloon
league, heartily endorsing it ''as a
helpful agency in the promotion of
temperance and worthy of financial
support" expressed confidence in the
superintendent of the league, Rev. c..
H. Smith; referred in plain terms to the
social evil, praying the incoming legis-
lature ''to enact laws looking to the
restriction and elimination of this giant
evil" deprecated the increase of crime
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the state Legislature pass laws to pre-
vent the physically and morally unfit
from propogating their kind; and de-
clared it the duty of the Christian
forces of the state to secure men of
high and unquestionable character for
all offices, legislative and executive,
and of church members and all good
citizens to attend their party caucuses
and see that these express the best
sentiments of the community, averring
that thus, and only thus, will Better
Vermont" come to pass.
The convention also adopted reso-
luton condemning the burden of naval
and military ornaments, and censuring
the action of the United States senate
in $50 amending the arbitration
treaties negotiated by direction of
President Taft with Great Britain and
France that they have become prac-
tically valueless.
Officers and committees for the en-
suing year were elected Wednesday
afternoon as follows
President, Rev. G. w. C. Hill of ST.
Johnsbury; vice-president, George M.
Hogan of st. Adams; secretary, Rev.
William C. Clark of Barnet; treasurer,
F. w. Baldwin of Barton; auditors,
John C. Clark of st. Johnsbury, w. H.
Gilpin of Barton; trustees, C. w.
Osgood of Bellows Falls, Rev. R. H.
Ball of Fair Haven, W. R. Bristol of
Vergennes, Rev. c. j. Peterson of East
Berkshire and Rev. r. E. Stevens of
Hartford
Fairbanks Board of Education, Rev.
E. T. Fairbanks, Rev. Henry Fair
banks and Joseph Fairbanks, all of
st. Johnsbury, Rev. w. A. Warner of
Barton and Rev. G. w. C. Hill of St.