The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-11-08
MISSION CONFERENCE
A BIG SUCCESS
Interesting Meetings Are Being Held in
Barre and Will Continue Through
Sunday Evening.

missions is the keynote of seriei
of union meetings which are being helt
in Barre ar part of a missionary cam
! paign which is spreading throughout
| the length and breadth of the Unitet
States. Barre is one of the 20 center
selected in Vermont for furthering tn,
interests of the campaign and the con
ference. which opened here last night
Twill embrace every Protestant churcl
within a radius of is miles. 1t viii
continue through this afternoon and con
cludes with meeting in the opera house
Sunday night Churches in Barre Town
Barre, Montpelier, Waterbury, and else.
where are interested in the local mani.
festation of the movement.
Last evening a representative congre.
CATION filed the Baptist church audito-
rum to hear d. Brewer Eddy of Boston
speak on the subject nearest his heart
Missions" In general, his address
dealt with multitude of missionary
matters Mr. Eddy, it may be recalled
in many quarters, is the man who ac-
cepted as admirably the role of Living
stone in the great pageant of missions
in Boston recently. Rev. Ralph f. Lowe
in the Vermont Methodist conference
and a former pastor of the Hedding
Methodist church in Barre, read the
scripture and led in prayer. The Bap-
tist choir furnished music. A dozen or
more clergymen were in the eongrega-
tion. The services began at 7:45 o'clock
and for nearly an hour Mr.. Eddy held
the careful attention of his listeners.
1t was an aGspicious opening for the
conference and the interest awakened
in its purpose promises well for the
meetings to come.
From India to China, Mr.. Eddy ranged
in his description of missionary progress
in the last decade. India, with a Chris
tian population already of $500. 900
souls and an enrolment of 6,oO0. 900
children in the Christian schools. is cry
ing for more missionaries and more
China likewise stands to-day with open
arms for the missionary ministrations
of the Christian church. Students, the
very flower of China's youth, and thous-
ands of them, are standardizing their
lives by the gospel OF. the Nazarene. he
said. 1t was glowing picture of what
Is going on along the firing line and the
SPEAKER never idlith ioT moment 10
inspire his hearers.
At 10 O'Clock this morning the serv-
ices were resumed, when Rev. Ralph F.
Lowe opened the discussion of the
chureh's problems in mission work.
Each minister stated his plans and prob
lens, while Rev. j. c. Robbins and Rev.
c. G. Merrill enlivened the meeting by
asking definite, pointed questions and
offering specific solutions to problems.
The attendance was remarkably good
for Saturday morning. Another meet
ing was held this afternoon, beginning
at o'clock.
Union Meeting Sunday Evening.
On Sunday evening union mass
meeting will be held at the Barre opera
house at I o'clock. Rev. Mr.. Lowe will
preside at the service and Rev. C. c.
Merrill of Boston will speak on the sub
ject: "Are We playing at it or are we
working at it?"; and Rev. j. c. Robbins,
for seven years missionary in the Phil
ippines, viii speak ON, "The Flag and
the Church in the Philippines" The
quartet of The Congregational church
win sing The Radiant Morn Hath
Passed Away" by Woodward. and "Be
Still Then and Know that He Is God"
by Dudley Buck.