The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-18
200 AT BANQUET
FOR REV. S',s
wsn.Known Lat wsNN and Social
Worker Spoke nree Times in
Barre Yesterday.

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Baptist church in the afternoon, ban
quet for laymen in the vestry of the
| Universalist church at q o'clock, fol-
lowed by large mass meeting in the
Congregational church at $ o'clock, Rev.
Charles Sickle, the New York labor
preacher and head of the Presbyterian
bureau OF social service, closed a two
days visit in Barre last night. In the
course of his public remarks in the opera
house Sunday afternoon, Mr.. Stelzle
dealt continually upon the near relation
of the church and the labor movement.
His utterances at various meetings
held yesterday contained little that di-
gressed from the subject so near the
speakers heart and uppermost in the
minds of every man and woman who
heard him Repeatedly he emphasized
his firm belief that labor and the church
have a common cause in solving the
problem of a square deal for the working
man. His remarks while in Barre have
been possessed of a nature that will do
much to cement the ties of united effort
between the laboring man and the
church, if the opinion of those who have
been his auditors counts for anything.
The conference yesterday afternoon
was attended by representative clergy
men from different Washington county
towns. Rev. w. l.. Bocourt, pastor of
the Congregational church in Waterbury,
and Rev. w. +. Douglass, pastor of the
Methodist church in the same town
Rev. William Shaw, pastor of Trinity
church Montpelier; Rev. Ivan H. Bene-
diet, pastor of the First Baptist church,
Montpelier; Rev. DR.. Chadburn of Bos-
ton, acting pastor of the Hedding Meth
odist church; and Rev. George Macar-
thur pastor of the Graniteville Pres.
byterian church, were among the out of |
town ministers present. The local clergy
was represented by Rev. j. b. Reardon !
of the Universalist church. Rev. George |
H. Holt of the First Baptist church, !
Rev. Duncan Salmond Of the First Pres |
byterian church. Rev. James Ramage, |
pastor of the East Barre Congregational |
church, and Rev. DIR. j. W. Barnett of |
the Congregational church.
Rev. Mr.. Stelzle addressed the clergy
men on the chureh's duty to labor and |
elaborated somewhat upon that duty as
he charged it at Sundays meeting. He
declared that never in the history OF the
church had there been a time when OPP
for whole souled work in the
of labor had been so great
He urged his brethren of the cloth to
ay the cause of labor close up to their
hearts and to work untiringly that they
who toll may have their share of happi-
less and a fair division of wealth. He
Al ha fY,1 nf
very clergyman in the conference. and
It the close of his remarks he opened
his subject to inquiries The remainder
i the afternoon was given over to ques-
ions, each minister adding word or
wo to the discussion. i
Two hundred men, including business
md professional men, clergymen and la
'oring men, were present at the ban
uet which followed the conference Mr.. :
itelzle spoke at the after-dinner exer-
ises along the lines of cooperation be-
ween the church and the laborer. He 1
Explained the layman's duty toward {
ringing about the eonsummation of the J
esired ends in the cooperative efforts
{ the religious societies and the labor
rganizations. The speaker readily won S
place for himself among his listeners, S
nd he was accorded the sincerest of APP Il
lause at the conclusion of his remarks. a
lev George II. Watt offered the prayer. t
The Congregational church auditorium t
as well filled with people at o'clock Ii
hen the pastor called the last meet o
lg of the series to order Mr. Stelzhe y
poke for nearly an hour on what he con- d
dered the plain duty of every church t
lcmber, whether man or woman. toward
ne church and labor. During the even 4
lg, the ladies quartet of the First Bap- o
st church sang several selections At Fl
he close of the meeting DIR. Barnett c,
,oke concerning the man who was a il
oneer in the work which Mr.. Stelzle d
rs taken up. Rev. Mr. Stelzle pro- cl
,unced the benediction at the close of ii
le services. tl