The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-30

church, that separate treasurer for the
missionary funds be appointed and that ii
personal canvass of church members be
conducted
Secretary w. a Dawson moved that
the report be accepted and adopted and
that the delegates 90 to their homes and
put the recommendation into practice.
Ernest 5, Butler of Maiden, Mass,
treasurer of the American Baptist Mis-
sionary society, said that it was the best
report of an apportionment committee he
had ever heard and pointed out that the
increase in receipts shown by the report
does not meet the increase IN eXpendl-
lures. He said that two-thlrds OF the
entire income of the society is received IN
the last II days of the fiscal year, which
compels the society to borrow about
| quarter of a million of dollars annually
| for periods of from four to seven months
| He urged that the churches turn in their
missionary funds monthly and SAID II
| this were to be done thousands of dollars
in interest charges would be saved an
nually.
Rev Henry Croker of Chester read
the report of the obituary committee, re-
ferring briefly to the pastors, either ma
tives of Vermont or who had held pas
torates in the state who had died during
the year They were Rev. John E. Dame
of Chelmsford, Mass, Rev. J. r. Thomas
of Colonial Beach, Md, Rev, d. w. Mc-
Kmnon of Weston and Andover, Vt,
Rev A. y. Woodruff of Burlington, Rev.
Henry Marshall Douglass of Bernardston,
Mass, Rev DeForest Stafford Of Peter
boro, n H. Rev. Henry DIN Walker of
Merrimac Mass. and Rev. Jacariah j.
/, Wheeler of Charleston, Vt. He also |
mentioned three prominent laymen who !
had died during the year. They were
Deacon David G. Crane of Burlington, |
father of the present treasurer of the Yer |
+ mont Baptist societies; Deacon 4. B. |
Gardner of PownaI and Deacon a T,
Sherman OF Ludlow.
t President Henry Bond announced that
I he would appoint Rev. Henry Croker OF
Chester the obituary committee Tor the
4 coming year.
The report of the social service commits
y sion appointed at the last eonN ention was
t made by Guy b. Horton of Burlington
l. 1t covered in detail the work of the com
{ mission and included reports from the
/ various churches in the state TO what
= had been done in the line of social service
: during the year The reports showed that
II 13 churches believed they were increasing
: their influences, 20 were not and were
/ holding their own
h The commission suggested the remedies
C for improvement in the conditions as IN
Guiding more social preaching, greater co
> operation, the holding Of lyceums, stereop-
e ticon or moving picture lectures in school
II houses instead of only prayer meetings
n The recommendations We're: The or
e ganization of Mems unions or Brother
Il hoods in the churches: the bringing about
lie of closer relationship between the larger
re churches and the smaller and the unity OF
n the relation OF the church to the causes
y and effects of moral delinquinees
y Rev Joseph :. Brown OF Manchester
Oh Center. reporting for the committee on
at the state Of religion, said that it would he
at possible to take any similar report for
IL any one of the last several years and 1t
would he found that 1t was adapted to
a present conditions. He pointed out that
II the midweek services in some places had
St degenerated into lecture courses with the
e. subjects anything under the sun. The
70 committee believed that the plan ion the
L. federation of churches had not been
d. success and that il not abandoned II
III should be altered or modified. He de
re- cared in closing that close formation may
ns be fatal on Europcon battlehelds. but j
er' is necessary in the relationship of Bap
an fists.
'a7 Rev H. B. Rankin OF Newport reporte,
IN for the committee ON nominations ant
ae the report was accepted and the officer
, elected with the exception OF one chang
-4T when it was reported from the floor tina
lid one OF the lavmen who had been appoint
- ed to committee was no longer res
una dent of the state. President Henry Bon
me of BrattlebOro was reelected. the cler
the being instructed to cast one ballot for hI
zen when a rising vote was unanimous tina
this should be done, the motion beln
ION put bv Secretary W. A Dawson. The re
ma mainder of the officers and committee
ore were elected by the clerk casting one ba
lhe lot for all of them. The list follows
IRA President. Henry Bond of Brattleboro
ght vice president Rev f w. Irwin of Ru
ma land: clerk. Rev. f. :, Telman Of ;
q bloomsbury; trustee for three years, W. /
~, kinsman Rutland. Rev w. A. Dawson
ana Burlington. Henry Bond, Brattlebor'
fen Rev. H b. Rankin. Newport, ". W
Stiekney. LII. D., Ludlow, Rev +,
lgef Phillips St ,Iohnsbury, Rev. j. W. Che
gam bro Bellows Falls.
we Committee on convention of mterchttrC
Wet federation Rev J. S Braker. D. D., Blu
the Iington; Rev. George Pomfrey, West De
) 81 BY; Rev w a Dawson, ID. d.. Burlin
e ton; Rev J. II, Thompson, Randolph.
igh, Committee on cooperation with FIR
ish Baptists- Rev w \. Dawson, d. i
lngs Burlington; Rev T. S TolmanL st. John
Inc bury; w. w. Sticlney, Ludlow,
uen Committee on social seryice-Supt. j.
anu Barss Nergennes; Rev. Ivan H. BenedlC
up. Montpelier; Rev r. NJ. Jones, Cheste
y . Guy b. Horton, Burlington; Rev Geor
ger Pomfrey. West Derby; Chester BiNh
mot mot Poultney; Rev. George L. Tomkinso
iNe" BrattleborO.
i Committee on state apportionmcnt
"e'' Deacon +. w. Horner, Rutland; DIR.
nont pa,,, Ra,ro. Po,- r ( Rraker d
you R,rlington. Rev / W Burnen. We
ome- Charleston; Miss A. A. Brigham, BE
not nc nington; Mrs J. A Greenwood, Cheste
'he Il. l. Benedict, Aliddeboro; exotic