Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23

Rev. George II. Holt. The Rev Farley
ID. Root of North Springfield opened the
exercises with prayer. after which the
reports of the secretary, the Rev. w. s.
Boardman of Addison, and the treas
urer, Arthur c. Crane of Burlington,
were read and approved. The Rev. j. H.
Thompson of Randolph gave u greatly
appreciated vocal solo. The following
officers were elected: President the Rev
George ". Holt Oc-elcctcd); vico-presidcnt,
the Rev. w. H. Desjardins of Saxtons
River; secretary, the Rev. J. II. Thomp-
son of Randolph. treasurer, Arthur c.
Crane of Burlington; assistant treasurer
and advisor. DR.. w. A. Dawson of Bur-
lington. L. NJ. Jones, G. A. Champion
and A. O. Ferguson were elected to the
board of managers, Mr. Chappell of
Bristol to the committee of ten and the
Rev. ]. w. Chesbro to the governing
board Of the Baptist Educational society.
The feature of this session was an
eloquent address by the Rev. George
w. Peck, Jr of Rutland, on the subject
FISHERS of Men" Mr.. Peck spoke of
thority and said that the problem Of
authority was foremost in the world
to-day. citing the European war as
the result of false standards of author
ity. In addition to authority, which
must be interprctatlve of life. death
and immortality. he said that the his
tory of the world has swung upon
personalities. which must be honest.
consistent and ethical as well as re-
demptivc. compassionate. loving and
forgiving. He compared the person
altcs of Confucius, Buddha, Moham-
med and Jesus Christ. showing the
weak points of Confucianism and
Buddhism, in that although they cs-
tablishcd some good negative rules
whereby to live among our fo'lowmcn,
they lacked certain other essentials
Mohammed. the speaker said, was
greedy and lustful and his moral code
was weak. The personality of Jesus
Christ answers all questions and the
message ON His life should be spoken
by the clergy with conviction and au-
thority.
The Rev. Ivan r. Benedict of Mont
peler delivered the closing prayer and
bencdiction. and it was announced
that there would be a two days con-
time in December
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon was devoted to n dis
cussion of the needs of Sunday schools.
with particular reference to the needs
of Vermont boys and girls Dr f. T.
Peterson of Boston delivered an address
on THE Sunday School That Makes
Good" which proved most instructive
to his listeners. while the address of
DIR. w. L. Chalmers of Philadelphia on
1.-THE Baptist Sunday Schools of Yer
mont: Abe They Making Good?" was
very interesting and contained many
helpful suggestions. Ivan T. Blood of
New Jersey gave an address on Boys"
and Miss Meme Brockway of Phila-
delphia gave an address on "a Little
Child's Question:" with an answering
demonstration by the pupils of the
primary department of the Burlington
church. The latter part OF the after
noon was also devoted to addresses by
the same speakers on the subjects.
"Church Work for Adults" "Church
Enlistment of Young People" Church
Work for Boys" and elementary
Work in Both Biz and Little
Churches" The occupying of an en-
tire afternoon of the convention with
discussion Of the work of the Sunday
school shows the Importance with
which the delegates regard this
branch of the church and their real
ization of the vital part which boys
and girls play In church affairs.
EVENING SESSIONS.
The Rev. f. II. Perkins, president Of
the Vermont Yearly Meetin; Of Free
l'aptists. presided over the evening ses-
sion, which was opened with the read
ing Of the scripture lesson by the Rev.
Roy T.. Whittemorc OF NIiddlebury.
After prayer by the Rev. w. H. Des-
Jardins of SaEton's River and a sclec-
ton by the quartcttc the Rev. George
f.. Tompkinson of Brattleboro preach
ed sermon from the text
Feed My Lambs" MIR. Tompkin-
son spoke of the love which the
shepherds must have for their lambs of
the value OF the sheep and of the price
that Jesus Christ paid for them. lie
! told of the individual handling which
| flock. and scorned the suggestion that
this important work could be done by
hireling, who would not be ready to
| lay down his life for his lambs. The
| speaker said that the saving of sinners
was the supreme task of the church,
ana emphasized also the need of purify
| ing the conditions within the fold so
that the sheep might be brought up free
from the contamnatng influences of
! sin.
DR.. w. f. Chalmers Of Philadelr hia
who had been one of the speakers at tho
afternoon session, then delivered an adj
dress on Religious Help in the Struggle
| for Personality" Dir. Chalmers said
that personality was the difference be.
tween man and beast, being also what
ever man achieved, as he is born with
only a capacity for personalitv. II,
| mentioned four stages which must b,
| reached in the struggle for personality
| first. scf-consciousness or sclf-knowl.
edge. the realization that am mo; soc
ond. sclf-dctermina ton, or the decision
! of what we will be, as We are all borl
with the possibilities of many different
| solves third. GENERALIZATION, and
| fourth, self-sacrifce, without which on,
cannot have n really complete life TIL,