The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-05-20

ployment of the every member canvass
IS strongly recommended to raise funds
and no new machinery should be con.
structed. Lastly, financial efficiency
expert should be employed to study
financial possibilities of the weaker
churches; the conference should inaug-
urate state campaign to raise at least
$4,000 additional revenue for domestic
missions, the money to be expended in
augmenting the salaries Of the pastors.
The report of the committee was ac-
cepted, but of the nine recommendations
only one, that concerning the fixing of a
minimum salary of $500 and parsonage
for every minister, was adopted. The
| following resolution was presented and
adopted as substitute for three recon-
mendations: Resolved that a committee
of three confer with the directors of the
Veromnt Domestic Missionary society in
regard to engaging an assistant secretary
| OF the domestic society. The committee
reported this forenoon
All four of the recommendation en-.
bodied in the report OF the benevolent
committee were adopted with the accept
ance OF the report and the conference
named Rev. Roy NJ. Houghton OF BrattIa-
boro as its representative to join with
one chosen from the Vermont branch and
one from the Woman's Home Missionary
union to form a committee on missionary
education.
Acceptance was made of the report on
civic justice, and John +. Weeks of Mid
1lphI1rU Lnr nj bn ,f
sentatiyes. spoke briefly on the matter of
civic justice and righteousness, taking the
place OF Governor Gates, who was to lead
the discussion.
Appeal For Prohibition.
Mr.. Weeks was followed bv Rev. G. III. !
Smith Of Burlington secretary of the
Anti Saloon league, who appealed for all |
to help in passing the prohibitory law |
az the polls next March, when the Perry
measure viii come before the voters.
The following resolution was adopted
by the conference last evening: Resolved. /
That we, the duly elected members of |
the l2Oth Congregational conference, wish
to express our qualification OF the re.
progress toward prohibition
made in the nation and throughout the
world during the past year, and especial
~ that such step in advance has been
taken in putting into law the temperance
of this body year ago.
and hereby put on record our hearty APP
prevail OF the action of the legislature in
the enactment of the state prohibitory
law and earnestly recon-
mend to the voters of Vermont that bv
|hair aatinn a tb.. VaIla -, - 7
hey complete what has been so well be.
gun. (
Rev. George s. Mills OF Bennington. in
well-prepared and finely-delivered al.
iress yesterday afternoon. spoke on the :
Task OF Reconstruction" The speaker
ministers not 10 jump at con 9
Illusions and adopt methods of work ]
which have proved applicable in one com. {
nunity, for each village, town or city i
nay need something entirely different. j
Pastors should be careful 10 study the
ommunity and conditions in which they \
i've and work and then apply a principle o
which in their mind is best adapted for h
he church. Ministers must have pa. G
fence and tact, which are essential to I
uccess. 4
Rev. Arthur Bradford OF Rutland led q
he discussion which followed Mr.. Mills a
ak. y
Might Is Not Right-Dr. Barton. q"
"The generally accepted principle that !
right Is right is going TO be swept away :
nd right viii prove 10 be might. and ="
rmament will have no place in establish.
" the strength Of a nation when the
reat conflict now going on in Europe is
YER said Rev. James l.. Barton. ID. D.,
scrctary Of the American board of Con. b
regational foreign missionaries, IN the b
purse Of his address last evening on i
The Church and a War-Distracicd 7
World
DIR. BARTON Illustrated at length tho in @
.ances where meekness had overcome all "
bstscles and had inherited the world. 81
e pictured the disciples centuries ago,
'nverting the Roman kingdom % Chris q
anity, their final victory; and follow It.
q along the same line told Of the won.
,rful work Of the foreign missionaries, IA
w numbering some 10000. who. with. II
il backing. inohensive and meek, have
on over 20 the cause Of Jesus Christ, III
flowers Of Mohammed, Budda and Con
cius. TO
Dr. Barton. in speaking Of the work n 20
r missionaries IN Japan, said ttst the
pane=e have caught too much Of the ~
irit ~ Europe and the western empires IA
indicated IN the recent attitude to-