The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-26

TO appropriate from the funds $500 to
the Montpelier district and $500 to
each of the the others, the amounts to
be disbursed at the discretion of the
district superintendents for the aid of
needy parishes. These officers were
elected: President, f. ". Lewis; vice
president, Joseph Hamilton; secretary,
wv. X. Davenport; treasurer, G. Al
Edgerton.
These fraternal delegates were elect
ed: Congregational annual conference
at Barre, E. F. NEWELL Baptist state /
convention at Burlington, F. T. Clark;
Free Baptist yearly meeting, G. W.
Burke; Advent Christian church, D. G.
Guest; New England Educational So
ciety, 0. E. Aiken; visitors to literary
institutions: Montpelier seminary, j
r. Gates, E. f. Newell; Boston univer-
sity, E. L. M. Barnes; Wesleyan uni
versity, William Shaw, Prof. III. R.
Roberts; Drew Theological seminary,
w. r.. Davenport; New England Dea-
conness association, r. F. Lowe; Yves
leyan association, E. w. Sharp, F. S.
Hale.
Talk on Foreign Missions.
DR.. George Heber Jones of Korea, al
though hindered by the length of the
levening business session, gave an in
teresting talk on foreign missions,
very evidently cutting short what he
had intended to say because of the
lateness of the hour. He declared that
in times of great crises when business
men draw in and try to save them
: selves God gives more help than IN
. times of universal peace on earth lie
: read extracts from letters received by
the board from missionaries in Korea
). and France, showing in some measure
Z. the state of affairs IN those countries
S today. He said that the militaristic
: spirit of Europe must be fought. As
;, the result of this spirit, now dominant,
e a carnival of lust had been let loose.
The United States had defaulted on a
e chance to do the most effective mis-
t sionary work in Japan % years ago
n and now came the question whether a
l. default was to be entered on what is
to be done in China and elsewhere. He
told the preachers plainly that the
fault lay with the local churches be
IS cause they are holding back on their
Y contributions to foreign missions.
y This anniversary of the board of for
l. eign missions was in charge of Rev
e William Shaw of Montpelier.
= Strong Sermon by Bishop.
10 The services yesterday opened Will
is the conference love feast at 3 o 'clock
N with Rev. Joseph Hamilton and Rev
ID A. II. Webb in charge. The church
+ was well filled for this service.
When the time came for the morn
h, ing service at 1890, featured by tn,
r sermon by Bishop Richard J. Cooke O
IL Portland, Ore, the seating capacity o
the auditorium was exceeded by thOs
n who sought admission. Besides Bishol
he Cooke on the platform were seate,
to Rev. Thomas w. Owens, pastor of tn
st local church, who had general direc
ton of the service; District Superiu
We tendents r. f. Lowe and +. W. Shar
II and Rev. Franklin Hamilton, D, d.. Q
W, the American university, Washington
on D. c., who offered prayer. Rev. NJ
Lowe read scripture.
IN The service included as features
IN. solo bv Abbott S. Richmond and on
by Miss Virginia c. Peters, instructo
it. in singing at Montpelier seminar,
on with Miss Flora Boyee, pupil Of tn
iu- seminary, at the organ. Miss BoyC
as also played the offertory selection. II
offering was for the local church to al
,I6 in the matter of conference expense
asst Announcement to that effect was mao
&C. by Rev. i. w. Lewis, secretary of Il
ate conference, a former pastor.
las The sermon by Bishop Cooke W;
lis based on the text from St. Paul: Fo
wo getting those things which are benin
ate and reaching forth unto those thin!
zen which are before, I press forward
the mark of the prize of the his
NV. calling of God in Christ Jesus.
ec He said that the subject, if al
there be, might be called The Bles
en- ings of Discomfort. After pointi1
an out that the world had never been
rk such turmoil since the breaking up
ork the Roman empire he said that this
18th a time when mems hearts ran the
di for they cannot determine what the !
ad flex action of the European war m
in be. In this age when we are prone
view the man as lost who hesitates
;tee tie his shoestring; when we consid
+. the men who build the skyscrapers a
Jew the continental railroads as the rea
ion big men OF the world because OF I
one matenahste things they 90, we 7
oa+ there Is a Sniri+ual side of m