The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-20

BARRE, May 20.-The annual meet |
ing of the Vermont Domestic Mission
airy society, reports of secretary, treas
urer and directors and election of of
ficers, reports of standing committees
of the conference and addresses byl
well-known church workers marked thel
second day of the 120th Vermont Con
gregational conference which closes to-
day.
Bill Would Cause Dissension.
The report of the committee on civic
| justice, made by Rev. James B. Sar-
gent of Northtield, commended in gen
| eral the passage of several laws by the
last legislature which touched on va
rious problems of the state. The re
port included a reference to the Bible
| bill, so-called, which was killed by the
| general assembly, commenting the de-
| feat of the measure which, the report
| says, had little merit and might have
| done a great deal of harm, by estab-
fishing parochial schools where there
now exists but public school, and
cause much dissension.
In touching on the matter of tenn
perance, the report says that the leg
| islature went as far in the matter as
it could at the time and appeals for
a majority next March in favor of the
prohibitory law The report praises
the legislature for enacting the Gu
genie marriage license bill and com
mends the passage of the constitutional
disease law. The report also touched
upon the problems Of race suicide, state
detectives and principle of government
Sustentation Committee Reports.
The report of special sustentatior
committee recommended that the con
ference inaugurate a state campaign tC
raise at least $4,000 additional revenue
for domestic missions, the money tC
be expended in augmenting the salarie:
of the pastors.
5 The following officers of the Mission
ary society were elected: President
Deacon n. g. Williams of Bellows
Falls; vice president, Rev. Faul ID
, Moody of ST. Johnsbury; auditor, Dea
con Charles S. Adams of st. Johnsbury
q directors for three years, Deacon
: ". Osgood of Bellows Falls, Deacon W
IL. Van Patten of Burlington, Deacon
$ j. NJ Comstock of Chelsea, and Rev
g W. 2. jackson of st. Albans; member
| of the Congregational Home Mission
i airy society, Rev. C. III. Merrill of 81
E Johnsbury. Rev. Henry Fairbanks o
y / st. Johnsbury and n. g. Williams.
!. At the opening of the conference I
/ w Baldwin presented his report a
f treasurer which showed that cash re
t eeived from the 15 associations in tn
o state amounted to $1,506.71, and tn
amount due from q few associations t
s be S242. .68.
o The report showed a gift of So
q from c. II. Ray of Burlington, eXecu
e tor of the estate of Amelia L. Mars
/ of Jericho, for the relief of disable
ministers and their families.
Addresses were made in the after
noon by Rev Roy NJ Houghton 0
Brattleboro on The Social Gospel an
by Rev. George Mills of Bennington Q
} The Task of Reconstruction.
The following resolution was adop'
ed:
S Resolved, That we, the duly eleete
members of the 120th Congregations
conference. wish to express our graf
fication of the remarkable progress t
t. ward prohibition made in the natio
Il, and throughout the world during tn
le past year and especially that such
le step in advance has been taken j
r putting into law the temperance re
70 ommendation of this body a year ag
Ill and hereby put on record our heart
e. approval of the action of the legisl
to tllre in the enactment of the state pr
hibitorv referendum law and earnest
Of recommend to the voters of Vernon
70 that by their action at the polls
re March, 1916, they complete what hs
OF been well begun.