Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
CONGREGATIONAL CLUB MEETS
Transact Business in Afternoon
and Hear Address in Evening.
professor Emerson Analyses "The
Challenge of the Future" and Paint
= ing of "rhe MASTER" Exhibited
by Rev. G. +. II. Crnthcrn.

Th, annual meeting Of the Consrcsa-
tional club of western Vermont was held
yesterday afternoon and evening at the
First Church in this city, with a large
attendance, both of members of the
club and the general public who were
invited g attend the sessions. The Rev.
G, c. Adams, pastor of the First Church
and president of the club, presided at tho
business meeting which was held at $3.50
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. The reports
Of the various officers were read and
accepted and plans for the coming year
discussed, but owing to the large amount
of business on hand, which 1t was i'm
possible to transact at this time. tn
meeting deferred the election of officers
and other matters to a later date, and
adjourned subject to the call of the preSl-
dent. bountiful supper was served to
the guests in attendance at the cub SEES
sions and the members of the N'n's
Brotherhood of the church in the parish
house at els o'clock by a committee of
the ladies of the church. which was fol-
lowed by an eloquent address on Roland
G. Usher's, "The Challenge of the
Future" by Professor S. r. Emerson OF
the University of Vermont. The exercises
were concluded by an address delivered
Mt eight O'Clock at the First Church by
the Rev. C. f. Hill Crathern of Wor-
cester, Mass. on The Mission of the
Master" The address was based ON
Darius Cobos notable painting Of The
Master" which was exhibited. and which
it was announced will also be shown at
abe First Church on Sunday.
MIR. EMERSON'S ADDRESS.
In the exceptionally interesting and
logical analysis of Mr.. Ushers book,
THE Challenge of the Future" which
was given by Professor Emerson, the
speaker stated that tho authors argu-
ments were founded on pre-suppositons
which were radically different from his
own line Of thought. Mr.. Usher feels
that this country has passed out of the
agricultural stage into an Industrial ana
economic stage where an absolute reversal
of our foreign policy and the immedia tt
allyng of ourselves with England is de-
manded as an absolute necessity by
economic laws The conquest Of a natiof
is accomplished to-day rot by occupynl
her territory but by controlling her mar
kets and our large national Indebtedness
lack of an adequate merchant marine
and the additional lack of a sufficient!
strong navy to protect our commerce vii
forco US out OF world markets unless w
completely reverse our inherited pole!
and ally ourselves with England wher
the control of these world markets lie
and will lie in the future even If tn
present war results in favor of Ger
many.
Professor Emerson then eXpl""hed ina
In the authors estimation Germany was
right in her feeling --dt England has pre-
go, ~ f,.e :. obtaining access to worlf
49,. Itch is essential to the life NJ
49,, IN and the lack of which ieop
Lies the very existence of :
nation. 1t is practically equivalent tc
placing an iron hand on her throat. We
ourselves have always been under tn,
necessity of finding a market for on,
goods and our own great national crises
nave arisen because those markets were
interfered with, this being the determine
ing factor in the Revolutionary War. the
War Of 1872 and the Civil War. We owe
some ten billions of dollars abroad which
ran only be paid by the exchange of goods
and II our access to these markets is in
terrupted crisis must surely arise Ac-