Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-10-26
AMERICAN BOARD INSTITUTE.
Prominent Speakers Will Address Meet.
ing in First Congregational Church
in Bellows Falls.

An American Board institute, under
the auspices of the American Board
of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
and the Woman s Board of Missions
will be held i'll the First Congregational
church in Bellows Falls next Monday
The speakers will be Rev. Cornelius
II. Patton and Rev. William f. Strong
secretaries of tho American Board |;
Rev. Watts o. Pye of China, Miss AIDE.
laide Fairbank of India, b. p. Hivale
of India and Andover seminary, Rev.
$. Ralph Harlow of Turkey; Walter
Wiley, Dartmouth 1918, and Miss Ruth
Holland, Middlebury college 1919. The
program is as follows:
|, Afternoon at 1890, lunch will be
served in the church parlors to the
speakers and visiting ministers. Other
delegates will be provided with tables,
and coffee will be served to 90 with
the basket lunch. The first session of
the institute will be held around the
tables at the conclusion of lunch.
At LIS, words of welcome from
Judge Warren A. Graham of Bellows
Falls.
At 100, four 10-minute talks-Mak-
V.
| Watts o. Pye; A Visit to Turkish
Prison, by Rev. Ralph Harlow; The
American Board on War Basis, by
Secretary Strong; What We Expect of
the Churches, by Secretary Patton.
Mr.. Pve comes from the center of
one Of the most remarkable movements
in the history of Christianity. The
province of Shansi which is his home
was the scene of the Boxer martyrdoms
in 1900 resulting in the practical wip-
ing out of the mission. Today Chris
tianity is advancing there by leaps and
by bounds. No one should fail to hear
Mr.. Pye at any of the meetings when
he is on the program.
At $50, pastors conference, conduct
ed by Secretary Patton.
At 4, conference on Methods for
Women, conducted by Mrs. Edward
Kirkland; address by Miss Adelaide
Fairbank of India. Miss Fairbank is
Mt. Holyoke graduate. the daughter
of missionaries and has just returned
from India for further preparation; ad-
dress by Miss Ruth Holland. Miss Hol-
land is a student volunteer at present
in Middlebury college. She plans to 90
out under the Woman s Board.
At ., The Strategy of the Kingdom.
American Missionaries and Turkish
Governors, by S. Ralph Harlow; New
Trails in Old China, by Watts o. Pve.
At 6.14, institute supper. All dele
gates and attendants at the meetings
are invited to this supper, which the
ladies of the Bellows Falls church will
serve. There will be small charge
to cover the necessary expenses. Dur
ing the supper hour each member of
the speakers team will tell one GOOD
missionary story. These stories are
worth hearing.
Monday evening at 100 o'clock, pop
ular service in the church auditorium.
A Day in India, Secretary Strong: The
Kingdom of God in the Republic of
China, Watts o. Pye; Heroines of the
Turkish Massacres, Ralph Harlow; In
dia's Only Hope, B. p. Hivale; Why I
Am AM, stgaePt ysQ4lggntsSE Walter Wiley
Mr.. Hivale is native of India. a
graduate of American mission schools
and now fitting himself to return to
work among his own people.
Mr.. Wiley is leader of the student
volunteer band at Dartmouth. He plans
to enter missionary service under the
American Board.