Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-08-28
MEET AT MlDDLEBURY
Convocntlon Of Congregational Minis
ters To lie Held in Scptew,,cr

has been sent from the office of the
Vermont Congregational Conference in
this city to the Ministers of the
denomination in the state. The letter Is
signed by the Rev. G. G. Adams chair
man of the board of directors, the Rev.
II. G. Newall, of the committee of ar
rangeinents and the Rev. G. c. Merrill
secretary. The provisional program fol
lows:
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 8
7:i5 y. m After devotional service.
President Thomas will speak about
the College. Then Dean Brown will give
the frat of his lectures on THE
Significance of the Sermon"
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER .
800 n. M Professor Porter. "The Reli-
gion of Jesus. What Did He Add to the
Religion of the Prophets?"
9:15 a. m. Dean Brown, THE Basis of
the Sermon
1880 a. m. Chapel Service in charge
of Or. Hume.
i1:15 a. m. Mr.. Sheldon. Religious
Education in Vermont-As It Is
2:15 p. m. Open Forum, "Our Duty as
Recruiting officers for the Ministry
Led by the Rev. Fraser Metzger, chair
ministry.
7;45 p. m. Dean Brown, THE Church
and Social Rebuilding" In the Congre-
gational church,.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
800 a. m. Professor Porter, THE Reli-
gion of the New Testament What Did
Peter and Paul Add to the Religion of
Jesus"
9;15 a. m. Dean Brown. 1.-THE Measure
Of the Sermon
1920 a. IN. Chapel, in charge Of Presi-
dent Thomas.
Education In Vermont--As 1t Ought to
Be"
2:15 p. m. DR.. Hume, IF ] were a
Pastor in Vermont; How Should Inter
est My People in Missions
7:45 p. m. DR.. Hume. Missions from
the Modern View" Tn the church,.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER II
500 a. m. DR.. Herring. American Pro-
testantism--Its Line of Advance"
9:15 a m. Professor Porter, THE
Religion of the Spirit. What Ought We
to Add to the Religion of the New
Testament"
1890 a. m. Chapel, in charge of DR..
Herring.
Ills a. m. Mr. Sheldon. Religious
Education in Vermont-As 1t Is Going to
Be"
200 p. m. Ito continue until 4;oo). Open
Forum:
l. What Ought My Church to Mean
to My Community"
9 THE Development of a Policy and
a Program"
g. The Securing of an Adequate
Equipment"
A. The Securing of Stronger Work
ing Force"
D. The Development Of the Spirit and
Practice of Prayer"
In charge of Dr. Herring and Mr..
Merrill.
7:45 p. m. DR.. Herring, The Leader
ship That Tells" followed by communion
in charge of DIR. Merrill and DR.. Herring
THE QUINTET OF LECTURERS
Charles r. Brown, ID. d. the lecturer
on preach, has been Dean of the Yale
School of Religion since 1911 Previous to
that for fifteen years he had been pas
tor of the First Congregational Church
in Oakland, Cal. In 19l3-l5 he was
moderator of the National Council
Hubert c. Herring, d. D., the lecturer
without the denomination. has now been
for six years the national executive
leader Of Congregational Churches and
each year has demonstrated freshly his
fitness for this position
Robert a. Hume, D. D., the lecturer on
missions, has been missionary of the
American board in Ahmednagar, India.
for forty-fve years In 1901 he was
presented by Queen Victoria with the
Kaiser-i-Hind medal for public service
in India
Frank G. Porter, Phi. d. u. D.. the
lecturer on theology has taught Biblical
Theology in the Yale School of Religion
for twenty eight years.
Frank NJ. Sheldon, the lecturer on
religious education. before ne became
secretary of the Congregational Educa-
ton Society and later general secretary
of the Religious Education Boards, had
been a pastor, then superintendent of the
Wisconsin State Conference. then pastor
at the seat of the University of Michigan.
and so had gained a notable apprentice
snip for the leadership of educational
policy in Congregational institutions and
churches which hi. present position
entails.
AS in preceding years, each lecture of
hfty minutes will be followed by twenty
minutes Of questions and discussion.
This give-and-take between lecturer and
class has proved to be exceedingly pro-
fitable.
MEETING OF MINISTER'S WIVES
Last year such a meeting was held and
II was felt to be success This wear
the meeting will be devoted to a practical
discussion of some practical questions.
Arrangements are still in process but
some topics which are likely to be taken
up are; Cd What should be the relation
of minister's wife to his work? t2) Her
relation to the church organiza tons. az
Her particular relation to missions. How
iar should her responsibility 90 for
development of missions among the WON
en- of the parish? 90 Causing the voung
people to feel that they have a second
nome at the parsonage. To what extent
Is this practicable? tO The problem of
the boy or girl who attends high school
IN nearby town (a) From the stand
point OF his parent or pastor (b) From
the standpoint Of the church people of the
town where the high school is situated.
Inc meeting will probably be held
uesuay afternoon at four o'clock
HOW IA CON,