The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-23
HENRY BOND AGAINST
SUNDAY BASEBALL
urges Baptist State Convention to
Present Solid Front Against
Sabbath Dissertation.

RUTLAND, Sept. 23.-Opening the
10Th annual meeting of the Vermont |
Baptist state convention last evening in |
the First Baptist church, Rev. George w. |
Peck, jr., the pastor, in his message of |
greeting, in strongest language present
ed the problems confronting the demon |
nation. problems that he characterized !
as such that test our faith and per-
chance our corporate existence" Said
he: We stand at the parting of the
ways. We have grave issues to consider,
so grave that we should be here on bend
ed knees, rather than with bowed heads,
to carry our problems to Cod
Rev. Mr. Peek referred to the morally
bankrupt age" the problems of our
spiritual dearth," stating that spiritual
lty was at the lowest ebb ever known
and cried to the 400 or more ministers
delegates, and visitors from all parts of
the state the demand to know what
should be the message of the convention
ON the issue between capital and labor.
Rev. Mr.. Peck spoke of the goal OF
100000 600, which the denomination is
to set for its work for this year. the new
promotion board which is to revolution
ize the management of the finances of
ton and, lastly, the necessity for the
convention to increase the salary of its
ministers, which, he declared, was 50
meager that, with the impossibility of
| living decently before his fellowmen and
paying his honest debts, brought to the
minister spiritual paralysis.
Henry Bond of Brattleboro, president
of the convention, presided and respond
| nI m fha M, ~, Ioh 8 L.
vention. He spoke of the Rutland
church as that having the largest en-
rollment of any Baptist church in the
state, proceeding to outline the purpose
] OF the denomination. Unification was
/ the first requirement, he declared. to
face the problems of reconstruction,
/ problems so great that they bring de-
mands almost beyond comprehension.
Mr.. Bond spoke of the practices that had
been permitted during the war, one Of
them, tilling the ground on Sunday that
the production for the alienation Of con
ditions across the water might be great
er. He deplored the fact that the sight
of men busy in the field on Sunday was
never more common than today. Pass
ing To Sunday baseball, he appealed to
/ the convention--to the denomination
to stand as a solid front" against such
Dissertation: to demand that the latter
against the laws of the state be
stopped
Speaking of the proposed budget Of
Sl00,000,000, the speaker declared that
he was not tax collector. that he would
not spend Ii minutes of his time on this
business. But, said he. Il would spend
the remainder of my life if | could bring
before the people the vision, to see what
stands before us and give the Master
message, Come" Mr. Bond went on tC
explain how, duringAthe war, against
Acknowledgement as bilsiness men, the lead
ers of the denomination had voted Il
keep on rolling up the deficit to meet
the expenses of foreign missions, to re
lieve the s1fferings of humanity in for
ei9n fields and how the denomination
had responded beyond anything ever
hoped for and he explained the need fol
the new enormous budget. declaring: =
have no greater wish for the Vermont
state convention than that there might
l be brought to the worker at large tn,
1 vision and the spirit reflected in the pray
er, My Father, what wilt Thou have m,
i to do?'"
Going of Rutland on u w for Vermont
and Rev D. II. Clare of North Adams
Mass on The War Chivalry.
Today there was an address, The Gen
eral Promotion Board and the One Hun
dred Million Dollar Fund by Rev. J. y
3 Aitchison. D. d.. New York. and a ser
!. mon by Rev w G. Towart of Benning
: ton.