The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-28
MINISTERS HERR:
IN CONF FERENCE:
Part of NatiOn-W Ter
centenary Evangelistic
Campaign
CLOSING SESSION
THIS AFTERNOON
Unicn and Windham Associations Rep
resented, III Charge of Rev John c.
Prince of Bellows Falls-Aim Is to
Increase Membership.

The opening session of the tercen
tenary evangelical conference of the
Union and Windham associations was
held last evening in the chapel of the
Centre Congregational church, Rev.
John c. Prince of Bellows Falls presid
ing
The conference is part of the ma
iioual movement Of the Congregational
churches to secure 100000 additional
members in the three years ending Dee.
81, 1920, and the movement is called
the tercentenary campaign because it
comes 800 years after the landing of
the Pilgrims. Between now and the
end of the campaign it is hoped to Sc
cure 5000 more members in Vermont.
After a brief service of song, scrip
turc and prayer Rev Mr. Prince gave
an intensely interesting talk on The
Present Importance of the Evangelistic
] Function of the Church. The speaker
| said the evangelism of the dav must be
an evangelism that springs out of the
heart OF the church; it must be a spirit
of evangelism and not Il squirt of evan
gelism; il must he personal cvange-
j lism, and that the personal evangelism
viii succeed as no other method will.
Rev G. C. Merrill of Burlington, as
soeiatc secretary of the Vermont Do
lrestic Missionary society and secretary
Of the Vermont Congregational Con
ference, was the next speaker, his sub
icet being The Tereentenary Evange-
lstie Campaign. He read n report
adopted al The Chicago nlid-winicr con-
ference, which he attended last week,
the conference including state supcrin-
iendents and secretaries and officers OF
he natioHl missionary societies Rev
Mr. Merrill said two principal elements
were discussed this year At the confer.
ence, the first being church unity, and
The second evangelism.
Arrangements have been made for .
series Of conferences. or retreats, fol
the ministers in the various sections oil
the state. the one in session here today
being the first on the schedule Four re
treats will be held each week for th,
next three weeks pr Merrill sale
: there were four truths which tn,
) church must emphasize-the trutl
about God: Jesus Christ. the friend an,
: companion under whose inspiration WI
are TO live our lives: the truth ahou
thc future life, and the truth about tn
coming of the kingdom of God on earth
| The session this forenoon WAS devote
principally to the discussion of condi
a tions in each of the churches represents
4 and 10 a talk by Rev. DR. Merrill. VII
Z WAS obliged to leave on tn, ll.33 o'cloe
c train. The last speaker Of The mornin
= was Rev Arthur V. No0dwoTth OF til
t First Congregational church in We>
Brattleboro ON the subject, The Price {
: Soul Winning. After Mr.. Woodworth
g address adjournment was taken for din
a ner. which was served by the women {
(. the Centre church.
+ Among the speakers today are Rev. Y
. C. Clark Of Wilmington Rev Lyndon
= Beardslee of Dummerston, Rev. Il. !
E Beardslee of Springfield tNtl. Rev. +. Y
:, Wild OF Westminster. Miss Florence NJ
: Wells and others.