The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-18
INTERCHURCH
CONFERENCE HELD
At MONTPELIER
Attendance Not Large But the Results
of the Meetings Are Said to
Be Satisfactory.

The Washington county leaders
training conference, which has been in
session since Wednesday afternoon in
Montpelier, closed this afternoon so
that the men who have been attending
might get the northbound train for st,
Albans, where similar meeting takes
place to-day and tomorrow. 1t is a
part of the interchurch world move
ment and the work of organization of
which has been carried on in all the
counties in the state. The closing of
the program will occur at st. Adams.
Those in charge of the plans state
that they have met with success every
where they have gone. Their attend
ance has been large, excepting in Mont
pelier.
The men gathered to the work on
is felt in the section they represent.
They are business men, SO that the per-
sons in charge of the plans are well
pleased with the meeting.
DR.. w. A. DAWSON explained at some
length the work. That is to say, the
pastor of each church will divide the
field they are pastors over into Sec
tions and will appoint one man to take
charge of each section The man will
select others to help him and canvass
of the field will be made so that when
they have completed it, every non-par-
tisan person in the community viii be
known. Some referred to work among
the Catholics, but DIR. Dawson and
others stated that if they confined their
efforts to the non partisan persons
those who are doing the work viii have
all the project they need if the work is
well carried out Having secured the
registration, then the work of increas-
ing the influence Of the church will COM
mence.
This morning Philip T. Fl. Pierson Of
Bennington, chairman Of the board Of
charities and probation, spoke from the
layman's point of view, showing to his
audience that pastors are getting very
small salaries as compared with the
duties they perform, that the increased
cost of living has to be met by these
persons as well as it does by men in
other walks Of life.
The conference was attended on
Wednesday evening by about 70 per-
sons. Miss Grace Brooks spoke this
morning on The Worlds Need and the
Church's Opportunity" after which de-
nominational meetings occurred. This
afternoon the county advisory commit
tee was selected and then Rev. G. II.
Bennett spoke upon "Christianizing the
Community Through Cooperation
Rev George Spencer of Boston, a for
mer Montpelier man, spoke on "The
Hour Of Christian Opportunity" at the
session Wednesday afternoon. He was
followed by Prof Raymond Mcfarland
Of Middlebury college, who spoke upon
"The Scope and Significance of the
Work"
In the evening, Rev. W, A. Davenport
spoke upon The Resources" in which
he referred to doing this work as any
other work IL done, from practical
point of view, using the canvass Of an
Insurance agent for an illustration. He
inquired relative to the prospects of
Young men going into the ministry
next spring at the Methodist confer
ence and found at the present time
there is little likelihood Of candidates
for examination. He attributed the
lack Of pastoral candidates to failure
of families to pay enough attention to
Bible reading.