The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-30
State Meeting of COngrega-
tiOnalists to Be
Held Here
THREE-DAY SESSION
IN CENTRE CHURCH
Speakers from This and Other States
tc Give Addresses Conference
George L. Dunham Is President.

Announcement was made at state
Congregational headquarters today of
the program for the l25th annual meet
ing of the Vermont Congregational con
ference and the l02d meeting of the
Vermont Domestic Missionary society.
which will be held in the Centre church.
Brattleboro. Tuesday afternoon to
Thursday noon May lib.
The general subject of the ting
viii be The Place of the Pilgrim Faith
and Policy in a United Professionalism
An important business session Will be
held Tuesday afternoon. after which
addresses will be given by Rev Louis
II. Reed, d. d., New York city. on The
Relation Between the Annuity Plan and
the Iilgrim Memorial Fund AMI bv
Rev. Clifford II. Smith. New York city,
on The international Congregational
Council of 1920. The conference ser
mon viii be preached by Rev. Donald
| Fraser of Wells River, followed by the
| communion.
AT the evening session the veteran
i historian of the conference. John NJ
Comstock of Chelsea. will report on
Vermont Congregationalism in the Ter
centenary Year, and an address will be
| given by Rev. Frank l.. Goodspced. D.
| d.. Barre, ON The Call Of the Present
| Hour.
On Wednesday devotional periods will
| be conducted by Rev, Paul Dwight
| Moody, New York city The annual
trceting of the Vermont Domestic Mis-
sionarv society will be held at IC
. clock Wednesday morning, at which
/ the speaking program will be a fol,
lows A Winter in Eden. Rev. Frank
4 l.. Stacy: Ventures in Vershire. Rev
George H. Dierlamm; Boy Scouting in
| IIariland, Rev Edward c. Fellowes
| Pastoral Calling in Simonsville. Rev
! Elmer II. Stevens; \ Winsome Message
and Winning Program. PASTORS at
Large Andrew s. Boles; The Obligation,
Of Victory, Associate Secretary Charles
lC Merrill
After The afternoon business session
addresses win be made by Rev. Merritt
/ 4. Farrcn secretary of the Boston Sea
mans Friend society, on The Men Who
Sailed the Mayflower; bv Miss Iaurf
H. Wild Mt HolyoFe college. on On
Pilgrim Mothers and the Task of Thei
Daughters; and by Byron y. Clark sec
rc arv v NJ. G. A. Miss Marion Gary
field secretary y w G. A. and Rev
Charles y. ST. John. Montpelier. OF
The Youth Of Vermont.
The evening addresses will be b.
Rev Paul Dwight Moody, on Some Mod
; cru Factors for Church Unity, and h
Rev. Cornelius H. Patton. y. ~, Bos
4 ton on The Rising Tide Of Christianit'
in tho Far East
7 On Thursday morning Rev. William
: A. Dawson. u. D., Burlington, chair
man of the state advisory committee
G VIII speak on The lntcrchnrch Worl
2 Movement in Vermont. Following hin
Q addresses will be given by Prof. Sam
!, uct f. Emerson, Burlington. on TIL
! Pilgrim Contribution TO Three Centnrie
o of American Professionalism. and b
G Rev Frederick b. Richards. d. D., s.
y bloomsbury. on We Ourselves Must Phi
/. grims Be.
George l.. Dunham Of Brattlcboro
president of the conferences; Re,
Clauncey C. Adams. Burlington. chair
man Of the board of directors; Rev. I
Y r. Woodin, d. d., Brattleboro, chairma
Of he committee of arrangements; ]
l.. Hldrcth. Brattleboro. chairman Q
u thr committee on entertainment