St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-07-07

The meeting ore ned Gil Monday
evening. 1t was the Young people:
session, presided over b. Hon. Hen
~ Bond. At 7.30, the devotional
service was held, which was in charge
of Rev W. G. Towalt OF BENNINGTON
The address of welcome was deliver
ed by Rev Ii. B. Rankin, pastor o.
the First Baptist chulch of Newport
and it tended TO make the cut OF
town peonle feel as thouoh they nos
sessod the keys to the fair city. The
presidents regnonse end address was
lea. by Hon. Hem Bond.
! he first business on the nrogram
was the adoption of new articles OF
the constitution which were unani-
mously nassod, as follows:
First, the chanoin~ of the number
of members on the Executive Com
mittce from 81 to 81, one-third of
which will be women.
Second, the date of the Convention
is CHANGED from September to the
last week in Nav OF at such a time
as may be found necessary by the
Board,
The first address was delivered by
Rev. William A. Hill of New York
on "Thc Next Step is Missionary Ed
ucation." Rev. Mr.. Hill stressed on
the extreme Importance of steady
emrhasis on missionary educational
training in place of apasmodic train
in", and pointed QUIT he inheritance
of trans rormn" money into life. He
declared that the KINGDOM of Heaven
is to bring Il conta"ion of life and
that this was aided ver-- LARGELY bv
ripht rcadno and bv specialized mis-
sionary endeavor and that only in
this wa can the great ornoltunity
today facing the Christian church be
met.
The next speaker vas DR.. r. M.
West of New Jersey, who chose as
his topic, Establishment for Life Ser
vice" He emphasized the fact that
world order as now exists is not
a finished product but is to be
brought into order and finished;
that this unfinished condition is
shown clear]" bv the unrest in labor,
bv profiteerin", b. some types Of
politics and by the general condi-
ton of the world at large.
"Today as never before evil is
being revealed in its grosser naked
ness" he continued, "never has
there been so great a ned for God
and pure religion as there is today.
But in the bringing OF this about,
God takes all the needed time. This
requires on mans art recognition
of the task, the inheritance of faith
and a great wisdom. God has not
failed in the sum of righteousness
anv more than he has failed in the
sum of the heavens. The era before
us is the one of the development of
moral consciousness"
The Tuesday morning service was
given over to the session of the Yer
mont Bantist Historical Society and
was presided over by Hon. w. W.
PRAYER was offered by Rev
N. A. Wood of Wilmington. After
the report of the secretary and
treasurer had ben read and received,
an address was given bv DR.. James
E. Norcross on the subject of "Some
Tvnes of Baptists." in which he call
ed attention to the ~"rasatic Bap-
lists, the nharasatic Baptists and
the progressive Baptists, showing
that the latter only are worthy Of
their historv.
Following DR.. Norcross' speech, a
session of the Vermont Baptist Mis-
sionarv Conference and Aid Society
was held, over which Rev. ]. H.
pastor of the Main Street
Baptist church of Newport, presided
After the report of the secretary and
treasurer was read and approved,
he meeting was thrown open to dis
,ussion and consideration of the Ian
If cooperation with the Minister'S
md Missionaries Pension Board of
he Northern Baptist convention.
The plan, as explained bv Rev. w.
\. Dawson of Burlington, showed
hat the purpose of the Northern