The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-31
HEAR OF MISSION WORK.
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III. Akley. Brattleboro; secretary, Mrs.
-,Iartha Jenness. st. Johnsbury treas
urer, Miss Rena Paul. Granville. n. Y.
The trustees are Mrs. II. +. Johonnot,
Barre, and Mrs. \. \. Sherman, Will
Evansville.
Rev. Arthur G. Coxon of Rutland led
the evening devotional service. which
opened at. o'clock and which was the
oDeHing of the convention proper of the
UniversaliSt Convention of Vermont. The
address of welcome on behalf of the Brat
tleboro church was given by Ferris r.
Vaughan, president of the parish. and
this was responded to by George G.
Felch Of st. Johnsbury, president of the
IniversaliSt convention. who gave n
brief annual address. He called atten-
ton to the fact that the last time the
convention came here was in 1914. at
tie beginning of the war. and then spoke
of the cause of war, stating that arma-
ment is not the real cause. but a con
tlibuting cause. adding that the real
cause of war was the training of the
, mind and heart. He suggested that il
the golden rule was put into politics it
would help to solve the problems. as
the principles of conduct between ma
tionS are necessary to maintain peace
and that the golden rule is simply Chris
| tianitv put into practice
After the appointments of sessions
committees had been made the meeting
was turned back to the Missionary asso-
! citation. whose first speaker was Rev.
Fred III. Leining of Providence. r. L..
representing the Foreign Mission Board
! of the UniversaliSt church. Mr.. Leining
devoted little time to telling of the work
Of the missionaries in Japan. devoting his;
energies particularly to the needs of that
country, and other countries where the
denomination has no workers. He urged
! them not to expect other denominations
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appealed strongly for more missionaries
and more money. saving the board could
! not do much work in the world on the
money which has been pledged for ia
1 pan. He made a special appeal for
moral and financial support for Clifford
I StetS0n of Jacksonville who is 10 60
/ into the field in Japan soon. The need
/ of Mexico. he said. was not for soldiers
! to go there to slaughter MeXicanS. but
for preachers and teachers to lead them
At the close of Mr.. Jennings tall;
! HaZen T. Stockwell rendered vocal
/ solo Mrs Katherine Il. Haskell. a
worker of the Missionary association in
| North Carolina. was the next and last
| speaker. She gave n resume of the work
! in that state. speaking in particular OF
/ the work in several sections, and making
an appeal for the support Of the work
! The work of the Convention of Yer
mont and Province of Quebec was re-
( sumed this morning. First came the re-
ports of the committees and officers
among these the annual report of Pres
ident George f. Forticr of AIorrisville
was especially noteworthy. He gave an
Impressive summary of the progress OF
! TEniversalSm in this state. as well as
i showing by constructive criticism where
| conditions could be greatly improved.
! This was followed. after a short recess,
! b. an occasional sermon by Rev. Clar-
/ ence \. Simmons of Washington. whose
subject was The Continuance of Saliva
/ ton and whose text was The summer
q has now passed and we are not saved
/ The 18th annual communion service
closed the forenoon session today.