The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-01-13
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
CONGREG ATI0NAL CHURCH

III HNH met AAAt Hs4stf - - sf
uary 9Th. for their annual meeting.
After brief devotional exercises con
Quoted BY Rev. S. X Perkins, the re-
ports a the various officers we're re
oeiyed.
TIE clerks report showed SIX names
adde 10 the roll during the year and
! loss b. letter and death o. SIX. The
tot j membership is new l27 q which
number % are absent Thirty-tnree
names Lave been placed on the reserve
lit The treasurer reported beneyo-
le,eos for all objects Of over sl4OO,
inducing local Charities, Near last
r lief work, and the regular gifts to
the UNCONVENTIONAL missionary soeie-
Ties A risirg vote Of thanks was CIV
on Mr.. E. H. Hemenway for his ser
vices ~ treasurer for FIVE years, the
duties Of which Office he asked to DC
relieved Of. The usual appropriation
~ s25 q ch TO Kurn Hattin Homes and
tho MANCHESTER District Nurse were
voted. The committee on creed reVl-
sion reported progress. Following
the roll call the report Of the nomih-
ating committee was presented, ae-
cented and adopted as follows: Clerk
W r. Hard; treasurer, Mrs. d. !.
Hamlin: Missionary committee, Rev.
s K Perkins, Mrs. /. +. Pierce, Dr.
/. +. Pierce, Mrs. Hamlin and Mrs
Munson. Sunday school superintena-
emf ITO be elected later). Assistant
.intendents. Mrs. Munson and D
x Perkins. Secretary, Clifford Ora
ham Ushers: C. H. Hawley. L. +.
Pierce. William Graham, Paul Buck
p p Hamlin. Advisory committee
member for three years. DR.. Ii. W.
Eliot.
At the annual meeting of the Con-
qreqational Society held Thursday
evening, the report Of the treasurer
showed good surplus in the treasury.
The following officers were reelected:
President. W. r. Hard; clerk, NJ. Y.
Rates: treasurer, G. l.. Towsley; pru-
DENTAL committee, C. L. Randall, L. Z.
Pierce, Geo L. Towsley
Evening Program
The business Of the parish having
been transacted in the afternoon, the
evening was given over to delight
ful supper Of the usual bountiful ana
satisfying kind, under the competent
direction Of Mrs. j. C. Bacon and
committee of ladies. A most unusual
program followed, for which Mrs
Claude Rich deserves hearty thanks
from all who had the pleasure Of us
tening TO a well-planned, live discus
sion Of present problems Of the
Church The following is the order OF
musical selections and addresses:
Anthem, bethlehem" by Choir.
The Creeds of the Church, Mrs.
Munson.
Rev S. X. Perkins, introducing
The Church Of Today, by Rev. J. 5.
Brown.
Solo, "The Virgins Lullaby" (Buck)
by Mrs. VIM. Griffith.
Three poems: "Indirection' tklch-
ard Reals), 1.-THE Chambered Nantil-
us" (oliver Wendell Holmes), Each
in His Own Tongue" (Wm. H. Car
ruth). by Mrs. Claude Rich.
Year 1921, by Mr.. NJ. G. Bates.
The Future of the Church, by Mr..
Walter r. Hard.
Anthem, "Sing, o Heavens Tour1l,
by Choir.
Yrs. Munson's scholarly address
Iealt with the history of creed-mak-
ng from the days of the ecumenical
council at Nicaea to the present day.
While it is true that the Greek, the
Roman, and the Anglican Churches
till use the Nicene and Apostles
reeds, handed down without change
'or about fifteen centuries, since the
laws of Calvin and Luther many
reeds and confessions have been pro-
nulgated by the various branches into
which the Protestant Church has split.
Mrs. Munson ended by expressing the
lope that a new Luther might arise to
express the beliefs Of today in new
reed.
Mr.. Perkins was next supposed TO
leliver an address, but he most mod |
,stly declined to stay in his own pull |
Dit longer than to introduce the prin-
,ipal guest Of tie evening, Rev. J. 5.
Brown Of the Baptist Church at the
Center. Mr.. Browns talk was in
'ormal. picturesque and tremendously 4
7igorous. He spoke most felicitously |
r the relations Of the sister churches
almost twins, whose Increasing under
.tandiug and mutual regard typefes
ne Increasing unity in cur divided
-hr tendon. Although Re placed
himself on record as believing in unity
--.f - tha- organic union. yet r. pfa-