The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-12-14
50 M. E. CHURCHES
REPRESENTED AT
AREA MEETING
Conference Closed With
Enthusiastic Address by
Bishop Hughes

dist churches closed an all day
session at Grace Methodist church
Tuesday evening, the last speaker
on a PROGRAM full of information
and inspiration being the enthu-
siastic address of the resident
bishop, Rev. DR.. Edwin H. Hughes
of Boston.
The conference was most sue
cessful one both in attendance and
interest. More than so churches
in Vermont and New Hampshire
were represented. Some of the
nearby churches sent not only
their pastor but several lay dele
gates.
The first of Tuesday evenings
program was given over to Field
Secretary E. ID. Kohlstedt of
Chicago, who gave a very inform
ing address. By the aid of screen
pictures he reviewed the extension
work of the church and by COM
prehensive facts and figures sent
home a strong conviction to all
who heard him Of the importance
of the points of contact which
must be maintained between the
church and the world it wants to
save. Speaking of the missionary
spirit he called attention to the
fact that John Stuart, a black
man, first went as missionary to
the red man. in order to make the
white man sit un and take notice.
The splendid address by Bishop
Hughes was a fitting benedictlon
on this most successful gathering,
a meeting made memorable by the
presence of three bishops, many
of the high officials of the church
as we'll as resident representatives
of the denomination in many loca-
lities over the whole area.
Bishop Hughes began his ad-
dress by telling the story of a
soldier in the Civil War who based
his decision to service in four
points: (1) My country calls me;
(2) Ny country needs me; (3) !
am able; (4) l am willing. With
the Bible as our guide we ought
to translate this incident into our
present task. ! am not mucn I'M
pressed with continuing the terms
of the war TO the present needs
of the church, but at the same
time it is we'll to keep the note
of conflict in our pogram, but al
ways to remember that Christ S
program presents the best equl-
valent for war.
So. as the country calls and
needed the soldier boy, so the
church needs and calls US today
more than ever before to bring II
to the relief of the country IN TINS
reconstructive time OF need.
Then. too, we are able. We are
able to put across this big ms
sionary program. There are those
who whine and whimper and re
pessimistic, but the truth remains
that we are able, for facts show
that the past year the people OF
New England have saved three
hundred millions of dollars; never
was there so much savings bank
money: we came out of the war as
the only creditor nation; the ohly
nation that came out of the war
rich; we hold forty per cent OF the
worlds visible supply of gold IL
will not be much of a real sacrl-
fee to raise twenty millions. Two
sodas a week would double that
amount. There never was better
time in our history to 90 big thlnG'
than today. We ought to be Will
ing. Bishop Hughes SAID, ana gave
Glowing tributes to the late Alden
Spcare and other prominent men
of New England whose methodlcal
tvthing resulted greatly to tner
own financial advantage as well as
to that of church and charity he
said he had great confidence IN
the people of New England. There
are no finer Methodi5t5 on eareh ;
than we have right here. New
England Methodism is like anthra
cite coal, IL klllutc9 Hlo"4f
burns like everything. Bishop
Hughes said it would be little
short OF a spiritual crime not TO
give our young people partner
shin in the biggest forward en-
terprise in all our re gious pro-
gress.
The second speaker of the Tues
day morning session was A. b.
Moss, assistant secretary of the
foreign board in charge of the
student activities in the foreign
field. Mr.. Moss said that the four
great objectives of the foreign
work were evangelistc
medical and the crea-
ton and distribution of literature.
The first missionaries were almost
entirely evangelistic. After con
vcrting the people the found that
they could not caAAV on unless
they could educate tHe people. The
edcational program readily eX-
banded into a medical program
TO maintain the health of the
To spread the gospel
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