Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-09-27

Prayer was then offered by Rev. 4. ID.
Blanchard of Warwick, Mass. The
,hoir then sang Old Turner:
"Come Holy Spirit. heavenly dove"
which was followed by the historical
discourse by Rev. VIM. A. Robinson,
from the text, lisa. As; 9, "Remem-
Der the former things of old, for am
God, and there is none else; am
God, and there is none like me- The
discourse occupied about forty min
utes in its delivery, and was atten-
lively listened to throughout. As it
will probably be published we will not
attempt to give any summary of the
facts recited. Prayer was then offer
ed by Rev. S. K. B. Perkins of Glov-
er, and the morning services were clio
sed by singing the hymn:
Church of the ever living God,
The Fathers gracious choice"
and with the benediction by Rev. P.
Ell. White of Coventry.
Abundant provision was made by
the citizens to entertain those from
abroad, and the only difficulty was that
there were about one fourth enough
people for the places provided.
The afternoon service was opened
at half past one with an anthem by
the choir and with prayer by Rev. }.
H. Woodward of Irasburgh; then the
hymn was sung:
"Oh, where are kings and empires now,
| Of old that went and came
But, Lord, thy church is praying yet,
thousand years the same"
A very interesting narrative of in
cidents connected with the founding
the church was given by Dea. Loring
Frost of Coventry, one of its original
members. He spoke of his own re-
ligious experience in 1816-17,-of
Gods work in Glover and Barton in
1917, and the persons and means
made effective by Gods grace of such
wonderful results, and paid special
tribute to the memory of four praying
women in Barton, Eunice Kimball,
Susannah Noyes, Sarah Adams. and
Fanny Sargent, to whose prayers, un-
der Gods blessing, he ascribed. the
formation of the church His refer
ence to the fathers and mothers of
fifty years ago, of whom he was al
most a solitary survivor, was very ap
propriate and touching. Long may
this venerable man be spared TO bless
the church of God with his prayers
and his "reminiscences of former days
Rev. S. X. B. Perkins followed him
VIII oil duuItoo Vi IdIo uCduIy dHO
impressiveness upon church fellow
ship. He spoke successfully of per
sonal fellowship within the church as
a source of strength; of the fellow
, ship of separate churches and denomi
nations, referring in happy manner
to the relations that have always ex
listed between the churches of Barton
and Glover; and of the fellowship OF
the church militant with the churcl
triumphant, the saints above, and thu
saints below. The congregation Lee
by the choir then united in singing
the hymn:
Let saints below in concert sing
With those to glory gone.''
o Rev. j. I'll. Woodward then spok
n with earnestness and power of 9Th
p Power of the Church" He said tina
r a church might have regular organ
cation, might be properly differed an
n provided with all things requisite to
p. complete church organism, and be a
,e ter all but corpse ready for sepu
10 ture. There might be even some t.
n. kens of life discernible, but after a
,r that church would be devoid Of pow
10 er and usefulness. There must be til
in power of life in the individual men
l. bers and in the church, and that poy
f er must be the Spirit of God. E
d Gods promise to his church TO conft
q. the power of the Spirit, he urged tn
church and every disciple of Chri
is to seek to realize more of this pow,
pr which might be theirs. Rev. P. |
re White in terse and fitting words ca
@. ried out this thought of the power {
m the church as inducing growth.
tn spoke of the growth of grace in Il
no heart; the growth of the particul
nv church; and the growth of the chur
universal. as presenting certain cha
acteristics which are similar. Amor
these characteristics he mention,
" that in each case growth was comps
IF atively slow, which he illustrated
es the statistics of this church, and
Mt the history of Christ's kingdom in t
no world. But this growth is also sui
la which thought he enforced by the 81
il. ry OF the acorn dropped within an Q
a. milestone lying upon the ground, viii
es springing up and drawing sustenan
oh from the ground beneath and from t
Nc heavens above, finally lifts the pond
ia Gus stone, and steadily carried it ,