Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-04-03

i meeting house debt has been paid, &
bequest of property valued at ONE
thousand dollars has been received
and forty-four additions to the church
by profession and by letter, have
taken place. E
In the first half century of the ex
listence of this church, it received one
hundred and seventy-nine members
of whom fifty have died, fifty have
been dismissed to other churches, anG
fourteen have been accommodated
In all from the first one hundred anC
ninty-three. The present number Of
members is seventy-four, of whom
twenty-one are males.
| PASTORS.
1. The Rev. Reuben Mason, son Of
Perez and Martha Barney Mason
was born in Lebanon, N. H., July 3
177S. He was brought up a carpen
ter, with almost no education, and be.
gan preaching as Methodist, but in
January 1917, united with the Con.
gregational church, after which he
studied theology under the direction
of the Rev. Samuel Goddard of Con
cord. In September, 1918, he was
ordained pastor in Waterford. The
Bev. Leonard worcester Of Pooobam
preached the sermon. His ministry
in Waterford was very successful and
many were added to the church. His
next settlement was in Glover, where
he was installed March Is, 1926. The
Rev. Drury Fairbanks of Littleton
n. H., preached the sermon. He was
dismissed in 1886, and was installed
in Westfeld, September 26, 1887.
The Rev. Chester Wright of Hard.
wick preached the sermon. He was
dismissed October 3, 1912, preached
awhile in Newport, and died, June 30
1849.
He married, March I'd, 1903, Mary
Hibbard of Lebanon, n. H., by whom
he had two sons and eight daughters.
2. The Rev. Ora Pearson was born
in Chittenden, Vt, October 6, 1897,
and was graduated at MiddIebury in
1920, and at Andover in 1924. He
preached in various places in New
York for a year or more, and then
commenced preaching at Kingston,
n. H., where he was ordained March
18th, 1927. Rev. Ira Ingraham of
Bradford, Mass, preached the sermon.
In connection with his ministry in
Kingston, powerful revival occur
red in 1872, which brought more
than sixty persons into the church.
He was dismissed January 3, 1884,
but continued to supply the pulpit till
the following March. He then COM
menced preaching in Barton, and there
continued year and some months,
after which he labored several years
in Canada East, as a Missionary
of the n. H., Missionary Society.
He was installed January |,
1910, pastor of the churches in Bar
ton and Glover. The Rev. James
Robertson Of Sherbrooke, P. O.,
preached the sermon. He was dis
missed November 10, 1874, and was
a colporteur of the American Tract
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loss of his sight compelled him to
retire from active life. He died at
Peacham, July 5, 1858.
He was distinguished for amiabili-
| ty, humility, consciousness, fer
vency and power in prayer, and ac-
curate knowledge of the Scriptures.
So familiar was he with the language
of the Bible, that when he had be-
come entirely blind, he was in the
habit Of reciting whole chapters in
connection with his pulpit services,
and so exactly that his hearers sup
posed he was reading from the print
ed page.
His last sickness was long and Sc
we're, but he gave such striking proofs
of the reality and strength of his faith
and of the love of Christ to his people
IN their hours Of trial, that perhaps
the best work of his life was done on
his death-bed. His hope strengthen.
ed and his joys frightened as the end
drew near, and he achieved signal
victory over death.
He married June Is, 1927, Mary
Kimball, of Barton.
His only publication was an ad
dress to protesting heads of families
on the subject of family worship" a
pamphlet of twelve pages, prepared
and published in 1881, by request OF
the Piscataqua Conference.
The Rev. Sidney Keith Bond Per
kins, son Of the Rev. Jonas and Rho
da (Keith) Perkins, was born in
Braintree, Mass, April 18th. He
graduated at Amherst College, il
1851, taught the Hollis Institute al
South Braintree two years, and then
entered Bangor Theological Semin
airy, where he was graduated in 1857
and SO, he preached at White River
village, from which place he went tc
Glover. He was ordained January
IL, 1860, his father preaching the
sermon. The sermon he preached al
the funeral of Mrs. Geo. W. Todd
E1>1v s-AA1 tho at tho funeral Of
Capt. Dan. Mason, and his semi-cen
tennial sermon at Glover, have beer
published.
He married May IA, 1852, Laura
L. Brocklebank of Meriden, NH.
| NATIVE MINISTER.
The Rev. Elias W. Hatch, son o.
Edwin and Silence (Woods) Hatch
was born October 18th, 1886, and a