The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-06-16
Addison County Conference.

The annual meeting of the Addison
County Conference of Congregational
Churches was held at Salisbury Tues
day and Wednesday of last week. The
meeting was called 10 order by the Reg
lister Rev III + Lcavitt, and Rev III ID
Kitchel d d., was appointed Modcra-
tor, and Rev f. Smith, Secretary.
The churches We're represented as
follows: Bridpoit, Rev w w Winches-
ter, Dca Wing and Hamilton Bristol,
Rev a Il Lyon; Cornwall, Rev S w
Magill, Dcas Warner and Jones For
risbureh, Rev II + Leavitt Middle
bury, Rev Steele, Dca M Clark, Bro
A V Bump; New Haven, Rev c b
Hubert, Bros a Squicr and Geo p
Hathon; Orwell, Bros NJ Royce, L
Hull Ripton, Rev G ii Kent, w Cook
Dea n Lewis; Salisbury, Rev T. Smith
Deas Bump and T. A Hamilton Shore
ham, Rev w n Bacon, Chas Hunsdon,
DC Smith; Nergennes, Dea SaXton
Weybridge, Rev DIR Kitchel. S l. Rich
ards, G w Cherbino.
EX-otlicio members G ID Lane, SCook
S II Bascom, $ Jones, Henry Lane.
After the usual preliminaries Mr.
Henry Lane opened the discussion on
"Popular Amuscmcnts," and it was
participated in 10y Rev Messrs Bacon,
Hubert, Lcavitt, Kent, Magill, and by
y al 4
Lanes address was requested for pub
LEGATION. The following was adopted as
the sense of the Conference.
The Conference would commend To
the serious consideration ofthe churches
the matter of popular amusements,"
so-called. Particularly would call at
tention to dancing, card-playing, bill
lizards and horse-racing. These things
we would not characterize ~ essentially
and inevitably sinful I'm themselves !;
but so decidedly evil in their tendency
do we regard them, that we deem il
eventually important that they be en-
tirely avoided and positively discount
tenanced by all who profess TO be the
followers OF Him, who came to seek and
save the lost, and who are placed by
Him under the solemn responsibility
of being the light Of the world.
Rev III + Leavitt, for the Committee,
reported on the State of Religion.
Mr. Leavitt also reported on Feeble
Churches" and the Conference appoin-
ted him Committee To endorse appli-
cations for missionary aid in behalf of
Ripton and other towns.
Rev w n Bacon reported for the
Committee on "Moral Reforms"
Rev G III Kent gave Il report on
"Church Discipline" and remarks
We're made by Messrs Hubert, Leavitt
Warner, Kitchel, SaXton, Lyon and
| Mead.
Rev G B Hubert gave report on
benevolent Contributions" and re
marks We're made by Messrs Lane, Lea
witt, Bottum, Lyon, Kent, Kitchel ano
Winchester
Rev w w Winchester reported on
sabbath Schools" and remarks wer
added by Mcssrs Steele, Bascom an,
flames.
II btlNttii tilt StNSlollS htNb
Ttional exercises We're held and III
Lords Supper administered.
| The following committees were al
pointed for the ensuing year.
State of Religion, Rev w w Winches
ter, Rev ii L Leavitt, Dea Saxton.
Feeble Churches, Rev HF Leavit,
Rev A b Lyon, Henry Lane.
: Moral Reform, Rev A b Lyon, Re
l. A Austin and Dea James.
u Benevolent Contributions, Rev NJ
Hubert, Rev Mr. Magill and De
Boyce.
I Church Discipline, Rev Mr. Magil
Rev Mr. Torrey, Dea s James.
\ Sabbath Schools, Rev Steele, $
Bascom, DIR + Bond.
Y The next annual meeting will |
y held at Cornwall Preacher G b HUI
4 bert, Substitute, Rev A u Lyon. I
open the discussion next year, 8 Coo
= and T. s Bottom,
Delegates TO the General Conventio
y Rev w n Bacon and Henry Lane.
n Thanks We're voted to the citizens
70 Salisbury for their cordial hospital
ty.