Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-11-26

presence OF God, sacrtdly promise TO him
You have chosen ~ be your pastor, that
you will, as be communicates to you Of
all that is good, communicate to him all
good things, that you will sustain him in
his work, and strengthen him by faithful.
ne-s, and he promises to you that he will
serve You IN this work. May God HESS
and help him, Let up pray"
Tic installing prayer was then offered
by d., Bacon, after which Rev. DIR,
Charles Walker Of Pittslord, Vt, father
OF the candidate, gave the charge to him,
lie said, my son,with Patcrnal sohcitude,
! ask, can you, with your feeble body and
impaired health, stand up among giants
can you take the place Of Davenport and
Pierpont, Whittlesoy and Stuart, Taylor
and Bacon, aud hold il successfully for
Christ and his people In your own
strength you cannot "What art thou
and thy Fgthor's house tha, /, possible Z"
and yet it /, possible with God, With
His help, II you can attain standing
here as their pastor, you can have the
pleasure of standing ono among the thirty
who have preceded you in this work, Have
courage, then, my SON. A Paul said to his
son, So say | TO you, Take heed of thysolf,as
You have much occasion to do, OF your
slender physical frame, and not neglect
or tax your euicebled body, but especially
talSo hoed of your spiritual life, so that
you be not oyertaken by moral iniirmitios.
Take heed Of thy service, Be found
ready TO bear all burdens, Take heed of
thy doctrine. You live in an age of ex.
pertinent, and it is not confined to physi-
cal sciences, where there is wide field,
but il has entered into the domain of re-
ligion. would not restrain the spirit of
inquiry into the teachings of the Scrip.
lures, but protest against every attempt
to raise the standard Of religion above
the Bible. need not tell you, my son,
that there are no new doctrines or princi-
pies that you Nrc to preach. What wa,
truth in Paul's time, * truth and good
doctrine now You are TO take the Bible
and teach the truth as it discloscs it
that there shall be no experimenting to
find out an easier and broader way to
Heaven. Jesus Christ j. the way. and
you, my son, are toPrcach Christ crucifcd
as Gods appointed servant. You are to
guard yourself against the dangers in re-
ligion. Most persons wish to have some
kind of religion. Ii they can
believe that sacrament l. all the church
demands, many will be INCLINED to en-.
brace such a religion; but you are, "a
preach that circumcision amounts 10 moth.
ing in the great work Of holiness There
are strong forces arrayod in the contest
and shame on any man who occupies a
pulpit in any New England church. whc
is found rccreant in TIL. day If battle"
Z Rev. Or Dags,ott extended the right.
hand of fellowship, the Rev. Mr. Eu~tiS
delivered the charge to tho people, and
the Rev Mr. Munsou made the closing
prayer, after which the choir sung a hymn
beginning We bid thee welcome" and
the pastor pronounced the benediction
In the evening alarge company met the
pastor socially at the rooms in the Chapel.
where refreshments were served from
tables deliberately decorated, amid much
/ pleasant social intercourse. The meeting
here was closed by singing and prayer,
about 10 o'clock