St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-25
The CORceHftOa at PeucHani.

The Contention at Peachuni.
The Christian convention announced
| IN the Cutdol.icul of two weeks ago, as
sembled in the Congregational church in
Peacham OIL Tuesday, at , o'clock, =. NJ.
The first hour of the convention was
spent in prayer for the divine blessing,
Rev. T. l.. Fisk conducting the excl
cises. After an address 10y Rev. II. b.
Fisk, welcoming the members OF the con-
vention to the homes and hu>pitalities OF
Peacham, the organization WAS effected
by choosing Prof. Ilun2ertorl OF Burl-
ington, president Rev. l.. O. Brastow,
vice president Rev o. NJ boutwell,,
-ecretary Rev. F.. / Fairbanks, Kev.
L. Il. Fisk, and Prof. IIungertord. were
chosen business committee.
The regular bushes, of the convention
was commenced at $3.50 p. NJ, by saking
up the question: What is il 20 glority
God The discussion was ably opened
by Rev f. T. Fairbanks. and partici-
GATED in hy Rev> p = FL, Prot
IIungeriori, VI IL Wells, Q. VI Bout
vel, l.. :. Watts, J Z. Humphrey, and
Mc>>r>. =. ID. Blodg,rr, \ VI. Peek.
T.. Ciar. anl T. L. Hall. The Discus
sion occupied the remain Ter OF til, after
noon se>>i IN.
The evening session was opened with
singing, and prayer by Rev. VI ii.Welis
The question of :hc relation OF Churches
,nd Chris ian Associations. WAS taken up
md we'll and briefly discussed by +. ID
B.oI@oi: and Rev. l.. O. Bras;ow. The
question What are the hiilr.ncr> to "a
revival Of religion Wa next taken up
aud the pastors and d,iegatr- from the
iItl rtnt churches stated what. IN their
opinion, were tie hudrnnrc- in their
,wn localities. Prof IIungrrtor1 and
Rev. l.. :. Waits then spoke on the
question, What can b. done TO secure a
General revival OF religion Tie even
M session was closed with prayers by
Revs. Boutwell, and Wells, and >in-ing.
IFefmschW mo."Uy Tia. convention
met at 9 o'clock and spent the first hour
OF the forenoon session in prayer, Rev.
L. +. Fairbanks conducting the exer-
Uses Whose fault l. it that in the
country there are iabitual ncgicctors of
public worship! WAS the question first
taken up. Its discussion WAS opened 10y
Rev. J. L. Humphrey. who answered
that the fault primarily was i'll the neg
iectors themselves. He referred, in lit
any terms, TO the dccicrious influences
Of our foreign population, excessive week
~ labor. habit, want of clothing. and
want Of a seat in the place of public
worship. TIE fault is ours, sccondarilv.
because we do not invite them to come.
We let our nri"hbors alone too much in
this respect. Much might he done by
providing carnage, and removing OBJ
-taclcs Of Il similar Charact". The dis
russlon was participated in by Rcvs r.
Is. Fisk and +. c. Cummings, and \.
Is. GosS, Esq. OF Waterford.
At IL o'clock the convention took up
the question of the nature and duly of
personal conservation 10 Christ Rev.
NJ. ii. Wells OF Lyndon lei the discus
sion. lie remarked that conservation
was a pc,So',H thing. 1t is giving our
sel,'s TO Christ. Becoming one with
Cmi>t-doing bis work-iulflling his
r"ill-becauSe of Iii, glorious character
and because He died for us We ought to
ourselves to Him. After
prayer 10y Rev. ID. f Palmer, remarks
We're made by Rev. O. VI. Boutwell,. |
Prof ilungertori and Rev. l.. c. Cum
mln9s. R,v. Mr.. Shaw, an aged minis
ter from Barnet, made some interesting
He stated his views on the
subject with great clearneSs and said he
had lived long enough to learn there was
nothing else worth living for. lie was
followed by Rev l. : Waits and w. 5.
Abbott, Esq, OF Cabot Adjourned
wednesday, ottc,uoou se>>i,R.-The con-
vention met at , o'clock Z. NJ The first
halt hour was spent in prayer, Mr.. p.
v. Blodgett conducting the excrcises.-
-A''et listening TO reports from the vari-
Gus ehur'"es and Young Mems On. As
'"ci'tl"ns REPRESENTED. the convention
proceeded to cons'ler the object of Sun
day School labor and Low to reach that
object. Rev. +. G. CL.nminos stated
the object to be to teach the word o. God
Particularly to teach Jesus, not only
historically, but as an inward life and
power. Teach by example-bible ex-
amples. 1t is ,rUo,iny work and reals
ed very much in proportion as those who |
teach are imbued with the spirit. Very
able and interesting remarks were made