Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-04-22
The Trey Cenfsrence.
SATURDAY.

Altef tAe reg uidr morning pray CT meet
ing, the Conference reassembled at nine
o'olock The minutes were read aud ap-
proved after su bstituting the name Of Rev.
| Mr.. Herman for that of DR.. Peck, on COM
mittee to attend the funeral of Rev. DR..
Park. The committee ON claims were
permitted to retire. The cases of Rev.
John Pegg and Widow Mihill, were re-
ferred to committee on claims. The fifth
question-"Who have been admitted and
ordained Elders was then considered.
DR.. Durbin, Corresponding Secretary of
the Methodist Missionary Society, was
then introduced to the Conference. Rev.
Mr.. Tator was elected to Elders orders.
The Bishop then called for recommends
tions for local Deacon's orders. Rev.
Messrs. Robert Coburn, Harrison T. His
cock and Henry Graham were recon-
mended from the Albany District and
Rev. James H. Bond was recommended
from the Burlington District, and was
elected Ito local Deacons orders. Rev.
James Inversion, of the Erie Conference,
was transferred to the Troy Conference
on trial, and elected to Deacon's order.
! The question-"WLo remain on trial z"
was then called, and all the members Of
the class continued, with the exception of
Rev. Henry N. Wright. who was Gscon-
tinued
! A prolonged and animated discussion
on the question of continuing on trial
Rev. S. III. butcher, of Lake Pleasant
took place, Rev. Messrs. Robinson and
Watson arguing against the motion, and
Rev. Messrs. Tiffany and Griffin arguiny
in its favor. The motion to continue was
! finally carried by vote of sixty-six to
sixty-three.
mittee consisting of DIR. Griffin and the
Presiding Elder of the Troy District, and
Rev. Mr.. Eaton was appointed to visit
George j. Brown, at the Utica Lunatic
Asylum, and report on his condition. The
4th question was then considered "Who
are the Deacons of the Second Glass 2"
The members of the class were respec-
lively advanced another year, their char
acter having passed. Rev. III. L. Starks,
from the committee on claims, reported
the amounts allowed to the respective
claimants, A resolution to assist in sup
porting a Methodist magazine was
adopted.
Rev. Mr.. McChesney was heard in re-
gard to the claims of the Methods. Quar-
terly Review. He was also permitted to
receive subscriptions.
Commencing at two o'clock in the after
noon the Sunday School Anniversary was
held, Rev. J. M. Edgerton, presiding.
Addresses were delivered by Rev Messrs
}. w. Thompson and Carson Parker The
addresses were exceedingly interesting
and appropriate for the occasion. The at
tendance was very large. The singing by
the children, and especially by the infant
class, was excellent In the evening a
Conference love feast was held at the Ohio
street NJ Il. church
SUNDAY.
Sunday was a memorable day at the
North Second Street Methodist church, in
the city of Troy In the morning, Rev.
William II. Miller, former pastor of the
church, delivered a mastery discourse
upon the adaptation of divine Christian
ity 10 the wants OF mans nature The
sermon was intended as thorough re-
Spouse 20 the theology of Theodore Par
ker. In the afternoon the house was well
filled with an audience of the children of
the Sunday snhnal, and adults, who were
entertained and instructed by short and
thrilling speeches by r ev Messrs. Noe
McChesney, Walker and S. W Brown,
and Drs. Cahart and Wentworth In the
evening, the church was literally packed
with people who came out to hear Rev.
Calvin Kingsley, d. D., the presiding
bishop of the Troy Conference now in ses-
sion at the Washington street church,
West Troy. The Bishop chose as his text
the words, Ills name shall be called won
derful.' After proving the attributes of
Cod, especially his affinity, power and
wisdom, to be essentially wonderful in
themselves, and having thus laid broad
foundation, he proceeded to clucidate the
new class of wonders revealed in the text,
viz the wonders of the incarnation
Christ was lncarnat" that 10 might come
T. IL 4
Il man, but the kindred, the brother Of the
human race, -nota jew, but the son of
muhkind An humanity cries out for an
incarnate God. Heather idols point to
IT, and every unsupplied want of the hui
man heart ycarns after it. The wonder
OF the ages is a divine human Redcemer
The speaker illustrated his different points
with such touching simplicity. level to
the comprehension of all, that the hearers
could but feel that he who was i" called
wonderful was their friend The style
was unaffected, the delivery easy, and
every sentence was burdened with mean
ing. The sermon closed with tender
appeal to those who reject the friendship
of Jesus, the incarnate God, to admit
him to their hearts, that the divine may
save their humanity. No mere synopsis
can do the sermon justice. The verdict
Of the people was that it was instructive
and inspiring, and the preacher every inch
a Bishop of the genuine "apostolical sue
cession." The singing was most notice
able feature of the services. The congre-
sational singing, led partly by the choir
and partly by Phillip Phillips, was an
emphatic response to the injunction of the
Psalmist where he says, "let all the
people praise thee"
AT the First Baptist church, Rev. DIR.
Baldwin's, Rev. S. McChesney of Saratoga
Springs, delivered an able discourse
which met the hearty approval of his