Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-06-10

Baptist.

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The officers Of the Board Of the Yer.
mont State Baptist Convention are Rev
John Goadby, D. D., Poultney, President
Rev. Joseph Freemen, D. D., Vergennes
Rev. L. A. Dunn, Fairfax, Vice Presidents
Rev. T. H. Archibald, Bristol, Secretary
Deacon E. A. Fuller, Burlington, Treas.
urer.
Rev. L. Kinney, late of Weston, VT,
has accepted the call of the Baptist
church in Ira, VT, and has already en-
tered upon his labors. Weston is pleas.
ant field Of labor, and is need of good
pastor. Will not some young man of en-
terprise enter upon this field.
The annual Report of the Board OF
Directors of the Vermont State Baptist
Convention says: vermont is sometimes
said to be hard field, and Vermont Bap-
lists are sometimes reminded, in semi
reproachful tone, by their brethren of
other States and by the UNCONVENTIONAL
press, that they are incr casing npmeri-
cally. But we don't ,know-we speak in
no boastful spirit-where, on the Cont
nent. any eight thousand Baptists have
expended so much for domestic missiona-
ry purposes during the last two years, or
where the outlay of a like sum of money
has been productive of more visible, tan
gible results than those which we this
day record. 1t is true that in succession
OF years we have exhibited no great nu-
merical increase, but the reason is obvi-
GUS; we have nourished and brought up
children to remove to other localities, and
these to establish and maintain the inst-
buttons Of religion and the ordinances of
Christ
CONGREGATIONAL.
! Two new Congregational Churches
were organized in Bennington County in
/ 1868.
The Corresponding Secretary of the
General Convention of Vermont, IN his re-
port in 1868, says: In summing up the
results of the year, we should notice es-
pecially tie simplicity Of tie means which
have been so owned of God. The King
dom of God has not come with observa-
ton. In a few instances we hear of the
labor of Evangelists but the largest
blessings have been granted to the Ia
bors of Pastors and Churches
The total number of members in the
Congregational Churches in Addison
- ~
1855.
There were eighty-three admitted to
membership in the Congregational
Churches in Bennington County in 1868
-forty-three Of them by profession and
forty by letter.
There We're seven pastors and five
acting Pastors of Congregational Churches
in Caledonia County.
There were only thirteen baptisms in
the Congregational Churches in Lamoille
County in 1868. Ten were adults and
three infants.
The Congregational Churches in Is
sex County contributed in 1865 only
S2iSG9 cents towards benevolent Oh
jccts
The average number in Attendance
upon all tho congregations of the Congre-
gational Churches in Washington County
il GA.
Tho number of persons connected
with the Congregational Churches in
County less than thirty years Of
age is 207.
The number connected with the Sab
bath Schools of the Congregational
Churches in Orange County Is 973.
Tho osieans county Conference will
hold its next annual meeting at Crafts
bury, commencing on Wednesday,, June
9th, at halfpast eleven o'clock, and con
tinue two days Sabbeth School anniyer-
5ary in the afternoon of the first day
Special subject for constellation How TO
make the social meetings of the Church a
more effective.
-Twentythree members Of Congrega- i,
tional Churches in Windsor County died
in 1868
The amount contributed to hcneyo-
ent objects by the Congregational Church
IS in RutlInd County in 1865 was So t
1870. 20
The Congregational Church in Hart
ord was organized in 17SG.
There are 1928 families connected :,
With the Conversational Churrbp. in