Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-01-13

good and entirely suited to the occasion,
the prayers earnest appeals to the Throne
OF Grace for blessings upon the endeavors
OF this and kindred Associations, and the
singing excellent, az was also the instru-
mental music from fne-toned crgap,
presided over by E. N. Merriam.
The new rooms are comfortable and
roomy apartments, light aud airy, and are
SITUATED in the third story of the build
ing in the east end. They consist of a
large hall for devotional exercises and
reading room, both of which are heated
by steam, lighted with gas, suitably fur
nished, and in all respects well adapted To
the purposes to which they were last even
ing dedicated, and for which, for the SAX.
of the morals of onr community it is to
be hoped they may long continue to be
used.
From ths general report of the As-ocia-
tion read by Mr.. Potter we learn that
since the organic ,tion of the Association
in June, 1867, devotional meetings have
been held weekly at its rooms, on Monday
evenings with three exceptions, when
they were held On the following Tuesday.
on account OF lectures. During the sum-
SINNER of 1868, several meetings were
held on the Sabbath, some in the rooms of
the Association and some in the open air,
with good attendances, and it is to be
hoped good results An attempt TO hold
open air meetings the past season was
abandoned because they failed to receive
sufficient sympathy from the community
In all l2s meetings have been held by the
Association at its rooms, 373 in outlying
districts and 132 at the Jail Meetings
were began at Center Rutland, August
18th, 1867, and sustained till July 25th,
1869. They were also commenced in the
Clark district Sept. 22d, 1867, and con-
Snued till near the close of 1868.
Both of these fields Of labor were
abandoned very recently for want of
that general support from protesting
christians in The neighborhoods essential
20 secure success In the Pooler district
meetings have been held since Oct. 9th,
1867. with good results. On the fret
Sabbath in January, 1858, the Association
commenced holding meetings in East
Pittsford, and continued them for three
months, when the field was abandoned to
the Pittsford Association. In December,
1868, meetings were commenced in the.
Hayward district, Clarendon, and con-
tinued weekly for period of ten months,
The last new field of labor is the Post
district, where a meeting was first
held in April hast and has been con-
tinued to the present time with.
good attendance and a good pros
peet of final success The report con-
tinues: GAS an Association, in many re-
spects we have been greatly blessed.
While many who were enrolled with us
have removed to other fields of labor,
only one g. ID. Brown in all this time
has been removed by death. While we
have groaned under a burden of debt ever
since our organization, we rejoice tonight
In brighter prospects for the future. Still
we must depend in q great measure upons
the voluntary contributions of the COM
munity to sustain the institution and the
reading room connected with it." The
amount annually expended for newspa-
pers and periodicals for the reading room
is about 800. su... ...
Financially, we learn, the Association
was never on a more firm footing than at
present, it, Through the efforts of the
lecture committee, having paid the rent
ca its apartments for year in advance.
and has considerable sum left in tho
treasury. The Association has done q
good work in the community, and all viii
be glad to learn of its prosperous eondi-
ton.