Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-10-13
Rantist State Convention.


wednesday, Oct. 4th. The morning session Was
called to order at 10 O'Clock Rev. J. Goadoy'D.
D., Of Poultney. moderator and Revs- 3 NJ
Whiting and E. Mills, clerks. After the report .
of the committee OF arrangements, the animal
discourse was delivered by Rev. S. NJ. Whiting
Of Windsor, subject MAry's Memorial Offering
The Convention then adjourned to two O'Clock
p. N.
AFTERNOON
PRAYER was offered by Rev NJ. Bennett. Re
mort Of the Board vas read, and adopted. The
Treasurer's report wzs presented, and sitter
discussion accepted. He reported the total re-
ce;pts Of the ye4rtoie "a, 22s8O total ezPendi-
lures s.. 1910, leaving in the Treasury ST.
1000
The committee on nominations reported the
following board Of officers
Presidrut-Rev 7 II Archibald. Of Bristol.
Vice-presidents-Revs Il. b. Hodge, G A.
Thomss.
Secretary. Rev. {. Hubbard.
Treasurer. K Fuller.
Auditor-G. F. Davis.
Trustees-Revs A N0rcross. Il y. Hcvey,
l D Burwen NJ A. Wilcox, Il. c Estes, ).
Goaibv. L Mills, ". n Wilbur, 5. T. Brown,
5. NJ Whiting I. J. Matteson, Marx Carpenter
c. P. Premier, Des Misl DAVIS, Hon e. W.
Grsndey.
The committee on frequency Of pafior-i
changes submitted report, which after discus
sou By Bros Wheelock, Allen, Burwell, Chids,
Hodge. Estes, Green, Mills, Pierson and Wilbur,
was L.id upon the table for further consideration
The session closed with q prayer by Rev. J. G.
Lorimer.
EVENING.
The evening tession VS. al exceedingly ID
terertins and important one After the usua-
opening exercises, Rev Mr.. Archibald from the
committee appointed three years s.a-e On TIE
subject Of the establishment Of Baptist Academy
for the state. submitted the following report:
Report orfse Co1miitf- o. q ne-- E3urIfiona!
Inafiiuti0n
Your committee 10 accordance wi;a the re
DOR; OF last vesr have prosecuted the lnYesti-
cation which had then teen commenced, ami asE
leave to submit the following report
They hsve received returns from o. Of the
lO2 churches il the Sl4te OF which g. including
severrl Of the most aoe, do NOS report the
amount Of properly connected Win them
These reports disclose the i1IoTing IAcis
/ There are IL these 60 churches, 2-2o persons
+ between IA and i years Of age oi these IL
are In attendance Oh baptist schools, 20 ot whom
belong 10 the Cong eration IN Fsrtax, lesvIug
a from the other Is churches 10 attendance
on Bautist academies. There sre attending the
schools Of other denominations 3+1, and attend
iur schools under no den1m'nsu0neI control,
I 3a5. S.xty-uIue persons over p yeSrs OF sge
/ are engaged In attendance upon schools, mostly
of other denominations. We have A graduates
Of colleges. and g6 graduates OF other schools,
not including commercial academies The pro
pertv reported amounts 20 - -oly,+5l
The iscts which We have thus gathered are
very significant II their bearing upon the
question Of the demand for vel endowed
Soademy among the Baptists Of Vermont
They show that only ont-t"enileih o. our
youth. Of suitable age, ar attending ANY bAp-
tist school. and if We deduct those rep rted IRON
the single church II Fairfax. they prove that
less than fone-d;tieth Of them are Receiving
lheir education in Baptist academies They
reveal the fact that IL re thsn three timet s.
many Of our children are attending the schools
Of other denominations than are pltr0niziog our
Owl. aui with tue single exception menuouei
sbove. more than eight times as many, and he
proportion lie ecu2ly large Of those attending
schools under D. den5miusuon4l control
Or. 10 put the same grestisct II another shape,
only one third Of Cur youth are receiving any
acaiemie education. and only oue-tVenueth OF
them are being educated by Baptists-
These stat stlcs disclose some other truth. t1ai
We ough, TO ponder
one i. tnat the Baptist Institutions nov in
existence among Us. command only an exceed
ingly narrow locl patronage. They nave done
ID dzys that are past, they A. siiA dong, anu
We dsvouty hope, and sssuTediy believe that
they Will perform u days tia; are 10 come, .
work Of very great Va ue 10 their oar immediate
vicinity. We bless g ID far their assistance snd
pray for their prosperity, but they are not meet
ing the demands Of the deu1mlnstllu A. large
Our so1s zui daughters II any considerable
number. are not i'll them nor can they be- gath
cred into them.
Another fact nov made manifest, is tnG, u is
il vain to hope. inst 10 Any considerable extent
our youth Wi be cent Co Bspust Institutions
outside Of the Safe As q 1n4-ter Of fact, lees
than one il hundred Of then goes away, from
Vermont 10 ATTEND Baptist Aea1emy
Thee statements need 90 rhetoric &c enoe-lisa
them IL their pl1iu. u1v2-ulsne1 narraiiou
they tell their own story, Which ought 20 arouse
every Baptist 10 ieel thar cur erea- aeei to--sy
Is
Another f8ct is evident 90 the face @. these
statistics. am tha. is. that W hsve abundant
means To- the acconu ishmeut Of s.. We need 10
TIN. direction. Fly SIX churches not ..nclu1-
INC the most able and liberal, report nearly
S6.0Ol.0 700 Of property. And although tins e.
innate car not OF course pretend 20 anything lac
absolute accuracy, il Is AZ Approximation, anl
j. much more likely 70 f2.l below tnzn exceed
the scfug amount II Is moderate es-imate
then that puts the property o. the Denomination
n the Stsie s; not less than : +,oll.OiI a
contribution then Of little more taau one per cent.
Of the property Of Bspuste 10 the Stste-less
than the amount required by this CONVENTION %
be raised by the fee1.esi church whom ); aids for
the supp 10 Of the gcsp-. A. hlme-w1uld entoW
Al Academy with 100000 IL seems 10 Us
thst our need sod cur ztilty il this direction,
are both too manifes' &c require any argument
a. our hands.
Your committee have discharged, 70 the best
Of their ability. the W0rk committed o. their
hands They were lot empowered 20 raise funds
for this purpose. OF % locate OF endoW
Academy Sal they deeply feel ihat the time has
come wien TINS work should be entered upon 10
resoute earnestness Il has come % their
knowledge that legacy has already been made
for this purpose. and tlst sn0t-er only waits
for q permanent organization - which &c can be
bequeat1el
They therefore recommend TO the c1uveati0n
10 choose board consisting Of from nine TO
fifteen trustees, three Of whom shall hereafter be
elected by the Convention, and the Board, as %
its remaining members, 70 be self perpsJuSting
10 three casses. with the sole limitation that
they shall be members, IN good standing O. the
Baptist Churches who shsl organize A. q cor
porate BODY under the lass Of the Stale. AMI
I proceed 70 found q first class Baptist academy in
Vermont, and 20 eudoW Snd control the same.
The President then introduced Rev Dr. Hovey
ofNeTtou Theological Seminary, who delivered
strong and excellent address on the Need Of
Liberal Culture He vss followed ny Rev Dr.. 5.
S Cutting Of Brooklyn, in come sbie AID in
teresiing remarks urging the establishment Of
first class well endowed Baptist academies.
DR HovET's DISCOURSE
Dr.. Hovey urged the need Of liberal culture in
all csllinss. The professional man must have
il. in order to the highest influence aud success.
The teacher should nave a broad culture. We
cannot place the standard Of qualification too
high, IN those 70 whom We commit the all in
poriAut task Of instructing the rising genera
ton he true teacher must be hotpitAble to
al Enthusiastically IN his whole beng. But
especially does the preacher need a liberal edu-
cation. he may, indeed, gam an education
outside the schools, as some have done, By
study Of men and Of booss but the broader
and higher and more liberal his culture, the BET
Ter fitted will be be for bic high work be
needs such broad and varied culture becsuHe
every science touches theology BE must use
good language in order 10 be able to present
truth clearly and illustrate 1t forcibly. He es-
pecislly needs a classical training, because the I
sacred Scriptures must be studied in the original
Greek and Hebrew il order &c the most thor
ough understanding Of them The preacher 4
must be sole 10 % as nesr as possible to the.
original inspired word. Then he should be
lover Of books, and through them command /
the thought Of all the ages, for his own aid and I
recreation snd stimulus. Oar public men Z
need higher culture Too many Of them are