Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-06-13
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The Rutland and Bennington Confer
nee met at the Congregational church
II Wallingford, June 4
AT 40 o;eleGk p, N. Rev. r. 4. Hall
of Pittsford, deliveries a very Interesting
sermon. after which the ordinance OF
the Lords Snpper was administered.
After these interesting exercises the con-
ference was organized by chosiHg liry.
II. NJ Holmes, Benson, for Modera'ar
and Rev John P Smith, Pawlet, for
Scribe.
Fhe following Committees were ap-
pointed
On Oyertures- Rev. 4 Walker, D. d.,
Wallingford Rev. f. TuXbury, Bran
don; Deacon Zarah Hard, Manchester.
On the State of Religion-Rev. w. r.
Herrick, Clarendon Rev. r. t. Hail,
Pittsford; c. D. Childs, Wallingford.
On the next Meeting, etc. Rev
r. S. Cushman, Manchester; Rev. !.
P. Deneritt, Pawlet; Deacon A. d.
Smith, Dandy.
Fhe entire afternoon was taken up
with reading the iettera and reports from
the churches, giving great variety of
interesting statistical jnformatiOn.
The evening session, from seven TO
eight o'clock, was devoted to the Sab
bath School, which filled the entire body
Of the house. The time was filled mp
by the most beautiful singing by the
school, interspersed with short and spark
ling addresses to the children from H.
F. Rustedt of Sudbury, Rev. P. s.
Pratt of Dorset, and Rev. Joseph Gar
land of Rupert, which interested the
children greatly.
At eight o'clock the Sabbath School
was dismissed, when an elaborate and
exhaustive essay on the relation of the
church to the Sabbath School was read
to the conference by Rev. L. Tuxhury.
This was discussed with great ability
and earnestness by Rev. r. S. Cushman,
Rev. E. J. Carpenter, agent Bible Society,
Rev. Joseph Garland, Rev. i. Fl. Stone,
Rev. r. r. Hall, and Rev ]. p Stone,
all coineiding with the essayist.
The conference will meet at Pawlet
next year.
June 5, Wednesday, half-past
eight to nine a. M. the time was spent
in devotional exercises.
At 9oclock Rev. E. J. Carpenter pre-
sented the claims of the Vermont Bible
Society in short address. After this,
Rev. l.. III. Stone, the State Agent,
made a very stirring speech on the basis
of temperance, and presented many
facts concerning the evils of intemper-
ance as regards our State
At ten o'clock Rev. J. G. johnson of
Rutland, read a comprehensive essay on
how to make the prayer meeting attrac-
tive and effective.
An animated discussion followed,
which was participated in by Revs. j.
P. Demeritt, j. P. Stone, F. Tuxbury,
Erwin J. Carpenter, Joseph Garland, O.
Myrick, J. G. johnson.
Following this was the report on the
state of religion, which is too lengthy
to insert here.
The report of the two delegates (Rev
w. T. Herrick and J. M. Haven of Rut-
land, } to the Oberlin council was then
made and adopted. 1t was of very in
teresting character.
At half-past one D. m. there was a
very earnest discussion, led off by Rev.
O. Myrick on the scriptural methods and |
pressing necessity of the union of Chris
tians, and carried on by Revs. J. G. |
J Johnson, A. Walker, DID, and Rev. J.
p. Demeritt, in which was brought out, |
distinctly, that the ssunion' is not one of |
outward forms and names, but in |
s.Christ''
The conference, after the Doxology,
ssPraise God from whom all blessings
flow" and the Benediction by the Mod
orator, adjourned.
The weather has been excessively |
rainy both days, and has interfered some
with the attendance on the conference.
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Wallingford, June 5, 1872.