The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-30

N'i' WIN tii' N"WHy DENOMINATION Ut fuIlt
other, unless he could prove that he did
not believe with the majority and, also,
helped support some clergyman who
preached the gospel as the individual I'M
dorstood it, and minstered as he thought
proper. A man of firm religious convlc-
tons and decided UNCONVENTIONAL procliyi.
ties was compelled to support minister
who. Sunday after Sunday. dcciicd his
homes, convictions, and held up for ridicule
his form of religions worship and religious
vicws-ior, although this is all changed
now, and broad spirit Of christian chart.
ty and fellowship rcrNa,lcs all dcnomina-
tiona pupits in those days. dccrials and
attempts at ridiculc formed too much the
staple of ordinary pulpit efforts. If We
examine the records of the town of Rut.
land and we presume the same would be
true of the records Of every town in the
state, which date back into the last cen
fury we find disclaimers. signed by indi-
viduals. declaring that their religious con-
victions arc not in accord with those Of the
majority. accompanied by certificate. that
the Individual !. q member of church IN
some other place. and contributes To the
support of the ministry there. We find in
these records that individuals nf various
denominations settled here, and filed their
proof. nj an early day, hnt cannot tell how
long they endured this anti-rcpublican bur
ln, ,,.aittu.r Ia, r..
The first notices that We find of organiza.
ton ON the part Of the Baptists are frag-
mentary and, in part, traditional hut. in
this connection, they deserve passing no.
ticc. In 1907. il would seem that there
was n church at Center Rutland, hut when
organized. or how lougit continued no man
can tell. II had no church building and.
we believe, hut one regular pastor "a Rev.
Mr. llurllut, who resigned in 1900. Their
organization was. however. continued for
several years preachers being obtained
whenever and however they could he In
noting the fact OF this commencement at
Center Rutland il may hc mentioned, rs a
remarkable coincidence that all Of our
present religious denominations. except the
Advent, were originally established at that
placc--or, rather, that the first churches or
organizations Of all these denominations, in
Rutland, were there located and that, so
far as there is any present connection there
with. are extinct.
We come now to the present Baptist
church. whose semi. centennial anniversary
will occur next month. and whose ncw
church. on Center street, il To he dedicated
to-day. Our review of the history will he,
necessarily, brief and cursory, because we
tho writer have. heretofore, given it to
the public in Il permanent form. and he
cause it probably will it most certainly
ought to-be rehcarscd in all its minute de-
tails as q part of the exercises of the day
The germ of the church may be said to have
existed. and perhaps commenced to
sprout, as early as 1918. when series of
prayer and conference meetings" were in
stituted at what was then called "NIill Vii
lage," some mile and half north of the
court house and in what is now known as
the "PoOler district" In 1923. the seed
had horne such abundant fruit, that fifteen
persons eight males and seven females
organized themselves into church by the
| adoption Of Articles of Faith" and "A
covenant" and. further by lhc choice of
two of their number as officers Daniel
Ford, moderator, and Adoniiah Ford, clerk.
On the 25ih day of November fifty years
ago next montli---a council of rccogni-
ton. as it is called, composed of delegates
from Poultney, lIubbardton Brandon.
Whiting, Pittsford, ira. East Clarendon
and Middletown. assembled in Rutland.
who ''rccognizcd" II, extended the fright
hand of fellowship and took the other
necessary step, to constitute il Il regular
church organization. For a little over two
years and half from the next Nav. the
Rev. Isaac Fuller was Engaged 10 preach
upon alternate Sundays, and was succeeded
by who was, in fact. their first regularly
settled minister Rev. Iladlcy Proctor If
ever pure and good man. conscientious
'HiiNtiiii, anu ihllllul minister Ol Inc
cross. was settled in Rutland and we he
licvc there have been many such lIadley
Proctor stands forth prc-cmincnt among
their number. We wish that we could de-
pct him rs he appears among our earliest
childish rccOllcctiOns or recount, with fit
ting words, the estimation in which he was
held not only by his own church, but by
all denominations of christians. as well MS
blythe community at large Words, how
ever, would fail U.S. and the time and place
is not fitting, He came from China, Me-.
whittier he returned only to be gathered to
his fathers. But we must hasten on. His
successors in the ministry--somc for long
er and some for shorter period have
been Rcys. Samuel Eastman. Daniel Has
kell, Arus Haynes, Joseph NJ lockwood,
Leland Howard, Francis Smith, j. c Fer
maid, Orlando Cunningham, and. the pres
ent pastor. Edward Mills. With reference
to church edifccs we will not here sneak.
as they are referred to elsewhere. We have
already extended this article to an undue
length, but considering that Il new and
beautiful chulch edificc was to be. to-day.
dedicated, in the semi centennial year of
the organization, it seemed to us Il land
mark in our history that required more
than mere passing mention.
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THE SALARY BILL.
letter from Hon. George D.. Edmunds