Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-10-02

long, sell SUSTAINING. properly IN inc
church. $4,000.
iShdron-Rev. J. S. Small, acting pas
tor; salary $500, by the church $500,
by the congregation 5000; members 80,
males Is, females 26, resident IS; con-
gregation, so to 55; Sunday school 81,
with increasing interest; prayer meeting
only part of the time, on account of
their scattered condition contributions
to benevolent objects, $48. Property in
the church, $S000 They ask for 5000.
st. Al5ams-Rev. M. G. Smith, mis-
sionary agent, acting pastor to Septem-
Der 1st; salary $1,000, by the church
5000. by the congregation $500; men,
bers "a, males "a, females so; added IA,
by baptism 2, letter II, experience 1;
contributions for benevolence $3.50. 33
congregation So, Sunday School 100, av-
erage 60. Hold monthly concert, when
a collection for missions is taken up
collections every Sabbath morning for
incidentle expenses property in the
church thirty-fve to forty thousand dol
lars, but largely in private residences !;
they ask for $400.
Vergenmes-Rev. J. GOadby, pastor !;
salary $1,000, by the church 5000, the
congregation have aided at the rate of
$500; regular members 55, males 90,
females IS, congregation rs, Sunday
school 40; weekly prayer meeting % !;
benevolent contributions 800. The
first half of the year they were without
a pastor, but kept up their meetings and
Sunday school ask for $400.
Thus, dear brethren, has your board
endeayored to discharge the duties as
signed to them The work in which,
as a convention, we are engaged, though
apparently small and humble, is yet
worthy of our best efforts We are
building not for ourselves only, but for
all the growing west, as well. Our
country churches drained and weakened
by constant emigration, are living a
broader and more vigorous life in the
churches of our distant states and terri
tories Vermont as all New England
has been called a fine preserve to raise
men. The west opens to them a bound
less field for enlarged usefulness. 1t
was noble ambition of the Roman
mother COrnelia, to be known as the
mother of GraCchi. Be ours the higher,
hOlier ambition to be the spiritual moth
er of the rising churches of the great
valley" and the Pacific slope. If the
8IGdLGSb 8lDIy VI OlO OfCCtC Vas ltI
noble colonies; ours shall be the noble
churches, planted by our sons and
daughters in the distant west. In this
view brethren, how great, how import
ant, is the work in which we are engag-
ed? How essential that these small
churches be maintained in vigorous life ?
that as in the past, so in the future, they
may send forth a noble progeny. able to
stamp the impress of New England
piety upon every community where
they may dwell.
In this connection, and because so in
timately connected with the highest pros
pcrity of our churches, your board cannot
fOrbear to mention with grateful thanks to
God, tie great success which during the
year now closed, has attended our eff
forts to endOw the Vermont Academy
The completion of a 800, 900 endoW-
ment, on the 18th of last month, calls
for most grateful thanks to God. And
may that gratitude, which we all so
deeply feel, take the form of a hearty and
large subscription to the building fund,
so that our next anniversary held may
we not hope, at Saxtons River, shall
find our school well under way, accom-
plishing its great mission of training our
boys and girls, our young men and
young women, for enlarged usefulness
both in the church and state.
Submitted by order of the board,
c. H, sec. of board.
The report was laid on the table tenn
porarily.
The report of the missionary agent,
Rev. N. G. Smith of St. Adams, was
then read as follows:
REPORT OF NJ. c. SMITH, MISSIONARY OF
THE VERMONT BAPTIST STATE C0NvKN-
TIoN, To TIE BOARD AT RUTLAND,
sppr, 90, 1873
DEAR BRETHREN-By direction of the
missionary committee | continued nv
labors in st. Adams, as acting pastor Of
the church, till the LIST Of September |
also preached, or secured preaching, in
Richford, one half of the time, till the
second sabbath in March, when my
year with them closed.
When in st. Adams, for about three
fourths of the year, preached in the
afternoon at North Fairfax, returning
to st. Adams to preach in the evening.
BY special direction of the committee
| have been five Sabbaths in Manchester
doing the work of pastor as well as l
could.
In June l spent one Sabbath with the
church in Richford; also one in Septem-
Der.
| have not been absent from my field
or lost but one Sabbath, then | was in
Boston for the st. Adams church. Have
preached in all 1875 times. l have bap-
tised but seven; three in St. Adams and
four in Richford. The ST. Adams
church now numbers rs, having doubled
in three years. AS their letter will
show, they now occupy pleasant room
in their new house have a fair congre-
cation, good Sunday School and an in
teresting mission school. When | left
them they were so fortunate as to secure
for a supply Rev. DR.. Cummings of
Concord, n. H., who is we'll known to
many of you. He is still preaching for
them. They desire to settle a pastor
and they need one With a good man,
| believe they will 60 forward with their
building in due time, and become
a strong chnrch, and do good
work for Christ in ST. Adams.
The Richford church, which I assisted
in organizing in the spring of 1872, with
% members, now numbers 40. Rev. II.
Dewitt spent about three weeks with
them in October Dea. Estey paid him,
except some $50 paid by the church.
The congregation and general interest
continued good through the year | was
with them. | was not able to go on as
| had, the labor and call was too much
for me, together with the st. Adams in
terest. From March 8 till June IA, they
were without Baptist preaching. was
with them one Sabbath, and Rev. Har-
rison S. Green of Madison University
(of Montgomery preached for them half
of the time, for three months, closing
the 18th of September. This he did with
very great acceptance, doing good work
in visiting and encouraging them. They
have now secured a subscription of
about $500, for preaching one-half Of
the time for a year, commencing with
Rev Mr. Green's labors, with the un-
derstanding that your missionary should
preach the nine months left, the half of
the time they lave the house, and that
his home should be there. TIC this the