Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-10-24


NJ. c,r,s,,on ,s,or,atIon Convention.
iou"S "'" d, or
SEVENTH ANIMAL -t.,-
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Tie seventh ann u''i 'oi'' '''''',' : 10
Men OhIlsliAn -A9,ol-'''',,' III. eit, IN
Methoai5' Hl'i7C'l'r -, ,..L Amor a pre-
Neli''--''' 80. .r.. conrcption
hminifS t'1S'. &c. +
wa called to oraef q. ioa d. 49, .',..-..
Da'-so' bur''ns ''n'i i'''''' ,,l.lo.,+..
convention. ABOUT one "N'''''' -.
were DO ATTENDANCE inc M
stca iay alter inc oI''''''@
gate arrived 90 Town
After singing oil o'''ii'', ,,..,,.
was oh"r'1 10y Rev j. w. W imam
Ca-t,etou
sscretals H. T. o''- ie''' '''
rules OF the convention liz.
: TN notion Oh a. d iio"' VI
committee Oh n'' 10 i'I''7''''
Tor permanent on''IS % '''' -.
was APPOINTED Dy Tue 'ii'ii a.
Con,,iL'f On On Ng ~ - SgorrbaIo
S NOu, III U1,n Inn burlington. Norman
Coolidge, Ludlow, p. D. Blodsett' 81
'on''7'''S ..., ...,o,nittee
Daring 'hc A''e',o' VI -
retiring President DAVIS DfieHy rev IL" CO
the condition of the Association work IN
l.. FIT S.o+o convention in
vernon '.'''' '''' T,.es and 1sGe
tins city, SIX years ago ~
Vermont held a leading position in Assoeia-
tion work. Over 10000 collections ol
hymns and tracts by the bushel, were dis
tr;bn,el aver the State. God poured out
his shirt and blessed their work, CONVEX
sion. were numerous. churches were renew
cd and pastors helped. There are delegates
here. to-day. from town which then had
not church, Sabbath School or prayer
meeting but which now has all, owing To
the labors Of Christian Association we
saw the Associations Increasing in number,
er,ueto;s What Is the cause of the ap-
L., D
parent lIuIHeioi''0 anu mo
l. there anything wrong m our melhou oi
work Elsewhere this work goes on with
..o.,l,. ,.-.,,-o.- Wbv does II not bere2 i Il
question We are IHe' /" "'i9"'i'
The committee reported the following
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hoiiii"l'oi''
Presldent-D- IA. OhaSe, hullahI.
A!ee-IIcsldent,- htE. l. " DI"9'o"'
Darlington IL. i. Olds, Norwich
Sec1etary-li. l.. Slack, Sprin SneId-
MISUNDERSTANDING hlss9' Luu-
low
X. X Secretary {. T. smith, buI-
hngton-
The reuart wa accepted and adopted and
.l.,,.,.,,- .a..,-.. d ris-~ ,.l,ra- President
chase hFleuy ,i-i-ils tnahAa ioI lile Hoi'oi
done him. on taxing the chair.
D. ,,.... sJ..,,.l l.,- Dr Uo.ler ,f Mid
dlehury. LIE A>~e --1li0h was tHeh wei
coined to Burlington 10y President Buck
hon, ort tho University
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ihLSiDi->I III AhAN AD''h'1
Mr.. President and Delegates, | have
beel asked 10 say to you word OF welcome
We would not have II a word OF mere evil
Iiy OF compliment. The Christians OF Bur
lington greet You in the name of the Lord.
We give Won the cup OF cold water we may
have 10 offer, because You belong to Christ.
As servants Of the same Master We welcome
and bless YOU. We welcome You to another
OF these anniversary festivals. We welcome
You 10 the prayers of Christians; TO earnest
discussions OF Christian themes: to soul
cheering songs OF praise. 1t l. source OF
qualification to me, that from the first
have always believed IN Young Men Is
Christian Associations. | believe in them
to-day, TO less than SIX years ago. ioreSaw
when it moved off with such enthusiasm,
that the state Of things which has been
alluded to must come. Four years ago the
work was a novelty. We thought, then, we
could take the cltadel of error by storm. We
used to say, You know, that we were going
10 ''carry the State and the world. 1t was
good work we did, and ITS good results re-
main. But il was inevitable that time
must come when different work IN some
respects must be done. In all such work,
there comes dead point, when II remains
70 be seen II there Is momentum enough IN
the machine to carry 1t on; when time
Tor hitting comes; Tor work which may be
harder and at the same time more genuine,
and tell more IN the end. We &c now that
the citadel must be taken, not BY storm but
by siege. We must draw our parallels and
Sls III 'i'e 1lelicues- I'M. Il 'llo MeIA 1e
settled. brt believe in this work as mucbas
ever. II You Go, also, when we next meet
n PHI m ION, perhaps "a eaI9 uei0oi we
mn 10 ~ u, ul,",,u III ID
-. ii-a...ol Pl,..-,i.la. ~.
~. me- -, ~. -
~ 80 ~ -;
Paion. W no "a ~ 'ooNs 20 ''ii1
"''oi 70 tNe ~ az ~ ~ ''llN
!" si"" nm WI ~ Wv: i -. ~ we i 80
- W a, ~ -..i! - "
,ot'eI ~ 70
'4I MVIh lo1 NV NiaH.oi. 1.!u' II DouiG
gNe '"e ~ ny - .,i's II -
10 IL WIN '"o iiJuiS'oH -" al 4'i
Nnpls' aho' II
fTeslueht Ola9o responded nrle1y- ne
saiu 'ii"t an "no were mere ~ Inc NOh' eIi-
non SIX y 'aI9 10 calHo aSa1n, nov WIN
pressure anu eApeVtat!oh- lhey hau al
ways III al their meetings. hau encourage
hent Iroh burlington ihey ought hyt 70 /
nc u's0Oul"Gea' IoI ID TINS "oIh SnuulG an
sop to-day 'he increase OF ifaterhaI leeI
Jug among 'He uineIoH' uehoulIhatioIis' anu
the ease ol uhileI work 'hus galneI' nave
wen relalu an tie iaD9r S4penueu- we
thank you slr' ior your klhd WeIcome' ana
we trust tha' our meeting VIII he blessing
10 this ho7P i'aoio clty'
Ex-Secretary Howe then read the report
of the Executive Committee
REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
OF the Young Mems Christian Associa-
lions and their work in Vermont, it Is i'm
possible to render Just account, as only
seventeen of the forty Associations in the
State have responded to the committees
call for reports. Before leaving this house
We hope To hear from the remaining twenty
three Ofthe seventeen responses. six tell
Of the decrease of their organizations: but
two of these can hardly be called dead. and
We hope the good people of Pittsford and
tile pastors oi ilardwicG. viii again lift the
NJ. c. A. banner. While we deenIv
regret that some A--,ciations have ceased
TO exist, We bless Gud that Others have
doubled their diligence, and are doing with
their ,niqhi what their hands find IN d.
From Windsor. Nindham Winooski Shore
ham, Rutland and Norwich. we have re-
ceived .Jrd. of cheer.