Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-04
fReported for the Herald
Dedication at West paWlef.

lReported for the Herald
Dedication at West Pawlef.
The Baptist church in this place,
which has been closed for several months
for repairs was .opened on Tuesday,
Nov. 25, and re-dedicated to the services
of God.
The services of the occasion, under
the efficient management of Rev. Mr..
Town, were as follows
Voluntary by the choir.
Invocation by Rev. Mr. Pierce, ST.,
of Poultney.
Reading of Scripture lessons by Rev.
Mr.. Palmer, of Middletown.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Clark, of North
Hebron, n. Y.
Sermon by Rev. Mr.. Spencer, of Fair
haven.
:. These exercises were nterspersed with
music by the choir. At this. stage of
the proceedings there was suspension
and an Inquiry whether the expenses In
Cured remodelliug the house had been
met. 70, .sss..5 ErE.|- FL vi,
This brought ON the floor ]Dea. Allen
Whedon, who presented. the following
report Whole expense incurred, So
1877 90; whole amount raised by sub
scription and otherwise, $1,419.2e;
leaving q balance due of $709.00. $,
|. Rev. Mr.. Spencer, upon this exhibit,
took the. floor, and with an ease and
grace peculiarly bis own, reminded the
/ congregation of the inlproprietyof dedi-
eating the house while there was debt
hanging over it. He then called. for
voluntary subscriptions, and in short
| time. the whole amount called for was
raised, and $3.50, additional, to pay for
a $500 Mason IS Hamlin church organ
This achievement. reflects great. credit
I on Mr.. Spencer as. well as on, the congre-
CATION. .:..g. -..,a.:
Financial business over an affecting
and eloquent dedicatory prayer was Of
/ fered by Rev. David Beecher, of Nor
/ way, n. Y, former pastor of this
church. The house, enlarged, removal
ed aud remodelled in. the interior, will
| not suffer IN. comparison with any church
| in this quarter of the county. XII. reg ~
As this. society, In certain sense,
takes ssnew departure" from this date,
| it may be. oppeftune briefly TO review its
I history from its organization to the pres
ent time ..s-- y. --.-..- =. =. ~
Among the earliest settlers of the
| town there were a. few Baptists. These
/ were scattered about the town and were
| not organized until 1890. Elder Brown,
| of Fort Ann, a pioneer minister, had
| visited them frequently and on. the
| Goth of May, f190,in 8 barn on the pres
| ent premises of Deacon Allen Whedon
/ then. owned by his grandInole, Edmund
|. Whedon, organized then into q
/ church. There were eighteen members
eleven men and seven women. For
I several years it had no stated services,
/ but met as occasion presented. in barns,
t school houses or private dwellings, to
| wait ON the ministry of such preachers
| as might happen to come. This state
/ of things continued until 1900, when.
I mainly through the exeftions. of Deacon
/ Joseph Haseal1, the old Baptist meeting
house was. erected, and Elder Isaac Beall
| ordained pastor And here / would put
I in word IN reference. TO Deacon Has
+. call. He was q man of extraordinary
/ mental entlowments, and of rare physical
( endurance He came from BENIN gton
when about forty years of age, leaving
/. his family behind-and frequently after
! doing a heavy week 5 work, would re-
| turn to Bennington, forty-five miles, on
| foot, Saturday night, ard arrive IN sea-
son to attend church. .--/ F.... &. .e-
T He was the father of Rev Daniel
| Hascall, the founder of Hamilton Uni
| versity. lie WAS 8lso.ths grandfather
/ of George w Harmon of Bennington,
/ who very nearly resembles him in per
4 sobal appearance, as / distinctly renIena-
/ Der him sixty years. ago. He has, also,
| / believe, a grandson living in West
/ Rutland, Ralph Hascall This church,
| Of which Deacon Hascall may be
I styled the organizer, has for the
| last four OF 1--WE months been
supplied by undergraduates of Hamilton
University, whieh was founded by bis
son. -s-tt r. ,-t-l f.r- -.'-
To return to the Church. Elder
| Beall continued pastor until 1881, though
! in 1926 a number of influential members
/ separated and formed new church.
j They were implied to this measure on
/ account that Elder Beall and his church
| had had chronic difficulties with neigh
| boring churches. and were not in fell
I lowship with any -.s:-. .....@t-- In
4 Soon after 1926 the meeting house was
/ occupied on alternate Sabbaths by the
two societies. until Elder BealPs church
/ was dissolved in 1881. The new church
/ Eso-calleoJ continued it's, existence under
| various pastors until about 1S4S, when it
| met the fate of the present church DISCO
| luton. In 1863 the old church edifice in
| West Pawlet was erected and new
/ church organized under the auspices of
! Elder A. Wait, which has continued
! with some notifications to the present
| time. s.51c4:. .I<s.... ..ss l....s = ~
| Through the efforts of few---for the
| church and society have: been sadly
| thinned of late, by several removals and
| deaths-the present tasteful and unique
edifice has been prepared, and their
| liberality to-day, in iquidating their
| debt, is an earnest, that they mean to
live and perpetuate their church organic
| alton.
| should do injustice to this church
and to its faithful and successful pastor
from 1859 to 1862, Rev. David Beecher
did | fail to notice his unwearied labors
aud the strong hold he has on the affec-
tions of the people In eight years the
church had increased from "a to III
members under his.pastorate. H.H.
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COLLECTOR A. J. CRANES DEFALoA-
TIoN.-We are panied to say that the
rumors which have been afloat a day or
two paet in oIIr community ~ tho affoct