Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-10-23
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Of Tie American E0ara g; Gntlaua
"a \ popular writer lately SAID .- These arc
TWO things IN our age and country that are
NJ a success; Tie Methodist Cbur,h and the
-e American Board " The -iz.y-ffth ami
a ver-ary of the Board. a, Rutland clearly
= Ju-tihes this remark. 1t wa success in
r numbers. in spirit, in the ability To-. the pa
4 pers prepared by i,s officers a. the basis Of
II Is work. in the Address and speeches to
= lay open this work and simulate the work
:, err, and in the care thai was taken of the
workers BY the good people Of R.tand and
vicinity while they were among tacm. All
a the-e weIe an honor to the Board. and show
: It to be one Of the uishty agencies that the
Almighty God Is using To >et ap in power
+ and glory the kine1y.l oi Car..t Ia the
world
The hindrancc to the usually large al
tendance found in the fact tAa. tli~ meet
ing was outside ,he large ,i,ie~. aud away
from the centres Of p pu,ation, was 81,
overcome by the s,i.it of ,se patrons Of the
Board, particularly by ,ac ~uuitoi V.r-
mont. Und 10y ti~ -rnerpa~ nd careful a--
rangeMents made i,y rte r...ami,5c.~ SO r .i-
lanu to bring and entertain tl.-c that d IT,
sired 70 CONE. tha, gre a-teadlucc
was not below the usual ~-audtr! -.ho
guests running up to tle nan. cc of fifteen
hundred OF more.
10 satisfy the expectations Of she multi
tudes, and To bring up 10 hi-h water
marx the ~YirIt ot the meeting. besides jIu
noble work committed 90 It. and ,he noble
workers engaged and present III It. tht-.
were the cheering reports that atl come up
from the world WIDE fields iu vL.ca il,
workers had been toiiin.s and Struggling
some eases unto death, ye, achieving sl5ri-
Gus results, Ihe-c were ~ucI as o. show.
that despite some unt0ward ey=nt~.-~sci
ss financial embarrassment. lamine. nLr-
der and the quite a. deplarale intrusion ut
High Churchlsn. In some parts %. the fed,
. opposition OF the powers that be IN others
10 hinder the circulation Of the word OF
God, and prevent the enIig ghtcued from en-
hlaclug the iaIth of the q Spei.-thc warS.
a. a whole. i more encouraging than
usual
To sustain and carry still higher The spir-
1t OF the meeting was the clear ard ringing
tire of the sermon OF DR.. Seudder, aud
the able papers Of the Secretaries Drs.
lreat and Clark, the former on - ihe FL
nancial Problem uf the Board - and tn
lasteron e. The Indebredp--s nf tb. U,m.
Churcht.- 10 the For-isn Ni.Sf.c.r, Fpr.r-
priss." Ine paner ot DR. ,ltr- viii "a.
/ d,upt not. take hi,h rank am.n. tse alle
papers on Christian Au.Iug-ri.-- tsartn.
| popular natural philosophy Co. the times
( has lately called cut /, l. ,q-als god.
and timely "a an E,ang-.ic, Pr pa ion
paper, or cputliputi.u To- C.ri-.isu Pnii-
a. Dr., \. u >.,it, .,.Il-.ai d.. r.,,.,.tf,.s
upon this psp.r ali ,i,, r,, nnJ
esy,t.,e tbn5 TN. animal r-,r,..,
%, the Banrd est yre only c,t,i-
c!-fl We b.v, T., ,,,.k ,.,,fi Il L. ft- ,ifi,..
the. rausr = NIX b4,,tt rr.t.r r,-vrrt,
-iihi-., -, rl--rlv s,I t.r--. ..,.--...,..t
Thee p;,,er- Ni.b --,.r rst ,.,..,~-.> ff.-.
merit. ,arricuLt-iy tha- .t thr a.n..r-i
pr.>ijcnr Or H,,n.i,s ,-, tr.....,.....,t
atanrntinn nf Ctri-.i.ltty ID. 4 l.r,u...,
all th,, l. reou,r,Jr TN. Il .,r n.dr,ub.
done. Tor hin, en-.-,r,. i,t,,...,-rh-t v.~.
open. and sinking d d,vu INT. t.,rrs th.-
were ret.red .. tre h,ar- at m.
ch ,r.bt-- IN Vr.n.r iav, terp
by tb. cl.nr t,t,r--t -. h,. $40,
in the subject al ,ii-.i,p- n,i H.,
iarye rontrih,,ti,,,.. ,,f ,,..,,.. .....sr.,+-
or "A h,t l. far r,,r.. ,,r,.i,,p- ,,-7-..r-H.
ba- tr,r, her liu,tt,d ....,,,,1,t,..u n ,-.,,.,.
the sneaker. declared h. r,It.,..- ,.,
riven one hundred atdtg.rt, a t.rs..
and daurhr.r. l., tbi. .,r. r,l.t. no.,
the syirit of these cr,wdel a..3l-ue.- a-.i
br,u5bt IL IN the cl.ar w,irs re-
The >pecial subjects OF tie meeting ,ras
elected most interest and rt1n-rk. N,r.t1f
FiosrriaI prabisra and tb. -, - a..
Prudential Committee recommending III
ahrosation Of the Italian Nissan Iho
clearly that the tboueht OF retreocnmen5
"a. r-t atsU ,r,-ertsiIed hn- tbc d,.--
minatisn To on f,rward ON tb. r;.ins scsI,,
of b,th means and men a. t,ud -9ouIi omen
tine v.sv ,,a. risar the re-,i- reached ard
carried unanip.ou-ly To r.i-s f,r the mex,
wear $500 eco was The r,.,,lt of c,.l. and
dstern,ined men actin u,t from ia.tuIs,
but from clear c,nvirtinn ,i what the-
oprbt tn do. and What G. d would helo
them "a do
Their r. Of ;be Pruiertial c lnmitree sns
pending the Italian III s.,1n a.,er Two years
trial with little success. ,a-~,.ar!ed rather
asa protest again,r tnecheri-.i.-! passive de-
pendancc and iaziue-- OF t.le Italians than
A. Il confession Of veal kn,s. ou the part o
the gospel To overcome even this natural in.
ertia and deafness OF tte I1alia chartrta
or OF failure of the workers IN that fell
Rather 1t was regarded. alter " hat has be
done. a. the be,t WAY t. overcome tn Us
native and cherished insertia. A. su4
onlv was It carried after earnest and ab
discussion.
Your limits forbid me to notice several
other things eoualIy yorthv. thai are press
inc nnon me.
The ,neet,n,- at Rutlsnd will have thi.
affect Itw,ll serve strnnylv Z, populariz
nore This already mosr poni,ia- OF ou-
Cbr;It;,, and devnfinnaI rath,rines