Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1874-06-06
OrDm0e County Comic reno o.


The annual meeting Of the Oh
ange County Conference OF Con
gpgatiOnal Churches, held ut Yves
Randolph Inst week, was one Of uIl
usual interest. The attendance frOIl
that part of the county was large
Rev. II. Il. Heirick, Of Chelsea
opened the exercises with q very
practical sermon, from the text "Th'
kingdom Ofheaven is like unto leav
en- which 4 woman took and hid II
three measures OF meal till tn
whole was leavened." After show
ing how false was the somewhat pop
ular idea that the church was solel,
for the comfort Of its members
rather than for aggressive work
the preacher stated his subject t.
be "The duty of each local church
to strive, up to it's ability, to evan,
Gelize the community Immediately
about it," This duty WAS set forth
by reference to general command,
to the example of the apostolic
church and the history Of modern
missions.
So practical was the sermon that
it gave the key note to the devotion.
al meetings, and to many Of the re-
marks during the session.
The Sabbath School report, and
the discuss ion Of the question "How
can the churches carry the Gospel
to the unOccupied fields around
them," were also practical presenta.
tons of church work.
The largest attendance was ut the
evening session, which was opened
by praise meeting, followed by an
essay on, and q general discussion
of "family Worship" Several very
interesting instances of the influ-
ence of this service upon the vari.
GUS members of the family were
given from personal experience.
From the report of the churches
| gather the following statistics:
Whole number of churches, 20;
membership, 1852; added during
the year, 81; removed, SO. The
church in Corinth received II mem.
bers; the churches in Bradford,
Randolph and Stratford, 5 each {;
and the churches in Chelsea, New
bury and Tunbridge, 4 each.
The Sabbath Schools connected
with the churches report 2O3S mem.
bers, a gain of 29S during the year.
The average yearly congregations
in these churches was POSI-. The
amount of benevolent contributions,
exclusive Of the support OF the sew
eral churches, was $2726.64. BY
this report with last
years report for the whole State, l
ind that only two other counties,
and Windsor, have a |
greater number of churches, while
he average for each county is about
"A. Only two other counties, Rut-
and and Windsor, have a greater
while the average for |
'ach county is 1881. Two other
counties, Caledonia and Windsor,
AVE y greater number in the Sab.
,ath school, while the average is
1873. Rutland and Windsor also
epOrt a larger average cOngrega-
ion, but the general average, by
ounties, is about one.third less.
If seventeen towns in this county,
,hroo have no CunSruSnl church
he town has three churches four
owns have two each; and the re.
one each.
The Conference chose as dele gates
o the State Convention at North.
isld, June 1918, Rev. @. NJ. Winch,
)ea. U. A. Clark and Silas Hall
nd Rev. w. 8. Palmer and Prof. e.
)onant delegates to the National
)ouncil at New Haven, 'Ct., in Sep
ember.
The following arrangements we're
nade for the next annual meeting
0 be held the last week of May of
he coming year.
Place. Tunbridge.
MOderator-Dea. Il. Dearborn.
Scribe-Rev. w. s. Palmer.
Com. Of Arrangements-Rev. s.
'. Longee, Col. j. b. Mead, Rev.
I. b. Tolman.
Predcher-Rev. s. l.. Bates.
Secretary Of Sunday Schools-Dea.
', Dearborn. L. II. E.