St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-02-19
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\ GOOD wORK-wHAT TIE Young MEN :
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ARE DOING.

4 GOOD wORK-wHAT TIE YOUNG MEN :
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ARE DOING.
The executive committee appointed
by the convention of the Dung Mems
Christian Associations and Churches OF
Vermont, held at Norwich last Novem-
Der. are doing great and good work
in the State. This committee consist
of the following gentlemen George
Z. GaviS. Burlington. chairman Rev.
). =. Cook, Ludlow, secretary y. j.
Howe, Montpelier. treasurer; II. b.
Odds, Norwich W. +. Hazcn, Wood
stock b. X. Chase, Rutland F. Fair
banks, st. Johnsbury W. L. Dilling-
ham, Waterbury. The object of APP
pointing the committee WAS to devise
and execute some plan for systematic
and extended Christian work III the
State. The plan matured WAS il series
of gospel meetings" of two or three
days each, to he held i'll such towns as
the committee should select. The la
boreIs were to volunteers, who should
give three days, Il week, OF two weeks.
us they could. to the work of conduct
ing these meetings, and visiting. for
religious conversation and PRAYER. tami-
lies anu ItlSoHS III tHt Nl'IilitN '. u"
workers were to give their time. and
their necessary expenses were t" he
paid by the Associations and churches
through their executive committee.
Thus far. meetings have been held in
Windham. WeStminSter. Bellows Falls.
Windsor. Hartland. Hartford. West
Hartford. Pomtret. Sharon. STAFFORD.
Bradford. West TopSham. East Orange.
Groton. Mal>hticld, Peacham. It. johns
bury, Barton and Clover. and are now
III progress in Cuttimg>vile and New
bury. The result of these meetings are
not only encouraging but wonderful.
Mr.. George +. Davis, the chairman
of the executive committee, who has
been i'll constant Attendance upon the
meetings since they begun. January ID,
gave some Interesting accounts OF the
work, at the \. Vi. {. \. rooms. SUNDAY
evening. The results exceed the hopes
of the most SangrIinc. Churches have
been revived and IL religious interest
awakened which. il seems. will not
speedily ahatc. The number of hope
full conversions under the immediate
lahorS of the committee is estimated ut
nearly two hundred, and in many in
>tdn't> lllt dlt tollllnlltu Ull-
der local direction. after the nitiatury
workers have left. with good results
\ large proportion of the converts are
Young people, though among them are.
numbered not II few of mature wears.
some of the latter being men of social
influence and prominent in business.
In some Instances an earnest revival
interest has been awakened where moth
in" of the kind had been experienced
toI Il generation. One Noticeable tca-
turc of the work is the number of tho>,.
persons reached who are usually termed
lizard eases" Many instances of the
wonderful power of grace to Suhdut
the apparently most ohdulatt. might he
related. hut il must suffice to say that
it is a wonderful revival work afford
ing numerous illustrations III rctItaIiou
of the idea that there are amy hopeless
cases under Divine yrace-and ii has
reached such Il magnitude that he COM
mittce hardly know when or where
they viii he able To relinqui>h it for the
season. Meetings ar appointed for
the remainder of February ;l> follows :
Plymouth. IL. l.. 10: lrnShurgh. l..
~, %: Lowell. -. %. II: Ludlow. %.
II. - : also for March South ROYAL
ton. l.. =, 3 =: R"laltou. /. }; Bethel. Il.
:. :: RoNhurN. 9. 10. II and other
appointments are to hc made -B Bur-
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