St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-03-19


sociation formed 10y the Rev. a. Ballot
and Il Unitarian clergyman, or perhaps
more properly speaking, restorationis
clergyman.
q. \ restorationist clergyman A
\ cs, an association well | don't know
us | could characterize it exactly:
don't recollect distinctly what its char
acterStics We're: it was religious com
munitN.
! q. Had they any service? A. Yes
=. Did You not participate in it the
winter You were there? \. The win
ter | waS there often spoke on SUNDAY
i'll the chapel.
q. Practically united with them did
!you not \. No. | belonged to what
WAS called the practical Christian min
I>try that was connected with the asSo-
citation, or that grew out of it, but had
no official connection with the associ;l-
| tion itself
.. lou say II WAS connected with il
and grew out of it, and yet had no con
ncction with it A. | mean to say
part of the persons who constituted that
muHitN formed what they called the
\
| belonged to them. not to the commit
nifty, but To that.
z. An otf>hoot from it \. Yes
sir.
q. Well! How long did you belong
to the "Practical Christian Ministry
after Nou left there that winter? \
No. no. 1t was Il local affair entirely
q. That was Il local Christianity .
\. No. sir: | did not SAY it WAS Il
local Christianity | said the Society
was local.
q. Well. how did YOU make y"ur
livelihnod there that winter! \.
made il 10y editing the Practical Chris
tialI. as it WAS called.
q. There! \. Yes. sill
=. Your connection with it began
when y. 1t WAS during the winter
was there. il must have begun sometime
III january probably. l-49. and con-
tnnued ill the next April Sometime
q. Well. believe Nou did not men
ton y"ul cditoI>hip of the Practical
Christian. \. had entirely forgotten
ii. not expecting Ia bc interrogated
.. Will YOU he kind enough to tell
me What were the particular religious
tenct> "t this society of the Practical
Christian Ministry . y. Well. | do
not know at this time how to formulate
them cicrd: il >"u will give me an op-
P"rtuuitN | will find the documents and
show them to You.
=. When do you think you could
get Yourself in readiness To answer
questions a> Ia the religious tcnet> OF
1hl> s"rirtH! \. think its name SUI
Sc>t> II. "flactIcal Christianity. that
Was Tho lira.
.. Now N"u nave spoken of lnur
connection with Il paper "r with Il
church in Montpelier; what church WAS
that y. he congregational Church
II SAID II before.
e. Was N"H cNc"mmnniratcd from
that 'hnrrh. y. No. >Ir.
g. Dld You not write anything like
thI>. Ia" church subsequently. afIrr
| had withdrawn. enacted the farce "t
communicating y. did. hut not
there.
=. w mere WAS thai y. In Mid
dlrhni\. Vt.
=. men lhIi church dld "Nc"nmu
ni'ate \"n y. After | h;id with
"iHNh nom The 'hulciI 1t enacted the
farce ni r\'"nInunIrAtlnS me. aN | SAY.
" Now: WI '"liii>"u' nave You been
Il HI1i''"'il>' \. c"uld NOT ahsNtl
'h'' question honestly 10y either YES "i
no.
e. hen answer II III Your own way
y. VIII answer III the way Il friend
"i mine ANSWERED II once. y friend "i
his once asked inm IT he Was Il Spirit
H1lI>l he >iid YES am NOT damn
fool : am. III that sense. | believe
there an" such influences.
q. In A"nr Judgment. You are not
Inc nih'i lhliiT \. l don think |
am Inc "thei lhInG.
z. -" N"I believe III Spllnallsm
y. don't know what Nou mean 10y 1t;
You will have 1" first tell me what Nou