The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-06-08
The Rutland County Conference of
Congregational Churches.

This association held its annual meeting
at Benson on Tuesday and Wednesday,
June and 8, and resulted in much ANNA
ton of hope and Strengthening of resou-
ton for aggressive christian work and
united aid in the county. Provision was
made for Fellowship meetings to be held
from place TO place as the churches desire.
A resolution in favor of women speaking
and praying in religious meetings wa,
passed without dissenting voice; also one
of prayer sympsthizlng with Rev. DR..
Walker, of Wallingford, his church and his
family in his protracted illness.
The discussion of "The best means of
promoting morals" was opened by Rev. j.
G. johnson of Rutland, and continued by
others, was earnest and practical, reaching
to the responsibility Of the rank and file of
the churches, as under God the decisive ele-
ment, and when met fairly source of most
inconceivable power for outstanding the
whole people.
The methods of separation from the
christian church" was discussed in q care
fsl and impressive essay by Dea. W. s.
Eddy of Clarendon, followed by other
speakers, which seemed to include the
necessity for method of accounting for
fourth class of members not dead, dismiss
ed nor accommodated, by some rule not
yet agreed upon, which shall be consistent
with the scriptural theory of the visible
church.
"The hopes and fears involved in the
changes of population, that are passing in
our country towns" ELECTED special inter-
est and variety Of thought not altogether
discouraging to the hope of maintaining a
predominant element of American chris
tianity and inviting civilization among us
In the near future, notwithstand-
ing the differing tides of immigra-
ton, emigration and replenishment
Of Anglo Saxon families. Mr.. Charles
Fl. Sheldon's of West Rutland, essay,
while, appreciating the situation, contained
pleasing aud poetic retrospect and hope
full outlook for the future. MIR. George E.
Warnings system of gathering farm resi-
dences more into near vicinity, or villa
ges, 50 giving opportunity for that enliven-
Ing .society and home and village orna-
mentation and improvement, without
which human nature suffers mentally and
physically from social hamilton, was well
recommended. Rev. Mr.. Hall said Then
too, the tide must turn more Inevitably. IL
We maintain pristine New England
institutions and character, in the direction
of country living and country thinking.
There will not always be this fussy and
partly unworthy ambition to forsake the
ancestral acres to the alien and the papist,
while many of the smart and labor-hating
progeny of yeomen thinkers go hungry for
bread and business among the anxious and
dependent classes OF cities, where life 10
less wholesome and less remunerstiye re-
ally than among producers in these fertile
fields of Vermont. If we live as q nation as
we ought to, the native population will set
back into the green and picturesque hill
sides in New England, somewhat as In old
England, and then we shall have to buy
back at a snug advance the homesteads
that our fathers consecrated with their stall
wart toilings and domestic comfort, chris
tan living and worship, or else we shall
"Pitch our moving tent"
farther and farther from Plymouth rock,
both geographically and morally, which
God forbid.
The next annual meeting of the confer
ence Is to be held at Clarendon, the first
week in June, 1873.
Preacher, Rev, ]. G. johnson, Of Rut-
land.
Essay by Rev. L d. Mears of Dandy.
Discussion, Rev. II. T. Hall of Pitts
ford. Subject, "Something in the place
OF the labors of evangelists for al our
churches which shall be more than an ade-
quate substitute.
Essay by Dea. A. E. Higley of Castleton,
subject, Permanent revival"
Essay, Col. A. +. Walker of Rutland,
subject, 1.-THE christian citizen"