Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-01-16
Church Reunion In Barre.


" The Congregational church in barre to ~
members We are members one Of another.
= For as the body IL one, and hath many members,
ana all the members Of that one body, being many,
are one body, 10 also is Christ And whether
one member suffer- all the members suffer with
II or one member he honored, all the members
rejoice with IT, Now SO are the body of Christ,
ana members In particular Az between Christ,
the Head OF the Church. and all the members there
should always be preserved an intimate relation,
so should the members keep up a thorough ac-
quaintance with each other. and cultivate friendly
feelings. To this end it IL proposed to have a re-
union at our house of worship in Barre, ON the
first day of January, 1873, ut ten o'clock A. NJ, to
which all the members Of this church are cordially
invited. This is 10 invite yon to the reunion and
II you cannot be there In person, please send US
letter, that we may know your affairs or how you
do. As we have most sactedly promised to he
faithful to each other and loyal to Jesus our Lord
let us renew our pledges and let us henceforth
use our talents conscientiously, till he shall call
us oour rest and reward. By vote Of the church
LEONARD TENNEY, Pastor"
Special invitations were also sent to companions
Of resident church members and to all members
Of other churches who were accustomed to sit
with us nj the Lords table and their companions.
soon aiter the hour named In the circular, nearly
Two hundred persons were assembled. Rev Mr.
harrington OF orange, read the scriptures and
led in prayer. The pastor spoke Of the object of
the meeting and the preparation which had been
made for it, He also gave an account of the or
ganizaton Of the church, November 18th, 1889
and its subsequent exupriencp The whole Num-
Der OF members from the beginning is seven hun
area ana tmrty-iour' There have been four years
OF special religious interest. Within year Of
the ORGANIZATION hity-one mad entered the church
In 1871 lightweight were admitted. In 1875 six
V-'hree III 1913 Six'y-Sx During the last ten
years one hunureu ana seventeen nave been re-
ceiVed' vi these' seventy are now resident mem
oers, elght nave died, and the Others are non
residents
among the letters read was one from Mrs.
Micah tale, oil orange. She isalmost ninety-one
years oil age Her son, H. i. tale, who wrote
Tor her, says " She htted dress for herself
ana MADE IT, lew days since. She would like to
accept your invitation to the reunion, but dare
not. she requests your prayers, and also those
oil the church, in her behalf as she thinks she
may never meet yon again till we meet in heaven.
ohe joined the church IN lS)S Letters came from
members VINO mad lived out OF town from twenty
10 thirty years other communications were re-
ceVed from persons who had taken letters OF
which we have no record One letter came from
the son of an early member who had died more
'"an u year ago ihese letters Will thus help to
correct our list OF actual members; and they sug-
seS' Tue relation OIL ehurch 10 her constituent
parts Aiter inc reading OF letters, we gave at
'eht'oh u "lllng the roll oi resident members,
Wn''h NUMBERS one hundred ana thirty-three
Inc oiues' VI t'ese II 'ustus hechum' WHO en-
tered 'he church III 1871. Inc next year Mrs
'"oth he'.h was received both oil these were
prcseHt "uu gave "reminiscences oil thelr early eN
perience' i"eNe sun reside III town VINO were
SUBJECTS vi Tue great revival III theautuhh Oh lo=o'
ana nine Oh them were at the reunion
Inc pastor stated sueh FACTS as he mad been able
TO gather concerning the several pastors oil the
ehurch' ana then called on persons present to
state what they knew IN addition. The church
optaineo occasional preaching from Revs James
Knns of plainfeld. Elijah LYMAN of Brookfeld.
and Ethan smith, who, in 1899 was dismissed
from the pastorate in Haverhill n II Ia the
summer of 1906 Rev. Aaron Palmer arrived in
town. and October 9th Of that year received a call
was ordained and died February 7th. 1921 Edna
Loomis. of Thetford. became his wife. and it /.
remembered how she used to ride behind him ON
the same horse: how they moved from one mar.
sonage To another. how he in summer Mt tho