Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-10-17
YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.

THURSDAY MoISING's SESSION.

- ton of Mr. A. W Ford of Rochester.
ot The roll of members, read by &.
10 Story, showed % delegates from Congregs
,o tional churches, three from Baptist, 90 froi
Methodist and II from Associations "a tots
. of Sc
The president announced as the commit
1t tee on resolutions Mr.. II. NJ. Stevens of st
.' Abans, Mr.. Williams of West Rutland
Is Is Mr. Stevens of St Johnsbury, DIR. LeBaron
II Mr. 5. D. Elkins and Rev. d. 5. Brooks.
d Next came the reports from local Associa
l. tions. From st. Johnsbury, it was reported
that the Association was doing better THAI
!, y for two years past 1t is small in number
a but active and earnest.
il At Rochester the Association has been or
e ganizcd only a year. 1t numbers iortN
: members and is doing a good work. 1
holds from three to five meetings week II
. different parts of the town and has organizet
n two Sunday schools in the outlying districts
!, Underhill reported an active organization
holding weekly meetings. They make {
: special study of the Sunday school lessons.
Burlington reported a strong organization
/ and number of outside meetings held.
Financially the Association is in good condi
ton and its meetings are constantly increas
, ing in interest.
: The Wolcott Association was organized
+ two years ago. The meetings have been
5 kept up and some outside work done. Much
. good has been done through the instrumental
ity of the Association, and it hoped to do
even better in the future.
Thetford reported less effort on the part of
the Association this year than last. Some
work has been done, however, and II number
of conversions made
Norwich sent no delegates 10 the conven-
tion-its first failure to do 50 for twelve
years. The work there was reported as go
ing on very slowly and the Association as
moribund.
A delegate from Northficd, in behalf of
the Association there, asked for assistance in
their work
Rutland reported an organization called
the Young Mems Union of the Congrega-
1
the church and in the outlying districts.
Rev. Henry Fairbanks said he had great
hopes from the work being done in Rutland
by this organization.
Cambridge reported IFS Association as not
dead but sleeping. Prayers were requested
! for it.
From Middlebury came the report Of
! greatly increased interest since the recent
revival in that village. Some outside work
has been done and more will he done this
Winter
A delegate from Peacham reported the
church there as very inactive and the com
munity in great need of stirring up.
At st. Adams the meetings had not been
held every week during the Summer, but
they would he this Winter Little outside
work has been done The membership is
nominally the same as last year, hut only
about p can he depended upon as active
members
Rev. }. ii. Woodward of Milton spoke of
his interest in the associations and their
work. During the last wear some two score
persons had been received into the Congrc-
gational and Methodist churches in his vii
lagr. No Young Mems Association has been
formed, but the young people are holding
regular meetings
delegate from Cambridge spoke briefly |
Of the need Of united earnest work
Greensboro has no Young Mems Christian
Association hut some good work is being |
done there. Weekly meetings are held for |
the study of the Bible which have proved a
great success.
Rev. MIR. Armstrong reported for Bridgewa-
ter. \ great work has been done there The |
church, for years without pastor, now has |
II membership of 40 Almost money enough |
has been raised for a church building
cornerstone of which we laid day before |
yesterday. We want you to pray for us
We want you to come and help us when we
get our house done.
After brief recess the topic of Success
ful Association work, as affected by the
condition Of our Vermont communities"
was taken up
Mr.. Stevens Of st. Johnsbury said in St
Johnsbury the association work does not
have the support Of all the denominations
He was himself the only member of his
church (the Baptist that took part in its
work. He thought we must abandon the
cvangclistic work and warm up our local
organizations. In neighboring town the
young men had dropped their organization
because they had hut one church; but their
experience had shown that one church
would not combine the Christian effort of
the community and that it would have been
better if they had kept up their Association.
Mr.. Remington didn't quite understand
the topic
Rev. Henry Fairbanks said this work, TO
he successful, must he adapted to the condi-
tion OF our Vermont communities We have
no large cities How shall We make our
work tell in our small villages? That is the
question suggested by the topic
Mr.. Qumby of ThctlorI said every com
munity is peculiarly situated They had six
villages in his town and an association of ~
members, which had done successful work.
In some places they had failed.
Mr.. Small Of Springfield thought the point
was not so much the condition of the com
munitics as of the associations. Two or
three or half a dozen Young men can unite
and work for the salvation of others with
out library or reading room, and he an asso-
citation
Rev. Mr. Bartlett suid the gospel is adapt
cd TO all minds and all COT nunitics lie ,
would like to reversed .,icct and have il
read; The condition Of the communities
as affected by the Young Mems Associations
Christian work should always he aggrcs
sivc lie hoped we should have no more
funeral sermons here. The army of the
Lord can never he defeated
\ delegate from West Rutland described
a revival there which brought l30 converts
INTO the church, young and old
Mr. Armstrong Of Bridgcwatcr said AssO-
citation work should be put where it is most
needed
Rev Mr. OssooI of Lyndon said the " ork
must everywhere be such as not to repcl
men; Work is needed IN some OF the Asso-
ratlons before they can do effective work
outside He never vet had heard Of a church
iH awake; if we wait for all To he awake We
shall wait too long You must consult the
customs Of the people in proper way, and
!rivc the kind OF "A team you happen to have.