Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-04-09

I votes Rev. A. ID. lleaXt ten, Rev. i. A.
I Griffin six, Rev. W. ii. Hughes three, Rev.
/ S. Mexican two, Rev. NJ. b. Mead one. On
| the second ballot Rev. DR.. King received
seven votes, Rev A d. IIeaxt fourteen and
Rev T. A. Griffin eleven. DIR. Kings name
was then withdrawn and formal ballot was
had, resulting For the Rev. 7. A. Griffin,
twenty; for the Rev. A. T. Ileaxt, fifteen
Mr.. Grflin'S nomination was then made
unanimous.
| In the Burlington District the vote stood :
| j. j. Noe eighteen, H. n Munger three,
scattering four. The nomination of Mr.. Noe
was then made unanimous.
! In seconding the nomination OF Joseph
! Hillman. for Lay delegate to the General
Conference, Mr.. Barber of Troy. after allud-
ing to Mr.. liilman's large Christian hos
pitality and wide acquaintance, vouched for
him, as ''permeatcd with Methodism from
| the tips of the reddest hair on his head, to
the solcS Of his boots"
Samuel Huntington earnestly and effec-
| lively seconded the nomination of Prof.
Seey
Presiding Elder Marshall of the Troy Dis
trict, whose term of office has expired, was
| presented on Saturday by the preachers of
his district with an elegant silver tea service,
consisting of l pieces.
The New England Conference now in ses-
| sion at Boston has chosen as first delegate TO
the General Conference DIR. Wm. Butler who
was at the head of the progressive ticket
| The other delegates were all of the conserva-
/ tive tickct-a practical endorsement of the
present plan Of appointing presiding elders
through the bishop.
Saturday Afternoon.
TIE CONFERENCE CHURCH EXTENSION SOCIETY
held its anniversary. A crowded audience
filled the church. many of them expecting tC
hear the famous Chaplain McCabe who had
been announced for the occasion but de-
spatch received from him during the fore
noon, gave the unwclcome intelligence that
he could not be in Burlington at this time,
and arrangements had to be hastily made to
supply his place with other speakers.
Rev s. Meredith, President of the Society,
presided. The report of the Corresponding
Secretary was read by Rev. J. Graves, clos
ing with the statement that the receipts OF
the Society for tho past year, amounted to
-, 3S9. 59-an increase of SS37 over the re-
ccIpts of the year previous.
The President next introduced Rev. Fred
erick Widmcr of Pittsfleld. Mass, who said
he could not fill, but would try to rattle
round" little in Chaplain McCabe's place
Ills IclllsiI rs Cpnsisltu iiiStiN VI iu iittiest
! ing narration of Il single case, occurring
within his own knowledge on the frontier
I in Southern Kansas, where little commu
m,y of pioneers. some Of whom had boer
prosperous manufacturers at the East, til
ruined in the recent panic, now living with
/ their families in little shanties of single
room in a section where no rain has falleI
and no crops been raised for year; com
| PEELED to rely for their own support on the
| help of friends at the East, till more favor
able seasons shall bring them some return
/ from the sOil,-are yet endeavoring to erect
a church. They can make its walls of sods
| but they need money to buy rafters and
shingles and boards for floor. This case
was given as a sample of many similar case:
out on the frontiers, and was made to point
an earnest appeal for assistance TO the devot-
cd men who ;ire thus striving TO lay in the
wilderness the foundations Of Christian civil
| iZatiOn.
The next speaker was Rev. Geo. J. Brown
/ of Troy.
rEv. ME- BROWNS REMARKS.
/ lie said that the field of the Church Extension
Society has extended west with the tide of popula
ton which IN the last half century has carried the
| centre of population from Central Maryland tt
western ohio year S tne soessy end oc
cupy the ten territories It had undertaken to built
+op churches. or more than a church a day, an'
/ Chaplain McCabe had guaranteed the raising of
special fund Of Sln1OO0 for the purpose. In ordel
To this he had instituted the order Of the lmperia
| Legion, composed Of persons who would agree Il
give $40 year during their lives for church eNten
sion. Mr.. Brown told how, 10y the efforts OF Broth
/ er Zell and Chaplain McCabe, aud by an appropria
rion of S250, a Methodist church had been built II
This society does no, build lorily churches. 1t
largest gift for single church is s255-and !
! helps to build no church whose cost Is 10 eNceet
sluu0D. The society has received in all. thus lar
81 l,509000. Half Ofhs sum II has appropriated II
such ald In the erection OF new churches 1t mas
! loan fund of s.29 u0u-uut Of which loans are mad
/ TO needy churches. This fund by good management
has been Increased slnnooo. TINS Conference ha
been .encrou, supporter, Of the national society
| never falling behind the ilfih place in The list u
the order OF the magnitude of the contributions
The speaker in conclusion gave his Ow
name as Il member of the Imperial Legion
and appealed for numerous subscriptions
the cause. This appeal was seconded by tn
President: but the responses were not nu
merous. Chaplain McCabe is not here,
said Mr.. Widmcr. sadly, rs it became plaii
that no large cohort would he added to tn
Imperial Legion: the congregation was
dismissed with the DoNologv.
Saturday Evening.
ANXIvEEsAEY Of TIE EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY
The evening proved Iainy and disagree
able, and rs Il consequence there was 4 con
siderable diminution i'll the attendance
though the audience was still II large one
Rev. DIR. J. +. King, president of the SO
cicty. occupied the chair and conducted I'll
opening devotional exercises, assisted b
Rev Il. :. Sharpe.
Rev. J. W. Eaton read the Ireasurer's IT
port. from which ii appeared that the re
ceptS of the wear were SjO2. 81 and the dis
hursements S:il22l, leaving balance in tn
treasury of Sl90.40.
President King announced legacy O
$4,000 To the Academy which would becom
available during the year.
DR. King then introduced the first speaker
Rev. Charles III. Dunton, principal OF III
Troy Conference Academy and gradual
Of the L. V. Nj, in the class Of 1870.
MI. DrNToN's ADDRESS.
[ MIR punton took for hi1 theme the relation of III
| clergy 10 the higher education. This country wa
settled by men whose Irst aim was not 10 establls
. church. They were Intense parilsans, hui the
| lrst object was to magnify the truth. The schoo
house important as the Westinghouse. The
| were a. determined any of The plpal Gregorit
Ia crush out every sect save theirs The earl
MethodisiS considered the school as absolutely e.
scntIal IN organizing Mcthodism IN IN
I country. pnlv onc-nInih Of our higher inst
tulunS Al the presrut day Of learning are professet
| Is undtunmuuit:uual. tlrrsymcn have no longe
tG ftlutlllNN. Nt II II
aJ' of uur - college presidents are clefgymen- W
| have been asked tnai Our educational institution
Ice pulled down that some more IN harmony vii
3 inotlcru progress may hc erected III thelr place
[ thSrttLslan schools would he opposed to The >pIr
and poiiy of our church. Against the State niNel
,iIirS-uf which there are now fourteen IN tins cpuI
7 try-we wuull not utter a word. That nINcrSitl
which from yOntrr summit hooks down upon IN
grave OF one uf the early PATRIOTS and has done :
/ much Tor tins cultured town, has done Il work ~
Christian Thought that should earn IL large plac
the e>terr uf nI.n Of sound doctrine. It's phllos'
ply. taught lv the Marshes. has tended more tha
any other philosophical tcarhng To throw oil the el
cumbraHctS Of orthodoxy and equip II for the con
lct Of these latter days. But 1t * not with a
colleges and one at least bitterly hostile 10 Orth6
| dnxy. The college le The offspring of the churc
an owes her lis hearty loyalty. Let our clergy me
: demand this. The public schools In some parts {
The WeSr SAID Ia be i'll the hands OF men hOstll
10 the Bible. In others neither patriotism no
morals taught. It IL said. \ vast tide OF imm
grafton Is pouring into tins country, each ignorat
foreigner 10 he Nour peer Let me word OF 6od
| restored It's teachers. Tnr citrgs the ori.
NAL founders OF all schools.
The next speaker was Professor Jane
Strong, :. Z. D.. Of Drew Theological Sem
mary. the cmniinent scholar and author
pG. srEoNG's ADDRESS
The mutul! cumpcusailonS OF the laws OF natur
and The resultant hafmonleS are most renarkabl
and interesting. and modem science ma
he characterized 10y IL discovery and dlscussio
Ot these com prnSaiiuus. That man had an lde
Of this who SAID. 'N the rivers run into the an
Yet the S..a Is not fun" \ picture rises before III
. mnd-tlat ut The tiuN tilI on the mountain Sd'
coming down through lake, over caiaracts and int
, The ocean have often thought that education r,
sembes This. First have the humble. Iustl
school the papils Hl unconscious nf the vast Ocea
OF Science before them. lui they have started u
their way tn It, ar,l II they follow the laws of mel
tai graVttaIHu they Will surely come to II. II w
had no little schools would have candidate
for higher ones. Without the Intermediate school
YOU would have no candidates fer the academies an
! The academies Tor the more advanced institution
Here l. complete parallel between the Laws
matter ami morals. Those who trace them IN N
former called scientists ami in III" Latter educ.
] uuniS's. But how to get The water back agai
from The ocean the little fill The sun looks urO
| the NtauiIr and The mIst rises and forms a clou
which the IrN mountain Top SriErS and coudcnS,
and II rtapprIr~ m thr intm ut waier-a hcautit
) compensation. Whndrr IL b. our teachers IN ii
l ara.icmtss Thn-,' VIVA have been e,iucatrd ia u
: colleges. whu - down or perhaps should -iy vi
The ocean and The muddy prnl alike furnish II
clouds In hnih ci-,- puritSing process has hrr
going on- u Is IA" -im' N education. Thci
must hc purliyius rrUCr~s M IN Al. t"r-a DIV m
a siul,fNIBg power. thJt mu~t daIden u
poison i,uyrly secular science. 7 he churc
nf Gp1 = responsible tnr The right educ
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