Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-06-17

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! In 1913 the colLrls alton had SO increased
that the parish began to talk of enlargiDg the
church edilice Ia 1850 the work OF en-
! largement and repair was entered upon. ana
it was completed early in 1852. The building
was extended - feet 10 the west, 10 form
square chancel, - by 20, with south wing
| for porch and north for robing- room.
| Underneath, basement WAS made large
enough to seat ono hundred scholars. Eight
new pews on the ground floor and &c in the
galleries made room for two hundred more
worshippers Furnaces were introduced. y
stained glass window was placed in the chan
Gel, and the tablets, still retained, were paint
ed and put in place by the Bishop The
windows throughout the church were chang
ed TO more appropriate form and filled with
stained glass. y new eagle lectern and pull
pit were placed in the chancel; the high
| doors were removed from the pews Tue Old
ceiling and plas;cripg were replaced by the
present columns and spans. All the i'm
provements were made after the plsns and
under the supesin;endcnce of the Bishop.
The outlay was about 5000, and the church
was again in debt. The committee in charge
| of the work were William l.. Strong, Thomas
| H. Garfield. James r. Cutler and William
III. wilkins and Mr.. Garfield was deputcd
| to solicit subscriptions. Coincldent with the
| determination to enlarge the church, in 1850,
was n plau of several gentlemen to secure for
the parish the west half of the block now oc-
| cupied by the rcctory and sections house.
The price demanded for the property was
| S5500-in those DAYS high valuation. But
| Messrs r. G. Cole and L. Ii. Cantcld pro-
| posed to William II. Wilkins, Elias Lyman,
! Morton Cole, Timothy +. Strong and Mrs.
Fanny Deming to Join them in the purchase,
A trht oh Mr. f'I,tt
who then occupied the house, was willing
10 add $4,000 and ensure tie required
amount. The agreement was made and the
purchase consummatcd. These gentlemen
held the property without receiving any re-
turns until 1862, when, with interest added.
The original subscriptions would have in
| creased to $1,000 each or an aggregate OF
| S110 AT that date the interest of MIR.
| Cutler became embarrassed, requiring some
disposition of the property and the original
| subscribers agreed to surrender it to the par
ish for $1,000, contributing the balance of
their subscriptions. The parish Immediately
responded, the necessary amount being con-
tributed by the ladies' OF the parish and
others, whose names appear on the records
of the parish. In lsjj the debt of $500
incurred in making the repairs before refer
red to was liquidatcd.
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rectorshIp of the parish, but continued to
ofliciate, assisted part of the time by Rev. Viii
liam C. Hopkins, who ldbored very success
fully in the Sunday until August 23d
1853, when Rev. ID. liillhOusc Buel became
rector. In 1860 The church lot was improved
by the erection of an iron fence, secured by
the cXertions of the ladies of the parish. On
Easter morning. 1866, Rev. Mr. Buel ten
dered his resignation and it was accepted.
In the same year an effort was made to col
lect funds for the purchase of an organ, for
some repairs and additions 10 the church
building, for the building Of sections
house and for the repair of the rectory. The
ladies undertook the purchase of an organ to
cost $4,000 and raised $500, TO which Messrs.
d. d. and John p. Howard, always such
liberal beneiactors to the parish, added
$500 and the present superior organ was
purchased of johnson of Connecticut. In
the meantime the parish engaged in earnest
in the work of Improvement. The sections
house was built and the church was enlarged
by the present transcPt and chanccl, the
roof was slated, the basement enlarged, the
main building extended fifteen feet, the gal
leries run around the trau5ept, the chanccl
made apsidal, with robinsrooms on either
side In August, lS6,, while the work was
in progress, the present rector came TO Bur
lington as assistant to the Bishop and was
elected rector IN November Of the same year.
In the early part of 1865 the repairs were
completed, about SO, 600 having been ex-
pended and the parish being IN debt to the
amount of about SIC, 500, which year
later was reduced to $4,000. In 1870 the
rector and vestry set out with the determin-
alton TO rid the parish if possible of this bur
den. The treasurer, Mr.. V. 2. Noyes,
himself one of the largest contributors. ex-
hibited such remarkable energy as to call out
a resolution of the most complimentary char
acter from the following parish meeting.
The money was raised and the parish was
free once more Mrs. Elias Lyman and her two
children, trusting that the parish would be
come not only free from debt, but the oraeI
of its church building, surrendered her right
to all the pews in the gallcrics-an example
We hope others will emulate. In the same
year the parish acquired the corner of tn,
present lot, known rs the Bennett homestead
for $500. The opportunity to purchase fol
this price was secured by Mr.. Thomas ii
Garfield. and most liberal gifts were made by
Vernon Z. Noyes, Daniel Howard and hi:
brother John, Mrs Sion Howard, anC
others.
During the last ten years many improve
ments have been made in the rectory and thu
church through the efficient aid of thu
Ladies' society, the Benevolent society AZ. A.
the sunday school tcaCrcrs society. Tit
charities of the parish have been much IN
creased through the jealous effortsof the Pas
toral aid society and the Woman's Mlssionar,
) Society. Hon. E. J. Phelps has given to tn
church a beautiful font the Bishops chair
: presented by the family oi Bishop Hopkins
/ and carved oak prayer desks have beel
r placed in the Chancel altar rail, credencc
2 reredos, and altar (presen,cd by Mrs. B. Il
4 Smaley) hsye been put in the chancel
very handsome pulpit lectcrn has been pre-
scented by the benevolent society, who ais
v gave the altar rail and contributed towar
a the reredcs. Rev. j. IL. Hopkins has give'
n a very beautiful brass lecttrn, vases and alta
$ cross Mr. Harry Cannon fine book-rest q
: polished brass Miss Arthur II beautiful Sc
i of books and her lr.'..~r, Lieut. Arthur,
c set of aims basins. NgsSrS. lie Gran
f B. Cannon and Vernon +. Noyes have
t addition to their other muniiiccnt gifts II
e moved the organ to It's present position; an
C Mr. John 2. Howard has 1T an expense {
i $4,000 during the past year enabled us
a bcautify and improve the church building
c He has also given $40, 900 for the building
e chapel Mr. and Mrs \. G. PIERCE hay
IS given n beautiful aims basin of brass.
8 many ways the people have been liberal an
n the parish has been blessed.
If The important work for which the paris
d exists and which is in the sight Of God mo-
d acceptable than gifts of money, wood
It stone-the training of souls for heaven,
= one that can not be measured by statistic
II During the first ten wears OF the existence
t, the parish Ell were confirmed; Turing Il
j. second. 147 third, ls3 fourth, 1911 lift
lie 25S At the close Of the iirst decade the
lie were 126 COMMITMENTS second, IVY thir
y 200; fourth, 295; fifth, 3SS. During the
vs. fifty years we trust many souls have mature
IS for Paradise, the record Of whose virtu
N and good deeds will not he fully known Il
&c Ill the unerring book of Gods rc,acmbran
IS. is opened.
it, As we count the few Hhl remain of Il
ar congregations who listened to the pleadln
it, and warnings of these Cody ministers
eli Christ whose voices are now silent; as
he reflect how few Of this congregation will
he main in this world fifty years hence, dt
yo there not come TO us Il voice, trump
H. tongued, calling upon us 10 90 good betd
he the night cometh, Ia work while it is day,
~ seek God while there is time, to know l
blessing OF devout and self-slcrifcng liz
NJ. before those lives shall end
ay The offerings, At the conclusion Of the :
ms vice, for Diocesan M>sioas amounted
NJ S175.
lis
IN The Sunday school service in the a;ternC
ed was of unusual interest, as i. was the &c
L, sion of the presentation cf its offerings
or missionary objects The rector, after spc
rst ing of his appreciation Oh tie great assista
The rendered by the officer, and teachers Of