Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-03
Vermont Methodist Conference.

The thirty-eighth annual session Of this confer
ence was held at Ludlow, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday of last week, Bishop S. NJ. Merrill
presiding. Tuesday was occupied by the exam
ination of the various classes In the four years
course and of those entering conference on pro-
baton. In the evening Chaplain G. c. McCabe,
ID, lectured on 1.-THE Bright Side OF Life in
Libby Prison" At least seven hundred people
were present and laughter and applause were fire.
quent, while anon eyes filled with tears.
WEDNESDAY MORNING
After the opening devotional exercises the sac
rament Of the Lords Supper was administered by
the presiding elders and older brethren, closed
by repetition by the audience OF the Lords
Prayer and extempore prayer by the bishop. The
roll was then called and the conference was fairly
represented, except that from the Burlington dis
| trict only two responded. Richard Morgan was
for the fifteenth time elected secretary, and he APP
pointed assistants, p NJ Frost, assistant secre-
tary; D. N. Bicknell, journalist; A. L. Cooper,
recording secretary G. f. Smith, statistical sec
rotary. The necessary committees having been
| appointed Rev Sanford Hunt of the Book Con-
Germ at New York addressed the conference, and
detailed at length the work and needs Of the
concern. Dr. Pierce Of South Royalton spoke in
his happiest vein in behalf OF the Zion's Herald
and the conference took a recess.
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| Rev. w. H. Dean OF Stowe preached the annual
conference sermon from II. Timothy H. 10 Al
ter singing. the statistical session was held, Rev
A. L. Cooper in the chair.
WEDNESDAY EVENING
This session was devoted to the anniversary OF
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spoke Vi 'he "orA vi INC soc'e.y' when nity
pledges were secured each promising to give ten
| dollars each wear for ten years II health hermit
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'eo' inc evening SESSION cioseo WIN the singing
Oh the irundie-bed song
| THURSDAY MORNING.
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nov ie'e' nei'li y. "a.'.ou'y oen.er ,ea an
interesting prayer-meeting after which the bishop
took the chair and opened the conference The
character of the elders In the dfferent distr,cts
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| urhnger WAS presented oy new W. H. hyde In
behalf Of the ministers Of the st. Adams district,
with a gold watch costing over $50 After fee.
ing response by him several distinguished gentle
dressed the conference. relating many intarsstino
"reminiscences and advocating the claims of The
| C1rjstj1n d5rocnte Dr UarfzaII snoLa h,isay ~
the work of the Freedman's Aid sncietv and ,ha
| session closed AN '''
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| THURSDAY AFTERNOON,
| A large audience assembled at the anniversary
Of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Mrs
| Rev. W d Malcolm In the chair The annual
| report by Mrs j. Guernsey was read Auxiliaries
had been organized at Brattleboro, Springfield
South Royalton, Union Village, Williamsyille
| Stockbridge, Cabot Calais, Moretown and Lupen-
burgh There are now seventy -four auxilaries
The receipts for the past wear have been ~ AGO 90
a gain over last year OF S1766O Mrs. Dr. Bald
| win, a missionary in China for more than twenty
| years, made a grand address, TO which no report
can do Justice After other remarks the session
closed
THURSDAY EVENING.
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FRIDAY MORNING.
new departure was the holding Of a service
at fifteen minutes past six to hear William Tay-
lor preach. This he did In his own characteristic
way, taking for his theme the " eleventh COM
mandment," whose basis he said was contained
in the preceding ten. This he illustrated from
his work among the Bengalese and elsewhere
lie thrillingly gave the My Father" OF the
newly converted soul IN the Arabic, Bengalese,