The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1882-09-29

This body has just held its fifty-seventh
anniversary at Townshend, VT, on We'd
nesday and Thursday of this week. The
convention was called to order at 10 A.
M, Wednesday, and organized by the
choice of Rev. Geo. B. Cow of Braitle-
boro as moderator and Rev. J. NJ. Hull
of Windsor as clerk. The morning ses-
sion was occupied with the address of
welcome by Rev. T. M. Butler of Towns
bend, pastor of the church with which
the convention had met, followed by the
preaching of the annual sermon by Rev.
j. K. Ricl ardson Of Rutland, an able and
instructive sermon on the Signs of the
Times"
At the afternoon session the report of
the board of managers was read by Rev.
S. H. Archibald of Wallingford, secretary
of the board. The report showed that
eleven churches had been aided during
the year to the amount of about $1,000.
The report of the treasurer, Gen. Geo. +.
Davis of Cavendish, showed that at the
time ofclosiny the treasurer's books, Sept.
18th, 1882, $1,693.47, has been received
in contributions from the churches for
convention work. Tie committee on
nominations reported the following
names tor officers of the board of mana
gers for the ensuing year who were elect
ed; President, Col. J. j. E,tey of Brat
lleboro vice. presidents, Hon. Guy G. No.
BILE of St. Adams and Rev j. X. Richard
son of Rutland; secretary, Rev. S. Fl.
Archibald of Wallingford; treasurer,
Gen. Geo. F. Davis of Cavendish audi
tor, Dea E. A. Fuller, Burlington, with
thir cen trustees, who with the moderA-
tor and clerk of the convention, ex-offi
Ger, constitute the board of managers
Rev. A. p Mason, DID,, of Boston adj
dressed the convention on the work Of
the American Babtist Home Mission
Society. Rey.J. c. Foster of the editor-
al staff of the "Watchman" of Boston and
secretary of the board of the Northern
Baptist E iucational Society, spoke in be-
half of religious journalism and ministe-
rial education.
At the evening session, after half
hour PRAYER meeting, led by Rev. A
Swart of Factory Point, the convention
listened to very able sermon by Presi
dent Pepper of Colby University, from
LIST John i l-3, showing that Chris'iani-
ty as a religious faith is built upon I'M
questionable facts in the moral nature of
man and the history of the race.
Thursday forenoon was occupied by a
jubilee meeting Vi Iut UOdru Vi uldn-
ayers, ut which applications from
churches for aid during the year to come
were heard and appropriations made.
At ga. NJ. meeting was held by the
ladies in attendance at the Cougrega-
tional church, which had been courteous
ly put at their service, in the interest of
womans mission work for women. Mrs. |
6 Gov Of Brattleboro represented the
f. nd
Burchard of Brattleboro the home mis- |
sion work. Mrs Malher of Beaufort, S.
c., addressed the meeting in behalf of |
woman's work among the freedmen of |
the south as carried on the Woman's Bap- |
tist Home Mission Society.
The convention resumed its session at |
Has A. NJ. and listened to addresses by
Principal III NJ Willard of Vermont Acad-
envy and Hon. Guy C Noble of st. Al
bans, in behalf of the academy. The
steadily increasing prosperity of the acad-
envy makes the enlargement of its en-
dowment a necessity and appeal was
made for the immediate raising of (S20,-
O00) twenty thousand dollars to be
ad led to the permanent fund of the in
3 tuition. At the afternoon session, Rev.
Andrew Pollard ID. d., of Boston, spoke in
behalf of the Anne rican Baptist Pubica-
ton Society. The remainder ofthe session
was occupied with reports of committees
business and an address by
Mrs. Mather on mission work among the
coiored children of the South.
Tie convention closed with brilliant
aud impressive sermon in the evening
by Rev. F. J. Parry Of Burlington ON
i Healing Power of Christianity"
The next annual session of the con-
Teniion will be held at West Ran
Iolph the last week in September next
md the next meeting of the Board of
Managers in Rutland in February.