Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-05-14

number of such places, should not
lead the friends of law and order to
despair; but should spur them to
more faithful effort 10 restrict the
evils of intemperance, by every NOR
al and legal means.-Free Press.
SELFISH AND REBELLIOUS.
As will be remembered, the last
General Conference of the Methodist
church, made change in conference
boundaries, setting what is known as
the Burlington district in Vermont,
from the Troy conference, to the
| Vermont conference. This district
is embraced in Chittenden, Addison,
Rutland and Bennington counties,
and has several influential churches.
The pastors, and, doubtless, some of
the laymen in the district, objected
to the change inasmuch as circum-
stances might be such as to make it
more difficult to reach the place where
| the conference must be held, under
the new, than under the old arrange
ment. But there is a sinister motive
on the part of the pastors, which is
neither commendable or eXcusable.
In proportion to the number of
charges, there are more strong and
wealthy churches in the Burlington
district, as we'll as in the Troy con-
ference. Hence those pastors who
deem big salaries of more consequence
than the harmony of the church and
obedience to its rules and DEGREES,
have persistently rebelled. They
have refused to attend the Vermont
conference held since the change was
made, except to foment strife and
show spirit which is neither sensi-
BILE or Christian and, without doubt,
have sought to kindle spirit of re-
belllon in their churches in all parts
of the district. To the outside world
this whole matter looks as though il
sprung from no motive that is com
mendable in the church or her minis
ters. When an insignificant number
of ministers or laymen in the great
Methodist church undertake to defy
the church, or when they say to ont
part of 1t, we are too wise, too smar
or too great to associate and affiliate
with any other part of it, it is abou
time for that more holy and exalted
t portion to move out and set up :
: Pharasaical establishment of it's own
t Vermonters in other sections of tn
state have right to complain at tn
position taken by these men of tn
e western and southern portion; the,
t do not understand why Vermonter
y living sseast of the mountains" ar
e not about as good people as those il
e the Burlington district; nor do the
o acknowledge that the Methodist pas
S tors who happen to be located in tn
o Burlington district are men of sue
l' extraordinary talent as to make
:, dangerous to send them into the 9th
n er districts of the state occasionally
l. nor can the average citizen of th
: northern part of Vermont see ho'
|. the interest of the great church woul
n suffer materially if some pastor frol
q this benighted region should 60 int
lie the Burlington district When on
y church in Vermont or one portion {
If the same church says to another, W
4 are better than you are, the majorit
'e of the people are not able to see i
re Every patriotic Vermonter, churcl
man or layman, ought to feel that
r is his duty and his pleasure to 6
ID honor to Vermont by upholding q
ST her noble institutions, strengthenir
ID her churches, building up her 7
70 sources and extending her influences
So and those men in the Burlington di
10 trict, who, for their own aggrandis
&c ment, desire to lessen the infuen
re of their own church in Vermont a
~ recreant to duty. The following fro
bo the Vermont Freeman treats the su
R. ject candidly and sensibly:
~ At times during the discussion of t
-, boundary question considerable heat W
III generated. The Vermont conference m
e1 seemed to be universally of the idea til
i'm they would go where the needs of t
ay church might demand-even into the TT
va conference.-the the Burlington distr
-, agitators seemingly draw the line at t
mountain range of Vermont.
." The opposition to the transfer of
'ef Burlington district, which is wholly
IRE the state of Vermont, from the Troy,
lu- Y, to the Vermont conference, is who
nd unexplainable to patriotic and disint
a. ested Vermonter except on the surm
that it is the worldly objection Of leavi
Sc richer for poorer charge. 1t has b.
IN asserted time and again that it is the v
the of the laymen, not of the preachers,
bv we have noticed that when the preach
-o,, have not been agitated the laymen h
been tranquil, and we cannot do bet
than quote the remarks of the venera
in Brother Billiard, who in replying to
claim, said that his mantle of charity
large, yes, very large, but stretch it to
oh- utmost, and he could not prevent
ROE preachers from peering out from all
- edges.
low THE NEW RAILROAD
COMPANY.
by The first meeting of the ne
an formed Consolidated Railroad G.,