St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-05-04
The vi. T.. COnfeTemcc-ASS ign-
InPnt Of Preachers.

From the report of the statistical
committee it appears that the present
number of members in the churches in
the conference is I5.553, with l,74I
probationers and - local preachers.
Three hundred and fourteen deaths
have occurred during the year aud l44
children and 800 adults have been bap-
TIED. There are now l72 churches in
III parsonages valued at Sl6S, $50.
There has been paid out for building
and improvement of churches and par
sonages during the year go, 092.3l; on
ola Indebtedness -. 4S3 43, leaving IL
present Indebtedness of 1881 10.
There are 2S2 Sunday schools with
2,4lS officers and teachers and Is ,3S4
scholars of all ages, an average attend
ance of 1913. For ministerial support
there has been paid SIOO,7SI.I2, with
: ,l7S.63 for current expenses and
S4,Osl.7 for expenses of sunday
schools, and S5,95l.lS for missions, in
Guiding the collections of the Woman's
Foreign Mission society.
The report of the committee of ref
erence on matters pertaining to the
Burlington district question makes an
argument i'll favor of the Vermont con-
ference view of the question, and re-
views at length all the points in the
controversy. The committee reported
the following resolutions
Resolved, That so much of the me-
mortal of the Troy annual conference
as relates to the appointment of Il COM
mission on the part of this conference
to meet the commission named as ap-
pointed by that conference he granted.
Resolved. That in this decision we
seek the fullest exposition of all truth
bearing upon the pending issue, and to
afford an opportunity for the relation
of any facts substantiated by cOmpe-
tent testimony, which have come to the
knowledge of parties in interest.
Resolved, That j. ID. Beeman, p. n.
Granger, II. \. Spencer, r. Morgan
and J. h. Bartlett be, and they hereby
are appointed commissioners on bound
aries as provided i'll paragraph 800 of
the Discipline, to meet the said com
mission from tie Troy conference at
such place and ut such time during the
ensuing conference year as may meet
the mutual convenience of both com
missions, to receive whatever informa-
ton upon the pending issue may he
available.
Pending the motion to adopt the re-
port, an amendment was offered. in
Structing the above named commission
to retrocede the Burlington district to
the Troy conference, making Il long ar
gument i'll behalf of the transfer to the
Troy conference, saying that to refuse
the transfer would be Unbrotherly and
selfish. An exciting discussion ensued.
other amendments were offered. all of
which were defeated. and the report
was adopted.
The following are the appointments
of preachers for the st. bloomsbury dis
trict:
p. y. Granger, presiding elder. Al
bany, IL. I. Jones Barton. :. ;. Brig
ham Barton Landing and Browning
ton, Leonard Dodd Bloomfield and
Lexington, G. W. Morse: Canaan, H.
+. Howard ; Coventry, supplied ::
Crattsbury. II. W. Worthen DanviIle
and West Danville, c. H. Sweat Der
by, c. Smith East Burke and East
Haven, Austin Scribner; East Charles
ton, supplied; East Lyndon and Kir-
by, l.. c. Dickinson Glover and West
Glover, John. Thurston Greensboro.
Staunard and West Wheelock. supplied
by Il. b. Wheeler: Guildhall. c. p.
Flanders hardwick, W. c. Robinson Z:
Holland and Morgan, W. T. Jenne /:
Irasburgh, A. b. Blake Island Pond.
W. /. Todd Lunenburgh and East
Concord, John Mcdonald Lyndon and
Lyndonville, A. NJ. Wheeler Newport
and Newport Centre, Elisha Folsom :;
North Concord, Victory and Cranky,
supplied North Danville, supplied /;
North Wolcott, supplied by c. ). Ham