St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-10-15

| rules. Nearly all play the grab game
and he that grabs the most is the bes
| fellow"
The oldest inhabitant cannot remem-
Der either T. Perkins or the red schoo
house. The letter is evidently writ
ten by some -Adamite.
Installation of a Pastor.
Rev. Charles NJ. LamsOn Installed Pas.
tor of the North Church.
Rev. G.. M. LamsOn was installed
pastor of the North church last Thurs
day evening. The ecclesiastical coun-
ell was held in the afternoon. Nearly
all the Congregational churches il
Caledonia county were represented as
well as churches in Burlington, Mont
pelier and Worcester, Mass. Rev. Dr.
and Rev. S. S. Martyr of Peacham
scribe. After the various papers il
the case had been presented Mr.. Lam
son was asked for some statement OF
his religious belief. This he gave at
length, reading from manuscript and
including in the reading the creed
adopted by the North church, the new
Congregational creed and the Nicene
creed, following with some of the rea-
sons for the belief he held. The whole
statement covered the ground so eff
fectually that there was no necessity
for further questions and none were
asked. In answer to n request for his
personal experience Mr.. LamsOn stat
ed that he was converted in the winter
of 1859; that he had no special ex-
perience to relate in connection with
it that he then expected to become a
teacher; that he was first called to the
Porter street church, BrocktOn, Mass,
where he remained two years and that
he was then called to the Salem street
church, Worcester, where he has been
settled for the past IA years. In re-
Spouse to a question from the mOdera-
tor asking if the representatives of the
Salem street church had word to Of
fer, Prof. T. n. Eaton said that he de-
sired to testify to the reluctance with
which Mr.. Lamson's people gave him
up. They parted with their pastor be-
cause they loved him too much to en-
force labors upon him that they knew
would shorten his life. They had tried
every means to retain him, suggesting
prolonged vacation, an assistant pas
tor and other methods, but to all these
suggestions Mr.. LamsOn had respond
ed, al must do this work, the whole OF
it, or give it up. | cannot do it in my
present condition, therefore / give it
mp" Prof. Eaton with much feeling
street church of Worcester to the
North church of st. JOhnsbury with
the admOnitiOn that the North church
take good care of its new pastor.
The installation.
The hour for the beginning of the
evening services found the church fill
ed. The platform and pulpit were or
namented with rich display of choice
flowers and plants. The exercises be
gan with the singing of an anthem,
"The strain upraise, Alleluia," by the
choir. The report of the council fol-
lowed. After giving the names of the
delegates and stating the business that
had been done by the council, the re-
port continued as follows:
The council sitting by itself passed
the following vote:
Since the resignation of Rev. Henry
w. Jones has been accepted by the
church and left with this council to
pass upon, we hereby approve of the
same and declare the pastoral relation
dissolved. We wish to record our sin
cere appreciation of Brother Jones as Il
man and minister. His ability and
excellent judgment have greatly
strengthened our councils, and the fla
vOr of his originality and taste will be
fresh in our remembrance. In public
worship we have felt the stimulus of
his piety, and found our ministry al
ways frightened by his genial com
panionship. We congratulate the
church which has thus been blessed in
a succession of gOdly and able minis
ters, and rejoice that when one is tax
en- from them another is sent to lead
them in pleasant pastures and by the
still waters.
The council also sitting by itself
deemed the examination of the candi-
date satisfactory, as also the circum
stances connected with the call.
The invocation was offered by Rev.
j. N. Walker. Scripture selections
were read by Rev. j. III. Hincks. The
singing of hymn came next and then
the sermon which was preached by
Rev. DR.. Edward Halves of Burling-
ton, from 2 Tim. 3, 1912. The speak
| er's leading thought was the value OF
saving the single soul. PauIs work
did not consist altogether in his preach
ing nor in the churches he established
| The speaker saw him teaching, suf-
fering and winning for the master one
| disciple, Timothy, far greater thing
to do than at first appears. U) He
gained for himself a companion, friend
and faithful servant. ~ 1t resulted
in the salvation of many other soul,
through TimOthy's work and influence
| (3) 1t gave to the world the two epis.
ties of Timothy. These points, eluci
dated, showed some of the results fol
lowing the saving of one soul. On the
other hand among the reasons for fail