St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-09-02
UNIvERSALIST CONVENTION.
Closing Sessions ON Thursday.-Dr. Mi
ner's Address, Etc.


Closing Sessions ON Thursday.-Dr. Mi
ner's Address, Etc.
The last days sessions of the Uni
versalist convention were marked witt
the same enthusiasm that characteriz
ed all the meetings, while the attend
ance was larger than at any time. AT
ter the conference meeting the conven
ton was called to order at o'clock
Resolutions were adopted on temper
ance; in favor of frequent holding o
parish meetings and expressing thank
for cOurtesies received from ST. Johns
bury people. The next meeting of tn,
convention will be held in Rutland.
These officers were then elected fo
the ensuing year:
| President, A. t. Foster; vice presi
dent, G.. w. Tilden of Barre secreta.
ry, Rev. j. N. Emery of Bellows Falls
treasurer, Willard Chase of West Con
cord committee of F., o. and D., Rev
| Messrs. B. M. TillotsOn of Woodstock
| E. Smiley of Richmond, |. p. Booth Of
Mortified, and Messrs. j. j. Burgess
of st. Abrams and G.. M. Whitmarsh Of
Mortified; trustee for three years
Rev. s. A. Parker of Bethel preacher
of the occasional sermon, Rev. j. F.
Rhodes of Barre; alternate, Rev. Wal
ter Dole of White River junction
Akron, Ohio, Rev. Messrs. E. w. Whit
ney, l. p. Booth and George S. Guern-
sey and Messrs. Gasca Rich of Middle
h.rnxy e
bOrO, S. F. Frary of Stanford, John
Robertson of Bellows Falls, E. B. Kim
ball of Gaysville and III. V. French OF
Woodstock.
The event of the days session was
the address by Rev. DR.. A. A. Miner
on "The ministry, the position of high
est and broadcast influence" The
speaker held that the Christian min
istry is the Office of Christian helpful
ness. Before we can speak of his in
f1uence we must have the Christian
minister who must believe in the
Christians God. Having your minis
ter set him to the promotion of the
highest utilities, the moral and reli-
giOus interests of the world. This
work he can do as none other can.
With a power that characteriZes the
utterances of this speaker he showed
how the influence of the Christian
minister may reach into every depart
ment of life and should do so. The
address, which lasted 40 minutes, was
cOpiOusly illustrated with anecdotes
and incidents.
Following DR.. Miners address came
the missionary meeting during which
"Our needy parishes" were consider
ed by Rev. S. C. Hayford, and ga prac-
tical view of giving" was taken by
Rev. S. A. Parker. In the afternoon
at $50 addresses on "Our Literature"
were delivered by Rev. o. M. Hilton
and Rev. l. P. Booth. The Sunday
school meeting followed with address
es on "HOw to influence our young
people to remain loyal to our church"
by Rev. L. F. Fortney "The teacher
as character builder" by Rev. A. j..
Aubrey; GLOW to teach the Helper
lesson of August %, to an intermedi-
ate Glass;" which was very interesting
ly illustrated by Rev. G.. l.. Demarest,
d. ID.
The exercises of the convention were
brought to a close Thursday evening
with an address by Rev. A. A. Miner
which was delivered to a packed house.
DR.. Miner held the close attention of
his audience as he discussed various
religions of the world and compared
them to the religion of Christ. With
not a little dramatic power he read
one of Watts hymns descriptive of
the horrors of hell, following with re-
marks concerning the prevailing views
of Oday.