Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-04-20

The amounts collected in the differentdis-
tricts were as follows: Albany, s43o
Burlington, $2s3 Cambridge, 5000
Plattsburgn, Sal : Saratoga, $972; Troy,
$685..
The Episcopal fund committee reported
that the amount apportioned to the Troy
conference for the support of bishops and
widows Of bishops was So, 1872, and of this
amount $204S was raised. The amount
asked for the ensuing year Is 1882.
| 1t is estimated that there were 2 900 per-
| sons in the Fifth avenue Presby terian
church Yesterday morning.
Presiding Elder 5. Meredith conduc ted
| the love feast, which ahounded in short
testimonies and stirring song.
The sermon of Bishop Cyrus ID. Foss
was preceded by an anthem by the church
chulr aud devotional exercises conducted
| by the bishop. His text was Philippians
iii 9, 10, II.
Tine dri't Of tho bishops eloquent dis
cconse is suggested by the few points
| following:
Huxley styles Christian philosophy as
akin To- lunar politics From tins des
! Grip ION let ia t'lru 10 tour great religious
! Cert"t.tl"-, whiuh stand Ike surlt Huu
/ Ljor,uu~ uuuuluu peaks Tue first Ger
| tijptv Is Tn. tru,h Of God. A personal
/ GpI / the fundamental c'uCept ul ail re-
j llGuu. God ia 'pr tits. urdtt want OF the
/ uaud ANA heart: the need OF the void
and ;te revelation ~ he Rrok. The seq
! ouu certainty is Chrl-i-i'i in Christ.
/ F.I.t. tn- historic 4 hiH.t and second, tpc
/ um.l present and living Christ. th.
/ iu:' oi the ij-Iopio Chu-t Is oa t3~jiy ul1T-
4 e. r- Sac tact # NafO.,fu i'puoiYtc,
! Hjli 20 rs easter 80 hur .ut Waterloo thnn
/ calvary Auutev t.IiHun Y Is -.. walton,
/ utd -.Itatou by Ct.'~t Zoe l'ur.h eel
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/ "lli C.r-t Y."'enrr tNr Hpn-- shed
/ UJpu aI~ trutb--i.p iis ,rct of imiuO.-
! tbfy vi ulu IS "nd the -"I-r Of eternal
! tonnes Vs. 'r3 81 eu comes 10 d,p RING
! -IiY t.. white tae natural proofs of i'm
u,prja ity ae not suGc0eut, aud ChIi-J
n'one rouINt i'm mortality 10 H-ht, siltI
We may bell We of ours lv -. ~ Of "a ship
| stand n Uu he ways really tn he launch
ed, that this house was not INSIDE TO stay
o. land, cut was meant Tor the ocean of
eternity. White | believe that what is
technical tlied splrituqlism is nine
tenlhs seit-deceit and onC-'euth devil
! (What may be supernatural i'll it being
diabo ical and not ongelicaD, think thai
! some revelations of hraVen are often CIV
en- to dying saints while their feet are still
in the dusty ways Of earth
The ordlnat ION Of dedGouS followed the
sermon. the bishop being assisted in the
service by the Rev. DR.. II. Graham and
the Rev. Hector Hall, pastor OF the Fifth
avenue Presbyterian church. The fol
! lowing, who were presented bv Presiding
| Elder Meredith, were ordained:
Beriah c. Brown, Hurry II. rouslay, q.
II. La Grange, G. ". Love, +. ). Mercy
Daniel w. Perry. w. II. Fouron, Clar
euce Il b se', Herbert A. Wood, Hu-
bert HancpX, j w. Btker, sidney NJ
| Harris, lynn G. Petit Charles J. Hall
The state street Methodist church was
crowded yesterday AFTERNOON to witness
the ordination OF elders. Bishop Foss pre-
sided, but the ordination sermon was
preached by the Rev. DR.. Merritt HUI
burd OF New York HIS text was: Where
~ l. ~, I ha
dent unto the heavenly VISION" The
speaker described the conversion of Paul,
and his journey after he was stricken down
on the road to Damascus. He said
Let us AK what this vision has in COM
mon with us. The vision which stopped
! Paul was transceudent. There are the
visions Of a dreamer, amounting to nothing,
but when God speaks n auXllaries are
| needed to turn the sinner from his wicked
ness to the recognition of God. The revel-
alton was also personal. The vision was
definite 1t was d call to duty. 1t was a
call to be a munster of the Lord Jesus
Christ which WAS given to Paul. The
theory of this Office into which we are
called by the Lord Jesus Christ is that we
must abandon ali for His sake. The vision
effected a Transformation in St. Paul, and
| we have DO use fer ministry which VIII
not teach the necessity of being born
again
At the conclusion If the sermon seven
,niidat-s were a limited TO the elder-h p
as tolI,ws; Martin l.. Fisher, George II.
Balm, joel II Lincoln, Frederick :, Fran
CT, George W. May, Phillip Goettel and
Walter ), Eaton.
Bishop FOss announced the appoint
ments for the coming year, after which
at $50, conference adjourned sine die. Fol-
lowing are the assignments for
BURLINGTON DISThICT.
Presiding elder, J. NJ. Web4ter of Brandon
Arlington and Sandgate, j. a. Heath.
henson, ID. 5 Sch IT,
Bennington, +. Widmer.
Braudou, c. K. Hawiey.
Bristol, W. o. Tower
Burlington. II. Eaton.
Castleton, II. l.. Kelsey.
Charlotte, NJ Wicker.
Fairhaven, l.. \. Bigrlow.
Hiuesburph 5. j. Robinson.
Lincoln, ID. Perry.
Man hester Centre, G. A, Kerr.
N ddl,tJwn =. ii. DelevAn.
MOuktOu, q. Il. sutton.
North Ferr!sbur n. G.. II. Robbins.
| Pant IN, :. VI wilbur.
Pttsford, f. X. Potter.
Rluton, v GOODWIN.
Rut and. ID K. Lo~ell
Shelburn, G. +. Wilcox.
Sttrksboro, l.. W. Ray.
falmouth, f, Cameron.
NergPnnes, VI. II. Smith.
West Ruthnd, Bond.
Wesl SaIlsburN, j. Han.
winiston, r, W. Gregory.
Winooski, II. +. Austin.
Following are additional appointment.
of the TROY conference mini tiers mad,
by Bishop Foss.
Albany dist ict-J. ". Eaton, presiding
elder. Albany: Ash Grove. Z. A. $. Heath
FIRST church. 5; v. Lcech Grace church. p
l., Dow So. Luke's, s. NJ. Williams Trinity,
III C. Fdrrar Amsterdam, NJ. d.
Jump; Canajoharie. Samuel Mclaughlin
G;ki,l T. A. Gr,,lin; Fonda t. a, DIP
: G. &. MorehOuse Mineral Springs, Edward
Morgan.
rlat sburgh district-A, d. Heaxt presid-
ing elder. Ausuhlc Forks, L. l.. Lawrence
Beekmantown, c, II. Richmond Champlain
and kouSe's Point, o. NJ. Boutwell, Chazy,
NJ. NJ. Curry Cllntonville, supplied by ".
Langdon Crown Point, @ 4. Hagar; Dame
more, c. a. Bradford; Elizabet htowu, Alfred