News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-04-19
Methodist Conference.

under the lead of Rev. A. L. Coope
., was called to order by Bishop Raj
20 dolph L. Foster. AS he explaine
P the enforced delay in his arrival l
2 stated that but once before in sixtee
IT years had he failed to appear on tin
at every conference session to whic
he was due. Dividends were declare
y from the Book Concern and chartere
IL fund. The conference was asked fl
d $1027 for the support of the bishop
It for the coming year. Rev. B. 2. Pal
ker, delegate of the Free-will Baptis
yearly meeting was introduced an
presented the fraternal greetings c
a that body. The Bishop responded t
t Delegate Parker, and maintained tn
e necessity of various denominations
saying that it would be disastrous t.
the cause to have only one church ii
; existence, even though that be tn
e Methodist church. Rev. L. III. Eli
8 oft, Secretary of the Vermont Bibl
> Society, was introduced and addressed
: the conference. The sales at the de
positories for last year had been $500
which was for the previous years
: The children Of the Sunday Schoo
| had contributed S916 since last Sep
TENDER, and thus has been trained tc
become liberal supporters of all be.
nevolence hereafter. He also spoke
of the great work of the American
: Bible Society, and declared that it had
distributed 100000 Bibles to for
eigners landing on our shores. Rev.
II. W. Bolton of the Rock River Con-
ference was then introduced.
Montpelier District was called, and
the Presiding Elder reported his work.
Rev. o. D. Clapp, of Waitsfeld, had
nearly recovered from the serious &C
cident by which he nearly lost his life.
Joseph House, local preacher, had
died during the year. A new church
had been built at Worcester and the
Rochester Methodist Church had been
remodeled.
st. Adams District was called, and
E. W. Culver, Presiding Elder, re-
ported the district. Accessions to
membership were shown in nearly
every charge. Many improvements
in church property were shown. Rev.
o. W. Barrows of Grand Isle has died
during the year, leaving widow and
five small boys. The report left the
advisability of holding special meet
ings an open question, maintaining
that each preacher should advocate
that doctrine.
st. Johnsbury District was called,
and S. Donaldson presented the re-
port of the district. There were 81
churches and 80 changes in this dis
trict, the average estimate for salaries
being a little over 5000. A new
parsonage had been erected at West
Burke and improvements, on church |
property.
Rev. R. Morgan then reported
Springfield District, and showed a
new church at Quechee, remodeled
church at Woodstock. South Tun-
bridge and Perkinsville. There had
been many revivals and goodly num-
Der of accessions. The reports of the
districts all showed mach interest in
the cause of missions and that most
Of the changes had passed the million
inc. L. L. Beeman was elected as
Trustee of Wesleyan University. Rev.
W. r. Puffer and G L. Wells were
changed to the effective list. Revs.
A. II. Honsinger. HI. P. Cushing, E.
). Morse, j. W. Guernsey, G.. H.
Gaylord and G. P. Flanders were con-
,inued on the supernumerary list.
In the afternoon Rev, L. Dodd of
Richford preached an able discourse
from Acts, XVI, 10 treating the
vision of Paul and the commission
there given to him, and through him
to the whole church. At 80 O'Clock |
the ladies of the Woman's ForeignI
Society held business
meeting. Thursday evening, at the
of the Conference Church
Extension Society, DIR. W. A. Spen-
GER, one of the Secretaries of that
society, delivered the address. He
brought out the fact that during the
past year the Vermont Conference
raised for the church extension 5000,
IN advance of over $50 over last year.
During the past two years the present
society has increased its receipts S46,-
300, which is above the high water
mark where Chaplain McCabe left
t. In the last % years the society
has aided over 5000 churches, with
'ittings sufficient in number to ac-
every inhabitant in the
our great cities of New York, Brook
yn, Jersey City and Newark. These
ire specimen facts which show the
,reat interest which was awakened by
he address.
The Vermont conference adjourned
Monday morning, after most inter-
sting and profitable session. The
appointments made by Bishop Foster
or the St. Adams district and towns
n this vicinity are as follows -
Presiding elder, E. W. Culver.
Alburgh, G. III. Sweat.
Bakersfield and North Fairfield, S. B. Currier. I
Cambridge, j. E. Bowen.
Colchester, j. E. Baxendale. l
East Gilmore, supplied by ID. P. Bragg. .
Enosburgh Falls, g. E. Smith.
Eden, supplied. Z
Essex and Jericho, NJ. p. Bell. ,
Fairfax, @. A. Smith.
Fletcher Center and Binghamville, supplied. 6
Franklin, G. L. Story
Georgia and North Fairfax, A. B. Enright Q
Grand Isle, G. A. emery.
Highgate. S. s. Brigham.
Isle La Motto, supplied by S. l.. Eastman
Johnson and Hyde Park supplied.
Milton. supplied by A. III. Ford.
Montgomery, supplied by e. II. Wright.
MorrIsville and ElmOre, W. X. Puffer.
MORT. Hero, SuDDlied nv q Ross