The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-09-05
Annual Meetins Of the Windham County
Baptist Association.

Windham County Badtist Association as.
sembled at the Baptist church in South
Windham Wednesday August 2S, at ten
O'Clock, a. M, and was called to order by
Rev. c. A. Votey. After short session
of prayer Rev. Walter Chase was chosen
moderator, and S. H. Sherman clerk and
treasurer. Rev. d. w. Athearn of Towns.
hend preached the annual sermon. Rev.
A. McGeorge, State Missionary, present.
ed the needs of the Baptist State Conven-
ton. Then collection was taken for
the benefit of the convention. Rev. f.,
A. Seagrave, son in. law of Mrs. Julia
V1nton, spoke in a very interesting man
ner upon his prospects of future work
among the Karens' The meeting was
adjourned at IL: 30 for dinner. Atl:3O
p. M, prayer meeting. At p. M, letters
were read from the following churches !:
Brattleboro, Brookline, East Dover, Gull
ford, Halifax, Jamaica, Pondville. Putney,
Townshend, West Brattleboro, West
Dummerston, West Wardsboro, Whiting
ham and Wilmington. During the past
year there have been 81 baptisms, AZ have
been received by letter, by experience,
+ restored, The moderator appointed
the following committee: On State relie-
ion, Rev. F. j. Parry, Rev. G. j. Ganun
of West Wardsboro, Rev. H. M. Douglas
of Putney; on resolutions, Rev. H. M.
Douglas of Putney, Rev. C. A. votey of
South Windham, Deacon A. j. Fisher of
South Windham; on benevolence, Rev.
F. s. Smith of West Brattleboro, L. w.
Bush of Brookline, Charles Turner of
Dover; on obituaries, Rev. Mr.. Sherman
of Guilford, Rev. A. Parker, Rev. w. s.
Whitney of Jamaica; on auditing, John
Stebbins, c. H Ryder and ]. H. Holden:
on next session, S. H. Sherman, Rev. f.
Mitchell of Pondville. A very interest
ing discussion followed the report of the
committee on state of religion. At ~.
m, the ladies held missionary meeting
In the school house. Supper was served
at o'clock in the vestry. The evening
session commenced at z; 80. Mrs. f. A.
kenyonIof Townshend presented statistics
showing the amount of money given by
the women in the various churches in the
association for foreign missionary work,
Mrs. Julia Vinton made very interest
ing address. Mrs. vinton expects to
return to her work in India soon, accom-
panied by her daughter and son-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Seagrave, and also
by her two sons in Brattleboro. After
singing. Mrs. L. w. Hawley read extracts
from several of our home mission workers
Then Rev. DIR. A. P. Mason. district Sec
retary of the American Baptist Home
Missionary Society from the Mission
rooms in Boston, addressed the audience
for over an houl. Thursday morning at
8: 30 thirty-eight pers, ms were present at
the opening of the prayer service, led by
Rev. +. s. Smith of West Brattleboro.
The list of delegates was then revised
The committee on obituaries reported 81
deaths duriug the year. Mention was
made of the death of Rev. d. w. Athearn's
wife of Townshend, Deacon Ware of
Wilmington, Mrs. Deacon Kingsbury of
South Windham. The committee on
benevolence reported an increase i'm con-
tributions. Special mention was made of
the church at East Dover. That church
has given over $500 for various benevo-
lent objects during the past year. The
committee on resolutions made lengthy
report. The treasurer's report was read
and accepted. The minutes were revised
and corrected. At IL O'Clock Rev. F. ].
Parry preached from Heb, "A. s. II.
Sherman was chosen member of the
Baptist publication society. Ed. Fisher
of South Windham, G. w. Houphton of
Jamaica, and L. w. Hawley of Brattleboro
were elected delegates to the State con-
vention at BrattlebOro. Association ad-
Jourhed at IL O'Clock for dinner. All
seemed to enjoy the meetings. They were
well attended. Everything passed Off
and, as Rev. Walter Chase
said during his closing remarks, some |
golden words were spoken during the |
meetings, and the session closed with a |