Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-04-25
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BRATTLEBORO:
FRIDAY, APRIL p, 1890
THE VERMONT CONFERENCE.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLOSING
DAYS.


The Springfield District Appointments
Fridays sessions Of the Vermont confer.
ence were conducted in accordance with
the outline given last week After the de.
votional exercises the regular business Of
the morning was taken up. Reports Of the
st. Adams and Springfield districts were
presented by the respective presiding ED.
ers Revs W. d. Malcolm and r. Morgan,
who were passed in character The claims
Of the Sunday School union, the Wesleyan
university, the Vermont Bible society and
the Freedmens Aid society were presented
by able and deeply interested speakers
Fraterna greetings of the warmest and
most sympathetic character were given by
Rev. II. B. Tilden of Chester, representing
the state Baptist convention. aud from Rev.
C. q. Day in behalf of the Congregational
churches of Vermont. A letter brought
the greetings Of the representative of the
Free viii Baptists, who was unable to he
present, and members of the Iowa and New
Hampshire conferences also spoke
The service of the afternoon was DELAYED
for an hour because of the funeral services
of Deacon Estey. DR. J. G. W. Coke was
the speaker for the occasion, and an elo-
quent address was delivered The Sunday
School union was presented with some
thing Of the scope and design of its work
II is not confined to our own country. hut
encircles the globe and proves especially
valuable in the newly opened fields The
account of the work of the organization
among the coored people aud the foreign
populations of our own country was eX-
ceedingly interesting. Following this AL
dress came the anniversary of the Epworth
league. a distinctively Methodist institution
which is proving of great help and bene-
fit to the young people in the church The
address was by Rev f. II Knight. presi
dent Of the Boston district league. 4
graceful act of the local league was the
presentation of dainty little knots of flow
ers to the ministers aud their wives who
were present.
In the evening at the town hall the au-
dience filled the main floor. and the ami
versary Of the missionary society was made
aud instructive through the
presentation of the cause by Rev DR.. j. q.
Peck, one Of the society's secretaries Dr.
Peck pronounced Christ himself to have
been the first missionary. and the church
and people possessing the spirit of Christ
must have the missionary spirit The hope
ful state of the mission fields at the present
time make possible the grandest results in
the coming years, if Christian people will
but reach out and take hold Of the work
which the faithful preparation of the past
has made ready.
The session Of Saturday morning was
busy one After the taking up of the su
perannuate list, the conference was ad-
dressed 10y some Of the veteran preachers,
who brought up interesting "reminiscences,
and who told of the growth and progress
which their long years of service had per-
mitted them to witness. The usual ques-
tions were taken up, the bishop addressing
the various classes as they came before him.
At the close of this business, Rev. DR.
Parklmrst, editor of lions Herald, was in
troduced aud spoke in behalf OF this publ
cation, also giving a sketch of the Wesley
an association, whose continued prosperity
means so much 10 New England Methodism.
DR. Buckley aud Dr. Lucien Clark spoke in