The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-02-05
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! Mrs. Coolidge OF Arlington. COUSIN
y OF Eli p. Richardson is assisting in the
care Of Edwin w. and wife, in their sick
ness. Mrs. r. is improving in her con
ditiOn.
Mrs. MOrey Of Wilbraham, Mass, and
daughter of w. J. TombS, was in town
last week, and in consolidation it was de
cided r. consult DIR. Seymour of Troy
wi:l .vierence to the sickness of her sis
ter, Miss Nettie TOmbs. The cuuisu UI
treatment being followed by the perscrip-
ton of her physician where she was tax
on i'll, has been abandoned and she is
Improving.
Warren Ripley who is now living in
Cleveland, Ohio, visited his mother a
few days since, who has been ON the sick
list but is better.
The sociable at the Congregational
parlors on Tuesday, was quite fully at
tended. 1t was the first since the week
of prayer, and the ladies started of IN
the afternoon, by putting on quilt for
quiet recreation.
Mrs. Rufus Towsley is in Troy, for an
operation for the removal of a cataract
upon one of her eyes. We learn it is
thought to be wholly successful.
The ordinance of Christian baptism
was administered to three Sunday morn
ing in the Baptist church.
Pastor Gilbert spent a few days the
first of the week in the North part OF the
State.
The popular and pleasing drama "The
Last Loaf" was presented in Bank Hall
Wednesday by the young people of the
Baptist church, and Notwithstanding the
bad roads the house was well filled. All
seemed well pleased with the entertain
ment, nor could it be otherwise, as every
part was fully sustained and presented
with crsdit S. Lee Lawrence sang
Swinging i'll the Grape Vine," and
being recalled sang SIS Marriage a Fail
ure?h Music was furnished by II. S.
Phillips and George Donnelly. Their
names are an assurance that it was ex-
cellent. Mr.. II. c. Livermore who was
to play was called away by the sickness
of his brother,
The invitation Of the Y. p. S. G. Z. to
the societies in Bennington and Shafts
bury, to meet with the EndeavOrs of the
Congregational church here on Monday
evening, it being the tenth anniversary
of the first society in Portland, Maine,
was cordially responded to. A special
car ran from Bennington at I o'clock,
returning at o, to accommodate the large
number who came over. Rev. Mr.. Peck
presided at the meeting, and after short
praise service, gave hearty welcome to
the societies so interested in the EndeavOr
work, and in happy way drew out from
answers to questions he had distributed
in the audience, knowledge of the
work of the society, and the foundation
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upon the word of God The president
of the county organization, Rev. u. Mar
ten of Bennington made rOmarks, us did
Rev.s Hitchcock of SALISBURY and
Adam of Rupert, singing being inter-
spersed. The last fifteen minutes was
occupied by Rev. c. Il. Seymour of Ben
nington, who impressed the Importance
of hearing and obeying the word. A
trained ear, quick to hear the voice of
Gods word is all important, and he illus
trated his meaning with an appropriate
anecdote from his own experience while
waiting at a depot, as he noticed several
men busy in conversation, but in an in
slant without any warning which came
to his car, they had heard the bell which
was the sign for attention and service.
So with the banner at the feet of Jesus
there should even be the trained hearing
ear, and the desire and willingness to
obey and serve. The fact that there
were six hundred thousand members i'll
the organization last year, and that
there is now probably seven hundred
), thousand, came out in the remarks of
the evening.
Rev. Mr.. Adam of Rupert, occupied
the pulpit of the Congregational church
! on Sabbath morning last, and the pulpit
! of the Baptist church in the evening,
where he delivered an interesting ser
mon TO large audience considering the
bad travelling He had for his text John
! XIX, last clause of the 10th verse, then
delivered he Him therefore unto them
to be cruciiied." After showing the
vacillating policy of PIlate and his want
: of manly decision, he held up the envir.
onment of PLATE as operating to turn
! the scale as he balanced in his own mind
the all important question, what should
he do with Jesus? He repeatedly said
he found no fault in him but his sur
, roundings were such, his associations
I with those who sought the Saviour
crucifictiOn were so Intimate, that hC
= could not rise to the full dignity of per
| feet manhood and stand up to his con
| victions of what was right, and was leo
5 to deliver him up to be crucified. The
, freedom of the will as asserted by PLATE
! or his power to cruelty or release Christ
was dwelt upon as equally the choice o
us al at the present time, and our de
} cision he claims is too often made t.
. turn upon our associations and environ
: ment, so that our better judgment o.
= known course of duty is not carried on
in our choice of action. Conscience il
: more or less dwarfed, biased or scarce
t by our associations and surroundings
2 His effort made good impression upol
] his attentive audience.