Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-01-28

nights, as to ascertain what course
led him into a predicament that ne
cessitated the voyage. We can not
understand all the mysteries of God,
but some truths we can fathom. He
would emphasize the fact that the
Bible was truth. Let every boy and
girl understand that the Word is
truth. The infidel world and all it's
caviling critics have not proved it in
error. We need to teach that man is
a fallen creature. If there is any
better explanation of mans fall than
the Bible gives, what is it? The Bible
unfolds to man the most important
truths; it is the only book that has
an account of creation; that points to
future existence. 1t teaches that
man fell from his high estate and has
no power to lift himself from his deg
radiation. 1t teaches the truth that
Jesus Christ came to the world to res
cue sinners and to save men. The
teacher in the S. s. should make the
above facts known to the scholars,
and that each needs a personal Saw
Jour.
Wednesday Afternoon-Praise SER
vice, led by the President. This was
followed by business session. A
proposition had been made to change
the constitution of the organization,
making it auxiliary to the State AS
ISOLATION, and a committee ID. M.
Camp, F. w. Bald win and Rev. Geo.
o. Howe had investigated the matter
and recommended that the change be
made, and the association voted to
annul the old constitution and adopt
the one prepared by the Information
al Association for auxiliaries. The
following officers were elected for the
coming year: President, Rev. j. K.
Fuller; vice president, -
secretary, j. B. Holton; assistant
Sec, Rev. A. G. Austin; Treas, j. B.
Holton; executive committee, Rev.
R. L. Odds, Geo. H. Blake, Rev. HI. M.
Perkins.
Mr.. Shepard of Albany, secretary
pro tenn, made his report, showing a
small balance in the treasury over
current expenses. A pledge had been
made that the county would pay the
State Assertion So, land MI. Newcomb,
one of the State ommittee, had guar
anteed sum of $25 as a contribution
toward paying the expenses of a S.
S. missionary, who is to be hired by
Vermont and New Hampshire to work
in the interest of the Sunday Schools
in the two States. To meet these sums,
about 500 was pledged from the schools
represented. CD 1ss
"l AT former time, the pastors of the
M. e. and Cong. churches of Island
Pond had made a request to be ad-
mitted to the Orleans County Associ-
alton, and in the adoption of the new
constitution it was voted to embrace
the town of Brighton in this associa-
ton.
Mrs. James Cameron of West Glow
er, statistical secretary, had prepared
an elaborate chart in which much use
full information was presented. We
give asbrief abstract! Nine denomin-
ations were reported; 81 out of about Ga
schools in the county report 1925 S. S.
members, 262 teachers; the aggre-
gate in the number of scholars over
1892, is SO , the largest average gains
were in the Barton M. E., 26lS, the
Coventry Cong, 1872, Derby NJ. e.
Is, and the w. Derby F. b.. IA Loss
es were reported in several schools.
The largest schools in average attend
ance are the Newport Cong, 122; the
w. Derby F. B., ia; the Barton M. E.,
761a; the Coventry Cong, rs and the
Craftsbury M. E., 7419. Twenty four
churches report 1343 resident church
members, S43 of whom attend the SIS.
elbow Shall the Social Demands of
the Young be Met by the S. So" was
ably treated by paphr given by Rev.
A. G.. Austin of Irasburgh. He said
in part, the social demands of the
young are very real, very urgent, and
they must be met by a conscientious
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