St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-10-25

Christian people, through whose sulfrnges
IL IL permitted to thrive and flourish realiz-
| ing that only life and death struggle can
| overcome IL and that our prohlbitory law is
| often but dead letter. while the ranks of
those who should enforce II are scattered,
divided discouraged or bribed, therefore,
Resolved, That our hope under God, lies
| in the coming generation,
| Resolved, That temperance should have n
prcemincnt place in our Sunday School in
| structiOn,
Resolved. That we call upon all Sunday
| School workers, superintendent, pastors
and teachers to use every means in their
| power to raise up from those under their
! teaching a mighty temperance army, who
shall speak for TEN pcrance feaflcssly, sing for
| temperance swcety, vote for temperance
| always. pray for temperance ieryently fight
for temperance stubbornly and be thorough
| temperance workers to the backbone.
Resolved, That The quarterly lesson on
| this subject be enforced by sermons, addresses.
tracts, songs, Rotations, pledge signing any
and every means ingenuity can invent and
Christian energy carry out, all infused with
Il living, loving, vital interest.
Resolved, That we emphasize the necessity
of a more rigid OBJ ervance OF the Sabbath,
both in our church and in the homes of our
people.
These resolutions were then adopted:
Whereas, Since the Almighty in His in
scrutablc providence, has removed from us
during the past assocatonal year. Franklin
Fairbanks, Rev. Austin Hazen and Hon. A.
A. Wyman.
Resolved, That, in their death, our Assoc-
alton sustains an irreparabe loss; but,
without questioning, we bow in humble sub
mission 10 the will of Him who doeth all
things we'll
Resolved, That, though these noble men
of God have gone from us, they still live in
this Association by the consecrated effort
they put forth through many years, to up
buill Sunday School of
state and their individual influence through
the coming years shall steadily strengthen
along all the lines of our work, and as in
memory, we shall halow these men, we
shall be stir ed to increasing activity and
faithfuness in securing, as did they many
stars in our crown of rejoicing when gathered
with them before the Lord and Master in
the Home Land above
The report on the committee on loca-
ton named Burlington as the place Tor
the next convention and this was
adopted by the delegates.
J. w. Sault presented the report of the
committee appointed at st, Adams
convention last year to see about the
discontinuance OF Sunday trains. This
committee presented resolution to the
legislature and it was refer ed to the
railroad committee. They in turn re-
icrrcd it back to the Sunday School com
mitlee with the suggestion that the
matter should be presented to the rail
road commissioners rather than the
legislature,
The nominating com!nittCe presented
the following list OF officers and they
were unanimously elected
President Rev. G. w. Morrow, Ran
dolph.
Vice Presidents, n, G. Williams, Bellows
Falls, L. w. Hawley, Brattleboro.
Secretary, Rev. G. l.. Story, Bakersfield.
Statistical Secretary, Rev. ]. II. Bah
bit, West Brattleboro.
Treasurer, F. S. Pease, Burlington.
Executive Committee, Loren B. Lord,
Burlington; Rev. l.. o. Sherburne, st.
Adams; Hon. E. P. Adams, Swanton;
D. NJ. Camp, Newport; Rev. ]. w. Bur
gin, Danvile; Rev. ]. ]. Hall, South Rye
gate; N. x. Brown, Burlington.
The address of the morning was given
by Rev w. H. H. Avery, D. D.. of st.
Adams, on "Our Sunday Schools in Rela-
ton to Sabbath Dissertation He said
that Sunday was made for man, there
lore Gods law should be properly OBJ
served and the Sunday Schools become
more extended till they reach every part
of the world Dissertation of the Sab.
bath consists in riding, boating picnics,
Sunday papers, opening of post offices
and stores, car journeys, baking big
Sunday dinners, visiting and in fact
everything out of he religious order.
The Sunday School is the teaching SER
vice of the church and everybody should
be there instead of elsewhere Never in
all the Christian era has the Bible been
greater antagonzed than today, and
this should be fully realized and anti
dotted by placing the Bibles in the homes
around which circles the truth should be
carried, thus pushing to the extreme the
monster which would destroy the inhu.
ence of this book of religion.
The Old Puritanic principles should be
observed rather than the loose manner
Of spending the Sabbath of the present
lav which is increasing under the foreign
influence in our large cities and towns
The cnacting of stringent laws should be
made, thereby increasing the union of
Of our nation, and the Sunday
Schools should be stirred to act along
this line. Attention was called to the
good work of Chief Commissioner Roosc-
welt in New York and similar work in ST.
Louis and other cities prospectivelv.
Sermons printed in Sunday papers lose
their force, and so long as people buy
these papers and use the Sunday trains
little can be done in Sabbath service.
Sunday dissertation is even a greater evil
than ntemperance. There should be one
Sunday given wholly to this subject each
year, from the sermon through the Sun
day School and home services. The
world has gone too far away from the
Holy Writ already, but let the return be
sure and those working for it be
strengthened, aud great results for good
be the outcome.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
"rhe Source ofour Strength" was the
subject OF the conservation service led bv
Dr. Heath. 1t is actual service which
both the man and the place.
The Holy Spirit must burn over the
heads of the congregation then the place
becomes consecrated. The consecratcd |
man must not stop with wishing to be
and with prayers, but must |
90 out and work and live tor God and |
set himself apart for God and his min
istry. Perfect conservation is in service.
DR.. Hurlbut followed upon Wages of
of the Sunday School Worker" Hesaid,
Every kind OF work reacts on the worker.
There is reflex influence on all things
one does. The Sunday School teacher
seldom thinks OF wages or reward for