News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-09-10

thoughtful and earnest young
man of much promise.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
The Congregational church was
organized Nov. 21, 1918, with
the following members: Joseph
Savage, Daniel B. Dalton, Abner
Fuller, Rachael Dutton, Lorania
Dutton and Esther Savage. There
was no stated preaching until
1926, but occasional supplies by
Rev. Daniel Rockwell and Others.
In March, 1926, the church
voted to give Mr. r. A. Watkins
call to settle in the ministry
with the church, for the term of
three years" Ordained the fol
lowing August, he received the
lot of land granted to the first
settled minister, but generously
transferred it to the town for the
support of public worship, the
rent to be divided according to
statute among the organized re-
ligious societies in town. He
closed his pastorate in 1880, and
the society was without settled
pastor until 1888. He was a man
of scholarly attachments, though
not ready speaker.
Rev. Hiram Carleton, a gradu-
ate of Middlebury College, and a
man of wide and varied learning
in literature and politics, as well
as theology, was settled pastor
until 1853. The desk was ably
and acceptably supplied by Revs.
Wheelock, Torrey, Bent and
others until 1857, when Rev. J.
T. Ford was ordained, and la
bored zealously and successfully
thirteen years. Since then Rev.
Messrs. Perkins, Hardy, Hale
and Anderson-the last named a
very efficient preacher-preceded
Mr.. Drew, the present esteemed
pastor, under whose pastorate
the church has been very prosper
Gus. The present membership is
about 10, and the Sabbath
school, under the superintendency
of A. H. Cheney and devoted
corps of teachers, numbers about
the same.
The church has recently sus-
tanned a severe loss in the death
of Mr.. Albie A. Warren, one of it's
devoted members and faithful Of
fcials. Held in high regard by
his townsmen, and especially by
the church, his death is deeply re-
GREETED.
The church building, although
it has seen years of service, is in
good preservation. Some i'm
provements, which will greatly
add to it's appearance, are now
being made in the building.
REV. STEPHEN FOLSOM DREW.
Rev. Stephen Folsom Drew,
pastor Of the Congregational
church, was born in Tunbridge,
VT, in 1923. He prepared for
college mainly by home study,
and graduated from Dartmouth
in 1913. He studied theology at
Lane Theological Seminary, Gin
cinatti, and preached for a time
in various missionary fields. His
first settled pastorate was at
Cabot, VT, where, during twelve
years labor the church was high
ly prospered.
He asked for a dismissal and
engaged in missionary work in
Minnesota, where he organized
six churches in one county and
labored assiduously and success
fully for ten years, making his
headquarters at Albert Lea
Since returning to Vermont he
has filled pastorates at West
Charleston, VT, and McIndoes,
each of three years duration.
He has commenced his sixth year
at Stowe, where his estimable
qualities have won him many
friends.
METHODISM.
1.-THE early history of Method
ism in Stowe is made somewhat
obscure by the defective church
record. 1t is remembered by the
oldest inhabitant that at an ear
ly day Lorenzo Dow came here
on horseback, and asked permis-
sion to preach in some one of the
dozen or so log houses, then the
only dwellings. 1t is not known
that at that time either Method
ism or Dow had been heard of by
the few settlers. So Dow was
told that there was no room for
him, that they had no need of his
services. At last a man more
liberal than his fellows offered
Dow his house or barn. He ac-
: cepted the offer, returned and
| preached in his inimitable man
ner, and the people became inter
= ested in spite of themselves. A