Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-04-16

ence is to be held Epworth league, Will
| liam Newton, Andrew Gillies, l. p. Chase
| trials of appeal II. +. Forrest j. o. Sher-
| burne II. w. Worthen, Clark Wedge
| worth, j. ID. Beeman. w. r. Davenport
| Z. n. Granger
PASTORAL ADDRESS.
Rev. A. w. c. Anderson then read the
! pastoral address, which is in part as fol-
| lows:
We would urge upon you tho necessity
| of private and family prayer. Family
| worship and private prayer are impera-
| tive and binding on the Christian. With
out strict attention to thesc your religion
will become mere form of Godlincss,
without the power thereof. Let there be
n family altar erected in all our house
holds. No time Is lost by family prayer.
| We would counsel a conscientious OBJ
servance of the rules and discipline of our
church. Against fashionable folies popu-
| lar pleasures, and all such diversions as
| cannot be taken in the name of the Lord
Jesus" we lift a warning voice. BY every
| consideration of consistency and church
relationship you are bound ITO maintain
| in all their sacredness those great moral
distinctions" which separate the saved
from the unsaved. Let your experience be
that of the Apostle Paul, when he said:
IL am crucined with Christ; nevertheless
I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.
ana the lie WnlCn L now live III inc HtSn
| l live by the faith of the Son of God, who
loved me and gave Himself for me-" a
strict observance of the requirements OF
the discipline will inspire each member
with zeal and courage, such as will be
commended everywhere, and secure the
respect and confidence of all.
FRATERNAL DELEGATES.
The committee on nominations OF fra
ternal delegates and visitors to the literary
institutions presented the following names,
| which were endorsed by the conference:
To the State convention OF Congregational
ministers and churches, Thomas lyric
| to the Baptist State convention, i. =.
Tucker; Baptist yearly meeting, w. f..
Douglass; Montpelier Seminary, W. s..
Smithers and wife, C. S. Nutter and wife
and Miss Mary Pomeroy; Boston Univer-
sity, w. NJ Newton; Wesleyan associa-
ton, George o. Howe and r. s. Mapsur;
Women's college OF Baltimore. Dr. f. NJ.
Smith and wife. Rev. s. Donaldson was
nominated for committeeman. 1t was
voted that the S25 received from the
Clark will fund be given to w. j. Kidder
and II. A. Spencer
RESOLUTION ON TEMPERANCE.
The following resolution. was adopted:
| I'VE are unalterably opposed to licensing
the rum traffic and thus constituting it
| a business. We rejoice in a constantly
corning this mother of all inquity. With
the organization of the Law and Order
League in New Hampshire to the east of
! us and the Raines Law in New York on
the west of us We are encouraged to hope
that the time may not be far distant
when the general government will refuse
to be a partner in this horrible traffic by
refusing to receive revenue from It. We
wish to again record our unequivocal en-
dorsement Of the position taken by our
church in regard to the whole matter
total abstinence for the individual and
total prohibition for the State. Here We
stand. We can do no other"
REPORT ON EDUCATION.
Rev. II. j.. Forrest read the following re-
port for the committee on education:
T. The church docs well to foster science
and 10 promote culture among its ad.
r herents The establishment and support
of Summaries, colleges and universities
Is the legitimate work of the church, ant
is absolutely essential to its progress ant
perpetuity
i And 1t is important that tho higher
education of the young should be in tn,
4 hands of the church. Intellectual cul
ture disconnected with morality and pnti
/. only renders n man more powerful fol
evil. We, therefore, commend oar vari
Gus institutions of learning to the patron
: age ard liberty OF our people. tn tn
Methodist people of Vermont the para
: mount interest is the Montpelier Scmn
AIRY. Upon II we are dependent for tn,
proper culture of our young people. From
1t largely our ministry must be recruited
Then let us support 1t by persuading on
young people to avail themselves OF It
Il unsurpassed advantages, and by our gift
and testamentary requests. Through tn
earnest efforts of the financial agent, Rev
II II. A. Spencer, and the wisdom and liber
s. atty of the trustees the seminary is nov
4 on safe financial basis but it is still
y very needy and gifts and requests ar
earnestly solicited.
& We also recommend to our people on
" higher institutions of learning such a
d the Wesleyan University. Boston Uni
lie versity. the Woman's College OF Baltimor
= and the American University of Washing
% ton, d. c. These schools are unsurpass
ed by any in our country for thoroughnes
IS of drill and for broad and liberal culture
ID II. +. FORREST,
y THOMAS TYRE,
\ Committee.
$, w. NJ. Newton, Andrew Gillies and I. I
f. Chase were appointed to serve as Nom
\ bers on q committee of Epworth League
y AS the report of the Montpelier Sem
Is mary was not ready the report of Rev. II
n A. Spencer, the financial agent of tn
q school, was called
: MONTPELIER SEMINARY.
n Rev. Mr.. Spencer said In part:
s. | ought, perhaps, in this report or m
r work for the seminary. to speak of som
ID things | have done in addition 20 tn
II assistance | have given to the main objec
E. To provide for tho large floating debt sin
TT ply was all the most sanquine hoped FOL
y, But during the past year Bro McAllisto
of EnosburGh had given us a property 70
which no refused $4,000. This is to h
. turned into cash as soon as practicable &
40 is bringing us a revenue in the mean time
w to pay that part of the funded debt du
- the trust funds OF the estate as. clan
DO against tho seminary. This St'+ of Brt
McAllister alone more than pays all I'll
- expense of tho financial agency for the cl
wv tire three years. Then only las. week Mr.
81 Calkins of Waterbury gave US sma
~ farm in Montpelier valued at $4,000. Or
80 thousand dollars arc to be permanently II
- vested, to be known as the Cameron
80 Calkins fund" the interest to be used
he the discretion of the trustees.
II During the first summer | was IN tn
49, work, and only q few weeks before II
DIS death, ] detected an informnlity In II
C. win of Bro. Ward of st. Johnsbury in Il
correction of which his Request of 500
was saved to the endowment fund; al
last autumn during my visit to tho Yves
MS | secured a verbal pledge for $500 whit
oh Will como to us ultimately, unless the pa
,ss ty goes back on the pledge and chang
IN, documents which arc already on recor
al No single Improvement about the ms