Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-04-16
SATURDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
A Large Attendance and Good Amount
OF Business Dame.

Barre, VT, April 12.-The attendance at
the conference prayer meeting held yes
terday morning and led by Rev. Sylvester
Donaldson was larger than that of any
at the morning devotions.
The bishop took the chair at O'clock
The conference was authorized to draw
s369.02 on the conference claimants and
81 for missions within the bonds Of the
conference. James II. Wills, W. j. Nc
Neil and W. NJ, Morrow wero elected to
local deacon's orders.
Tho list of supernumary preachers was
called for and the following were passed
and continued in the same relation: y.
H. Wilder, II. T.. Howard. w. II. Dean, A.
II. Honsinger f. s. Morse, c. =. Flanders,
Isaac McAnn, S. p. Currier, w. S. JENNIE.
Church Tabor, W. A. Bryant, II. A.
Bushnell. A. b. Truax, c. Il. Hyde, C. w.
Morse, Harvey Webster, II. +. Reynolds
and Thomas Trcvillian. John Thurston
and George l.. Story were made effective
and G. i. VOLS granted supernumerary
relations.
T., y. Goodrich was located at his own
request and j. A. Shcrburne was trans
ferred from the effective to the super
numary ranks. j. o. Sherburne asked
| the conference to recognize the orders OF
c. j. Richardson, who was in the Congre-
gational church. Rev. W. r. Davenport
made his report as conference secretary,
| Wnlcn is as lOllONS.
CREDITS.
Sale OF minutes 1854. Al
| Income from ADV. ................,. 81 90
Total credits ,.......................2 POI. A
DEBTS.
Printing 2OOc conference minutes 500 or
Distributing same ................,. 3iSt
incidental expenses for year ........ 1915
surplus now on hand ................ II 4.
iotai ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1921 4,
The report was accepted and for the
ra~t fclr years there has always been ,
deficit whllo this year there is a surplus
a, H. Cooper for conference steward.
made preliminary report which was ac
cepted,
COMMITTEES.
l.. l.. Beeman nominated the followln,
committees: Conference board of churcl
extension, same committee; deacones
work. old committees missionary sermon
A. w. Z. Anderson, and G.. o. Howe al
tornate; standing committees, stewards
A, i. Cooper, p, ~ Granger 5. 8. Brig
ham and j. d, Becman; education, An
drew Gillies c. S. Hunter, G. o. Howe
Sunday schools, A. -. Blake, j. w. Nara
more, A. e. Atwatcr; church extension
W. ~ ANDERSON, y. q, Austin, l..
Tucker; freedmcn's aid. II. II. Forrest
]. A. Dixon. G, l.. story; temperance. 4
w. Lewis, w. NJ. Newton, w. +. johnson
tract cause, w, u. Douglass, G, IL. ROC
ers, s, II. Smith; Bible cause, w. p. Stan
ley, w. S. Smithers, L. W. Sharp; mis-
sions, presiding elders; memoirs s. Don
aldson, A. j. Hough, A. r. Blake; anniver
sary speakers l.. l.. Becman. H. A. Sper
Ger; missionary societies. C. 8, Nuttei
j. o. SherhlrnC, w. M Roberts. confol
ence relations. ]. D. Becnlan, o. NJ. Bout
WELL J. II. Wallace: church literature
Thomas lyric, l.. p. Tucker, c. Wedge
worth; resolutions, ]. o. Sherburnc. C. {
Judklns. c. s. Hubert; pastoral address.
+. j. Handy, w, /. Todd, j. II. Wallace
fraternal delegates and visitors to literar
Institutions, J. W. Naranore. A. l.. Coope
and C. g. Tuppcr; public worship, presid
ing elders and pastors where the confer