The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-19
RELIGIOUS INrELL1sENcE.

AT the annual meeting of the Green Mountain
Association of Univcrsalists, including churches
IN windsor ,i ana i.and counties; held AT Rut.
dent, Rev II o Markham OF Ludlow; vice pres.
dent, II French of Woodstock; secretary, Is Il
Knapp of Woodstock; treasurer, W ID bail OF
Ludlow: committee on Sunday schools, A II
burlington of iIartland, Miss Alice Frost of
Rutland, Mrs z j Whitcomb Of Ludlow church
organization, iey Irving Lowsey of Rutland
chester: church extension, Rev A Parker of
Bethel, Mrs ellison of Springfield and Mrs Frank
Mckenzie OF Woodstock. Reports from the va.
crease III membership and especially marked
interest among the young people Of the several
| parishes.
The Congregational ministers association
closed its convention at Bradford last week
Thursday with the election Of the following
officers: NC Williams OF Bellows Falls presi,
dent; Rev u I Barnard of Bradford, vice presi.
qeht; Kev ; j. Bates OF Burlington, secretary;
secretary; ID NJ Camp OF Newport, treasurer;
Frank N Bond of Middlebury, auditor Rev
con; " Van Patten Rev G W Thompson and
Deacon lockwood Barrett, trustees Rev NJ l.
Severance, corporate member of A b c + Nj
Rev II Heath, d D delegate to Vermont con.
ference OF the Methodist Episcopal church; Rev
+ Herrick, substitute; Rev G Thomas, dele.
gate to the Vermont Baptist convention; Rev
Titus, substitute; Rev Henry Gnlick: dele.
gate TO the Free Baptist yearly meeting; Rev
Nichols. substitute: Rev II Fairbanks, Rev A
$ Hazen, Rev l. II Elliot, and Deacon Joseph
Poland compose the Fairbanks BOARD OF educa-
ton deacon g simpson, Deacon G + Th0mp.
son, Deacon NJ Sykes, Rev f T Fairbanks and
Rev z II Merrill compose the Fairbanks board
OF relief for ministers; committee on Vermont
Chronicle Rev G II Merrill, Rev G Seymour,
M Comstock, Rev l. II Elliot, Rev G IL Peck.
The Nubject of ministerial home within the
state forCOngrcgatiOna ministers was discussed
and the generous offer accepted of j II Con.
verse of Philadelphia in regard to q spacious
building In Burlington. The old committee con.
sisting of Rev f Hungerford, Rev j + Fullerton
Rev i B TenDey, Rev NJ l. Severance, and Dea.
w II Wood was continued on force to act in con. |
cert with the committee of investigation upon
The same subject appointed at this convention, |
consisting of Roswell Farnham, Deacon |
Thompson, Deacon W b Howe, ii Root and
WI Van Patten. Middlebury was chosen as
the place to hold the convention In June 1887.
The following officers of the Vermont Domes- |
tic Missionary society were elected: Rev Henry |
Fairbanks, president; Deacon Henry F Field Of |
Rutland, vice president; Rev II Merrill of st
Johnsbury secretary; William c Tyles of st |
JOhnsbury, treasurer. The WOmen's Home |
Missionary Union elected officers as follows |
Mrs W Van Hatten, of Burlington, president |
Mrs Adna Brown of Springfield, vice president |
Mrs NJ X Paine of Windsor, secretary; Miss s |
w Richardson, assistant secretary; Mrs c l. |
peoples work; Mrs Rebecca p Fairbanks of st |
JOhnsbury, treasurer.
A new Catholic chapel is to be built at Man. |
chester.
Rev j Lewis has accepted a call from 81
Paul's church, Chicago, to become assistant |
pastor, having the superintendency of its exten
sive institutional work and the interests of its
Sunday school, with Sunday evening lectures. |
He goes October /.