The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-04-28
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W. n. ROBBERS was elected railroad secre-
tary. Rev. A. II. Baker Of India and Rev.
DR.. Mason, corresponding secretary of the
Freedmen's Aid Society, were introduced.
duced by Bishop Walden as a specimen
brick from the schools Of the South. He
made brief address, urging the pastors to
present the claims of the Freedmen's Aid
Society in their congregations during the
coming year. Bishop Walden announced a
draft of 500 in favor of Conference claim
ants and S647 from the Book Concern in
favor of the Vermont Conference. The re-
ports of Presiding Elders Beeman OF the
Montpelier District, l.. Q. Sherburne OF the
st. Adams District, and Joseph Hamilton
of the st. Johnsbury District were read and
the Conference adjourned.
Previous to the reports OF the Presiding
Elders, the following standing committees
were appointed: Stewards-A. l.. Cooper,
Pm. Granger, S. s. Brigham and j. d.
Beeman.
Education-Andrew Gillies, G. s. Nutter,
! W. II, White.
Sunday.schools-A. B. Blake, j. w. Mar
amore, +. p. Clark.
Church Extensien-A. w. G. Anderson,
A. g. Austin, A. ii. Baker.
Freedmen's Aid-H. F. Forrest j. A.
Temperance~F. w. Lewis, W. G. John
son, A. p. Enright.
Tract Cause-w. E. Douglass, S. H.
! llbu, IL. DlSsOu,
Bible Cause-W. P. Stanley, w. 8. Smith
ers, E. w. Sharp.
Missions-The presiding elders.
acknowledgement donaldson, A. j.
Hough, A B. Blake.
To Nominate Anniversary Speakers-L,
l.. Beeman, Ii. A Spencer.
Missionary Societies-C. s. Nutter j. o
! Sherburn, w. n. Roberts,
Conference Relations-J. d. Beeman, A.
w. G. Anderson, H. F. Forrest, o. NJ Bout
WELL j. H. Wallace, w. S. Smithers.
Church Literature-B. f. Roland, Ii. A
Spencer, Clark Wedgeworth.
Resolutions-J. o. Sherburne, g. o. Jud.
kins c. S Hulburt.
Pastoral Addresses-F. d. Handy, w. L
Todd, j. Fl. Wallace.
To nominate fraternal delegates and visit
ors to literary institutional. w. Naramore
A. l.. Cooper, G. S. Nutter.
Public Worship-Presiding elders and pas
tor where the conference is to be held.
Epworth League-W. M. Newton, An.
drew Gillies, s. Q. Johnson.
Revision of Conference Retrospect-H +
Forrest, II, A Spencer, George L. Story.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
Rev. A. W. G. Anderson of Enosburgh
Falls preached the missionary sermon at
two O'Clock. His theme was Triumphs OF
Christianity" A statistical session of the
Conference followed, and later the Board
of Church Extension met in the pastor g
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ment of $50 each towards erecting churches
at South Albany and South Walden,
THURSDAY EVENING.
The lecture on " Africa by Bishop Wal,
den, announced for Thursday evening. was
postponed until Saturday evening" and Rev.
DR.. G. B. Mason of Cincinnati, spoke at
Hedding church ON the work among the me-
self, an object lesson OF what education and
Christianity will do for the negro race. His
eloquent address was listened to with pro-
found attention.
FRIDAY MORNING.
Devotional exercises were led by Rev. O.
d. Clapp of Georgia. At nine o'clock Bishop
Walden took the chair. The conference
voted "a to II not to appoint commission
| to confer with a similar commission from
the New Hampshire Conference regarding
setting some charges on the latter to the
Vermont Conference. Rev. DR.. s. N Jack.
son of the Barre Congregational church and
Rev. DIR. Charles Parkhurst, editor of Zion's
Herald, were introduced and made brief adj
| dresses.
Under the thirteenth question, the charac.
ter of the pastors was passed, and they
made their reports. The address of DR..
Parkhurst was of peculiar interest.
Following Rev. Dr. Parkhurst, Bishop
that am charged with the oversight Of the
business, temporal as. we'll as spiritual, in
terests in the church, it behooves me to give
some information to our good Brother
! Parkhurst. 1 spent sixteen years in the
book concern, and during those sixteen
years there was no profit in the book con-
Germ" The Bishop then announced that he
should not address the class entering con-
ference in full connection, which was set
for 80 this morning, until tomorrow
morning.
The young men comprising this class
were then called up and the Bishop said
"You have been for two years or more in
the relation Of probationers to the confer
ence. You are expected before you are
elected TO take upon yourself very impor-
tant obligations, and have no doubt but
what you have read carefully what shall
call your attention to, and in order that you
may answer these questions conscientiously
and without any mental reservation, answer
them in the presence OF the conference az
the great head OF the church by whom you
are called to this work, / suggest that you
read the suggestions in the discipline that
refer to your call to preach, your relation TO
your brethren and the conference. / trust
you will read these between this and to-
morrow morning when your names will be
called and your conference will expect to
hear your statements in regard to the &C
ceptance OF these obligations"
The report of missions was then read.
Rev. DIR. Charles W. Rishel, professor OF
church history in the School OF Theology.
Boston University, was introduced. He
said, In part: " / am 80 embarrassed with
reference where to begin that think l
shall begin with your presiding officer and
I think you will testify to the good work l
did when l was his preacher in charge.
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