Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-18


stood at the right hand of the. princi-
pal, as did his successors in Office.
During DR.. Spaulding's administra-
ton of twenty-eight years, twenty
thousand dollars were contributed to
erect buildings, provide scholarships
and to make up deficiencies. Seven
thousand students were brought under
his care, whose honorable careers have
attested to the stirling influences of
their chief instructor. These students
not only came from every town of this
state but from almost every state and
territory of the Union as well as from
Canada and Mexico. The third annu-
al catalogue showed an aggregate en-
rOllment of three hundred and twelve
students, and four years later of three
hundred and ninety-seven. The NOR
al and intellectual standing of the
Academy was of the highest order.
DR.. Spauldng was for many years
superintendent of the Sunday School
and an honored deacon of the church
from August End, 1867 to the time of
his death, which occurred suddenly
on April Goth, 1880.
The Rev. Justus w. French, the sec
ond pastor of the church, was an ar
dent advocate of foreign missions and
preached series of sermons, giving
the history of the various mission
fields i'm detail. The influence which
he imbued in the congregation has
been perpetuated through the success
sive generations. Representatives of
the church have also gone into foreign
fields as missionaries, of whom special
mention should be made of the Carl
tons. The Rev. Marcus Carlton who
married daughter of Mr.. Rodney
Bradford, in 1854, sailed with his wife
for India to engage i'm mission work.
After fifteen years of arduOus ser
vice Mrs. Carlton returned to Barre
with her six children that they might
receive advantages of a good educa-
ton. When ready to 60 back to India
she was called to her heavenly home,
but three of the children, Mary, Jessie
and Marcus b., went over as mission
aries. The father died in 1898, hav-
ing given forty-four years to contin-
uous and successful service in India.
The Rev. DR.. Marcus b. Carlton is
now superintendent of the Sabatha
Leper Asylum. He did great service
in caring for the perishng during the
recent Indian famine.
The late Mary Carleton, a cousin of
those just mentioned, and whose hon
ored mother is one of the oldest sur
viving members of the church, was
married to the late Rev. Austin
IIazen. OF their seven children four
have become ministers of the gospel
and three of them have been labOring
in home mission fields in this state.
Thus, though "God buries his work.
men he carries on his work." The
annual collections made by this
church for the American Board, the
national and state home missionary
societies, the American Missionary
association, and kindred causes, though
not SO large as might be wished, have
in the aggregate amounted to a large
sum and are bringing forth much
fruit.
The history of the Sunday school,
of the ladies organizations, and of
the young peoples societies has been
given in other papers. The influence
of the school throughout the succeed
ing generations has been of inesti-
mable value to the church and the
community. 1t was never SO large or
more efficient than in the closing
years of the century and it ranks the
largest in the state.
The statistics of membership show
that women have outnumbered the
men by 3S7. From this it may be
that their part and influence
in church work has been very great.
They are organized in the following
societies: The Ladies' Aid, the La
dies Missionary-home and foreign-
the Mayhower Club, and the Willing
Workers. These societies embrace
the old and young and have done noble
work in their own church and for
others.
The Young Peoples Christian En-
leavor societies were organized by the
Rev. Peter Mcmillan. with the eXcep-
ton of the intermediate, which was
formed by the Rev. G. w. Longren.
They are the largest state organiza-
lions of the kind and during the years
Of their existence have accomplished
very much "For Christ and the
Church"
The history of the first century of
[he Barre Congregational church with
al it's deficiencies and achievements is