Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-04-13

bi- hearted Edwin y. Alsloit, Who won
the enduring attachment 81 all his san
day school boys; aud then Ne l'ausr
with peculiar tenderness. aNed ~ con-
current events; the elimination If hn-
grring illness aud the swift stroke OF
fate. that carried into the grrat beyond
those two deserving and universally t'--
loved men, Percy ". Hon, and Newton
T.. Bonney; and rejecting thus GA the
departed. We think Of one who went out
from us at a more recent date and are
moved by the h.llowrd memory OF
Elijah ". Davis.
That the maintenance Of the church
through many wears Mas a struggle. sus-
tanned only hy faith ia the All Powerful
and Just, you who passed through il
we'll realize. The removals 10y death
and other causes were many and Tor
while the additions were lew, especially
OF men. DO you not wonder with me
TO-DAY that 81 many men should have
passed So long on the other side from
the faithful church: They would have
let il perish. had not the women with
deeper symIathic> and keenrr instincts,
felt the conditions aud perceived their
tendencies. Soon after Mr. T"rrey's
. Passionate twenty women brought To the
church their loyal support.
The "nly Passionate ut any length dur,
ing 'Ie past twenty-five wears va, that
of Rev. Joseph y. Walker, whose minis.
try covered period OF six years. during
which we're held the revival meeting,
/. conducted hy the late T. l.. Parsons il
lsS7.
/, During many OF these years the churci
= was supplied by theological students wh'
h are nov holding prominent places III tn
a. denomination. OF these are Rev. {. ;
Murkland, president of the New llamp
= shire State College; Rev. John BarstoN
= OF Mcdford, Mass; Rev. I. Merrill I'd
, mands OF Mankato, Mimi; and Rev.
4 Miller Pratt OF New York city. Tn
: great interest manifested in the trrqueu
le supplies OF Rev. Charles Morse Of )
II. Johnshury is gratefully remembered h
# the people. And the more recent nil
= istrirs al Rev. o. e. llelming and Re-
i. {. O. Grieshahcr have left a deep Spiri
rs nal effect.
/ OF him who is to become our pastor
l. can say without fear of any dissent hon
It of sacred fellowship already unites hi
~ to this people that must lead on to
spiritual development We have II,
known before. Ii our meeting houi
speaks Of art, and worship, and fat
and spiritual culture, they are all attl
r. hu,es possessed 10y him. know he a
ret prrciates this beautiful house. and pc
III hapS you think it influenced him in i
IL crpting our call. But this is not tru
nj He never told me, but Mrs. Hall h
IT. stated quietly and not Tor puhicatio
nj that hr told her after his first visit
a. this place and having no knowledge
tiles" repairs. that "it was a rattle-tri
'hi of meeting house"
OF Among the men who have giv'
T." earnest support TO the church throul
~ later wears grateful recognition shou
AT he made of the services of Edward
I'D Parsons who with Alvin Bartlett 10
St the chief burden OF the church for
o" long time OF Dea. Bartlett it may
lHt truly said this church became part
lie his very being, and for a quarter centu'
IL more than any other man ever connect
OF with it. he made its maintenance pa
l' OF his life work.
The placing of the tablet on the rig