St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-06-05
Caledonia County Conference.

The 9th annual conference of tn
Congregational churches Of Caledoni;
county was held with the church al Lyn
don, May %. Rev. c. H. Merrill acted a.
moderator. The morning session begat
with sermon by Rev. Mr.. Merrill who
took as his subject "The House of Wor
ship" and spoke on the significance O.
the old-fashioned meeting house. Fol
lowing this a short business meeting was
held for the appointment of committees
A recess was then taken until afternoon
and the delegates and visitors partook
of a bountiful dinner, served by the ladies
Of the church.
At the beginning of the afternoon SEES.
sion an hour was devoted to the discus
sion of womans missionary work. Mrs.
George II. Cross of St. Johnsbury pre-
sided. Mrs Rebecca P. Fairbanks Of St.
Johnsbury spoke on the work Of the Yer
mont Missionary Union and Secretary
Hood, representing the Church Building
Society, spoke in the interests CT that
organization. At 8 O'Clock the topic of
1.-THE Christian in his Relations" was
taken up. Rev. Edward I. Fairbanks,
D. D., of the South church, St. Johnsbury,
spoke on the Christian in the home. He
said that from the beginning of time the
supreme problem had been how to live
together. There are none of the Chris
tian's virtues but what are exercised in
living together. in the home, and Chris
tian courtesy there is essential in
working out good for the world. I. |
W. Saut of St. Johnsbury spoke on the |
Christian in business, emphasizing the |
value OF exercising the principles OF true
Christianity in the business world. Rev.
]. K. Williams OF Peacham spoke briefly
on the Christian as friend and Rev. W.
A. Clark Of Hardwck continued the dis
cussion on this topic, characterizing true
friendship among men as the true home
life extending outside. "The Christian
as a Citizen" was discussed by Rev. E.
M. Chapman of the North church, st.
Johnsbury. The topic, THE Country
Church." brought out two interesting
papers. Its perils" was the subject as
signed to Rev. ]. P. Marvin of East
Hardwick. He divided the subject into
three parts, the spiritual, social, and
financial and discussed each briefly.
Rev. Stephen Knowlton spoke on Its
Power" and in his remarks paid an ear
nest tribute to the great influence for
good that had gone forth from the coun-
try church. Reports showed there were
present from Is churches, 10 pastors and
26 delepates The churches were for the
most part reported in prosperous con-
1ition.
East Hardwick was selected as the
lext meeting place and the last Tuesday
n May was selected as permanent date
or holding the conference in the future.
The election Of officers resulted in the fol-
owing:
Moderator, ]. W. Sault, St. Johnsbury.
Registrar, Rev. W. c. Clark, Hardwick.
Member of committees on ministerial
tanding for three years, Rev. Henry
fairbanks, st. Johnsbury; missionary
committee, Rev. Edward T. Fairbanks,
Rev. ]. P. Marvin, Rev. ]. K. Williams
Delegates to national council, Rev. E.
N. Chapman, Deacon T. Nj. Howard
alternate, Rev. Edward T. Fairbanks,
It. Johnsbury. s
At the evening session there was an
address on The Siege OF Peking and the
Outlook in China" by Rev. F. M. Cha
,ln missionary of the American board,
Who was in Peking during the siege, and
rev. c. Fl. Daniels, D. D., Secretary of the
.merican board, spoke on the work of :,
ne board throughout the world .,