St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-04-10

t NOTABLE CHURCH GATHERING AT
r LYNDONVILLE.
i Fifty-seventh Vermont Conference BE
: gins next Week.
e Arrangements have been completed 70
: the 57th session OF the Vermont Con
e ference of the Methodist Episco
5 pal church which will be held at Lyndon
vile April 1928. 1t will be an occasion
| of unusual interest to members of thai
denomination in this vicinity. The cen
trail figure of the conference will of cours,
be Bishop Earl Cranston. He is one o.
the newer bishops of the church, having
been elected in 1896. Previous to this
he was for II years publishing agent OF
the Methodist church. He is native of
Ohio and served from '61 to 65 in an
infantry regiment from that state. When
mustered out he held the rank of captain.
Bishop Cranston is practically a new
man to an Eastern conference. This
week he is presiding at the New England
conference in Massachusetts,. Sunday
he was in Boston, preaching at st.
Mark church, Brookline, in the morn
ing and at the Peoples Temple in the
evening. He now resides at Portland,
Oregon. There will be several other no.
table workers in the church from various
parts OF the country.
Among the interesting features of the
week will be the conservation Of Miss
Mae Mile Martin as a deacopess, on
Wednesday afternoon
The preliminary arrangements have
been made largely by Rev. H. G. McGlauf.
lin OF Lyndonville and Presiding Elder I.
q. Sherburne of this place.
Followingis the official program of the
conference, which is subject to additions
and changes:
TUESDAY.
100 p DETERMINATIONS of the classes in
the several courses of study.
7.3O.-Anniversary of the Board of Church
Extension with an address by the Cores.
ponding Secretary, Rev. J M. King, d. D.,
OF New York City.
WEDNESDAY.
500 a. m.-Devotional Exercises.
900.-Sacrament of the Lords Supper Bish.
OPP Earl Cranston, d. D., LII d , directing.
INSTRUMENTATION of Conference and Bust
ness Session,
100 p. m.--Statistical Session.
o.-Missionary Sermon by Rev. R. ].
Chrystie of Johnson. Vt,
3.3o-Anniversary of Deaconess' Work with
an address by Rev. I. Corwin Watkins, D. |
D., of Boston.
Miss Chisholm, Deaconess, will also be
present and take active part in the exer-
cIses.
30.-Consecration of Miss Mae Mile Mar
tin as Deaconess by Bishop Cranston
7.30. Anniversary of the M issionary Soce. |
~ with an address by Rev. l.. DIN Cady |
OF West China Mission, assisted by Rev, |
W. W. Ogier, of Calais, Maine
THURSDAY.
500 a. m.-Devotional Exercises
9oO.-Business Session.
200 p. m-Anniversary of the Women's
Home Missionary Society with an address
by Miss Henrietta Bancroft of Chicago, Ill.
$50 Anniversary of the Sunday School
Union, address by Rev. r. B. Nelly, d. d.
LII D., of New York City
7 .3O.-Anniversary of the Board of Educa-
ton with an address by Rev. VIM F.
Mcdowell d D., of New York, and an ad-
dress by Rev. E. M. Mills, d. D., General
Secretary of the Goth Century Thank
Offering Commission.
FRIDAY.
90 a. devotional Exercises. sr
100 Business Session.
200 p. ANNIVERSARY of the Women For
eign Missionary Society with an address
by Miss Miranda Crouoher of Tsun Hua,
China.
8 3o.-Memorial Service.
7 80 Lecture, subject-"The Cross and the
Dragon" by Bishop Earl Cranston, d. D.,
LII. D., of Portland, Oregon.
SATURDAY.
90 a! m.-Devotional Exercises.
3 00.-Business Session.
2 90 p. m.-Temperance Anniversary, G. L
Story OF Milton, presiding.
8 ,3O.-Pastors Wives Association.
z 30.-Anniversary of the Freedmen's Aid
Society with an address by Rev. M. c. B.
Mason, d. D., of Cincinnati, Ohio.
SUNDAY.
1880 a. tn,-Sermon by Bishop Cranston.
z oop. m.-Ordnation of Deacons and Elders
700 Anniversary of the Epworth League
with an address by Rev. ! r. Day, S. I'd
LII. D., Chancellor of Syracuse Uniyersity
Syracuse, New York.
MONDAY
Devotional exercises, business session an |
pointments read, conference adiourns