St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-04-26
vERnONT M. E. CONFERENCE.
Officers EIected-RepOrt of 81. Johns
bury District-AppoiBIme

Officers EIected-RepOrt oil 81. JOINS
bury neutrality-suspicious.
The 61st annual session of the Yer
mont Methodist conference was held at
Enosburg Falls, last week. beginning
| Wednesday. Announcement was made
of the transfer of Rev. Z. c. Whidden
from the Maine to the Vermont confer
ence; also the transfer of Rev. DR.. E. A.
Bishop, now principal OF Montpelier
Summary, to this conference.
Officers we're elected as follows: Secre-
tary, Rev. F. w. Lewis, of Brattleboro
this being his seventh year in that office;
assistant secretary, Rev. k. ]. Chrystle,
of Craftsbury; assistant secretary OF the
conference board of examination, Rev. +.
T. Clark, of Windsor, who is registrar;
statistical secretary, Rev. M. 81. Smith,
of South Londonderry; assistant statis-
teal secretary, Rev. Fred Daniels of Bar
nard; treasurer, Rev. S. H. Smith, OF
Ricbford; assistant treasurer, Rev. F. M.
Banes, of Waits6eld; biographical sec
retary, Rev. A. L. Cooper, OF Randolph;
reelected railroad secretary, w. N. Rob
erts of Pittsfeld. 1t was voted to hire
an accountant to assist the statistical
secretary.
The anniversary of the Conference Tenn
perance Society was held Thursday even
ing, Rev. !. A. Dixon OF Hardwick presld-
ing. The address of the evening was
given by Rev. Or. P. A. Baker OF Cleve-
land Ohio, Superintendent OF the Amerl-
can Anti Saloon League.
Rev. George Wilson Hunt, who re-
signed as pastor of the Methodist Episco'
pal church at Enosburg Falls at the
third quarterly conference of the church
December /, his resignation to take effect
at the close of the conference year, has
been in the ministry 33 years. He was
born in Orange, N. J., where he lived I'M
til he entered the ministry in 1879. His
first charge was in the New England
Southern Conference and he remained
there until six years ago when he entered
the Vermont conference. Three years of
this he was in St. Johnsbury and the last
three he has been in Enosburg Falls. MIR.
Hunt received his education through pri-
vate study and short time in classical
military school.
The annual report of Rev. ]. 0. Sher-
burn presiding elder Of the st. Johns
bury district follows in part.
LAS a rule all our workers have main
tanned rare vigor and sustained working
force Only on five charges has the work
been seriously crippled by sickness Of the
pastor or his family. At IrasburR
Brother Knapp has all the year been
making heroic struggle with weakness
| and prostration occasioned by the ampu'
tation of his leg last year. He is obliged
to discontinue active work much to his
own grief and to the weakening of oul
working force. Brother Rainey, of Ign
don and Lyndonville, is just now holding
as it were, the last ditch in his fight o
many months with cancerous affection
OF the neck and throat. He will also b.
obliged to leave the active work, at least
for time. Brother Gregory, of Albany
has suffered from impaired health during
much of the year, but is we'll nigh sounc
again. Brother Lewis, of Barton Land
ing, after several acute attacks early il
the year, went in October to Montrea
and had an operation for appendicitis
Since recovery he speaks of himself as {
new man, and has good promise OF per
manent health. Brother George B. Nye
of Morgan, has been unable to do full
work at any time during the year, Blu
has been in his pulpit almost every week
For a little time in early winter he wa
in Montreal for treatment, and foun
material help.
This year has hardly been character
lied by such constant and universal rev
val work as was mentioned last year
vet a good proportion OF the charge
have done something along this line. 81
Johnsbury, this year, leads the list wit
over hundred received on probation
most OF whom came as the well mature
fruit of a most wisely planned and faitl
fully prosecuted series of revival services
, conducted by Evangelist H. L. Gale, {
Boston. 1t would be difficult to find
the history of such undertakings MOI
: sane, wise and successful revival can
! paign. Something over 400 in all con
mitted themselves to Christ and his Sc
vice.
Greensboro Bend and Stannard CON
next in point of numbers won. Here tt
pastor was assisted by the young lad
evangelists, mentioned repeatedly in 70
mer reports, Misses Avery and Bryan
AS in the past, their abors commen
them and the results are most cheering
0 West Burke and Newark also enjoyt
n the helpful services Of Evangelist Gal
e and good results were reached some
= uniting on probation during the yea
n The general tone of religious activity h;
n also greatly improved there during Il
t year.
e Newbury held extra services for tw
o months during the winter, dependr
;, mostly upon the pastor and local wor
y ers. The results were encouraging, Sc
It eral promising additions being mad
n Barton Landing was sadly thwart,
is in large plans for revival work by Il
" sudden prostration of the pastor Just
a the close of special revival services
Sc October, The effort was not fruitles
&c however, several valuable additions |
at ing secured. North Danville has had
lie good work with hopeful enlargement Il
ne der the faithful and patient labors
be Miss Laura Buchanan who has be
to acting as supply there for eight month
he She enjoys the unique distinction of ha
lis ing witnessed an increase of $50 per Gel
lg in the membership of her charge, and t
in writer can witness that Of a recent ST
RS day evening, when mud and snow
tn Danville hills were mixed impeding
n. two-thirds Of these new members WI
present at the evening service, all givil
clear and positive testimony, as well