Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-07-20

sions IN The church IMAM any similar period.
There were marked reyiyaIs IA Gaming into
Tho church NJ ans time In isai. and a large
number ON other occasions Need Of A chapel
for midwe.k services deyeloned and Of a
hnilding loea,ad more Conveniently than the
church IN. ehaneI an Elliot street now
accounted nv \, 0ermaine,s bakery. was bullt,
ana dediea,ed In naeamnar Isaa The large
revivaI ~ Nv Nc1iee's n,s,orate grew out
NJ des, ,r,.r.s, asv.lonsd In a mid. week
me.,ins In isaI when Iosenh steen rose 10
exnr,ss his LANSING 10 SEQ n revival saving
that n he had offended any one or stood In
,ha w.y n, s,y ma ,hen ana there begged
for,iyeness Mrs John Holbrook then 90
wears ala and as highly esteemed for piety
and loyeliness as anybody In the village,
rose IN mako n similar remark and ended II
with feryent Amen, The incident shows
he s.sn r.,is,ons Failing a, The men and
,omsn y, ,ha church In ,ba, day. II moved
,ho eommnni,y ana ,heir examnle should
s,ir ns
'rhara mana mani, Ana ma, and women In
,h. ohnr,h a, ,hasa aarly d,ys One natural.
10 ,nts srs, Deacon John Uolbrook. father OF
Goyerror Uolhrook Ills 6gure bulks large
4, ,ho osrl,, hIs,ory M, nra,tIehoro. He car.
rIed ON an extensive West Indies trade, bring.
inc his goods all the WAY by water. He
Inaugurated freightinp mn the river from
Hartford by aat boats 10 the dock near where
,ha wha,s;orS hrooL en,srs the Connecticut
ia s,ors ,,as ,ho hrildinc made over into
ha Amariean honso From lsI5 he carried
aa ,,rin,in, as,ahl,shment chiefly for the
n,hi;shina -, ,a,nil, RihIes which was for
-. r. nj, a., 1,,.,r,. - tho VILLAGE What.
80. ha 90, hjs Md 10 went forward
II. se, hIs hand IN the affairs Of the
oh,roh ,,i,b uiil Tie WAS The first deacon,
ana 20 ,sas tho wear Of his death, the only
dasean a, ,ba church The early records OF
tho ecclsjasticaI society are in his hand
rho Are, name an subseription lists is his
~ ~ ",s, n" ~. a., inrasted fnnd 81 the
ao.,,sias,ioat soe,e,y and his wife gave the
'..."a.a ", pa;h caye ~ themselves as
frao,,' 49, ~ ,ho,r means A one goes over
~ 90 ha sn1s ,h,t Deacon Holbrook
IA a9 80, ,rdar,,king Inst before his
dea,h he asked that two additional deacons
iva ue'.n "s ha nos NOT hanger eoual to
-. ~, h,,rde, ba had horne long and
te,i,nt, M raouast was acceded 10. but
-, H. aioa IL ,yos n wear before the PEG.
Va ,oat, saar, IA trv IN choose any one to
81 "a n,aea nave snoken OF the fervid
-. ., NJ wi,e His was as simple. When,
~ iis doatb hed a friend tried TO comfort
vh Ms ''a'I i.i, ,ho ,binss he had done
nin, U! t','"s r,n sa,;siac,ion ne quick.
""'.n ,ha, NJ ,r,st was in Christ. or
itpsa -, 49, 40
"e , snou'u nav i.iaan,oi thing in his life
- =, -, -, 1a,a,1 tor preservation on
w., - .,. 90 III sor who loves TO tell il.
iris,or ,rho was being entertained at his
n''"'s -, ,,inis,ors were made A state.
-. ~; ~, .anrso 81 n conversation while
.,i'", .ba aaaSan wore waiting dinner. that
4 ~ ah;,aran 90 rnhaliavers went 10 hell.
| oa..oS,au IIolbroot who was then little
uoNernor go With which his
]
la'"er roS' anu 49, .n tba, believes
WIN nv 49,, ,vhan Mrs uoIbroolS
such . dinnar sbe asked for
o"n'e ~ - ~, ,aarring the situation.
'"s ..,y. tIa,LrooL 7 am afraid Won have
sa,u h,itali,, 10 the stranger. -
I Ia, 70 s"o" 5o,ar,,;,ed and answered
..I -, care won't entertain a man who
uon .i,oS,,
nuns su." u'uInnoL ,,.s tho leader in church
D"'on 80, mo, stood about him
anairs' pu' .aiir;ors work The
and were active III M .;usre renre
ieauins nh,,..,, a. councils and confer.
sehteu 'me V"uios 49,. Interests mart
ences' 'i'" o. - imnressed by the
Vi me- - .hiah church bnsiness was
uisPa"" NV obur.h was built
| carr,su a,o;aod 70 have regu
quickly aiter " W." Tbare was nc
lar services .n nv wells left fol
gap oe," -, ,a1s and Mr. NeC;ee be
hnsia"u "a NJ NcGee was dis
gan woth ;" "a 100. md the next Sun
missed 9eP', ~ .Iiaa hr tho mar
day the pulpi' was s,pp 60, ,at,or n,
VINO suceeedeu nm IN ar,icipatea becaus,
Resignation, wn WI 80 paston sent 1
OF ms III neai'n, - ua a,e.,, 80 tba ecclesias
,;oa, s,c;atv gave warning Of a meeting tC
i.' ba restoration and consider the
~" 90 tho future supply of the pulpit
mr., meeting occurred the sth The resigna
,;on uas accented and a committee appointed
10 solicit subscriptions for the settlement
~ George p TYLER as pastor. This com
p';,,aa renorted IN n meeting held the 18th
=. ,,bicb the call was voted and the council
~, dismissed Mr.. Clapp installed his sue
cessor
The ladies organization in our churcf
ai,,ars heep fell through all its life. Tn,
s sas ome was ORGANIZED in 1916 Particular
n's' -, no made NJ the Ladies' Benevo
~. sa.ia,, ~ the early DAYS. The ladies
W.. "Wednesday afternoons. at the homes o.
different members There was meeting iol
PRAYER. followed by any business that con
cerned need in the community, or any en-
terprise of the church which the iaales nat
taken upon themselves. Tea was then serye'
and the afternoon ended with friendly hour
These meetings were evidently a FOUNTAIN
head from which the religious me oi tu'
church was constantly refreshened ana qulcS
ened. They gave dignity ana ue.'s", a.,
noss IN the social life in the church. ON
Who moved from Brattleboro to Boston, an'
subsequently travelled widely said that n
had never met body of women the equal
of those in the old LADIES' pehe'oien' 80
ciety of this church.
u,b;s was the only church in the village un
til i u,s W." when the Unitarian church was or
sanized and 10 members withdrew from GU
: church to unite with it. SO long as DR.
Wells lived, the people were held together
He was large enough to satisfy all. He die
} in 1907 and a part of the more liberal ele
ment became dissatisfied with the stric'e
NJ McGae and withdrew u