Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-04-26
Nj. e. CONFERENCE.
Held in MorrisviIle with Bishop
Hamilton Presiding.

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/ Hamilton of San Francisco presiding.
Sixty members responded TO the roll OF
conference and these officers were
elected Secretary, the Rev. r. w. Lewis
of st. Johnsbury; assistant secretaries,
| the Revs. X j. Chrystie Of Craftsbury, and
\ William Shaw of Windsor; statistical
| secretary. the Rev. Milton III. Smith OF
| Mechanicsville; assistants to statistical
secretary, III. A. Woodley and Fred Daniels
of Mechanicsville; biographical secretary,
/ the Rev. A. l.. Cooper OF RRndolphi
! treasurer, the Rev. 5. fl. Smith OF Rich
ford; assistants TO treasurer, the hevs.
5. G.. Lewis OF Barton Landing and X. NJ.
Fowler of Randolph; railroad secretary,
the Rev. William n. Roberts of More
town.
The names OF the three preachers who
had died during the year, the Revs. Peter
Merrill, James E. Knapp and Fred g..
Rainey, were called, the conference
standing meanwhile, and brief prayer
was offered by the bishop
Announcement was then made by
Secretary Lewis OF the transfer OF George
NJ. Burdick to the Korean conference,
George w. Manning and q. Magnns
Charlton to the New England Southern
conference, Arthur &. bennett to the New
Jersey conference, Jacob Finger to the
Idaho conference, William Il. Miller TO
the Colorado conference and M. ".
Wright, a probationer, to the Genes con-
ference. Their names were therefore
stricken from the roll Of this conference.
A collection OF s16 was taken for
mission church OF the bishop ia San
Francisco and later came news of the
awful disaster in that city imperillng the
family of the prelate, whose home on
Van Ness avenue was in the path OF the
fire, which stopped within one and half
blocks OF the house, thus saving his
Last Thursday morning DIR. A. l..
Cooper, the biographical secretary, read
an exhaustive and appreciative memoir OF
the late Peter Merrill and w. Il. Douglass
then read carefully prepared memoir of
the late Frederick q. Rainey, who left the
pastorate at Lyndonville a year ago.
Another memoir was that OF Mrs. Lucy
Spinney OF Northield, read by Rev. +. W.
Sharp.
Presiding Elder w. M. Newton reported
that Montpelier district has been manned
by 80 preachers occupying 81 pulpits regu
larly and others occasionally. Changes
were made in the pastorates at Bondville,
Athens, West Fairlee and Hartland, all of
which places have been satisfactorily
filled. But few deficiencies will be mani
fest in salaries and some salaries have been
though many are still far below
what the demand OF the times requires. |
Repairs and improvements on church pro-
perty have been made as follows: Bond |
Vile, East Barnard, Brownsville and South |
Royalton have had slate on church roofs |
With new water supply at South Royalton;
White River Junction has expended 500 |
in interior repairs while over II 900 has !
been expended at Rochester and larger /
sum at Hartland on church and parsonage |
rhetford Centre has bought and paid for |
parsonage. An indebtedness OF S525 has /
been paid at Bethel. The report recon- |
nended placing the care OF all endowment /
lunds of churches in the care of the gen l
raj board OF trustees of the Methodist /
Episcopal church for better investment /
md care. The amounts raised for the 4
beneyolences viii he fully 4
squal to past years. Much aggressive /
work has been done and
mall increase in church membership was
exported. The work of Montpelier semin- !,
Try was commended and $4,000 reported /
IS being raised toward the amount re-
luifed 10 meet the conditions OF DR.. Pear
on's gift.
The aggregate sum OF 1900 has been ex-
pended in church repairs in the St. Adams +
district, and two church buildings will be
ERECTED in the near future, one al Middle
bury and another at an out appointment
ln Sheldon charge. The churches at
and Stowe had received leg
lcies Of II, 900 and 5000 respectively.
A banquet was given in the Randall
House Thursday evening by the Morris i
lille board OF trade TO Bishop Hamilton,
he officers OF the conference and the lead
ng citizens of the town, 100 covers being
aid. The banquet was preceded by re-
,eption TO the bishop. A special orchestra
furnished music and the post prandiRl ex-
'rcises were in charge of ID. II. Lamberton,
president Of the board of trade. An ode
written for the occasion by Rev. V. NJ
Iardv oF MarrfuVflla 80 l.. /
America" py the company standing.
Friday, the question of admission 10 full
membership in the conference was taken
W and Franklin l.. Metcalf was discon-
inued, he having left his charge without
PERMISSION. G.. A. Stall and f. A. Wells
we're passed on character and studies and
lected to deacOnis orders. Z. w Kel-
ogg's case occasioned an animated dis
ussion. lie had been ten years trying to
lass two years studies. This year he was
lot present, owing to illness. At length
le was continued on trial with the under
landing that it was the "last CALI Leon
!. Morse and Douglass g.. Guest, having
,assed their studies, were elected to local
leacon's orders. Clarence =. Pierce, Fred
rick A. Wadsworth, Wilbur f. Newton
nd Frederick b. Blodgett were graduated
rom the conference course Of studies for
raveling preachers and elected to elders
riders. +. Ransom Currier was elected to
ocal elders ORDERS
BY request OF the bishop. ''Rules for a
'reachers Conduct were read from the
discipline. One important point made
vas that no teacher has any authority to
ct forth any doctrine or standard that
Ices not commend Itself to the best com
non sense OF the best people Of the age. !
We should be "going on TO perfection in
he ministry. II would be a shame to a
iorrisville carpenter to be no more per
eet carpenter than Jesus was Every
'ody else progresses; preachers should be
10 less ambitious as to their work. and the
tandard Of life and conduct 70 which one
inns should be perfection. "If you find
GU don't have enough salary, earn mOre,n
nd you will get it sooner or later. and the
reaeher should therefore devote himself
wholly" to the work OF the Lord.
George +. Whitaker, publisher of
ions Herald, declared that henceforth
hat paper would accept no advertise mebts
I patent medicines containing alcohol
lie stated that the paper had no profits
ist year, but he presented a check Of SIS
rom the Wesleyan association, the same
oming from the rents Of the Wesleyan
ssociation building.
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