Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-07-27

Bible, with Apocrypha, prayer book
and hymnal, bishops address, 1907;
diocesan canons, letter from DR.. Gal
lup to Rev. Joel Clap, articles of as
ISOLATION and signatures, together
with names of first vestry, clerk and
delegates to convention; names OF
present officers Of the parish, pic
lures of exterior and interior of the
old church; names of the subscribers
to the new church, the pew owners
of st James church, Jan. l, 1928;
The Mountain Echo, January and
April, 1907; The Spirit of the Age,
-fav 4 and May Is, 1907; The Yer
hont Standard, July "a, 1907, coins
Of issue 1907, stamps of issue 1907,
After congratulating Woodstock
and St. James parish on the incep-
ton of the new church whose corner
stone he had just laid, the bishop,
answering an imaginary objector to
the building of church at all, spoke
of the need of the Gospel of Jesus
Christ in view of the condition of
human society. Science and philos-
ophy, in spite of their advances-all
too slow, it may behave not RENE
died these conditions. Sin, sorrow
and death, the ignorance and need
Of men, still require the message of
the Gospel. They need its help to
sweeten society, to make business
honorable, to purify the individual
life. In spite Of the sneer of the I'M
believers men still need the Gospel,
and the church stands for this mes
sage, and bears witness to this need
of man and the only way it can be
met
Answering the imaginary objector
who would say that there was no
need of an Episcopal church, Bishop
Hall reminded his hearers that St..
James had a long and honorable
history'in the community. Devout
clergymen have ministered here, and
faithful men and women have lived
lives and exerted influences which
Woods took could not have spared.
The bishop then spoke of the need
of Christian unity, but said this
would not come by the giving up of
positive faith and the development
of form of religion which, like a
jellyfsh, would yield to every mans
whim, but by the faithful insistence
upon the truths of the Apostles
Creed. So, too, he said, there could
be no union which could stand with
out the church S witness to this faith
Of the Apostles, and to their orderly
worship and to the sacraments which
are guaranteed by the ministry that
has come down with uubroken line
from them.
Among the visiting clergy were
Revs. E. N. Goddard of Montpelier,
j. G. Carnahan of Sherburne, D. L.
Sanford of Bellows Falls and G. B.
Carpenter of Brandon. Among the
visitors also were many former par
ishioners of st. James, several OF
whom were in Woodstock to attend
the ceremony.
At 8 p. IN. evening prayer was said
in the town Hall, followed by the con.
frmation of a class of nine by Bishop
Hall.
Bishop Hall preached on the Wis.
ion of ST. John as given in the last
two chapters in the Bible as an in
spiration for the congregation dur.
ing the building of the church
First the heavenly city is the perfec.
ton and completion of that church
which is already begun here on
earth. Then he reminded the con-
gregation that in that vision there is
no Temple, not because there is nc
worship, but because Temple stood
for place set apart from the ordi'
nary course of life, and the life Of
the church was to be all sacred. i
was mot that there is no Temple
but all Temple" So the Christian
life is to be lived after Gods com.
mand all the days, not on Sunday
only. This church is built, the
Apostle says, on the foundation O
the Apostles their doctrine, and the
sacraments guaranteed by the Apos
tolic ministry, arising in a life liveC
on the same principles of conduct al
theirs was. Finally, he said, thil
life was not to he all of one form
but every mans own individualit!
and character was to shine fortl
each with its own peculiar type anc
own special brilliancy for after al
the church, thus built on the Apos
ties, is built of the living stones o