Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-03-22
REV. E. T. MATHISON TO co TO OHIO
Expects Begin His Regular Work Masson About May .Hs
Work in BatebOO and the Many Organizations With Which He
Has Been Prominently identified

Rev. Edward T. Mathison, for six
,.,ars rector of St Michael's Episcopal
church. has rendered his resignation to
the vestry of the church and will accept
n call to st. Timothy's church in Massil-
Ion. Ohio, beginning his work there May
Since coming to Brattleboro Mr..
Nfathison has made a place for himself
i'm the community which few ministers
are privileged to occupy and few men
would leave more people outside the
church as well as within, who will regret
his going while they rejoice in the wider
onportunity for service which has come
to him The Massillon call is one that
would honor any minister and its coming
tn so Young a man al Mr. Mathison is a
distinct compliment to the ability he has
shown in the two churches of which he
has been rector.
Massillon is a prosperous manufacturing
and residential city of about $4,000 in
habitants. The Episcopal church has
nearly 300 communicates and has a fine
~ equipped stone church, parish house
and rectory. Mr.. Mathison went there
four weeks ago on an invitation from the
vestry of the church and the call was
sent to him shortly afterward. The call
which was extended by the vestry has
been reinforced by numerous cordial
letters from prominent men in the church
urging him to come and pledging the
heartiest support The field seems to
be one IN winch n young man can w
effective and progressive work and the
people believe that Mr.. Mathison is the
man to do it. He will go out there to
preach Easter Sunday and take up his
regular work May l,
The manner in which the call came to
Mr. Mathison is curious. In the past six
years he has done much to keep the old
Episcopal church in Guilford, the oldest
Episcopal church building in the state,
from tumbling to pieces, and in keeping
the church people together. Last summer
n woman from the West came to Gull
ford to look up her family history and
Mr. Mathison assisted her in tracing
some of her ancestors through the
records of the old church. She took a
keen interest in what he was doing for
the church in which her forefathers wOr-
shipped and when she learned that the
Massillon church was in need of an ener-
getic and progressive rector she told the
Massillon church people of Mr.. Mathison
and his work.
Mr. Mathison has identified himself in
an effective way with the religious and
benevolent institutions of the town as
we'll as taking an active part in Masonic
circles He has served the Y. NJ c. A.
as director three years, being the only
ordained minister on the board, has been
a director of the Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Animals, and for three
years he has been secretary and treasur-
er of the Professional club For five
years he has been prelate of Beauseant
commandery, Knights Templar and has
been high priest of Fort Drummer chapter
for three years. For three years he was
district deputy grand high priest of the
ROYAL Arch Masons and he Is grand lee
turer of the grand chapter of Vermont
at the present time. Besides the many
engagements which these positions en-
tailed he has been in great demand as
a speaker and has never been known to
refuse to give an address unless 1t was
made impossible by some previous en-
gagement
Mr.. Mathson is 81 years old and a
native of Oldtown, Maine. He studied