Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-09-16

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| tended to Rev. A. II. Perkins, which |
was accepted. During his pastorate
a very generous and acceptable offer
was made by Mrs. NJ s. Edwards to
construct platform for the singers
near the pulpit, for which the congre-
/ CATION owe a tribute of lasting graft
| tude. Rev. Perkins remained acting
pastor until August 1897 and on Au-
| gust % of that year it was voted TO
extend call TO Rev. A. j. Small,
which was accepted and he remained
acting pastor until he closed his labors
in this church December 8, 1901. Rev.
j. II. Gone commenced his Office as
acting pastor December s, 1901, and
closed his duties the last Sunday in
| April 1905, to be succeeded the follow
ing September by Rev. L. w. Morey,
who continued with the church until
fall 1906, since which time service in
the church has been more or less ir-
regular.
In reviewing the catalogue of those
who have served as pastors there are
many precious memories and we are
assured much and great good has
been done. A letter received some
few pears ago from the late Charles
K. Adams, once president of Cornell
University, says: "Few persons ever
4 left deeper impression on me than
did Mr.. Cutler His Accomplished
1 @ho Nd "a nj
went away made an impression
which will never be effaced. So a
sermon of Mr.. Lanphear's on the
Ideal Christian Character has had a
similar place in my nature" This is
certainly a great encouragement to
Gods servants who proclaim his
word
; Father Robertson's teachings have
been handed down and have been
fruitful in good, and so of many others
whose names we have recorded.
, During the year 1870 the "Congre-
gational Westinghouse society"
+ voted to repair the house of worship.
The young ladies had raised $3.50 and
this, added to the amount raised by
former residents, swelled the aggre-
: gate to over $4,000, making it one of
I the most attractive houses of wor-
=. ship in the state In 1890 the church
was again repaired with well-known
/. result
An advanced position was taken by
the church on the subject of temper
ance at an early day. Hon. D. M.
Camp introduced the following reso-
; luton at the regular meeting of the
, church in 1881: "Resolved; that in
the opinion of this church the ordi-
! nary traffic in spirituous liquors, and
! the use of them as a beverage, is in
: consistent with Christian duty, and
i contrary to the laws of God, and are
hereby to be punished the same as
y Their crimes of the same magnitude
n On this question and resolution tie
: church was about equally divided, and
d council was called which sustained
the resolution, and the church ac-
10 cepted it by vote and placed the same
on record.~>In 1912 Hon. Jacob Bates
: introduced a similar resolution which
v readily adopted. In 1912 Hon. D. NJ
Camp introduced at a church meeting
10 the following resolutions, Which
# were unanimously adopted: where
h as the sin of holding our fellow mel
le in bondage as exhibited in some o
lr the southern states, is now gene raj
e ly acknowledged aud deplored by al
well informed Christians, and also tn
40 guilt of participant attaches to then
so far as they fail to bear decides
- testimony against it, and whereas i
n conformity with the principly involv
II ed in the command Thou shalt no
suffer sin upon thy neighbor' ever
y, Christian becomes to certain eX
as tent the keeper of every brothe
t. Christian and is bound to tell hir
u, faithfully but kindly of his faults
-, Therefore, resolved, that professin
Christians who held their fellowme
bv In such bondage incur the gui ofvio
he lating the laws of God, and howeve
". in some ages of the world this ma
have been winked at, all men in tn
country have now the means of fu
IL information, and though they may !
as ignorant are entirely without excus
5 9io Resolved, that this ,chu, Oh, eannn''
i've hold in fellowship those who practit
the
ys- or excuse or tolerate the sin of SLAYER
,ch nor justify them in, coming ITO th
zen zen table of the Lord, pretending to ODE
KY his commands, and if such profe
f,r to be ministers of the gospel, we car
.er@l not odro;t than to our nuInit ,
in
rec. Christian teachers. Resolved, tn
while we love and respect our brett
rem, Christian charity does not r