St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-29

and selections by soloists were among
the numbers.
On Monday morning the Montpelier
Association held a meeting in the audi
forum OF the church with four addresses
upon "The Congregational Ministry in
the Next Fifty Years." by Rev. Messrs
D. H. Strong g. W. Winch, j. B. SargeHt
and Donald Fraser. The meeting was
public and invited guests from abroad
were present, many of whom took part
in the discussion that followed. In the
afternoon there were three historical ad-
dresses, the first by W. H. Lord, son of
DR.. Lord, the second by Hermon D. Hop
kns, and the third by Mrs. E. c. Os-
good Mr. Lord reviewed the course of
the church and society from the days
when the only religious services of the
community were under their auspices
through the years when they worshipped
in the state house, later in the old brick
church built under the ministry of Mr..
Wright, and since 1867 in the present
noble structure built under the ministry
of his father and largely as a tribute to
his memory. He quoted freely and
knowingly from the sermon of his father
preached on the 50th anniversary of the
church, and which closed with a forecast
of the future Mr.. Hopkins gave a
graphic and finished review of the
musical history of the church of which he
and his family were so large a part, and
Mrs. Osgood told of the part which the
ladies organizations had taken in local
benevolence. purchase of organ and in
sustentation of the benevolences of the
denomination. At5.30 in the afternoon
some 300 sat down to the tables in the
chapel. Following the supper Mr. Reed
introduced Mason S. Stone as toast
master, and short speeches followed from
Mayor Dawley. Rev. DR.. Wright, Rev.
A. J. Hough of the Methodist church,
Rev. Donald Fraser of Berlin and Rev. p.
b. Fisk of Plainheld In the course of
the addresses fine tributes were paid to
the pastor of Bethany, soon to leave to
take the church in Hyde Park, Mass,
and much was said of the loss to the city
which all would feel Mr.. Reed read
letters of congratulation from President
Buckham of the University of Vermont,
from the first church Burlington and
Others.
In the evening a service was held to
usher in the new century, at which Rev.
F. A. Poole of Barre preached on THE
Church of Yesterday and the Church of
Today" He prefaced his discourse with
tribute to Mr.. Reed, characterizing him
as a minister to the ministers, a keen
logical thinker aud one whom Bethany
church has loved and honored and fol-
IO,,.aI s,,ooaset,,1 IaoIa~ The
music was furnished by mixed quartet,
and at the opening of the service Mr..
Reed said that he had heard that every
church should send out as many pastors
as it has had ministers Bethany had
done better Instead of nine it had sent
out 10. Among these he named DR.. N.
G. Clark of the American Board, whose
father was a physician in Montpelier
during the boyhood of his eminent son,
but whose native place was Calais; DR..
G. B. Spaulding, already mentioned,
whose father was physician in Mont
pelier contemporary with DR.. julius Y.
Dewey, father of Admiral Dewey, the
future admiral and minister being play
mates in childhood DR.. Frank L. Good
speed, native of Warren, but educated
at Montpelier seminary; and DR.. Ed
ward L. Smith, one of the Washington
band from Yale seminary, and now one
OF the leading ministers of the state. He
also classified among these Prof. John
K. Lord of Dartmouth College, who
spent some of his boyhood days with his
uncle, DR.. Lord, but whose whole career
has been in his protessorship rather than
the ministry,