The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-09
ANNIVERSARY OF
s CHURCH
d Society Celebrated il
Sunday.
!, HISTORICAL ADDRESS

ssts Was Fir'' a Mission .
nrrA in ouilfOrd but Rel'
~ New Reyersed-Pians "a
ssliins
4 .si,snap II the building q
sl.br vi Il Michaels Epii
"a celebrated sunday, III
- taking place az 1890 4
4, v,i6H Rev ". !, llamil
Al historical sermon. Il
~ thi, service there was
glfhai.nn 1T the Holl
n, r.5laf choir hcinr assist
XII naaH violin, h the even
n A g. Wilson, rector o
Iarb 90 Bellows Falls
.s-5sn anl nc the close Stan
m Wa. sung In rcspons,
~ IN fund ii $500 with
lla tai.h house an offering
n Nl9 va taken. This has
srs,m 90 about $50 which
an toward the required
NJ llamilions historical ser
~ eltbuic the 5oth anpiver,
al l..Il,jiur al This church. In
6W lnh lSiS on the Feast
fiitl AMI M Angels, the first
.sie urp held In this building.
- Known hy the name Of 81.
.lgrb. Il was not, however,
- ,,ir later that all indcbt.
y. al. and the building conse-
"a - amn forever as q place
Al Almighty God. The begin
n. nii,h date back 10 n much
r1 than the actual building OF
y. Tie exact date when the
-, aoomng 20 the rite OF the
lurh. we've held in Brattle.
-,noWn. When this parish was
,be hall in which the services
"a. burned. and evidently the
~. along with il, Much infor.
,rib no doubt would be very in.
md instructive has been lost.
ibt however to gather a few
:, from the parish records OF
| grh. Guiliord.
| an beginnings Of st. Michaels
~ bound up with the history
| y church Parish. Guilford, that il
|. se.ary. in order to make this
..,1i.ihle 10 give. at least. some
r5sht Of the mother parish. st.
\. !. the daughter OF Christ
nr,h Guiliord. There was a
n he Old mother parish was a
furnishing church and the daugh. |
Etak. struggling mission. Con.
~ now reversed. the daughter is
| ;guri.hine parish and the old
/ Bot a feeble mission. The old
nth depleted membership stand, |
n.Ni grandeur As monument
! iir. She served her generation
! hi tirlc l. a generation yet to
r,hh the sound OF the old bell OF
auirh. Guliom. who will find a
home within her walls and who
1nhip according to the faith of
hihen. 4 parish in Guilford
bio mature existence in a little
Z two years. The circumstances
liher romantic and unique for
r,lini. Two years previous to
4 church could be found among
81 the town of Guilford. Vari-
lous societies had occupied Gull
o time to time, the strongest be-
Congregationalists. They had a
worship in the center of the
1 members scattered in all parts
} the eastern part there was no
worship. The population began
re and the people resolved to
leting house. In looking about
liable model. they selected the
church of Greenfield. The re
that a very agreeable and I
building was erected.
no doubt but that good church t
re has much to do with pro- G
svotiOn and reverence and en- I
churchly ways and manners. /
abundantly shown by the fact 5
Daniel Barber of the Episcopal t
yaremont was allowed to hold il
\ a Congregational meeting i
le Rev Daniel must have re- /
situation IA unique, and that Z
tier make hay while the sun il
he spent Saturday in instruct \
the congregation in the use h
yer book. On Sunday there h
ng service and the people were Y
impressed. Il
riswold was to visit Green N
, so it was decided to invite ~
ne and visit Guilford at that u u
he did Sept. 30, 1918, and the VI
q that some one be sent to III
I'VE instruction regarding the n
the church and her doctrines. a. a.
y a lay reader, was sent to ~
February, 1919, the bishop W
q them and consecrated the u u
lse as church according to y y
and usage of the protestant
lurch. Thirty persons were ri ri
i3 confirmed. Thus was the -
al meeting house turned III
'copal church and page of W. W.
Iue in New England eccle- LIZ Ln
DRY made. ies
n anniversary of the parish in
Allan Brown (who
known to most of you and
and children are commune
church, made use of a very Mi
graph. He said: "This re- .nl
INNING of a parish reminds n LII,
'postoIc days and it shows r.,
IN men and women can ac- ~
n they set themselves heart "
artully at work to minimize O.,
ces and it is an object les gu
today, incidentally it shows c.,
r Of the Episcopal church to %
.wor k requiring as it does n,
otession of the Christian ia
med in the creed of the an
nvlded church of 1900 years IT,.
y who had been appointed Pic
1878 to take charge of the
ated church in Guilford, Oh;
priest and he was the first Fir
the Episcopal church per-
olnted to officiate in this
ate of Vermont. That his
ook in Brattleboro is evil =
? fact that the first mar II
'rmed after his ordination the
nd marriage performed in Bra
one of the most interest abu
tins ceremony, namely, the som
,m Brattleboro. The entry The
lister reads thus: "Jan. /, Wea
red Barry officiating min thai
" hltney of marlborough on !
de of this town were mar and
eond reference to Brattle-
: Ind in the old register
he Rev. Jacob Pearson. 1t
tuesday, Nov. 25, 1884. B,