Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-04-17

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Coventry-Supplied by W. H. Fair
banks.
Craftsbury-C. D. Pierce.
Derby-O. j. Anderson.
Evansville and Bloomington Center
TO be supplied.
Glover-W. E. Allen.
Greensboro Bend and Stannard-F.
H. Roberts.
Herdwick-John Jones.
Holland and Morgan-To be sup
piled.
Irasburg-G. L. Wells.
Island Pond-W. c. Christie.
Lowell-Supplied by c. B. Bromley.
Newport-C. d. Lance.
Newport Center-C. w. Kelley.
Orleans-G. w. Burke.
Sheffield and Wheelock - A. D.
Simpson.
South Albany-Supplied by G. C.
Mcdonald.
West Burke and Newark-Fred
Williams.
Westfeld, Troy and Jay = O. E.
Barnard.
f. Rev. w. B. Dukeshire of Barton
was promoted to be superintendent of
the st. Adams district and was also
elected a member of the board of
trustees of Montpelier seminary. The
resignation of DR.. E. A. Bishop, prin-
cipal of Montpelier seminary, was &C.
copied and it is understood Rev. E..
F. Newell, appointed to Barre, will
probably take his place, beginning
with the next school year.
The conference adopted resolution
ho q
the clause in the discipline of the
church regarding worldly amusements
be M AIDE advisory only.
| Delegates to the general conference
in Minneapolis in May were elected
) as follows: Rev. William Shaw of St.
3 Adams and R. F. Lowe Of ST. Johns
bury.
The week was very busy one,
; every day having a full program,
all the various activities and organ
= izations of the church having meet
: ings and conferences and elections Of
officers.
a The Rev. Ralph F. Lowe, superin
tendent of the St. Johnsbury district
! reported that he had visited at leas
] three times every charge on which ;
: pastor is stationed and had endeav
q ored to give special attention to thu
weaker places.
o The prevalence of smallpox inter
q fered materially with the work in
. number of churches in Caledonia
d county, ten churches being closes
from one to three months during tn
winter when activity is at it's maxi
UNI. Regular collections of cours
:. were almost nothing. benevolence
went behind, and all aggressive worl
had to be abandoned.
One death occurred, the Rev. Hor
d ace w. Worthen, of St. Johnsbur
$ Center. Superintendent Lowe ais
Is referred to the death few week
Us ago of Hiram N. Turner, for man
t. years general manager of the Fair
Il banks Scale Company at st. Johns
Of bury, as loss to Grace Church, tn
"a conference. and the state at large o
a a valuable and interested church mem
At Der and patriotic citizen.
,; Several pastoral changes were re
"a ported.
At the Lyndonville camp meetin
A. 10 adults came forward for prayers
some of whom have since joined Jh
church.
Among the successful evangelist
work reported was an old time revivs
at Bloomfield, the means used nc
being spectacular but purely SPIRIT
al. A curious fact was that most c
those converted were mature people
" heads of families between forty an
ct fifty years old.
II There is on the district a GROWN
ht interest In Sunday school work.
e. growth is noted in organized classe!
ct Superintendent Lowe reported that h
&c had ATTENDED many gatherings ar
70 hanquets of mems classes and Brotl
Il, 10 erhoods, all of which were we'll a
rs tended and inspiring. Said M
Of Lowe: "Men of Roman Catholic e,
10 traction and from almost every nj
,e tlonality under the blue sky. who me-
il, er attended prayer meeting, hay
been eager listeners at the supp,
table. Allied to this is the Boy Scol
rs movement and other valuable organ
- cations for boys.'
Much of value has been accon
plished in the way of material in
as provement to church property. Anon
ar some of the churches where quite
or sum of money has been expended a
e the church at Barton where abo
81. 900 has been paid out the install
hhaa t1on of new pipe organ and the ma
er, ing OF other improvements which re
resented an outlay of $1,000: pract
, cally new parsonage bullt at Derl
ne with an expenditure of about SIPS
ii. Several churches have received gift
among them a legacy of $4,000
Barre.
The debt on the district pafsona
has been reduced to about one-half
. original amount and there has be-
expended in making necessary repai
- and other equipment about $3.50 whi
has been paid or provided for
There is a pledged increase in sal;
les for next year amounting to at les
> $500. In all legacies and other gil
of nearly $4,000 have been receive
Part has been used in reducing perm
nent Indebtedness and part is held
endowment. The sum of SIS, PAL h
thus far been reported as paid in i
provements and repairs and $1,000
standing indebtedness.
Largely through the work of the d
frict deacOnass Miss Marian Wills,