St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-10-02
THE CLOSING SESSIONS
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the kindness of Col. Ilsley of Mid
dlebury who offered to pay half the
expense of a new baptistry for
churches desiring one, seven have
been built during the year and three
more are coming this year. The
church gave more money for bene-
volences than last year which is
most encouraging. DIR. Dawson re-
ferred to the Willingness which had
been expressed by the Free Baptists
for cooperation aud urged that there
be a readjustmenJ to further this
union. He also adv coated adopting a
minimum salary of $500 per annum
and a house.
The report of the treasurer, How
ard Crane of Burlington, was most
encouraging and showed S1053 .06
in the treasury aid invested funds of
| $21S, 6O1.51. The contributions of
the year were $500 more than last
year.
The committee on roll reported
1909 present at the convention. The
committee on nominations presented
q list of officers which was elected
without opposition.
Tribute to Aged Pastor
A touching incident occurred when
DR.. Dawson called on the new min
listers to come forward and be for
mally presented to the convention.
With them he asked Rev. A. N
Woodruff of Colchester to come on
the platform and after introducing
the others he announced to the con
lvention that Mr. Woodruff was mar
lried so years ago on the first day of
1.-THE convention which was held at
burlington that year. Mr.. Woodruff
preached for 5 years in the state
and since an illness five years ago
has been retired and living at Col
| chester. He received the Fluctuations
Il of the entire company and expressed
his appreciation Of their good wishes
and of all the good which had been
bestowed upon him. His wife was
called upon to join him and share
with him the smiling congratula-
lions shOwered upon them.
Rev. o. c. Sargent spoke for the
| Tilton Seminary and urged that the
girls who can no longer go to Sax
toms River go there. Messrs. Bond,
| Croker and Dawson, committee on
! history announced that the history
of the Vermont convention prepared
| by Mr. Croker will soon be ready
Tor distribution.
After a short devotional service
| led by Evangelist Myers, all listened
with the deepest interest to a talk
Seeing Truth with Mystical and
Mechanical Effects" by Rev. G. H.
Woolston, D. D., of Philadelphia. DR..
| Woolston was to have spoken
Wednesday afternoon but asked to
! have his time changed as he wished
/ to get to Pennsylvania to speak the
next day Because of the length of
the business session his talk was
necessarily much shortened but it
gave much that was entertaining and
! instructive in short time.
Ministerial Aid and Insurance -.
| The following committee was APP
! pointed to consider plan for minis
! terial aid and insurance, with power
to act: Rev. r. B. Esten, Rev. w.
! S. Boardman, DIR, Dawson, Henry
Bond, E. M. Bixby, w. w. Stickney,
Col. Ilsley, Rev. J. S. Braker, Rev
F. S. Tolman and Rev. ]. B. Cow.
At the session Wednesday after
noon short addresses were enjoyed
from Representatives of local church
es: Rev. Peter Black, Rev Paul
| Dwight Moody, Rev. c. H. Merrill
1 and Rev. B. F. Butler. Rev. o. c.
Sargent, general secretary of the New
Hampshire state convention brought
greetings from that state, and Rev.
H. E. Wyman of the Bengal Mission
was listened to with interest. Other
speakers of the afternoon were Rev
J. S. Braker of Burlington whose
subject was "The State We Live In
and Rev. A. w. Anthony, D. D., OF
Lewiston, Me-, who spoke on ''The
Northern Baptist Convention"
The Closing Convention
The closing session of the conven.
ton on Wednesday evening was held
at the North church as the Baptist
church was too small to accommodate
all who wished to attend. The Acad
envy boys glee club sang twice and H
!, N. Wood led the congregation sing
ing. Rev. r. B. Esten of Middle
bury led the devotionals and Rev. f
S. Tolman expressed gratitude tt
the North church for the generous
offer of their auditorium and to the
people of the town for the aid the!
had given in entertaining the conven
ton.
The speaker of the evening was
Rev. w. T. Stackhouse, d. D., secre
tary of the Baptist Laymen's For
ward Missionary movement. His
) talk was an earnest plea to the me1
and women of the denomination tt
aid in carrying the message of Chris
to every corner of the globe. HI
said that 1 per cent. of the farm pro
ducts raised in one year in America
would do this, or that one per cent
of the increase of the wealth of the
Babtist people would do it. He urg
ed the assimilation of the grea
r hordes of foreigners that come to u
every year, not allowing them tt
change us but making them a part o
us. Our future depends not upo1
those who come to us but upon those
who are here. He made a special ples