Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-04-18

Bishop Hughes introduced Doctor
Benton as college nlate at Ohio
Wesleyan University The Rev. T. p
Burns Of the New Hampshire confer
encc and the Rev. II. p Rankin, pas
tor OF the local Baptis. Church. we:t
introduced.
Bishop Hughes addressed the clast
to be admitted on trial speaking upot
The Temptations of Jesus rs IL Les
son Of the Public Ministry"
! At the afternoon business meeting il
was voted that there be appointed a
committee Of third preachers and
thSce laymen to study the conference
with view to forming II into two
districts. instead OF three as at pres
emit. such committee to report to next
years conference.
! The Rev. f. A. Bishop. d d. gave his
Goth. and, as ne said. probably his last
report Of Montpelier Seminary and gave
( a retrospect of his long term of service
with the seminary. At the close Distric.
Superintendent William Shaw in behalf
of the conference gave few words of
appreciation OF Dr. Bishops work The
Rev. Ralph f.. Lowe of ST. Johnsburv
and the Rev. w. y. Dukeshire Of Barton
were chosen trustees of the seminary
the latter to succeed the Rev. f. O.
Thayer. D. d.. OF Barre, who is to re-
move to California.
REPORT OF sTATIsTICIAN
Statistician o. B. Wells of Rochester
read his report. which was accepted
The report contained the following statis-
tics from the three districts: Number of
)probationers. Oil; increase. 121: full men,
snc orsl.
20: children baptized. 1s9: adults baptized.
297 number Sunday schools. 1873; pupils.
15,4l2 churches. 15O probable value, s7O9.-
TOO parsonages. 1o7; probable value. $751;
$50; paid for building and improving
properties. s27165; present Indebtedness
church property. $4,4,s; pastors salaries
$6S115; received for conference claimants.
1857; support Of pastors. district super
intendents and bishops. sS+.44s: foreign
missions, SS.69s: home missions and church
extension, so.652; Womans Foreign Mis-
sionnry society s2,o55; Woman's Home
Missionary society. $2,9o7; local education
al interests. $3.50.
Treasurer 8 II. Smith of White Riv-
err Junction reported that tn ere had
been collected for ben evidences of all
kinds s21.4s4.
At the evening business meeting the
Rev c. s. Nutter. d. D., was changed
from supernumerary to superannuate
! relations; the Rev. F. w Sharp and
the Rev. w c. Johnson from super
numerary to effective; and the Rev
w H. Butler and Rev. V. F. Hendet
were given supernumerary relations.
SOCIAL REFORM COMMITTEE.
Reports Of the various stan ling
committees were given, That of the
committee on social reform urged the
. preservation OF the Sabbath; deplored
the great social evil and the divorce
evil; rejoiced In the decreased num-
Der of no-lcense towns in thu State
and endorsed the Vermont AntiSaloon
League. and requested that Congress
pass the Webb McCumber bill. Fol-
lowing the reading of this report Bis
hop Hughes spoke of the divorce evil,
urging pastors to a stronger stand on
thrs question and for what their
, church represente ed and said: The
time has come when the stan1 of the
Methodist clergy on the subject should
be as high as that of our Protestant
Episcopal clergymen."
Religious services of Saturday included
the anniversary of the Freedmen's Aid
society In the afternoon with an address
by DIR, Mason. and a lecture by DR. Mason
t at the Congregational Church in the even
e ing, his subject being Napoleon at Wat
erloo."
The annual meeting of the Pastors
Wives Union was held At the Congrega'
: tional Church In the afternoon and the
I following officers We're elected; Mrs. c.
D. Lance Of Newport president Mrs. r
e F. Currier. vice-pres!dent, Mrs. Arthur
! Hewitt Of Plainheld, secretary; Mrs. F.
n | +. Newell Of Waterbury. treasurer.