Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-06-04
COUNTY MINISTER'S HERE
County Association Holds Annual Meet.
ing Tuesday and Wednesday.
Good Attendance

Good Attendance. =
The seventy third annual meeting
of the Orleans County Association of
Congregati onal Churches held its
opening session in the Congregational
church Tuesday morning at ten
o'clock. An inspiring devotional sew
ice was conducted by Rev. James
Richmond of Westmore. The meeting
was then formally called to order by
the registrar. Rev. NJ. w. Farman of
Westfield and organization effected by
the election of F. w. Baldwin as
moderator and Rev. M. w. Hale Of
Coventry as scribe.
The missionary secretary reported
an apportionment of $4,000 for
Orleans county. and an actual contri.
button of $500. Several delegates
refused to accept the report as correct
for their church and it was voted to
lay the report upon the table for in,
vesUlgation and correction. In an
open discussion it was explained that
the apparent discrepancy in the
reported receipts and the actual con-
tribution was due to the fact that in
former years the boxes and barrels
sent had received a money valuation
and the church had been credited
with the total amount, while from
now on only mOnev is to be counted in
payment of the apportionment. The
morning session closed with a cordial
and most felicitous address of well
come by Rev. w. E. Allen of TIE
Methodist church. Dinner was served
in the vestry to seventy-fve.
At 1 80 p. M a devotional service,
conducted by Rev. G. H. Perry Of
Albany was held and business and ad
dresses took up the afternoon. About
two hundred people were present and
the addresses received the close atten.
tion they merited. The point was
we'll emphasized by Rev. F. B. Hyde of
Westfield that the community is only
an enlarged home and that in each the
church should be the supreme in
fuence, and it is our business to make
it so. Rev. Edw. A. Tuck of Concord,
N. H., gave an address on the preser-
! walton of the American Sabbath. Mr..
Tuck is the newly appointed Field
Secretary of the Lords Day League
| for New Hampshire and Vermont He
said we do not seek to make men re.
ligious by law. We would not if we
could for we believe in the separation
of church and state; we could not if
we would for we would only make
hypocrites Or martyrs but we seek by
| law to give one days rest in seven and
| then rely on appeals to conscience for
men to use it to upbuild character and
| to prepare for eternity. Sunday laws
are but an echo of natural laws and
have as their basis the public health
and the public morals. They are on
this basis an American institution as
much as the right of petition or liberty
of conscience. At the business meet
ing Rev. F. B. Hyde Of Westfeld
was voted into membership in the
association.
A most interesting meeting of the
w. II. M. S. was held in the vestry,
under the leadership of Mrs. F. D.
Thompson of Barton. Mrs. Amos
Robinson pleased her audience with a
solo and reports from the various
towns were read.
The evening was given up tc
missionary topics, ably handled by
Rev. J. K. Fowle, who has spent the
past thirty-fve years in Turkey, and
! by Rev. C. c.. Merrill of Massa.
chusetts, who is one of the conductors
Of the missionary campaign now in
progress. We commonly think of the
Turk as unspeakable, but instances
were cited proving his kindness of
heart and sense of justice 1t is Mr..
| Fowle's belief that the Balkan War
will be the means of reaching the
hearts of the Turks and he begged us
to pray for the Turk for he is worth
it. Mr.. Merrill strongly advocated
| the careful reading of the Missionary
| Herald as it is wholly made up OF
vital news from the front. He urged
to expect spiritual as we'll as finan.
cial results from the campaign and
cited instances to show that they
follow.
Rev. VIM. Miller of North Troy
gave a stirring association sermon
from the text, "Be still, and know
that am God" The day ended with
a solemn communion service conducted
by Pew. E. R. Gordon of Craftsbury
and Rev. J. Hall Long of Island Pond
This morning the necessary business
OF the organization was taken up anC
in the matter of Sunday school worl
strong points were made by Rev. M
W, Hale of Coventry. The minister i:
often spoken of as the key to thu
oNiiOOi III OOlCIIis UuC Cuc hSy IL
useless unless each individual, consid
cred as bolt, allows himself to be
used. In any church some of the boy.
and girls. men and women are mem
bers of the Sunday school but w,
should not be content until the las
one is member. Rev. A. B. Ross O.
West Charleston took up the subjec
of the young people and no brie-
report can give an idea of the value OF
his suggestions. Enthusiasm is need
ed, and we can get it in Orlean
County as evidenced by that expended
at the Roosevelt rally in the fail
There is a place for young people il
the choir, winter sports may b.
planned, anything for wise, intelli
gent supervision of their time, such
large proportion of which is now spen
in loafng or attending questionable
5 places of amusement for no othe
5 reason than that there is nothing of
! higher plane that will attract an
} which could be eaSiIy< provided h