The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-09-29
BAPTIST CONVENTION
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Vermont Baptist anniversaries of 1913,
mad been followed. He again made the
following recommendations
That the society become a corporate
member of the New England Baptist Ii
bra1y association.
That the society he incorporated.
That extra cases for the proper keeping
of some of the effects of the society be
provided.
That a circular he issued. to give IN
brief form some facts about the society.
making an appeal for support financially
and by contributions of historical mate
rial to the society's collection. which is
| housed in the library OF Vermont aead-
envy at SaXtons River.
That effort he made to secure add
tional life members.
The report of Rev. Dr. Mason as treas
urer showed that to balance OF S40.67
| on hand wear ago had been added a col
lection Of - and interest of S1.S3. No
cash had been expended, leaving d balance
Of $3.50
The following names for officers were
presented by the nominating committee
and unanimously elected:
President, Rev. Henry Croker, ID. d..
of Chester vice president. Hon. w. W.
Stickney, LID, Ludlow; secretary and
treasurer, Rev. f. A. Mason, Bellows
Falls; board Of management, the officers
and Rev. +. +. Phillips, St Johnsbury
/ Rev. W. :. Dies jardines, SaXtons River:
Rev, II b. Rankin, Newport; Rev J
Is. Brown, Manchester; Rev George Il
LaWton, d. D., Saxtons River; Rev. j. Fl
Thompson. Randolph; Rev. w. F. Meyer
Bennington
Tho adJrass of Tins session, ,4-,s I,,- p,-
Howard b. Crosse, ID. d.. OF Boston. II
was a very interesting historical review
dealing with The Evangelistic and Mis-
sionary Character of the Early Baptists
{ The early Baptist missionaries. he said
were men who brought revival infuenc,
to bear upon new settlements, planted
churches, and exercised a power of per
, sonalty that made rich heritage fo
their successors. Baptist history IN Yer
, mont began with the organization OF tn
i. first church in SALISBURY in 116S an,
: Baptist associational history also began il
SALISBURY when the two churches of tin
town, with two younger churches acros
the New York line and one in Cheshire
Mass, united to form an association il
1850 and the first anniversary, held il
= Shaftsbmy June u, 1871, took the nam
of the SALISBURY association This assC
INlOug
its missionary activities. If our histor
teaches us anything, he said, it teache
: clearly that whatever else our churche
may be, the evangelistic and mssionar
t spirit must ever be present and predom
lnant if they are to fulfill the divine pun
: pose. More direct hand-to-hand work, d
in the old times, would mean more me
t in our churches.
Rev. Caleb Blood, one of the early Nel
, Imont ministers in 1893, in a great reviv;
added 10 members to the church II
was the first to volunteer for missionar
work after the Salisbury association d,
lci3ed to become distinctly a missionar
Iagency.
r Elder Samuel Covell made the motto
not to JOIN with the Philadelphia associi
tion in d general conference. Elder ATu
7 lphy travelled one day through four fe,
20 lof snow and preached three sermons AN
n his auditors wanted more. Elder Pet,
lt Phlanthropos Roots preached 20 Sc
., mons in 1S5 days Elder Joseph Ca1ne
II, in whose barn in Manchester the We
N mont association was born, was anoth
oe great missionary pastor. He rode / n
III miles and preached 161 sermons on Oh
! trip
O. Elder Phineas PiIlsbury iIts 1SOS unde
: took a mission OF six months in We
u mont. upper Canada and New York. I
II rode 1,127 miles. preached 100 times al
s baptised four. received SLIP and e
50 pended SSH.
a. DR. Grose gave a somewhat extend
% ~ account of the participants in the l
a. meeting in Sedgwicl, Me, where the pi
- tor and congregation of a Congregation
church went over to the Baptist demon
nation In conclusion he said:
n these missionary evangellsts were n
in only always ready to preach, but tht
he subjects were opposite and their choice
texts proves their thorough acquaintan