Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-04-29
CONFERENCE REPORT
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Sheffield and Wheelock-Fred Will
cock. supply.
South Albany. P. Chase.
West Burke and Newark. Q.
Angel.
Westfeld and Troy-To be supplied.
Superintendent Lowe of the ST.
Johnsbury district in giving his report
said in part:
GA few weeks ago the parsonage,
stable and practically all Of the furni
ture at Bloomfield were destroyed by
fire. The plucky little society has
taken steps to rebuild. Cabot has
made interior improvements in its
parsonage at a cost of over 5000. Con-
cord has altered and completed the
prayer room and dining room in the
church at an expense of over $500.
The church edifice at Danville has been
thoroughly renovated. The expense
has been over $1,000, all of which has
been paid or provided for. A reopen
| ing service was held there last Sun
day.
"Since last conference Community
Church has been established at Glover.
Tired of being supplied from a neigh
boring town, the people of Glover petit
toned for a resident pastor who would
unity the scattered religious elements
| Douglass was sent and thus far has
run well.
Little Stannard has put a new
metal roof on its church. Hardwick
has gotten rid of the unsightIy part of
its horse sheds and made aninconspicu-
Gus arrangement Of the remainder A
good number Of Improvements have
also been made on the parsonage New
port has an extensive transformation
on hand for which $4,000 has already
been subscribed Newport Center has
been the recipient Of a new pulpit set
and chairs and the parsonage has been
lighted by electricity. Plainfeld after
raising So. 900 last year has raised $500
more this year. At South Albany
when our church was burned last
spring the abandoned Wesleyan edifice
was bought so that now all who 90
anywhere to worship gather under the
same roof. Waits River has repainted
the church and recovered the parsonage
at total cost of S165. At Walden a
pulpit set has been secured and at
South Walden new carpet adorns the
church. At West Burke an ancient
spiral stairway leading into the audi
ence room has been changed over, a
! new roof put on and memorial windows
purchased. St. Johnsbury has placed
ventilator in the church and furnace
in the parsonage. Irasburg has entire
!. ly remodelled its parsonage, doing {
thoroughgoing piece of work. 1t has
J also built new stable. The cost is
$1,000, of which three-fourths has
been provided for. Lunenburg has
! spent $225 in placing hardwood floor
al, IL.
parsonage. Lyndonville has completed
: paying for it's new parsonage with the
exception of only about $3.50 and i!
making plans to repair the church
The little decaying church at Jay ha
been sold and shall ask authorization
to sell our church building at Westfeld
OF SPIRITUAL WORK
'I confess that I approach the sub
ject with some trepidation, not because
nothing has been done but because i
is far more difficult to count twice
born men than it is to enumeratt
material gains. and when we think VIZ
are through we are probably far out Of
the way. In spite of the ministerial
changes a considerable work has beer
! accomplished. Despite it's flavor Of
antiquity positive good was done a
Lynd0nyille camp meeting last season.
One fine young man who had beer
converted there two years before
decided on the ground to enter The
| ministry. He has since been granted
local preachers license and is now en-
! gagged to supply church in anothe,
state where he is attending college
Although we have seen no revival Of
large dimensions there have been
! number of ascertained conversions
! i
I through some modern organizations a
an organized Sunday school class O
l boy scouts patrol. In Craftsbury w
find almost ideal church conditions
The Presbyterians occupy one village
the Congregationalists a second an
{ the Methodists the third, each churc
4 being responsible for all the people j
/ it's vicinage. The pastors unite i
/ having boy scouts camp for the Who'll
! town and practically every boy belong
I to it. In several places Camp Fir
8 Girls have done mucn good. GA fe'
I churches have reached the ten per Ger
3 goal, but it would be invidious t
mention them because other churche
in decaying rural sections have mad
8 a great effort but can only report
q loss.
& ga number of churches have voted /
introduce the new financial plan ar
- where they have taken hold of it vii
- two firm hands decided improvemel
20 has been noticeable.
b CHURCH FEDERATION
& "The time has about come for
81 frank discussion of the much adve
b tised term, church federation. The
% was time when [ was rather favo
d ably inclined toward federation, WHIT
Il | listened open-eared to we'll int
II toned theorists, but after three yea
n of experience and observation. mu
81 conclude that, for the most par
81 federation is a failure. Theoretical
81 it looks plausible for two or thr
81 denominations to sink their differenc
81 and unite under one pastor. Pract
81 cally it does not work. Perhaps
- I'D e oil tho