The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-02
REV. GEO. E. TYLER
CLOSES PASTORATE
VIII Move from Bristol, Conn, to
South Vernon, to Farm Where
His Aged Mother Lives.

Rev. George E. Tyler preached his last
sermon as pastor Of the Advent church
in Bristol, Conn, Sunday \ receipt on |
was given Wednesday evening to Rev. |
Mr. Tyler and his family During the lat
/ ter part of March the family will move |
to South Vernon. Mrs Tyler was Miss |
Lula Newton of South Vernon half-sistcr |
of Mrs. J. L. Lawrence and Mrs f. L. |
/ Hunt OF this town. The Hartford |
Sunday COurant published a portrait of
the minister with the following sketch
i Mr. Tyler IS dean of the clergvmen Of
New Britain. His last sermon brought 20
Il close a pastorate OF II years, and dur
ing that time he has made a wide circle
Of true friends. His church is not lhc
largest in the city, but his parish has eN-
tended to all the country roundabout, his
church making a speciality of evangelical
work. At the farewell reception the num-
Der OF persons present from the other de-
nominations and from churches of other
Il places, also the number of city officials
| present was a noticeable feature. II was
well known among the newspaper men 81
the city that if a poor outcast was found
dead without relatives. friends or church
and Christian burial was desired, Rev
/ George f. Tyler could always be depended
upon to ofiiciate. He ministered to the
/ poor and to the outcast as readily as to
j the most prominent of his own congrega-
ton. During his IL years in this city he
has received 1870 persons into the mem
! bership Of MS church. has baptized 1.,3
/ persons has officiated at - weddings and
| has attended 232 funerals Rev Mr.
| Tyler is the type of minister that can
| wage strong fight against the liquor
/ trade and Yet emerge with as many friends
q lac L.,
] South Vernon, Vt, in 1861, and his first
/ pastorate was at Stmbridge, Mass. from
{ 1871 TO 1895. Then he went to the Adj
7 vent Church in Hartford and was paste.
{ there from 1895 to 1898, coming here
] from the capital city. He has been one
OF the most prominent pastors in the Con
necticut and Western Massachusetts Ad
ventist conference and, as President Stone
said at the farewell reception He could
have had the presidency any time he want
ed it, but the reason we did not MAKE
him president was because We had more
" important work for him To do
Rev. Mr.. Tyler has been prominently
connected with the Camp Meeting asso
$ Citations at Dmham's grove, between Plain
~ vile and Southington. and his wife ha
e been Il prominent worker in the churcl
~ societies. The church presented to Rev
IN Mr. Tyler fine Bible printed on ln1i
y paper and Mr.. and Mrs. Tyler tn
y church members gave silver service
10 To each of the two daughters. the chill
.c- dren of the church gave book Thes
=. two children and an older son. Percy, VII
ba 90 with their parents To South Nerno.
- Vt. on a farm where lives Mr.. Tyler
y; aged mother Another daughter, Mis-
=, Amy Tyler, and a son. Ralph Tyler, an
~ his family, will remain in Bristol. Mis-
II. Tyler Il in the New Departure Aanufac
~ turing Office. and Ralph Tyler Is in the o.
= fee Of the Sessions Foundry company