Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-29
REPORT OF DISTRICT
SUPT. X. F. LOWE OF
ST. JOHNSBURY

", nrascrtipp his fourth annual re-
mort District S,,nerintendent Ralph F.
Lowe of St Johnsburv said that moro
attention than oyar had hean given to
tbo weaker churches and that relatively
the district had had a GOOD wear He
ranorted the oreanizatior7 of = societv in
Calais which has eocur.a q chtirch build-
ing and bouuht nell and other an
nnrtcrances In R,oonfi.ld where the
narsonare was burned a veor ago a farm
bouso and four acres az land have been
houpht noar tha church. Nownort is now
tho nroud nossessor of nroncrty valued at
s3o n1o Tho edifice is practically now
and tho entire nropertv in excellent con-
dition Plans havn beon annrovcd and
work will he begun at once on n stone
structure 70 ronlaco Grace Church in ST
Johnsblry which was burned IN Ian
navy South A1hanv has bnuob+ the
building formerly owned by the Wesley
an Nothodists and converted II into n
woll-adapted vestrv. Other material de-
velopment is noted throughout the dis
tr,ct.
/ Not for many wears have the pcon,,.
been so responsive to spiritual appeal as
during the past few months. At New
V. IA
! Concord. Concord Rcecher Falls St.
! Johnsbury. Barre and Bloomfield large
numbers have united with the church,
| There probably has been a substantial
net gain in the district.
| DESPITE the perennial ruroor that the
Lyndonville camp meeting was to be dis
I continued one of the best meetings lr
recent wears was held there last sum.
mer
A good number of churches have some
endowment. Mr. Lowe said: 1T woult
be n good thing if the trustees in thei,
annual statement had TO report the es
sential facts about Invested funds Il
might also be well If a complete list ver,
printed every wear in the annual minutes
of our conference" Mr. Lowe urged tn,
exercise of more care to avoid the Dos
sibility Of fire and the carving of ade
mlate insurance
About 20 of the 3s charges use the new
financial MAN. but not more than eirh,
or nine usa If 50 as to include tn. beny
olorces in tho weekly offering Tho MIA,
vor,,s wall uhera Il is nronarIv handled
v-baro,or .bo ,astor +,las , daan inter
act !, 10 ,pucb moro Ii,,olv to sncceed
In q certain class of churches that ar,
,i,irc az , noor diving r,+a tho neonI,
miss the .nur NJ the old -fashioned ser
,,o,,, ~, ,,issiors or hepevolercos An
o,har f;r,rci,l difficu,tv is that Nh,
oh,,.oh., 80 q ,,rco docroa Diamond ,no,
van, ,or-Christions for sunnort S,,cf
s,,n,,,,tors 40 NOT care for tho weakl,
-, o,a ,,.y ,s,,uv NM of arm
,,,r l., +boir CONTRIBUTIONS I'm a half hon
nara, ,ho rroacb.r s,,r+s for corfarerce
1,ho ortiro pottor If cburch and horevo
,ert sunnort will ba largely solved wher
w. ,rrsonorta, INFECT Of Chr,st,a,
.a.,...a,,,,,,, ,o, hoon ,if,ed from, tho oh
o,,,, r,oco vhora II hos boor sur
5000 - II. nv an unframed nv tiu,(
..,,.,,,,.,, o,,d an up,rotned ,oitv
Tho diotrict continues 70 he we'll servac
~. nal, ,,ou.r do,co,oss Auoo II,
$780,. ci,oo ,os, octoher sha has Give,
,o,,,s;,.. o,tor,,or 70 woodhur,
ava hoe shoun good org,rtyir,
o,,u;.,. Pow ~ 7 Atkinson a fie,t
worker for the board of Sunday schools
lho. hoo,, VOL received and his wor,, ha,