The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-07
PASTORS AND PEOPLE
IN THE VERMONT FIELD

Rev. Theodore j. POLICEMAN of Boston
has accepted call from the Congrega
tiona church in Putney.
Rev. G. Walter Bishop of Athens, n
Y, has accepted the call of the Baptist
churches at South Newfane and West
Dummerston.
Rev. George Edward Congdon, recently
of the faculty of Bellows Free academy,
Fairfax, has accepted the call to the Bap-
fist church in Grafton.
Rev. Ray Andrews Chapman, three
years pastor of the Congregational
church of Sharon, preached his farewell
sermon there Sunday terminating his
first pastorate. Rev. Mr.. Chapman went
directly to Sharon as a graduate of the
Bangor Theological seminary and it was
as pastor of the Sharon church that he
was ordained. He is present year
graduate. magma cum laude, of Dart
mouth, having entered there in the jun
Tor year. He proposes in the coming col
y
course in the Andover Theological school
and studies in English at Harvard uni
versity, after which he plans to re.enter
the ministry. The church at Sharon add
ed 40 resident members during the time
Rev. Mr.. Chapman was pastor and there
were organized an Uplifters' club and a
boys club. There has been an average
Sunday school attendance OF 81 the past
year and there are but 600 inhabitants
in the town.
Rev. Henry c. Newell, the newly chos-
en- pastor of the Congregational church in
Middlebury, conducted his first official
service at the regular prayer meeting
Thursday. His regular duties commenced |
Sunday.
Rev. Charles H. Stull. Phi. d. of New
ark, O., who occupied the pulpit Of the I
Memorial Baptist church at Middlebury /
two Sundays recently, has returned
home.
Rev. ]. Fl. Thompson, recently pastorof
the Baptist church in Randolph, has tax
en- up his duties at his new pastorate in
Connecticut.
Bishop L. R. Brewer of the Montana
diocese of the Protestant Episcopal
church, who died at Helena Sept. %,
aged II years, was born in Berkshire
Jan. 20, 1889. He was graduated from
Hobart college in 1863 and from the Cen
eral Theological seminary in 1866. He
was admitted to the diaconate in 1866
and his advancement to the priesthood
took place in Christ church, Oswego, n.
Y, June is, 1857. After spending six
years in charge of Grace church, Garth
age, N. Y, he became rector of Trinity
church, Watertown, n. Y, in which po
;ition he continued for eight years until
his election to the missionary episcopate
Of Montana in 1880. His alma mater
conferred upon him the doctorate of d.
vinity in 1881 He was consecrated in :
his parish church Dec 8, 1880, by Bishops
futile, Bissell and B. II.
Paddock.
Rev. John B. Magee, prominent mem
,er of the New England Southern Meth
,dist conference, has accepted call TO :
he Methodist Episcopal church in St. =
tlbans and will take up his duties next 7
sunday
Rev Charles A. Boyd will be busy this
week in the southern part of Chittenden
ounty with institute work. The Yer
mont State Sunday School association is !
ivided for administrative purposes into
Institutes. Mr.. Boyd is general secretary
t the organization. Pawlet and two or
hree other towns will be the scenes of p
institute meetings Next Sunday Mr.. il
Boyd will be in Stowe. Sunday he nj
'ond. pi
At least two Sunday schools in Bur ST
ngton are postponing their openings for f
he fall because of the delay in the open p
lg of the public schools and parents ii
,ar of poliomyelitis The school Of ST. f,
auIs church will not resume work until
unday Sept. q. hi
Rev. DR.. W. A. Dawson, superintend ga
nj and secretary of the Baptist state st
invention. will be one of the speakers dc
Jamaica. Windhsm county, Thursday oh
fternoon Of this week. when Baptists en-
the county will gather. The meetings
i'll take place Wednesday and Thurs
AZ. His subject viii be the ive-year
rogram Of the northern Baptist con
sntion. which Is to obtain a million
w members, five million missionaries.
so million dollars for a ministers pen
on fund and six millions a year for
issions On the 18th and 18th he will
? at South Londonderry, where the q
'oodstock association. consisting of IL
aptist churches. viii meet Next sun
" DR. Dawson speaks at Resdsboro.
Indsy morning he preached at the I'm 4
n church in Proctor. '