Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
Coming Session at Saratoga to
BE Full of Interest.
Bishop Henderson to Preside-The
Year in Burlington District-De-
ceased Pastors and Early
Heroes Of the Church.

April IL. Bishop Henderson comes to
the Troy conference for the first time
taking the place Of Bishop Luccock, who
is i'll in the far West The secretary OF
the conference is the Rev. Edwin
Genge Of Cambridge, who has already !
served twenty years. The treasurer is
the Rev. S. w. Irwin of Troy.
The coming session will be full of in ,
terest due to the approaching general
conference. also to be held at Saratoga |
May 1-25. During the week the lay !
electoral conference will also meet al
Saratoga bringing hundreds of the laity |
to that place The program for the week |
is a strong one and among the speakers !
are five of the most prominent candi- |
dates for bishop, viz. Drs Wilson, Craw-
ford. Sheridan, Boswell and Triple.
During the year 10 preachers have gone
to their reward. The list includes the
Rev. Charles Edwards. popular in Yer
mont and log the conference treasurer;
the Rev. Chapman r. Hawley, founder OF
Spring Grove camp ground and high i'm
Masonic and Odd Fellow circles in YER
mont; Thomas W. Gregory, long a resi-
dent Of Burlington; John c. Fisher
formerly of Vergennes and Brandon:
Moses J. Osteyee. William II. Groat
father of Prof. G. G. Groat OF the
University Of Vermont; Frank X Potter
benjamin w. Powell, Robert G. Adams
and Elmer ]. Streever
BURLINGTON DISTRICT
In the Burlington district the super
intendent Burt NJ Kent, who has seen
fifteen months Of successful service since
he was appointed to succeed the late
| N In ha
trict includes all OF Vermont west of
the Green Mountains and several charges
in New York state. With the we'll
known hostility of New England to
Methodsm, the field is a difficult one
Many things are discouraging to the
pastors and people In spite Of this,
advance has been made in the district
and MIR Kent will make a good report at
new church is being built to meet a
long in disuse has been reopened and
repaired and an enthusiastic congrega-
| ton gathered. At Rutland the old
parsonage has been transformed into Il
center for institutional work. South
SALISBURY boasts of one of the greatest
mems Bible classes in New England. At
:
Poultney special meetings for the stu
dents have been conducted by the Rev
NJ. G.. Cole. Extensive revivals have
occurred at Salisbury, Lincoln, North
bennington. Cambridge, Bristol and
Starksboro.
AFRO NJ. Asetine of burlington is the
only candidate from the district for the
lay delegation to the general conference
/ in cit NTatb uin
brate its centennial in 1923. There were
but 50 members in 1924. From 1856 to
1873 there were two Methodist Churches
in the city. known as First Church and
Pine Street Church In 1853 there were
12S members; in 1873. 273; in 1885, 40
members; in 1900. 7l2 members and in 1913
there were S23 enrolled
GENERAL CONFERENCE DELE
GATES.
The all-absorbng question of the con-
ference will be the election of six clerical
delegates to the general conference.
Compared with this the matter of the
appointments this year is of small i'm
portance. There are ~ candidates in the
field of whom ten have fighting
chance and but six can be elected. The
principal candidates listed by districts
are Burlington district. President Ben
ton and DR.. C. L. Leonard; Plattsburgn
district DIR. j. f.. Mead and Or. c. O.
ludkins; Saratoga district, DR.. ]. L.
Fort. DR.. G. C. Douglass, DR.. +. L.
Decker Troy district, DR.. NJ. B. Pratt
Dr. j. a. Hamilton and DR.. c. w
Rowley; Albany district. DIR. c. L. Hail.
DIR. c. NJ. Sturgess and DR. f. A. Noble
1t is expected that DR. Mead, DR.. For,
or Dr. Pratt will lead the delegation
Should DR. Fort lead it would be re-
garded as an endorsement of the con.
ference to his candidacy for the post OF
secretary of the finance commission. Or
, Pratt is also a candidate for the post OF
secretary of the Home Missionary
society.
OF GENERAL INTEREST
At this session of the conference var
Gus memorials to the general conference
will be voted on. The union OF American
Methodism; the amusement question ant
the matter of separate bishops fol
negro conferences and foreign confer
ences are among the questions to he con
, sidered The matter of Episcopal sup
port will be considered During tn,
past four years sSlo.3oS paid for this
, Yet is the intention to increase the bur
den by electing six or seven new
bishops at a salary of $500 at the Sara
toga general conference. Many ar,
, calling a halt from all parts Of tn,
church. An effort will also be made t.
confine the bishops more closely to tn,
zones to which they are assigned.
FAMOUS MEN OF THE PAST.
Connected with the Troy conference
have been some OF the greatest names
in the history of the church. At Starks
boro, Bishop Elijah Heddng was con
verted and called to the work OF thu
ministry. At Leicester Junction DR.
7 stephen DIN, one of the creates
l educators Of the church, was born anc
? started on his useful career. Jesse T
Peck and John i. Newman. afterwards
l famous bishops. We're connected will
= Troy conference. Bishop Peck was pres
ident of Dickinson College and late
l founded Syracuse University. Erastu'
: Wentworth. Daniel Curry and d. d
: Wheeden, three OF the greatest editors
of Methodism, also labored here. Other'
who We're famous later are DR., j. II
Coleman, later president of Willamette
) University; DR.. j. Il. c. Sawyer. thu
poet of the conference and DR.. Homer
} Eaton OF the New York book concern
Among the early giants in Vermont were
j. b. Stratton, Bucl Goodsell Seymour
Coleman, Sanford Washburn, Benjamin
Nl., n Ta1Nt 10.