The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-01-04
CITY OF NEWPORT
cw Pastor of Baptist Church

assistant superintendent OIL inc YER
mont Baptist State Convention, viii
assume duties as pastor of the
| baptist church Sunday. Mr.. Allen
is not unknown to the Newport poo
pic for last April when the new
building ofsthe First church was ded-
icated he preached a series of
special evangclistic services and d.
rected the chorus choir organized at
hat time. For several weeks past he
has been supplying the First church
in the absence OF, the. pastor. Rev. Fl.
3. Rankin, who is serving as x. NJ. G.
A. secretary in France Is a
Nh. Allea was born % years ago
near Scranton, Pa. He comes CT a
ministerial family, his father, Rev.
e. r.. Allen, being pastor of the First
| BAPTIST church Of Saginaw, Mich.
and his three brothers. aresi in the pas
toratc, located as follows: Rev.
| Frederick Allen, First Baptist church
| Bay City, Mich; Rev. VIM. Allenf
First Baptist church, Sussex, NJ j.;
and Rev.fJ.sJ. Allen, Delaware Avefl-
uc baptist church, Buffalo, n. Y. The
| one sister is a graduate of the aBap.i
| list Institute for Christian Workers
n Philadelphia, Pa, and before her
marriage was assistant to the pastor
| If the 10th Baptist church of New
York City. ~ II, s
Mr.. Allen received his education in
Colgate Academy, Temple University.
md Grocer Theological Seminary
lie is also & graduate of the Alban.
Business. College.
Upon his graduation, from Grocer
Seminary Mr.. Allen came to Vermont
nerving jointly with the Vermont
Baptist State Convention and the
american Baptist Publication Society
| rs colporter Evangelist. His faith
ul service in Vermont led to his
appointment as chapel car evangelist
and chapel car evangel. This cal
lis fitted pas combined church and
parsonage on wheels and is admir-
iably fitted for work among railroad
men when side tracked at junction
points. MI, and Mrs. Allen travel
cd in this novel way through the
tate Of Nebraska reviving old and
organizing new churches. A year
and a half of such work has given
Mr. Allen the point of view of the
railroad man and will make his min
istry to a congregation largely made
Up of railroad people especially help
ruI ..e.,..,
A year ago Mr. Allen was invited
back to Vermont to become assistant
superintendent of the Baptist state
convention and was given entire
charge Of the Bible school and Young
Peoples work of the denomination
ia the state. Because he felt the re-
possibility of their two children to
be too heavy upon Mrs. Allen, he
was led to accept the unanimous call
Of the Main street church.
Mrs. Allen is the daughter of Rev.
William 1.aughton pastor Of the
baptist church at Vergennes. For 20
years Mr.. Laughton was a mis-
sionary in China and Mrs. Allen was
horn there. 8 With her mother aud
three brothers they lied from the
country dcring the Boxer uprising,
pursued by murderous mobs seeking
o destroy the lives of all Christians.
Rev. MI. Allen succeeds Rev.
George Pomfrey, who after seven
years of efficient ministry with the
Main street church, has accepted the
rastorate OF the Baptist church OF
Isichford.
An appeal is sent out by the AS
sociated Charities for children's
clothing, fer which there is quite q
reed at this time. Articles desired
are children's clothing, rubbers, and
shoes, which should be in good re-
pair. They can be left at the drug
store Of joel Bly,, on Main street,
where the committee in charge will
call. for them. r.
| DR.. Lynch of Sherbrooke was in
I town Thursday to see Mrs. John
Morrison in consultation with DR..
! Gaines.
At the First Congregational church
Sunday lnolring, the Rev L. A. Ed
wards will take for his subj,
"Practicing the. Presence of God. ,
At 7.30 in the evening Lieut. Ben v.
Horella will give short talk on
life in an Army Training Camp
There will bespecial music and the
orchestra wila be present.
At the First Methodist Episcopal
church Sunday morning, The pastor
Rev. II. 7. CooItz, awill take for his
subject seThe&New Passover Com
nunion service will follow. Bible
school at noon. Junior League will
meet at 4 o'clock Epworth League
at 6.30 p. m. Leader, Mrs. p. w
Lawson. 0t@7.3O in the evening Tit
pastor will preach on the subject
f"'Thc End of SIM" Prayer meeting
lat 7.30son Thursday evening. i
/ Mrs. NJ. H Drumming and daugh.
/ ter, Esther, called on friends il
town yesterday aa
/ Ncwporti people received . anothei
shock Thursday evening, when they
learned of the death of Mrs. Annie
Morrison (which occurred on Thurs.
day evening after very short sick
ness. Many of. her friends had no
Learned of her sickness until heI
death was announced. The f,,nera
services viii be held at the Episcopa
church Sunday at 2 o'clock and Til
ht11.i.,l L..