Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-06-18
COngregationalists at North Crafts
bury.


The 10th annual meeting of the Or
leans association of Congregational
churches was held at North Crafts
bury, Thursday, June 18th.
Opening devotional services were
| led by Rev. G. E. Southard, Coventry,
and Rev. r. A. Hamilton of Orleans
offered prayer. At IL o'clock the as
sociation was called to order by the
registrar and upon motion Rev. R.
A. Hamilton was elected moderator.
! The registrar read the records of the
! last meeting, which were amended
and approved and Rev. Robert Law
ton of Island Pond was elected scribe.
I The roll of the churches was called
and IA churches responded. Upon
motion all pastors present not men,
| bers of the association, but serving
our churches were elected correspond
| ing members of the association for
the day.
| The moderator nominated and the
association elected the following COM
mittees: Business committee, F. W.
Baldwin, Mrs. NJ. L. Pearson, Rev.
Carl J. Peterson; committee on ap-
pointments, Rev. L. A, Edwards, M.
E. Calkins, Rev. W. G. Macfarlane.
c. A. Wood of Newport was re-elect-
ed treasurer and Judge Spear of
|
Words of welcome were spoken by
the pastor of the church, Rev. G. J.
Peterson, and responded to by the
moderator, Rev. R. A Hamilton.
Rev. w. S. Beard, D. D., of Boston,
Rev. o. Cary, D. D., of Japan and
Rev. C. C. Merrill, upon motion of
Rev. c. j. Peterson, were elected
corresponding members of the as
sociation.
An address, ga Gospel for Work
ing Community" was given by Rev.
c. E. Hayward of North Troy, clos
ing the forenoon session.
A splendid dinner was served in the
church vestry to about 100 delegates
and visitors.
At 1.3O o'clock, p, M, devotional
services were led by Rev. G. ". Minis,
followed by a report of the registrar.
treasurer, Rev. L. A. Edwards read
his report. which was accepted and
adopted. Rev. L. A. Edwards report
ed for the committee on appointments
as follows
{ Place of next meeting, Island Pond.
/ Delegate to National Council, W.
H Gilpin of Barton. Alternate, ]. r.
Akin, Newport.
! Apportionment committee, Rev. O..
( E. Hayward, chairman, R. W. Spear,
Mrs. J. F. Kendrick.
I Deacons to serve at communion, J.
G. Wilson, North Craftsbury. c. H.
Hannant, Irasburg; William Rich
mond, Newport; G. T. Cutler, Barton.
Report accepted and adopted.
/ Rev. L. A. Edwards gave notice
/ that at the next annual meeting of
/ the association he would move that
/ the constitution of the association be
/ so amended as to provide for the cleo
tion of moderator at the preceding
annual meeting. Upon motion, the
! following were elected a committee
! on revision of the constitution of the
association and were instructed to
report at the next meeting of the as
| sociation: Rev. l.. A. Edwards, Dea.
/ F. w. Baldwin, Rev. Robert Lawton.
Under the general subject of ''The
! Church as Character Builder" Rev.
r. A. Hamilton of Orleans gave an
address on, "Is Character-Building
the Church's Fundamental Busi-
ness?" This address was followed
by another on "The Church's Relation
to Other Character-Building Institu-
tions-The School, The Home," by
Rev. C. w. Carroll of East Charles
ton.
The association sermon, an exposi-
tion of PauPs Epistle to Philemon,
was preached by Rev. w. G. Macfar-
| lane of Westfeld.
Communion service was conducted
by Rev. G. w. Minis of West Glover,
and Rev. L. A. Edwards of Newport,
assisted by the following deacons, J.
c. Wilson, G. H. Hannant, William
Richmond and C. F. Cutler.
The Ladies' Missionary meeting
was led by Mrs. E. w. Barron of Bar
hx1
S. Beard, D. D., and Rev. 0. Cary, D.
D., followed by supper.
The evening praise service was led
by Rev. C.. E. Southard.
The apportionment committee ask
ed leave to amend their report by
adding the following item:
Preacher of next association SER
mon, Rev. F. E. Dawson of Derby.
Alternate, Rev. Leroy Rice of Derby
Line.
The following resolution was adopt
ed;
Resolved, That the thanks of the
association be rendered to the Con-
gregational church of Craftsbury and
to Rev. Carl J. Peterson, its pastor,
for their cordial greeting and bounti-
full hospitality shown to the members
of this association.
That we recommend that the usual
assessment from this association to
pay the running expenses, viz, 8
cents to state association and 1 cent
for the county association, be raised
upon the full membership of the
churches.
There were three splendid address
es in the evening, one, "The Home
Missionary as Builder of Charac-
ter" by Rev. w. S. Beard, D. D., Sec
retary of the Congregational Home
Missionary society of Boston; 'Some
Character Building in Vermont" by
Sec. Rev. G. G. Merrill, of Burling-
ton, and "The Chance on the Foreign
Field to Build Character" by Rev. o.
Cary, D. D., Japan.