Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-06-24

Truman Seymour, John w. Weaver,
George F. Wicker. w. r. Wicker iona
than worthing. The meetings were held
for some time in the Burlington Acad-
envy. which. occupied the site of the Junior
High School Then they were held On the
Court House. which Is now the sHannard
Memorial Building. Later they were held
In the Red School House. which stood
on the site Of the home Of Clark G.
Briggs. The Sunday school was organized
about 1898.
In 1882 the first church building was
begun. but It was not completed until
1894 II occupied the site Of the present
church. was 6Ox40 feet in size with a seat
ing capacity of 40o. 1t was a frame
structure with veneer Of brick
The land cost AoO The commit
tee appointed to secure subscriptions
and act as building committee con-
sisted of the Rev. Elijah Crane V. r.
Coon and John y. Pergo. In 1893 the fol-
lowing men were added TO the committee:
The Rev. Merritt Bates. Ambrose Atwater.
Charles Haynes. Seth Morse. Phineas
Nash and Almus Truman. In 1898 tower
was added to the church at a cost of 5000.
In 1s41 the church had a choir of 40 voices.
and 1t was said to be the best in Yer
mont.
Late in the year 1854 the Rev. Fay r.
purdy. Of New York. came to Burlington
to hold some evangelstic meetings. His
work was very successful. a great revival
took place, and the meetings were con-
tjnued well into the next year. SO many
people were converted. the old church
was much over-crowded. and SO a second
society-known as the Pine Street Metho-
dist Episcopal Church-was organized in
1855 The stewards were: Amasa Drew,
Andrew Howard. Samuel Huntington,
and James Lewis. The class leaders we're
Samuel Huntington, Burnham Seaver and
Heman Vickery. For time meetings
were held in the third story of the Con-
cert Hall building Then a site for the
new church was purchased. at the corner
of Cherry and Pine streets. now occupied
bv tho Converse school. The land cost 5000,
and the new church was occupied in Sep
TENDER. 1851
In 1865 the two churches were united
again, and the next year another great
revival took place. under the leadership
of Joseph Hillman and his Praying Band
| from Troy n. Y. AS result 10 people
were added to the church. Soon after,
| the construction of the present building
was begun. The cost was $4,000. II was
dedicated on April 1880. free of debt.
| Among those who had a part in the pro-
Baltimore. Md. Chaplain c. c. McCabe,
of New York city; the Rev. S. d. Brown,
of New York city: the Rev. D. r. Eaton,
pres ding elder, of Rutland: and the Rev.
DurelI w. Dayton. pastor of the church.
The building committee consisted of j. n.
Blethen A. A. Drew. B. Roby, Ira Rus
sell. S. s. Smith. o. j. Walker, f. Wood
worth. The trustees Of the church were:
Ambrose Atwater j. y. Blethen A. A.
! Drew, Amasa Drew. Charles l.. Hart,
| Andrew ]. Howard, William B. Lund. NJ.
D.. Ira Russell o. J. Walker.
| The pastors of the church since it was
/ organized in this city have been as fol-
| lows:
PASTORS OF THE CHURCH
Noah Levings 1894: Robert Travis
1926: Joshua Poor 1867: Orville Kimp-
! ton 1873: Henry Chase 1893; Charles +.
Clark 1890: Elijah Crane 1912; Alba
! thar NJ. Osborn 1892; John Pegg 1898;
James Caughey 1894: Russell VI. Little
1855: John Pegg 1897; James CauShey
1885: John Haslam 1899; Stephen n.
! Brown 1904: Berea q. Meeker 1872
Thomas w. Pearson 1894; William
! Ford 1si5; Henry l.. Starks 1si6-47 Elijah
B. Hubbard 1915; Lester James 1S9-5O
Thomas Dodgson 1889: Chester f. Bur
!
! liam A. Miller 1s57-5S; Lorenzo ID. Steb-
! bins 1859; Andrew Witherspoon 1s60-61
Horace Warner 1S62-63; Leonard s. Wal
ker 1864; Henry X. Cobb 1866; McKendree
Petty 1866; Isaac McAnn 1s66-67; Durel
w. Dayton 1850: David W. Gates 1870
| Il: Henry Graham lS72-73: William j.
Heath 1876 Thomas A. Griffin 1s77-79
! Merritt Hulburd 1SsO-S2 Marvin ID. JumI
| l8S3-85: Homer Eaton 1865; Henry A
Starks 1891; Thomas G. Thompson 1892
"a: Henry S. Rowe 1851. Charles l.. Hal
lssS-l9o0; Junius e. Mead l9Ol-4; George
| w. Brown l94-O9; Charles V. Grismel
l9O9-17: John A. Hamilton 1917.
PASTORS or THE PINE STREET
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Lorenzo Marshall 1895; William r. Brown
1861: David b. Mckenzie 1889: Jane.
NJ. Edgerton 1860: Charles n. Richmond
1851 Volney NJ. Simons 1862; william Il
Puffer 1863: McKendree Petty 1854; Alan
| son l.. Cooper 1866.