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Revere House, BOSTON. . ii l.i-hi A luuit. htlfiii I it'lil.urf rtinl l,.ttpll 'bK it-ntrrn of 1mfiiHv4 anI plitcns if muii-wni'-nt Hiuiilniii-I' ftirtilhl. lit m it like ftn-l iinl'-rtal'h' Krit mi th EUROPEAN PLAN. )'hmi4 ull lariff aiul DiiifitrtAM. fl-trant smlet with ttutli utlm lift I .mi i hiIiIh- iurmr kii ttfiiicti K i iit an t Im Ifianf nxtin. hii. tli-vf rlav. in r1 r-t.-.t I in tnuii rr rveiiinjf cuinttii-tiil iy Mr s.ii iislonriii if thi Ibnton intlmti) nrt'tmlru KOO.IIH riCIMI 91 A II. I' IIP. J. F. MERR0W& CO., Proprietors. Currlncps Vtiruislipil For $:t.i0. I'aiiilcd mill Varnishpd lor ?.'). (10. Oul) I'ir.l 'ln.. lrU I'.nl. s.it Hfitcl ion inmraiiti.1 Sie..il nliv tti lltr iiii-ii hleltrliH iBniKlitHl fur winter mm Iae ..nlem null IIVItN CI.AKK nr r I' TIIOMI' Si IS X " DON'T PORGET I It il lite t.K t-iul-tllik llt'tr I1' '4tiup( tut liet'i) iitii-tl up for i-ariia iuliitiiitf aifi lainiliiiiK wlirri l I. tJltliKISvullU'Klail tosf futouif ft. MTU T. I'ltlt T. 1MI'KTANT AH oul of town htutlenttt of the Ami School or ltUaii.li.therprlvileofllie Short llUlliI Holt frifurfipeiin, amlwluca liuiial alvantautH of Itu leit U11U rharartt-rat lat outlay futiint ami money. Uiisineh housei I JltMl rltllltr KUpphfd Hlthi-uinpeteiit InmiL , ... keciN'i-itand MenuKraphern, uil lUve the Wiiellt jinforuUntue.CAKXKLI ufdYMXASH'M. A lirrCHS. t.lleKe Plat-., BIEATTI.KBOIiO : FRIDAY, APRIL M, lbM. THE VERMONT CONFERENCE. PROCEEDINGS OP THE CLOSING DAYS. The prinKfIrIil IlUirtrl AppotDimrui. Kritlay's teKHtons of tin Vermont confer I'lire were oondurtetl in acconlaiu-e with tlie outline given last week After the de votional exercises the regular huslnefs of the morning was taken up. Keport of the Ht. Alhaim and Springfield districts were presented hy the respective prexidiDLT. eld- er, Kev. W. I). Malcom and It. Morgan, f who were patted in tdmracter. The claimtt of the Sunday School union, the Wesleyan j university, the Vermont Hible society and , the Freed men Aid society were presented ! hy able and deeply interented speakers. I Fraternal Kreetinirs of the warmest and imwt sympathetic character were pven h Hev. II. . Tilden of Chester, representing the Mtate ItaptUt convention, and from Hev. C O. Day in lie half of the Congregational churches of Vermont. A letter tiroutrht the greetings of the representative of the Free Will Krtptittt, who was unable to he present, and member of the Iowa and New Hampshire conferences also spoke. The service of the afternoon w as delayed for an hour because of the funeral services of Deacon Kstey. Dr J. f W. (nxe was the sjieaker for the occasion,. and an elo quent address was delivered The Sunday School union was prenetited, w ith some thing of the scopH and design of its work It is not confined to our own country, but encircles the globe, and proves ehpecially tftttinhlelli the newly opened fields. The ai-couut of the. work of the organiatiou among the colored pwple and the foreign Imputations of our own country wan ex ceedingly interextiug Following this ad dress came the anniversary of the Kp worth league, a distinctively Methodist institution which is proving of great help and bene fit to the young people in the church. The address was by Hev. F H. Knight, presi dent of the Itostou district league. A graceful act of the local leugue was the presentation of dainty little knots of Mow ers to the ministers and their wives who were present. In the evening at the town hull the uu dience filled the main Moor, and the mini versary of the missionary societv was made entertaining and instructive through the presentation of the cause by Hev. Dr. J . 1'eck, one of the society's secretaries Dr. l'eck pronounced Christ himself to have been the first missionary, and the church and ieople possessing the spirit of Christ mut huve the missionary spirit. The hoie ful state of the mission fields at the present time make possible the grandest results in the coining years, if Christian people will but reach out and take hold of the work which the faithful preuratiou of the past lias mane reaoy The session of Saturday morning was a i busy one After the taking up of the su perauuuate list, the conference was ad I dressed by some of the veternu preachers. who brought up interesting reminiscences, and who told of the grow th and progress which their long years of service had per mitted them to witness. The usual ques tions were taken up, the bishop addressing the various classes as they came before him. At the cloe of this business, Hev. Dr. ParkhuiM, editor of urn's Herald, was in trod need and spoke in behalf ot this publi cation, aUo giving a sketch of the Wesley an ashociatiou, whose continued prosperity means so much to New England Methodism. Dr. Buckley and Dr. Lucieu Clark spoke in the interests of the ('hrictian Advocate. On Saturday afternoon again two anniver saries were oWrved. The first was that of the Woman's Home Mission society, Mrs. K A. Hradford presiding, Mrs. II. H. Heed from the Troy conference presented the cause, with brief le ports from the dif ferent fields and a statement of the needs just now imperative. The anniversary of the Education society followed, and the at titude of the church toward educational projects and the need of the times for more widespread opportunities were brought out tn the addresses of Itevs. Chas. H. Walter of Wardslmro. J E. Farrow of East Uurke and L . Sherburne of St Albans The evening session was devoted to the anni versary of the Freedmen's Aid and South ern Educational society, and it was one of the most delightful of the whole confer ence The first speaker was Hev Charles Morse of Coventry, followed bv Rev. Dr. (iray of Chicago in the chief ndiSress of the evening The condition of the southern negroes, the deplorable ignorance of even the preachers among the colored eople, the trials of those who go there to teach and their utter social ostracism by the w bite people of that section nothing was glossed over, but the actual state of mat ! ters was forcefully presented. The safety of the nation demands that these eopIe be i reached ami taught and elevated, and this ii what the church is tring to accomplish, as statements of the work now in hand pro veil. A song, suggested by an amusing experience of Dr. 0 ray's while preaching in the South, was sung by Hev. A. W. Ford. Sunday morning dawned bright and clear and at nine o'clock the first service of the day, a love feast at the town hall, had drawn together a large number. This in spiring meeting was closed a little before 10. when the morning pleaching service opened. The sermon by IJishop Andrews, I was stirring and eloquent, and on a subject always of deep interest. The text was from'll Cor IU, (! "Not of the letter, but of the spirit, for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life," and its treutiuent was a clear uud analjtical setting forth of the radical difference lietweeu the old Jewish worship and the simple religion which Christ came teaching the former with its manifold laws hedging in the Jew- in every direction with rules and restrictions, in public and in private, in his business, iu so ' cial intercourse, in his worship; the latter with few '!hou shalts" ami "thou shalt uots," but with principles rather than dis tinct acts emphasized. A contrast was drawn between some of the observances and institutions of the old and the new dis pensations circumcision and baptism, the Passover and the lord's Supper, church or ganization, places and times of worship, uud many others, in every case in the Old Testament given with minutest directions, iu the New with silence on every point of detail. In this respect it is silent also in regard to benevolence, use of money, amusements, etc. ; it is not letter, but spir it. From the training which a wise parent gives his child, leading him early from tie finite commands to the adoption of princi ples which shall govern his acts, was Jiowu (iod's reason for thus dealing with his peo pie. Because of thisgeneral ratherthau defi nite teaching it is that Christianity is suit ed to every people and condition and age, and fitted to conquer and rule the world. All these matters about which we are un certain must be studied in the light of con sequences and general tendencies, must be looked at in the broadest, most spiritual, most comprehensive manner. Christianity is not letter, but spirit. In conclusion the bearing of all these things upon Christian ministry was made plain. At the close of the bishop's sermon, an ordination service was held, when three candidate were ad mitted to deacon orders. In the after noon another rich sermon was listened to, also nt the hull, Hev. Dr. Park hurst preach ing He took for his text Hev. in, 20, "Uphold, I stand nt the door and knock," his theme being ''The personality of Christ " Most tenderly and helpfully he talked of the attitude of Christ toward the 'human, his kj uipathy aid compassion, the I nan desiirns.