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2 8 JAN 1971

EXERCISES

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CentenniaU Anniversary

OF THE

BAPTIST CHURCH,

ABBOTT'S CORNER, P. Q.,

SEPTEMBER 6, J899.

KOITKD BY

LEWIS B. HIBBARD.

HKiHLANDPARK, IIJ...

SHEKU.AX Road Xews-Lkttkr p«,nt

1900.

BIBlfOTHfQUe

PRELIMINARY.

f Punti^t Church, Abbott's Corner, P. Q-, was
, ,^^'''=f:,''T8,V;^;vW .frnSd^s-ell as men,l.-rs ot t Le
held April Zv, 1^^'', I'J ^y»' " .nHkint? arraugenieiUs for cele-

ohnrch\veve iuvited for the purpose of f "^/j;*^"!, ,,,, aecided to
bratin, the Centennm Ar.mvei.ary o^^ ^^.^ ^^._^.^^^^

wereappointe.1 on the several committees :

ON REPAIRS.

Deacon H. A. Chafff.e.
Mr. M. a. Leavitt.

\\\' A. S. AuMSTnONG.

Mr. a.

Mr.

Bridce.

J. ,1. McCartv.

W. P. lllRBAUD.

Freeman Rogers.

ON PROGRAM.

Rev. W. G. SconcLi).
SiTDENT A. 0. Baker
Mrs. \V. p. Hibbard

Rev. a. 1^. Arms.
Mrs. J. H. Broe.
Miss M. A. Smith.

ON ENTERTAINMENT.

Deacon John Broe.

Mr. AND Mrs. H. K. H. Iracv

Mrs. Arnold E. Bridge

Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Whitman.
Mrs. a. S. Armstrong.
Mrs. J. Powers.

, . I v.^u^,^r Kpv \riiold L. Arms prepare

It was also voted to have ^^\^l^;^Z^.i, u. Hibbard, of

the Historical l^-^^r^^nd^ndt^r.^t^of this church, and a great

Highland Park, 111., l^^'^f ^{^^/^^j " Ce^^^^^^ Discourse.

grandson of its ^^^^'^^' :}f' ^^^ ;,, , ,„ost thorough and satisfac-

ofTillol, «m te foumUu the foUowum l>»Ses.

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HISTORICAL ADDRESS.

BY RRV. ARNOLD L. ARMS.

CHE Baptist Clnm-1, in St. Armand was organi.cHl cm th. mh
day ot S<.pten.h.r, 11^. Of tl.e proceedings at tl.e tinu'
ami the names and nnn.her of tlu. constituent members, nn
ecoid IS tonnd, and I Mm satistied the records for the first ten
months are lost ; but from information obtained elsewliere, it an
pears that there were seven constituent members. Tiiis was sfated
to he writer ov<u- forty years ago hy Kev. William Kogc^rs of

m St. Aimund, an<l one ot the seven constituent members He
was evident y soon after eleced deacon, being referred to as such
as early as August It; ISOO. The first extant record of a chirc
meeting bears date July 12, 1800. At this meeting Rev. Jede!
dinh Hibbard was chosen standing moderator, and Roger Hibbard
c^iurch clerk At the next meeting, August IC, ISOO, Rev J
Hibl>ard and Deacon William R<.gers w.a-e chos'en deh'ga . s to
tne Richmond Conference held at Bolton, Vt., Wednesdav An
gust 2.. INOO January 24, 1801, by a unanimous v^^'a t i
was extended t,> Rev Jedediah Hibbard to become the p. stor o
ihe cnurch. The ca 1 was accepted, and is on the churcl/recorr
A council was called to recx.gnize him as pastor, which convened
at he house of Roger Hibbard, now the liome of Edmund In
galls Angus 27, 1801. Eight churches were reprerente
namely, Oi-j^ell, Fairfax. Bolton, Swanton and Westford in Ver
niont, and Sutton, Hatley and Stanstead, in Canada. The minis-
ers present were Elnathan Phelps of Orwell, E.ra Butler of Bol-

^iiittrii^iifisr- ''-- ""-- ^' ^^^-^-^' -^

ber^'Tvif ' Wl ^'^'^"'f ''''. ^"^''" ^" Canterbury, Conn., Octo-

tIj I . '^" 7 '"''''''' ^''^ '''"" ordained is not known. In

1^SI he was pastor of a small church in Lebanon, N. H., where

aid a h™,rds when in C^.rnish he performed much missi<l^

ynl n ^ eimont. As early as 170;j he was i>reaching in Georgia

ml other places. In 1797 he moved to St. Arniand. Canada am

labored as an evangelist in all the surrounding region. At Is

early date preachers, as well as settlers, wer'^e few and w dely

scattercd. He evidently did a noble work, not only in winnin*;
souls to Chi'ist but in organizing, edifying and encouraging
Christians. He served the Church faithfully for about eight
years after his installation, and died October 4, 1S(H), l)*J years of
age. Many have since risen up to call him blessed, not only iii
Canada but also in Connecticut, New Hann)shire, Central and
Northern Vermont.

On May 5, 1801, Joshua Smith was chosen deacon, and Dea-
con William Rogers was licensed to preach, and in S ^)tciid)er,
1802, he was called to ordination by the Baptist Church in Stan-
bridge, and served them two years. He moved thence to Rich-
ford, in 1804, and was pastor of that church more than forty-
five years, and died March 0, 1851, in his 78th year. Most, if
not all the members of this (Abbott's Corner) church, and their
pastor, were then immigrants from the New England States, and
it has since been composed very largely of such and their de-
scendants.

October 0, 1802, George Wales gave to the Baptists half an
acre of land as a building lot, on the crest of the hill north of the
Methodist Church, on condition that a meeting house should be
buiit thereon, and soon after a house was erected, in which wor-
ship was maintained for many years, both by Baptists and Meth-
odists. It was abandoned as a place of worship about 1880, and
after remaining in a dilapidated condition for some four or five
years was torn down and the material used in building a school
house, in which the church held their meetings, more or less,
until the erectioii of the present editice, in 1841. The country
at this time, 1802, was rapidly being filled with settlers, and fre-
quent additions were made to the church, and a branch church
existed at Dunham as early as December, 1802, and a church had
been formed in Stanbridge, evidently a colony of this church, at
an earlier date. May 24, 1800, William Galusha was licensed to
preach, and soon after examined for ordination by a council com-
posed of ministers and delegates from the churches in Sutton,
Richford and Berkshire,

Under date of June 28, 1800, is the following record: '• Voted,
to'give letters of dismission to such brethren and sisters as should
desire it, that a second Baptist Church might be gathered in St.
Armaud." The brethren and sisters who requested letters were
William Galusha, Cooley Sumner. Bezaleel Bridge, Eli Bagley,

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Siumud Bridgf, l^rana Hasvlcy and Azuba SatFord. It is pioha-
bk' that Mr. Galnsha bccaun^ pastor of this second churi'li. and
served them a few years; but as he was called to the |>iiatorate of
this church after the death of Rev. Jedediah Hibbanl. we ju'c-
sume the second churcli dissolved, and the nu'inhers were scat-
tered, or re-united with this church. The meudjership at this
time, June, ISOI). was probablv about fortv, anil thev had elected
the fourtli deacon, R()<j^er Hibbard.

For two or three years the church was evidently in a deelinin*^
state, beinix vlistracted and disheartened bv internal ditficuUies.
In the latter part of 18()S the health of their former pastor, on
whom from the first they had been accnsttmied to lean, bi'^an lu
fail. The last meeting he attended, of which mention is mad(\
was in May, 1(S()0. He di(-d in October f(dlowing, and his re-
mains are buried in the parish cimietery at Frelighsl)urg. In
July, 1810, the church engaged the services of Rev. William
Galusha, and in November following apj)ointed Allen Miner clerk.
For a few years they appear to have enjoyed a good degree of
prosperity. July 19, 181"), they sent Rev. William Galusha,
Deacons Roger Hibbard and Allen Miner, Brothers Gilbert
Jenue and Homer Smith to the Stanbridge Association. In 1819
the church apjiointed Nathaniel Hibbard clerk, who was suc-
ceeded in 1822 by Hcmier Smith ; Jesse Scofiehl was numbered
with the deacons, and in 1825 Gilbert Tenne was elected clerk.
The pastorate of Mr. Galusha appears to have closed somewhere
between 1825 and 18:}(), a term of at least fiften years, and the
longest one in the history of the church. Many additions were
made, but there were also many exclusions and dismissi'^ns. If
we except the last few years of his pastorate, it may be regarded
as a prosperous and successful one. In May, 18;Jt), the church
called a council to examine and ordain Homer Suuth. who served
the church as pastor about three years, when a seri<jus difficulty
arose, occasioned by the unwise action of a y)art of the church
in en^jfatjinor Rev. William Galusha, while Mr. Smith was as vet
the regular pastor of the church. Thus matters continued for
several years. At a covenant meetin*' Saturday, August 27. \H'M'>,
t(-M members were jiresent; tive renewed covenant, and live did
not. All honor to the noble five who, wh"n the church was with-
out a meeting house or pastor, and near the verge of dissolution,
stood firm and faithful. October ()th. the same year, an advisory

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ronmiitlcc. ii|.i)()liit»il by (lie nssocialioji ut tin* rccincst of tlic l;itr
Rev. Peter C'h.'ise of Friinkliii, eoiisiKtiii;L( of Revs. Alvnli Sn!)iii.
Pelcr Cluisc. S. Cole. IsMiali Huntley, A. Ruler. Al. Fliiil, with
JJrotliers 1. (*M]'ey mid J. Wriglitnuiii. met niid .sureeeded in re-
storing Imnnony. Rev. Homer Smith iijjfain became the pastor
of the elunvh. which he serveil witli ti(h'Iity till ids sudden death.
Octohc !-J. 1S.')T. jji tlu o.ltJi year oi Ids ajL,'«'. ('ontideiicc was
lart^rely restored, and disntfeeted mendu-rs returned to their
places.

In Se]>tcnd)er. 1S:]7. the church voted to unite witli the Fair-
lield Ass()ci;ition. anvl elected their pastor. Rev. Homer Snnth,
with Deacons Rojrer Hibbard and Allen Miner as deU'^aies. In
January. ls;JS. Rev, Jonathan Baldwin, missi(»nary of the Xvy-
mont Baptist vState Con\eidi(m, came and held a series of mi-et-
ings with the church, which resulted in a jjowerful revival, and
the greater portion of the converts united with this church,
though some went to other denominations. Many backsliders
were reclaimed, and the church was i;reatlv encourajred and
strengthened. Rev. M. Britain at once became pastor and served
the church for a timf-- the tirit pastor not of New England
origin, and of whom, in fact, but little is known. In IS II Rev.
Peter Chase of Franklin, Vt., a brother of the late Prof. Ira
Chase of the Newton Theological Institution, became their pas-
tor. During this year C(>lumbus8cotield generously gave a lot,
and the church erected their present house of worship. For ten
long and weary years they had been without a meeting house,
had passed through great diffiiculties, and they entered their new
house of worship with songs of thanksgiving, greatly encour-
aged. The ne.\t year Rev. Francis Bosworth, then recently frcjui
England, nunistered to them a part of the time, and in 1S4;3 be-
gan the long pastorate of Francis N. Jerisey, who served the
church as pastor, preaching half of the time, for fourteen years.
He was born in Enifland, Januarv t), 1707; came to this countrv
with his large faunly in 184-2, and located on a small farm in
Stanbridge the next year, where he continued to reside till his
removal to Potton, in 1857, where he died xMarch V, 18()0. In 18i8,
the year Mr. Jersey's ])astorate began, the church united with
the Montreal Association, whosi' se.ssion was held in that city in
mid\ in^cr. The same year Casjjer B. Hibbard and Isaac Janes
were elected deacons, and soon after two young men, members of

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llu' cliucrli. wt'iv ooniiiuMidrtl lo lli»' new jumI Kliort-IiviMl ihcolo.*^-
iciil Hchool m( Montreal: both complt'tcd tli«'ir coinhr >>( study and
«'iit('i«'d the niiuiHtrv. thoiigli om; of Iht-ni. (Miailcs Smith, diiwl
A])ril. iSol. and tlic otlior. John 1). Frcligh. went west, and all
trace of him was soon lost. In ls4<» Kov. William I'ortcrlield
served as a temporary sii|t]>ly. and in December. iSoO. Arnold L.
Arms was licensed to preach. Durin«^ the pastorate of Mr. Jer-
sey the clmrch was nnit<'d and measiiraV>ly prosperous: adtlilions
W(>re nuide. and in ]^-)2 there were a])ont sixty nuMnbers. In
ISo-t. after eleven vears' connection with the Montrenl Associa-
tion. thev united with the Lamoile Association in ViM'mont. and
the next year electeil H(»race N. Jjuk^s (^lerk. in plac(! of Nathan-
iel Hil)bard, who had served for sonu* twentv viwirs. Rev. F. N.
Jersey offered his resifjfnation March 2*2. 1>^^U. which was ac-
cepted the l-l:th of June. The church ?(t once e)»<^a<»'ed Hov.
Abram Bedell of Plainfield, Vt.. as a supply, and called him to
the pastoratt^ in February, l^o^. Uurin<» the first year of his
))astorato six were a<hled by baptism and four by letter, making
the total membership Hfty-eight.

In 1S58 Columbus Scofield, deeply inter(^steil in th«» welfare
of the church, though not then a member of it, generously gave
ten acres of valuable land, adjoining the meeting hous«\ for a
parsonage lot, on condition that a suitable residence for the pas-
tor should be erected thereon, which was done that year, and
trustees were duly elected to receive a deed of tln^ land and to
manage the pro[)erty. In October, 1X58. Sherman P. Schofield
was chosen clerk, in place of Mr. Janes r«?signed, and February
12, ISfiO, Lewis B. Hibbard was licenstid to pnmch. There were
no marked events in the history of the church till ()clf)ber. 18t) !,
when Mr. Bedell's pastoral relations with the c])urch terminated,
and he removed to Now Hampshire, where he died not long
after. He was a native of Maine, where he sj)ent the greater
[)ortion <jf his life. On the whole, his j)nstorate here was a pros-
perous one: valuable additions were made to the church, whos*^
nundK^rs and resources were increased, and an excellent parson-
age was built He took an active part in t he orgatdzation of the
(^mada Baptist Missionary Convention. East, and was the father
of the Missisquoi Baptist Conference, which did a good work
during its brief existence.

During the winter following Mr. Bedell's resignation the

church wns Hupplicd by Rl'vb. A. L. xVrms ami P. C HinioH, /uid
the suninior following l)y J. 0. Yulo, a Htud«>nt from tho Literary
liisUtute at WoodHtock, Out., who preached with marked afce[)t-
ance. In October. ISC).'). Eben M. Rice, a graduate of the same
Institute, settled and remained one year, when he left, on account
failing hejdth, and went west. During the winter of l8()0-()7
Messrs, Arms and llinies again 8U|)[)lied the church, and during
the summer llev. Jc-shua Donovan, having recently come to Dun-
ham from Scotland for the benefit of his health, supplied the
pulpit. He was an able, vigorous |)reacher. and is now (jne of
the foremost pastors in the city of Toronto. In June, 1S08, Rev,
Merrill Howard, a native of Chester, though recently located in
East Enosburg, Vt., where hc! was ordained in August, 1857, was
called to the pastorate, and entered upon his duties the Ist of
July, In MaK'h, 1HV)\), Rev. J. F. Ferj^uson aided in n series of
meetings with good results; some wei ' reclaimed, and several
converted, who subsequently united with the church. Mr. How-
ard closed his labors C)ctober 8, 1870, and removed to Michigan,
and Rev. A. L Arms, a native and lite-long resident of St. Ar-
mand, acted as pastor the rest of the year, and in April follow-
ing became the pastor of the church, though, at his requ»-t, Rev.
E. P. Merritield of Franklin, Vt., was engaged to till every alter-
nate appointment. The meeting house was immediately repaired
and a cabinet organ purchased. In 1872 W, (x. and S. P. Sco-
tield were elected trustees of the church; in 1874 W, G. Scofield
was appointed clerk, and September 11, 1875, the church ap[»lied
to the Canada Baptist Missionary Convention for aid. In Octo-
ber, 1875. in the good providence of God, Rev. J. Tilsou of Hing-
ham, Mass.. and Rev, C, Hibbard, of Chester, Vt., ii grandson of
Rev. Jedediah Hibbard, and for fourteen years a missionary in
Burma, held a series of revival meetings with the church. The
result was the most extensive revival that had been enjoyed for
thirty-six years. The additions to the church as the fruit of
this revival greatly strengthened and encouraged it, and its work-
ing force was fully doubled. The baptism of these converts was
by Rev. J. Tilson and the pastor in Selby Lake, June 16, 187t),
in the presence of a very large assembly, and was an occasion of
great joy. In March of this year, by request of Deacon I. Janes,
W. G. Scofield was chosen deacon. Encouraged by the Canada
Baptist Missionary Society, East, the church began in (October,

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1875, holding Suu(lay-.sch()(»l niid public worship every Suiidny.
In 1S77 the socucty built a largo nu'i'ting house l)nru or shed, and
also elected Hanson H. Hihbard deacon. The next sjiring a
series of ''gosjiel meetings," then so popular, were held, with
gv)od results. In May of the same year, 1S7H, John Currie, an
evangelist from Montreal, held a series of meetings which re-
sulted in some twenty conversions, most of whom subsequently
united with the church, and Mr. Currie spent the summer preach-
ing and aiding in the gent'ral work, much to the gratitication of
both church and pastor. The two years immediately following
were perhaps the ha[)[)iest and brightest days in the history of
the churoh; harmony prevailed, and the life of the church was
characterized by great activity. In lS80 a Woman's Missionary
Circle was formed, and is well maintained.

In 1S81, at the time of eigh'y-second anniversary celebration,
there had been some decline, and perhaps not more than half of
those added in 1878 were residents and in active service. Many
of the vigorous, active younger members were removing to other
i)laces, and one very promising young man, Edgar S. Tracy, a
great grandson of the founder of the church, had died, Septem-
ber 17, ISSO.

CONTINUED BY A. G. BAKER.

Since the cheering exercises of the eighty-second anniversary
in 1881 the church has prospered as well as could reasonably be
expected. Our esteemed brother, Columbus Scofield, died Octo-
ber 10, 1881. He had been one of the most generous supporters
of the church for years, and left about $500 as a perpetual leg-
acy, the interest only to be used for the benefit of the church,
and known as the "Scofield Legacy." Durhig the next year two
more of our aged members, Samuel Chaffee and Deacon Isaac
Janes, were called to their reward, the latter after faithfully
serving for thirty-nine years as deacon of the church.

About that time the church edifice was thoroughly renovated
and repaired and was much improved by fresh paint, paper, new
carpets and a clock. In the same year a license to prea(5h was

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givon t(j Dt'acoii W. G. Scofiold, mid for several yoars he su[)|)liod.
ill the aliseiice of the pastor, this church, Berkshire Centre and
East Franklin. It bec;:ime evifU'tit that he possessed lah'iits
which, if exercised, \v(^uld make liim a useful minister of the
l^ospel, and on May 20, LS'S."). the cimreh retpirsted iiis ordina-
tion to the gospel ministry, and June 21th was the day appointed.
Delegates wrre presi'nt fnjm twelve ditl'erent churches. Br*.)ther
Scotic^ld related his ( ■liristinn ex])erience, call to the ministry and
doctriiifd belicl'. After deliberation the delegates ex])ressed en-
tire satisfaction witii the exaniina!;ion and unanimously voted to
))roceed with the ordiinition. as follows: Invocation. Kev. G. F.
Pay; n ading of Scri[)tures, Ivev. J. T. Buzzell; prayer. Rev. J.
G. Lorimer; sermon, Rev. A. G. l.'pham; ordaining [)rayer.
Rev. A. L. Arms; charge to canilidate, Rev. A. C. Votey; hand
of fellowship, Rev. G. H. Parker; address to church. Rev. T. Tel-
lier. A. L. Armes was moderator and E. (). Smith clerk.

July 7, 1885, the church sustained n great loss in the death
of Deacon Casper B. Hibbard. He had been a deacon of the
church since 18 1:8, and was sorely missed as a wise counsellor, a
liberal giver and a most faithful attendant at the services of the
church. In the same month Brothers John Broe and Luther R.
Smith, Jr., were elected deacons to fill the places left vacant by
Rev. W. G. Scoiiehl and the late Deacon C. B. Hibbard.

The resignation of W. G. Scotield as church clerk was also
accepted and Miss Ella E. Tracy a[)point.ed his successor. Brother
ScoHeld was then re(| nested to act as associate [);\stor and to
[)reach every alternate Sabbath. Soon after this he became
legally quidiHed to marry an<l to make reconls of civil status.
Soon the Baptist church Jit Richford gave him a call to their
vacant pastorate. Much to the regret of Ix^th pastor and church
at Abbott's Corner he accepted the call, and r( nuned thither in
November, 188(), where he still remains. The church records
bear the following entry by the clerk: "Words of mine can]H)t
express the loss we shall fed as a church and i)eo[)le when
Pastor Scotield anil family leave 'Daisy Farm.'"' Brot'iier Sco-
field and wife took letters to the church in Richl'ord August 7.
1887, and in the sisnie month Pastor A. L. Arms presented a let-
ter from th(> church at Richi'drd. and in November following his
wife, Maria R. Arms, was also received bv letter.

In 1888 th(> church, with the app,r(^bation of the [)astor. on-

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supplied.
Mitre and
;1 <nk>nts
•r of the
■5 ordina-
p{)oiiitod.
Br*.)tlH'r
lish'v and
:'ssed en-
• vott'd to
;ev. G. F.
i\ Rev. J.
r prayer.

t'y;

hand

V. T. Tel-
•k.

the death
)n of the
;usellor, a
es of the
blither Pv.
:aeant bv

•

was also

Brother

• and to

became
il status.

to their
d church
hitlier in
1 recorils
)e cannot
)le when
iier Sco-
Uij^nst 7.
ted a h't-
)\vin;^" his

istur. en-

ira<red Student J. R. Jackson (jf MacMaster University, Toronto,
during his tive months vacation, to preach here every Sunday
morning and at East Franklin or elsewhere in tlie afternoon. At
the close of this period Pastor Arms went on with the work as
before.

In June, 1889, the church, which had for many year.s })!>en a
member of the Lamoille Association in Vermont, witlulrew and
united with the Eastern Association in Quebec. In the sununer
of 181)2 J. P. Mclntyre, M. D.. then a student of MacMaster,
served as pastor during the summer months. In 18'.);3, Pastor
Arms' failing health and loss of voice made it so dillicult for him
to preach that it was decided to engage a student pastor every
summer, if possible, and Rev. W. G. Scotield otfered to sii|)ply
in winter part of the time. A. J. Darrock. from MacMaster, was
next secured, and served during the summers of l8*,)-l-r), doing
faithful and «>arn<est work. The three years following. lS'.M)-',)7-l>S.
Student Y. A. King served during the summer UKjnths. Much
interest was shown during these seasons: several wer«' ba[)tized
and united with the church, and a Christian Endeavor Society
was orijanized.

In tlie fall of 1898 Student A. G. Baker w.-is ens^atjfed for one
year, and is with us today. His faithful services have been
much ap[)recialed, and his good al)ility as hauler of the church
and Young People's Society have given ample assurance of his
future usefulness in the Lord's vineyard. Four have been baptized
into the church during the year. Brother Scotield up to the tinn?
«)f Brother Baker's coming, had supjjlied the [)u!pit every alternate
Sunday in the afternoon during the winter months. The church
in lNlJ4 appointed him assistant pastor so that he can legally
[)erform burial service and make records of civil status. In May,
ls'.)7. Miss Ella E. Tracy, our church clerk for twelvi- years, re-
signed on account of her marriage, and removal to a new home.
Always active and zealous in the work of the church, she was
and is grtmtly missed, as is also her old home, whose d(jors were
always hos[)itably open to any servant of the Lord who might
chance to pass this way. Mrs. Deacon Broe was elected clerk,
and continues in that otfice at the prsent time.

Daring the past two years several former members of the
Ba[)tist Church in Berkshire have united with us, and from the
nundjer Brother Harvey Chaffee was in 181M5 fleeted deacon.

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These together with some recently baptized, have oonRiderablv
Btrengthened the church and have given cheer to those IZ hve
so long borne the burden and heat of the day

Several years ago Rev. A. L. Arms tendered his resignation as
pastor, to take ett'ect as soon as a successor could be'oUa e d
j4s this difficult work could not be accomplished, lie still reta ns
ns pastoral relations with the church, and although he has not
been able to preach since December, 1893, he continues to take
out the annual Register of Civil Status, and does such pastoitl
work as ho IS able to perform. Present membership 46 ^

And today v.^ here see the fulfillment of our hopes and plans

Mc do erect the stone " Ebenezer." reverently and devoutlv
Baymg, " Hitherto hath the Lord helped us." «Ae%outl) ,

I !

siderjibly
who hivo

nation as
obtained.
11 retains

has not
8 to take

pastoral

ind plans
occasion
levoutlv.

EXTRACTS FROM CHURCH RECORDS.

April 25'", 1801, After our Cov^ Meeting, the Coin^""' appointed to
confer with Elder Hiblard about takiu}; the Charge of the C'''', made
their Report to the C'"' from the Elder in writing as follows (viz)

To the C'" of Christ in the East Parish in S*. Armand Brethren be-
loved in the Lord, as you did by your vote at our last Gov' Meeting
Give me a call to the Pastoral Care, & Charge of the C" as your
Elder: I feel to acknowledge the Respect you have Manifested
towards me with gratitude : — And having indeavoured to view & weigh
Every circumstance as far as I am able, as to the State of the C*"', the
Gethering and Increase of the C'", «& its present Order; And my
heart felt union to this Dear branch of Zion, which I believe to be the
Purchase of the blood of Christ.

As also the Dealings of God in Providence toward me in first Influ-
encing me first to move iuto these parts believing it my Duty, as there
were very few Preachers hereabout, and the hard strugle I had with
the old Man, or the flesh. The unspeakable satisfaction, and abun-
dant Joy I have had in seeing the Lord carry on his work in this
place, and the Privelege of Waiting on the lambs of Christ, indeav-
ouring to feed the Sheep and lambs of the flock, which if I have been
iuabled to do the Lord be praised.

And altho' I Dare not presume that I have any Spiritual Children
in the C"" here. Yet they feel near to my heart as Dear Children in
the Lord, Therefore to take the Spicial Care, and charge of this C'"'
feels like Duty, and priveledge united together ; and if I am so happy
as to do no harm I shall be glad. But if the Lord blesses me with wis-
dom and Grace to be faithfull in my duty So as to be of Service to
the C'"' my happiness will be Great. Bretlireu pray for me, the Grace
of our Lord, Jesus, Chri4 be with you AMEN.

I subscribe myself Your B' in Gospel bonds.

JED" HIBBARD
To the Baptist C""
Christ in S\ Armand

The C''' having sent out letters Missive to scjveral C'""* to come and
set in Council and set apart Elder Jed'' Hibbard to the Spicial Care,
and Charge of this C"''. The Council Convened according to the de-
sire of the C"" on August 27*" 1801, at Roger Hibbard's.

(viz)

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i , I M

'1^

-(!

i !

Orwc'll

Fiiirfax

Sutton

Bolton

Swauton
West ford

Hatley &
StanHted

Delegates
Elder EInathan Felps
Eider Joseph Call
Elder William Marsh
D" Calkins
D" Lothrop
B' 8am' Brown
Elder Ezra Butler
D" David Atkins
B' Edward Fay
B' David Hurlbut
D" Joshua Calkins
D" David Cambel
Elder Tho^ Brown
B' Chase
B' Burdick
B' Abi.il Abbott
B' Nat' Jewett

Ihe solemnity opened by publiek Worship, Elder Butler preach"
« srmon from I Tim. 4, 0. Elder Felps Gave the Chaim^ And
Elder Cal gave the Right Hand of Fellowship- and El'fer Brown
made the ast prayer.- Elder Hibbard Gave out the Psalm rul d h it
the Assembly.— In behaif of the Council

Attest JOSEPH CALL. Moderator

^, . , , SAM' BROWN, Scribe

St. Armand )

August 27"' IcSOJ )■

preach''
i; And
r Brcwn
1 dismit

: fminded
1. July 12,
gislature,
e Ui)iver-
;)p<isition.
.. 13. 11.

CENTENNIAL DISCOURSE.

BY LEWI5 B. HIBBARD. HIGHLAND PARK. ILL

III some respects this is the most nuirvelous of all the centu-
ries ill the world's history. It is the i)rodiict of all that have
f^one before it, and the achievements of this century are the cul-
mination of all antecedent ^'enerations, or as the distinj^uishinl
Scotch preacher, William M. Taylor, D. D., phrased it '-The
[>rogress of the ages is made through the deposit l"ft hy each
successive generation of individual men. * * * Wo are the
heirs of all preceding generations.'" Hence the nineteenth is the
crown and climax of all the centuries. The biographer or Vic-
toria's Prime Ministers, G. Barnett Smith, says In his openino-
paragraph on Lord Melbourne, "The half century which began
with Mell)ourne and culminated in Gladstone is the most remark-
able in some respects in the whole annals of the Anglo-Saxon
race." All this is according to a deep-laid, far-reaching, divine
plan, and all history is the evolution of God's eternal Uiought,
the unfolding of his unchanging plan, and the resistless march of
his irrevocable purpose. It was this thought which sugg(>sted
tlu^ sermon, " Every Man's Life a Plan of God," by a celebrated
New England preacher. It was the same truth as seen by Lord
Tennyson which inspired those oft-repeated lines:

"I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs,
And the tliouphts of men are widened with tlie process of the suns."

Pushing out from its ancestral home in Central Asia, the
Aryan race moved westward, the late brilliant Elias L. Magoon,
D. D., said: '-The travels of men and the trade currents of^God'
move spontaneously and perpetually toward the W(>st;" or as
Bishop Berkley's familiar exprer,.-.i()n reads: '-Westward the
course of Empire takes it way." In its westward march it
builded such nations as Greece and Roin(>. who carried their civ-
ilization, the highest and best the worhl had or could produce, to
the ends of the known world. They liad even pushed throu<di
the straits of Gibralter up the coasts'of Spain and France to the
British isles. Then the worhl waited fifteen long centuries, prac-

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ticnlly inidor Latin control. During those long woary centuries
of waitinjj the An<rlo- Saxon and Teutonic races were beinj; de-
veloped as competitors of the then dominant Latin races. At the
close of the tifteenth century America was discovered. Th<> six-
teenth century saw the beginning, while the seventeenth wit-
nessed the culmination and glory of the colonization era. This
was done in a solid, substantial and enduring manner by tiie
Anglo-Saxon and Teutonic colonists in New England and alon^
the Atlantic seaboard. They had one immense advantage over
other colonies and the nations of Europe in that they did not
have all sorts and conditions of men in their new colonies. Will-
iam Sfiiughton, in an election sermon in Massachusetts in 1()8S,
a famous year in Anglo-Saxon history, said: "God sifted a whole
nation that he might send choice grain into the wilderness of
of New England." And another historian describes the colonists
and founders of New England as "the sifted wheat of the old
world,"' and Professor John Fiske, the brilliant historian of our
day, says: "In all history there has been no other instance of
colonization 30 exclusively effected by picked and chosen men.''
The colonists from France and S[)ain, the Latin races, were far
less satisfactory; they had little or no genius for successful coloni-
zation, and hence ultimately lost all they attempted. The choice
colonists of New England gave her vast influence and power in
the counsels of the nation. Sometimes English jails and poor-
houses were emptied on the Southern colonies, hence the poor
"white trash" of the present day.

The colonization of America revealed wonderful possibilities
of wealth and empire to European statesmen and of such bound-
less limits as Alexajider and Cmsar never dreamed. None saw
these j)ossibilities more clearly, and measured them more accurately
than tlid the Roman hierarchy, and in this matter of American
colonization she had no rival. Far-seeing in her sagacity; wise-
planning in her counsels; unrelaxing aiul resourceful in her grip
and power, she had no equal during the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries in the wisdom and scope of her plans and efforts for the
conquest of this continent. Through France, the favorite son of
the church, she colonized Canada, pushed forward a line of forts
and missions all the way up the river St. Lawrence, throuifh the
long uubr«iken chain of the (ireat Lakes to Chicago, a mere swamji
and sand ridge; thence over a narrow portage of some tliirty miles.

centuries
being de-
y. xVt the

The Bix-
enth. wit-
rn. This
er hy the
Mid along
tnge over
V (lid not
es. Will-
, in 1<)SS.
d a whole
lerness of

colonists
f the old
ni of our
I stance of
sen men/'
, were far
ill colon i-
he choice

power in
aid poor-

the poor

sibilities

1 bound-

Sl^one saw

ciiratelj

Untrican

y : wise-

her grip

enteenth

s for the

e son of

of forts

>ugh the

e swauiji

iy miles.

— tlu'cugh wlilch thr greiit Chicfigo Draiiuige Canal has jnst l.tM'u
<;uiistnictr(l --into the Illinois river, down that into the Missis-
sipju find so on to tlu> (Jnlf of M* xico. Snnultaneoiis with tliis
WHS tlu> seizure of Fiorithi and the West Indies bv Spain, and
ihiis the Lfitin races formed a crescent on three sides of the Aii-
glo-Siixon and Dutch colonists on the Atlantic Coast. Such a
state of things woulil sooner or later conipid a eontiiet and death
grapple belv.'een tlie old I-atin races and their English and (<er-
uian com|)etitors for the ])(;ssessitin and cxjntrol of this va.-^t Aniev-
itan contini'nt. The fascinating [lages of the l)rilliant iiiid accu-
rate Parknian abound in eviilence on tluse points. liiMicethe
Indian wars from which th.e English and Dutch colonists sut-
I'ered. The teni[)orary defeat at l^'orr Du<juesue in ITo."). followed
hy the derisive eoniiict at (^)uebe(,' in 1757. which Bancroft pro-
nounced "one of the most momentous in the annals of mankind,"
!;ave to the Iihiglish tongue and the institutions of the (rermanic
raee the unexplored and seemingly inhnite West and North, and,
as Piilfrey lacoiiically (^xpri-sses it, "the French l']m[)ire in Amer-
ica was crushed." The fate of the Latin race on this continent
wMs practically settled, and the supremacy of the Anglo-Saxon
and Teutonic eslablished The last vestige (jf Latin rule was nt)t
gone, but on that Se[)tt^mber day, 1707. on the Hights of Abra-
}'.!un. the (rod of Providence uttered his voice against Latin con-
trol, whieh Ki'V. Samuel Niles, a distinguished Ccdonial preaeher
and historian, styled ''a woiulerful work of Divine Providence."
C(jlemporaneous with these events was the battle oP Plassy.
where CMive. whoi^e genius, with that of Warren Hastings, gave
England her empire in India, with 1.01)0 IJrltish and 'J.OOO
Sepoys utterly routed t)S,000 natives. Thus during a brief [)eriod
of two ami a half years the Anglo-Saxon race had secured for-
ever the control of the North American continent and all South-
ern Asia, and henceforth its morning drum-beat "circles the
globe with one continuous strain of tlu' martial airs of iMiglaud."
Wat(n'lo<i's fateful day, — June IT), ISL"), — was a reiteration, on
their (nvn soil, to the nations of ContimMitfd Europe, of the irre-
vocable Divine decree issued on the Hights of Abraham, for as
\'ictor Hugo says, " Waterhio is not a battle; it is a change of
front of the Ciuverse." The sigidlicance of the late war in C.'uba,
Porto Kico and the Philippine Islands, lies in this: the time had
come when the last traces of this old dtH-ayiug, incom[>(^teat ;nid

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()ut-(if-(lnli' Liitin control uiiist be wi[)(^(l out. in fart ns well oh in
historic ])ro|)lu'cv. hoMCvcr t'tir aticki sonic of our nintcrinlisti*'
political jdiilosophcrs may wander in tlicir intcr[)rt'tatioii of llicsi'
events.

This decree of Anglo-Teutonic domination had been entered
ore the dawn (^f the Nineteenth Centurv. and the iVmericnn Ri'V-
olution, siTinlngly an interiucine contlict between men of the same
ancestry, speech and religion, was really enacted to secure the
development of that suju'emacy on this continent according to
the new American ideals — free from all the trammels, traditions
and limitations, as well as the reactionary ideas and tendeut-ies of
the ok] world, though the English King and his [u'emier could
not see it. The results secured to freedom by Cromwell and his
Bible reading, praying and Psalm-singing ()ld Ironsides, were
not to be lost to the coming race, perpetuating the language of
Milton and Shakes})ere. Hence, King (Tcorge the Third and his
type of statesmanship were doomed from all eternity.

But there were some good, honest, American bin'n and bred
men who could not see this; they were Loyalists, luA traitors, and
not a few of them, rather than renounce their allegiance to their
King, returned to their native land, or, like the Huguenots of
Fran(!e, tln^y sought new homes in foreign lands. Ri'V. Jedediah
Hibbard, the founder of this church, was one of tlu^se Loyalists.
Having g(Mie from his native Canterbury, Conn., to Lebanon and
Cornish, N. H., where he remained for more than thirty vears
after the surrender of Cornwallis — performing much missionary
labor both in that State and Central Vermont — he pushed his
way up into Canada and located here in this connnnnity, giving
the balance of his life to this [)eople.

A hundred years aj^o! What a strange world it was. and what
strange possibilities were before it. The French Revolution was,
ns Carlyle rightly says, "n revolt of the oppressed lower classes
against the (Oppressing or neglt^cting u^iper classes; not a French
revolt oidy. No, a European one; full of stern monition to all
ccmntrles of Europe." This Revolution had jiist passetl; Napo-
leon — the mightiest intellectual force the world had known sinct*
C;esar--ruling with an iron hand, was at the zenith of his ])ower
and glory. In England, the most enlightened, most favored
and farthest advanced nation of Europe, the old sixteenth cen-
tury ideas were still dominant, and the policy of George the Third

V.)

well fiH ill
tcrialistic
II ol: llicpc

I entered
ie;iu Rev-
tbe same
['cure the
)r(liiig to
trailitioiis
leiu-ies of
lier could
1 mid his
des. uta'e
i^unii'e of
d Mud hiw

and bred
itoi'H, and
e to their
aenots of
JecU'diali
Lioyalists.
inon and

tv years
issionary

slied his
V. i>"ivin'-''

and what
tion was,

r ehisses
I French
m to all
d; Napo-
\vn since
ds ))()wer
favored

nth cen-
he Thinl

held on for yet thirty yi-ars. Chatham and Hnrke Inid passed
away; Pitt was near the end of his career; the brilliant Canning:;
Was in his prime, but it was not till 1SH2 that Earl (irey, Brou<j;ham
and their associates carried tlii^ historic Reform Bill; nor till 184<5
that Sir Robert Peel -who, according to the liistorian. was the
"<^reat<'st parliamentary ca])tain of his time''- -made his C'onserv-
ative party, created by himself, carry the re[)eal of the ol)n()xious
and op])ressive Corn Laws, therel)y ado[)tinj; the policy which his
political antagoinsts, Richard Cobden, Charles Villerd, John
Bri<i^h' and Lord John Russell, had 8o Un\^ advocated, a feat
which Justin McCarthy says gave proof of his rare statesman-
ship. Dickens and Thackeray, aiid CoImU'U and Bright, and
(iladstone and others, nn n who so largely made Great Britain
what she has been in this century, were unborn when this churcli
was founded. Her gracious Majesty, Queen Vict(jria — "whom
God preserve'" — was not l)orn till the founder of this (diurch had
l)een nine years in his grave down yonder in the Parish O'ln-
etery. The close of the last and the beginning of this century
was. as Prof. H. Morse Stephens, the historian, says, '"not only a
period of destruction, but a j)eri(xl of construction, and a time
when dtmiocracy was going to have its say in English [)oliticH,"
and I may add in world-wide politics as well.

Since the years embraced in the history of this church and
those of this century are the same. I propose during the hcnir
you have allotted me in this cejitennial service to speak of

SOME OF THE PROBLEMS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE NINETEENTH
CENTURY AND THEIR SKINIPICANCE.

The illustrations employed will be drawn, for obvious rea-
8ons, largely from this continent and the coml»ined field of Amer-
ican and Anglo-Saxon history. What, then, were some «>f these
problems and how have they been solved V

First- -The peopling of the e)>tir»^ country from sea to sea.
When this church was founded the United States did not possess
all the territory east of the Mississippi river. S[)ain ceded Flor-
ida in ISP,). The Province of Louisiana, extending from Puget
Sound to the Gulf of Mexico, came from France in ISOH: Texas
was annexed in 1.S45; California, Nevada and I'tah. with portions
of Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona were ceded by Mexico in
l8iS; the little Gadsen Purchase, south of Arizona, war> made

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tM'l

III

ill I'V-5(>, niid Al;l^■ka ciiiu' from Knssifj in lx()7. Trvrlturijilly. tlio
Mfilioii li.is cxpaiKlcd to tin* couiitrNS liuiit. oitlv tin- Doiuiiiioii of
Ciiiiada. Mixico and the Central Anu'i'l-jan Statrs nwait annex-
ation to (•oiui)!rte tlie continent What in more- — tlu' Ignited
Stales one liiindred years a^o liad lef-s than six uullions of peo-
ple. To-(hiy there fire nearly stiventy-tive millions; that is, the
pojiulatiou istwelvetimes as lar<^e as when thisc'iureh was founded
Our old An;4lo-Saxon home-land has j^rown fritui nine to forty
millions, while our little neii>;!il)()riii<r Stat*^ of Vermont, wdiieh in
the nine years from I7t>l to ISOI) o-rew from SH.-t-DU to 1.") l-,4()").
now re[)()rts H:rJ.422. No one dreamed then that the st>at of
American power would nltimatt'ly be found in tlie Mississip))i
\'alh>y: that out on those then unlnoken, unpeo[)!ed and unex-
l)lored prairies l']m|)ire States were to bo builded. To-day those
o-real C'eidral States, whose unmeasured possil)ilities are in the
early stages of their develo|)ment. hold in their hands the destiny
iKjt only of the great American Kei)ublic. but of the North Aaner-
ican continent; aye. the t^ntire New World [)erha})S the world
itself.

When this church was founded, in 17'''.), this Mississl[)pi Val-
ley had only a vovy limiteil and widely scattered [)o[)ulation. To-
day it has thirty millions of j)oo[)le. atid at the rate of national
increase during the c(Mitury. when you gathi'r Inn'e in lU',)',) to
celeitrave tin- second ciMitenniid of this church tha^, valley will
ha\i' a population of well nigh three hundred and fifty millions,
and will then outstrip in wealth, [)oj)ulation and power any civil-
ized nation now on the face of llu^ glob(\ The city of (Chicago
had no existenc.-e when this church was founded. In 1812 it was
a little frontier stockade tort, with a few soldiers; in lS;jO, it
liad seventy inha!)itauts, about the size of your own Abbott's
Corner vilhige; in ISiM. the year of my birth, it had three hun-
dred inhabilants, about the siz(? of Frelighsburg. now, as always,
the "shir*'" t>f our East Parish of St. Armand. Tcuhiv Chica<i:o
boasts a )>o[)ulation of two million, or fr(jm one-third to one-half
the entire ])o[)ulalion t)f the Dominion of Canntla, or more than
s'x times the [>opu!ation of tlie State of Vermont. These are
san)})li'S of the way the century has been peo[)!ing this continent.
The next prol)lem of the century was this:

Second T'he building of centers or focal points of tlu^ social,
intelleclual and religious life and power of the nation. A hun-

2U-

tDriiiUy. the
)()iniMioii of
fiiii aiiiH'X-
tlu' l^iiitctl

lllS of [M'O-

tliat is, till"
■Mri foinidcd
111' to forty
t. whic'li ill
to lo ^j^r*.'),

ho S(>!»t of

Mi.ssissi[ii)i
and uiH'X-
xhiv those
are in the
thi' (U'rttiny
ortli Amer-
i tlic! worhl

:ssi[)j)i Val-
ition. To-
f iiaticMial
in llHM) to
Viilley will
y millions.

my eivil-
)f (Uiicago
Hi'l it was
n is;j(). it
I Abbott's
hree bun-
as always.
V Chiea<>'o

) one-half
nore than
These are
continent.

th(^ sociab
A hun-

dred years ago there wore no eilies, in our inoch'rn sense of that
term, and such as tlu>re were, were small and scattered; the over-
whelming majority of th(> {K'o[)le lived in the country, oii farms
or manors, r.s in Virginia, after the old Kuropeau custdm. ITence
the country man, the country church, country people^ and polit-
ical lenders were the prominent oms. The doininant factors of
the life of that day were (jf tlu> country. Today [n)[)ulation is
niiissing in tiie cities, (jver one-third of the entire p.o[)ulation
of the nation b(>ing there now, and in a few years, experts say.
more than ludf will be in cities. Hence, tlu' right and successful
government of (uties is the most serious and [vrjilexing problem
of the age, but its solution [)asses over to the twentieth century.
Thirty years ago I settled in a Vermont iown of about oik- thou-
sand inhabitants. In LSUO its population was reduced to bil, a
loss of 2S;}. or over twenty-tlve per cent, in t\v(j and twenty
vears, and the last United States census revealed over te'ii tluni-
sand other country to\\ns in a similar decline, though the po[)ula-
tion of the nation is rapidly increasing.

During the last one hundred years the po[)ulatioii of the coun-
try has multi[)lied twelve times; that of the cities has niulti[)lied
over t'ighty-six times. Still further, our population is being
•• foreignized"' with strange rapidity. When this century opened
the population of New Eiighmd per hundred consisted of ninety-
eight Americans nnd two foreignei's. Today out of ev«n'y hun-
dred inhabitants Now Orleans has 51 foreigners and 4',) Amer-
icans; Boston, i>il foreigners and 87 Americans; Butfalo, 71 for-
eigners and 29 Americans; St. Louis, 7S foreigners and 22 Amer-
icans; Milwaukee, 84 foreigners and l(j Americans; Chicago, W)
foreigners and 10 Amroicans. Experts in criminology say these
foreigners are two and a half times as prone to crime and throe
times as [)rt)ne to pauperism as oar native-born Americans. Is it
any wonder that poverty and [)auperism, and mobs and crimes of
all kinds abound in (jur cities? Nearly half a century ago as
keen an observer as Do Toquevillo said: "I look upon the size
<jf certain American cities, and especially u[)on the nature of their
population, as n real danger whicli threatens the security of the
republic of the New World." Again, a[)parently the power of
Protestantism has been declining in these largo cities. A hun-
dred years ago in Boston, for examf)!©, there was a Protestant
church for every 1,2(J0 of its population; today there is one for

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ovi-ry 2.0OO of its iMiuibilaiits. Sixty yrnrs )i<j;'n Chicago had n
Cliristiaii cimrch for al)oat «'V('ry ^Od of its pcojilc: today it has
one for every l-'. -")<)() to ;{.(M)0 of licr inhabitants. Tiiat is the
forces wiiich make for sin and poverty, an<l crime and anarchy,
and ruin are several times as strong t(jday as they were when this
<'hurcli was founded. We du not wonder sometimes, then, that
»lumi'S Kiissell Lov.ell should write, '"'IVuth forever on tin' scaf-
fold, wron*.,' forever on the thron*'." lint those whose BihK'S have
not l)een ''expur^i^ated'" of ins[)ii*ed and inspiring historie facts
and cr.rdinal truths bv the '*liiiifher critics." so-called, will not
for<;et that in the hour of Israel's extrenn* [)eril the death an<4('l
of her covenant-keejiiiif^ (lod ])asstHl oviT the beHie<(in,i'; cam[) of
the enemy and Tsn.tXM) of the Assyrian soldiers sle[)t the sU'cjj
that knows ncj waking in a single night.

Third -The economic and industrial prol>Iem. or the dev»'lop-
ment of the earth's resources and the utilization of naliin'S
unmeasured forces. A hundred y«\'n's ago it required six days I0
make the wearvin*;. comfortless lournev from IJoston to New
York, a distance of 217 mih's; it is now made, with all the lux-
urious coud\)rts of an elei^ant hon.ie. in as manv hours. The
bioijraphv of the lato .losiah Uuincv of Boston contains an amus-
ing account of liis tri|) in ITU") in an old stagt^ coach occuj)ying
the entire wetdv. When this church was founded a U!o(h'ni rail-
road was uiidreamed of. The first loconjotive for hauling trains
was used in Enghuid in 1S()4, moving ten tons of freight t\\r
miles an hour, a wonderful achievement tlien. In iS'Jo [)assen-
ger trains were hauled over the Stockton cV: Darlington road in
England. Imt not till the opening of tli(> Liverpool it Manchester
railroad in iNiJO was a pa.ssenger tratiic established with modern
traction engiia^s. and when George Ste[)liensofi told the connnittee
of Piirliamejit he hojxnl iji time to reach a speed of twelve miles
j)er hour they were shocked and tilled with fright at th.e [)eril
involved. The first successful sleandioat was Robert Fulton's
••C'i(U*nnjnt"* on the Hudson in 1807, two years before Jedediah
Hibbard, the found(>r of this cliundi, died. Dr. Lardfier, the
eminent Lontlon scientist, went down to Liver[)ool iji Dect.'nd)er,
iNiJo, and delivered a course of If.K'tures. in one »jf which he
demonstrated, with scientific accuracy, the al)8olnte im[)ossibility
of a steamship crossing the Atlantic. A[)ril 5th. iSiiH, ■•Sirius"
steamed out of Cork, and April 2;? she was sighted down the bay

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todiiy it liiiH

TImt is th('

nil! (uiareliy.

rr when this

'S. then, tliitt

oil tlio scnf-

Bihlt'S have

iiHtoric factjj

led. will not

(If'.'itli all;^•(>l

iiii( caiui) of

pt the sK'cj)

tli(> (Icvt'loj).

of iial lire's

I six (lays \u

ton lo New

nil tlu' lux-

lours. The

lis an aiiius-

occnpyiii^r

odcni rail-

Hii^;' < rains

■vcio-ht fivf

'2'") [jasscn-

(^n road in

MaiK'liestcr

ith modorii

(•oniiniltoo

rt't'lv*' UlilcH

t the [H>ril
t Fnlton's
V Jodcdiali
rdficr. the
D(H'».'inl )(')•.
wliicli he
i[K!Ssibility
^, -.Sirius"
All tilt' bay

at Nl'W York, and f oner jiciird Wcndt-Il I'liillips smv to a liuston
aiidiciifc that in the (•ar<jjo of tlif ••Sirius"' was a oonsii^'inncnt of
vohiincs containliiif Dr. liardiu-r's famous IrctuiH". The •"Siriiis"
was a shijt «>f U'J tons luirdin. and she made the transatlantii-
voyai;i' in In days. The C'anipania. of the (.'unard line is a
vcssi'l of 1:>.(H)(I tons and has inatU' tlu> vovnire in •") da\s. 7 hours
and 2o minntis. Tlu- Saxonia, just laundu'd, is of lN,tK)l) fon^
capacity, or l-'J tiuu'S as larj^'c as the Sirius.

Then cjiint' tclej^raphs. The first siu'c<>ssful coinincrcial linr
was opened Ixtween Washin^ijton and l>allini(»re May 'Jttli —
(^ueen Victoria's hirtli day Isfl-; just three yenrs after this
identical l)ricU nu-eting house in which we are now assembled
was l)uilded. and toilay almost no country is too wild, and no
place too distant to tV'cl the tlirohhiu*^ heart beats of tlu' threat
world's life over tele«>'ra[)h lines. As we gatlu-r here in this (V-n-
lennial. l']n;j;lish lueii and English capital are constructin:^' a liiu'
from (*ape Town to Cairo, over •».()()() miles in leiijjfth, throuj^h
the »^'reat continent of Africa. Tlu' first successful submarine
line was laid in IS(»(). Tsxlay ocean beds are almost a net work
of cal)les. In 1S;J4- the Late Cyrus McCormick (ujiistructed his
first eil'ective reaper. Today Ids machines. hi«jjldy |K'rfected,
''at her the harvi'sts of I'very y'rain-^frowiny^ c(niiitrv of the world.
Sonu' of us old men remember the slow, tedious, ])acknchiiii;
proce.'^s of rea[)inii; and then cradliu^jf i^rain; of thrashin*^ it with
a tlail; of ufatherini^ the hay crop with a hand scythe and rake,
and of tillinjjf the tiehl with tlie old wood and cast iron [)lows.
Todav it is all done by horse and steam i)ower. And it is sv) in

& • 1

every de[)nrtment of economic and industrial life; machiiu'ry does
the work formerly done by man, so that according to a conserva-
tive estimate the machinery in operation in tlu; siuLjle stall' of
Massachusetts, all of it invented and [)ut into service since this
church was founded, re[)resents tlu' workiii'.j ca[)acity of one hun-
dred million men. A further |)roblem was.

Fourth. — -The world's evan<;eli/ation. About seven years Ix^fore
this church came into existence, (October 2. t7'.>2. William Carey
(le!i\ered his famous sermon in Ketterin*^. iMii^land ivhicli startled
the r(di«^"ious life of Great F>ritain and America, ami h-d to the
uiuhu'taking of the grandest enterprise on earth. Of the (iroat
missionarv his latest and best bioijraplu'r, Geor«je Smith, savs:
'• William Carey's cartn-r of fifty years, h'om his ba[)tisni in 17'S;{

c
c. I

21 —

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1' ^ I

niid the composition of his Inquiry to his denth iii 1834, covered
and influenced more than any other one man's the wliole time."
That is indeed high praise, when we remember it was the period
such men as Chatham, and Burke, and Fox and Pitt ami Can-
ning, and Wellington, and Napoleon, were living tigures in
European history — that the humble, obscure, but godly eobl)ler
of England outstripped them all, albeit the total visible timmcial
capital oi his enterprise was only £13 2s. Cxi. — or alxjut v^To.
Little wonder that the wit ot the English church and the Whig
party, with the leading reviewers, sneered at the idea of evange-
lizing India's millions on such a financial basis as that. But
they eliminated the grand factor in the enteri)rise. William
Carey, humble and ;<bscure though he was, believed in God, and
when he died he left 20 vigorous Christian churches, with a
large, active and aggressive membership, while he and his two
associates had given out of their own earnings over $4(H),()00 in
cash, besides years of toil and life itself, to the cause of the mis-
sions of India; and today that little £Vd 2s. Gd., which provoked
the godless wit of Smith, has become a mighty stream of over
ten millions of dollars annually. The aud)ition of Sidney
Smith's life was to be a bishop (jf the English church, and he
failed. The ambition of William Carey was to lay the founda-
tion for the evangelization of India and win some souls to (iod.
Did he succeed?

When young Judson proposed going to India as a mission-
ary some of his friends urged liim to desist and become pastc.u"
of the large, popular, wealthy, influential and cultured Park
Street church in Boston. He went to Burma, and when he died
in 1850 his son and biographer says he left as the result of his
forty years work in that land iVd Christian churches, into wdiose
membership over 7,000 converts from heathenism had been bap-
tised, and the entire w'ord of God translated into the Burmese
language, the standard and classic in that tongue for all time.
As Adoniram Judson looks over the battlements of Paradise and
gazes on the Park Street church on one hand and redeemed
Burma on the other, with Christian churches, schools literature,
homes and a Christian civilization everywhere, think you he re-
grets the consecration of his young life in 1810 to foreign mis-
sions!* When some one, in 18()8, proposed a monument to the
memory of B. O. Thomas, of the Henzada mission, the stentor-

S.94. covered
kvhole time."
IS the period
itt and Caii-
,' figures in
riiUy cobbler
l)le tiiinncial

ab(jnt ^lo.
id the WhiiT
I ot' evaiij^e-

that. But
e. William
in God, and
dies, with a
find his two
^4(H),()00 in
of the mis-
^h provoked
am of over
I of Sidney
ch, and he

le foiinda-

Is to God.

a mission -
ome pa8t(.>r
ured Park
Ml he died
suit of his
into whose
been bap-
Burmese
r all time,
adise and
redeemed
literature,
ou he re-
eitj^n mis-
nt to the
} stentor-

ian voice of Secretary Dr. Jonah G. Warren rung out, *'Shall we
build n monument to his memory? Sixty churches, sixty native
[)astors and two thousand members are his monument already
erected." Does Benjamin C. Thomas need a marble pile to per-
[)etunte his memory? Rev. Jedediah Hibljard had been dead
nearly five years when American Baptists, in the old First Bap-
tist church in Philadelphia, organized their missionary society
Mfiy, 1814, and today they have 850 churches, with 1,300 [)reach-
ers of the gos[)el, and over 100,000 church members now living,
besides the tens of thousands who have died.

But the real, vital point is not statistics, however interesting
fiud valuable they may be. Opposers tell us there are more
heathen in China and India today than one hundred years ago.
Granted, if you will. Populations have increased very fast
during this century — from five to seventy-five millions with us.
But the crux of the whole matter is the effect of Christian mis-
sions on the great fabric of heathenism. Is Christianity chang-
ing, reconstructing the framework, the fundamental structure of
heathenism in respect of its personal, social, intellectual, political
and religious life?

If it is, missions are a success; if it is not, they are a failure.
It is the testimony of missionaries of the longest service; of the
largest experience; broadest culture; most far-reaching sagacity
and comprehensive grasp, that missions are doing just this work;
and this view is confirmed by the observations of the most com-
[)etent, fair-minded and careful travelers from all lands, and,
above all. by that large, thoroughly educated and competent body
of civil and military servants of Great Britain and other lands.
Their united testimony is to the effect that these missions have
practically honeycombed those ancient and stately paganisms
through and through, so that, ou almost any special occasion,
they are ready to crumble to the ground, leaving the heathen
world free for occupation and control by our triumphant Chris-
tianity.

Since the delivery of this discourse I have read the fascinat-
ing life of the late Prof. Henry Drummond, and I insert his esti-
mate of the worth of missionary work given after his last world
tour, in 181(0, embracing Australia, the New Hebrides,China, Japan
and North America: "Most of us have seen a man or two, or
a hundred or two — ministers, missionaries, Christian laymen — at

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work upon the higher evolution of the world; but it is when one
sees them by the thousand in every land, and in every tongue,
and the mountain honeycombed and slowly crumbling on each of
its frowning sides, that the majesty of the missionary work tills
and inspires the mind."

Fifth,— The Kecognition of the Brotherhood of Man. The
unity of the human race is as old as creation itself, for God put
into the warp and weft of humanity as its golden stripes this
brotherhood of man and the comity of nations, and Paul enun-
ciates the law in clearest terms in that matchless tliscourse on
Mar's Hill, "For God hath made of one blood all nations of men
for to dwell on the face of the earth." This law had been in ex-
istence from the beginning, but it had not been rigidly enforced;
the world was not ripe for that, but with the coming of the nine-
teenth century came the fulness of God's time for its reassertion
and enforcement. But alas, the world could not see it. A hun-
dred years ago the old world was all cut up into little Ishmael-
itish states, kingdoms and dukedoms, the hand of each one
against his fellow nations, save the experiment of the ages on
this continent, where, as the great Lincoln said, we were trying to
establish a government of the people, by the people and for the
people. These nations were separated from each other by moun-
tain ranges, seas or oceans, rivers, or, in some cases, only imag-
inary lines, with forts and soldiers on every froidier. The
world's rulers, statesmen and diplomatists knew no other way,
and generally wanted no other way. The French Revolution had
practically annihilated the old feudal customs of Europe, es-
pecially in France, where they lingered longest, and kindled
aspirations for freedom and liberty and rights among the masses,
and with those new, widespread aspirations came changes for,
as Carlyle says on Chartism, ''New eras do come; there is no fact
surer than that they have to come." But what did the world's
leaders do? After the battle of Waterloo, in 1815, wIk'u tlie
power of Napoleon, who had been the scourge and terror of Eu-
rope for well nigh a score of years, was broken and France in the
dust, the Allies marched into Paris and restored the Bourbons!
No new era in that; no helping the French people and the groan-
ing millions of Europe to a better day and order of things. And
to the Congress of Vienna, the most noted diplomatic assemblage
the world had ever seen, Englantl sent Castlereagh, as reaction-

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s when one
:^rv tongue,
• on each of
y work fills

Mftn. The
or Grod put
5tri[)es this
Paul enun-
iscourse on
ons of men
been in ex-
y enforced;
)f the nine-
reassert ion
i. A hun-
e Ishmael-
f each one
he ages on
pe trying to
uid for the
r by moun-
only imag-
tier. The
other way,
^lution had
Curope, es-
[id kindled
the masses,
uinges for,
is no fact
le world's
when tlie
ror of Eu-
nice in the
Bourbons!
the groan-
^8. And
sseniblnge
reaction-

ary as any prince of the house of Hanover; France sent the pol-
ished, adroit, cunning and unscrupulous Talleyrand; Austria had
Metternich, whom to name is enough, while Grermany and Rus-
sia's re[)resentatives — Hardenberg and Neselrode — were men of
kin(lre(l aims and sympathies — every last man of them worthy of
(jf the spirit of the seventeenth century, and their reactionary
compact filled Europe with revolutions and bloodshed for half a
ct'uturv. But there was God's Ihw of human brotherhood and
national comity which must be enforced. By miracle? No; by
natural means, su[)ernaturally moved and guided, for God makes
even the wrath of man to serve Him in executing his sovereign
[)ur poses in the world.

I have already spoken of the old, slow, tedious processes of
earlier days. When the great Lisbon earthquake occurred, Nov.
1, 1755, in which ()0,000 people, whole streets, blocks of build-
ings and wharves were swallowed up and perished forever, all in
eight minutes of time. Captain Joseph Hibbard — a distant kins-
man of the founder of this church — saw it all from his brigan-
tine "'Hannah" as she lay anchored well out in the harbor. He
immediately sailed for New York, and the day after his arrival a
full account of the awful calamity was published in the New York
Mercury. That is, it took from Nov. 1 to Dec. 27 for the news
to come from Portugal to America nearly eight weeks, and it
came very quick for those days. Th«^re could be no world-wide
brotherhood of man at that rate. The world — the whole world
— must be able to read in its morning paper an account of every
important event the world over of the day and night before —
that will put every one of us in touch with the antipodes. Hence
for this new era of universal brotherhood there must be these
three things: (1) Distance must be annihilated; (2) time must
be wiped out, and (ii) the treasures of the earth, the sea and the
air and all of nature's resources must be utilized for the service of
mankind, the entire race. And that is what these railroads,
steamships, telegraphs, telephones, steam-plows, mowers, harvest-
ers, electric motors and lights, and the countless other inventions,
together with the economical, social, industrial and educational
changes of this nineteenth century signify. You remember after
tlu'se things began to come in their fulness, Mr. Gladstone spoke
of us Americans as "Our Kin beyond the Sea," the first out-
<*roppingB of the real enduring Anglo-American Alliance.

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Is there a great fire ii>. Chicago, consuming b ildings by the
thousands and property by the millions? Aye, and all the
world knows of it in a few hours, and before noon of the next
day there are thousands of pounds of good solid British gi)ld
placed in the banks of London, and Liverpool, and Mancliester,
and Ijirmingham, and Glasgow, aid Edinburgh to the ord(^r of
the Mayor of Chicago for the relief of the sull'ering people of
that stricken city. That was "kin beyond sea;" th(> brotherhoixl
of man; the fellowship of nations; a vital Anglo-American Al-
liance on God's lines.

Is an American President fatally wounded by an assasin's
bullet in broad daylight in the nation's capital? The shocking
intelligence encircles the globe ere nightfall, and Mrs. Gariii^ld

receives messages from all the crowned heads of the world ere
the breakfast tray is borne to her chamber the next moiiiing. It
is "kin beyond sea," because all the nations and races are of one
blood, and God, the Sovereign of Worlds, is emphasizing the
stupendous fact.

Or does gaunt, deadly famine begin to threaten the millions
of the Carnatic or the Punjaub? The sad intelligence is dis-
patched over tremulous wires and under seas from sunburned
India to the farmers of Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas and Man-
itoba, and ere the sun goes down, as it were, train loads of their
surplus corn and wheat are on the way to the seaboard that the
millions of India perish not for lack of bread. It is "kin be-
yond sea," the Anglo-American and the Anglo-Saxon have not
only learned that thev are brothers, but that the hungry bronzed
Hindus or Moslems of India are their brethren also; and the tel-
egraph and the railroad and steamship have made possible this
godlike relief. That is what they are for in the larger economy of
God — their commercial uses are only secondary with Him.

Sixth— The Significance of the Wonderful Developments of
the Nineteenth Century. As has already been suggested, the
world had been getting ready during all the preceding centuries
for the nineteenth, the most wonderful of them all, and probably
more has been accomplished for the race during this one than in
all the centuries of the past. The significance of this century,
then, lies in its relations to that which is to follow. The prob-
lem before the world a century ago was to complete the ex})lora-
tion, the settlement, peopling, bringing under the control of

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l(lin<^s by the
and all the
1 of the next
British gokl
I Mauchiester,
the order of
iiig [)eopIe of
brotherhood
A.meriean Al-
an assasin's
rhe sliocking
Mrs. Garfield
die workl ere
moiiiiiifT^. It
:h are of one
ih a sizing the

the millions
ence is dis-
1 sunburned
as and Man-
lads of their
ird that the
is '-kin be-
n have not
^ry bronzed
and the te\-
Kjssible this
economy of

im.
o[)ments of
gested, the
g centuries
d probably
ne than in
is century,
The prob-
]e ex[)Iora-
control of

eivilizing agencies, the development of the resources, and the
v\fiii«>e(iza.ti()n of all continents, nati'.jn.n and races of nianlsind.
TliJit. in general terms, has been and is being done, though not
complete in all its details. There are no more worlds to li" dis-
covered; no more continents to be explored. Darkest Africa was
the last, and there the work is well in iiand, so that the end is
easily visi])le. Japan has bei^n transformed into a modern na-
tion; China is being divided into spheres of inthu nee or slices
of territory for the leadinjj natiojis of the earth; only the hiijh
tabh^ lands ot Thilx't yet remain to be reached and transformed,
and we can now see how that will come to pass. In like nuinner,
Christian evaiii^elization has been carried to all nations and nearly
to all tribes, hamlets antl honses; the word of Cud is trJinslated
into practically all tongui'S. In a word, the Nineteenth Century
has done its work; v;e stand on the threshhohl of the Tvrentieth
— what ni^xt? What does the Nineteenth mean in respect of the
Twentieth?

The word of God ])lainly tells lis that when certain things
jire aecc)n)[)lished — things which the Nineteenth Century has
done — '"then shall the end come." There is no equivocation
about it, for the mouth of the Lord hatli spoken it. The few
unfinished details will be com})leted long ere the next century
terminates, and then shall come the final crowning climax of all
the world's history. The Aryan race, which God raised up for
the discovery, exploration, civilization and evangtdization of the
entire world, starting ont from its eastern home long centuries
ago on its westward triumphal march, has, in our day, complete-
ly encircled the glolK\ moving steadily forward, generation .after
generation, and century after century, westward, it has, in this
closing decade of the Nineteenth Century, reached th(^ point
whence it started, and nov/ awaits the final act in th(> world's
great drama. While capitalists, syndicates and statesmen, look-
ing only at and for earthly things, are cr)ntending for con-
cessions, 8[)heres of influence, open doors, for trade find similar
things, the Church of God. with its vision on things divine,
eti-rnal and far-reaching, awaits the grand demjuement.

It is n significant event that the nations of greatest and ever
increasing prosperity and powt-r are Protestant nations, while the
waning, declining, ever- weakening nations are tlKJse whom Ko-
manism dominates. The Papal church, by a strange fatality

30-

linked its I'ortimos and destiny with the Latin races and na-
tions, and must accept their doom. During all these centuries,
however wild or great the a[)parent ccjut'asioM, God's one, eternal,
unchanging [)ur[)oBe has been moving (Mi steadily, grandly, tri-
umphantly lo its glori<jus culmination, when Wm earth '"shall he
filled with t!ie knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the
sea," and when Christ's "'dominion slndl he tntm sea to sea and
from the ilver even unto tln^ ends of the earth:'' when the '"Lijrd's
house shall be establishfd in the to[) of the muun tains, and shall
l)e exalted above the hill^. and all nations shall fh)w unto it."'

And, therefore, we shovdd ever bear in mind, as says Dr.
Richard Salter Storrs, the [)eerl(»ss American pulpit orator, "'Di-
vine Providen(.'e is v»'orking in hist<jry toward one result, steadily
steering toward one haven and [)ort, the tiavth renewed in right-
eousness and beautiful before God; and then this dispensation of
the Spirit, in which we have our time aft;'r the resurriwtion."
That is what all the centuries from B.uhlehem and Calvary
meant, and that is what the stupendous problems and transcend-
ent achievements of our own century mean. Like Moses on '"Ne-
])o*s lonely mountain,'' we may see it in visi<jn beyond our Jor-
dan, but the promised land shall yet be p jssessefl. according to
the word of the Lord, for, as Dr. Sttjrrs said again in that mas-
terly addr;^ss before the recent International Congregational
Council in Boston, "There is One that sitteth above the circle of
the earth, and the inhai)itants thereof are as grasshopp.n's: and
His plans go forth soundless and silent, except as they come into
operati<jn. But they never are bnjken: |hey never are drawn
back, and the world has to learn more and more clearly every
century that the banners of God are those that never go down
in any struggle; and that whosoever v,*alks and works v»'ith God
is sure of the triumph,''

But some one says- "Br jth«?r Hi])bard. have you not a vvord
of admoiution and encouragenuuit on this occasion for this little
Abbott's Corner church as it starts «;ut on its seccjud century of
life aiul struggles?"' '"Yes, brethren, I have, and I have jour-
neved one thousand miles to tleliver it.

First — You have surviveil the one hundred years. Manv

•ir r; les established a hundred years ago are dt^ad. Most of them

%\ iv^ I )unded from good moliv«'s, but God did not call for them.

■i

in —

ues and na-

se (!<Mituries,

ono, oterua],

•ijraiullv, tri-

th "shall be

rs cover the

'a to sen and

the '-Lcjrd's

us, and shall

unto it.*'

as says Dr.

; orator, *'Di-

snlt, steadily

,'ed in right-

pensation of

'snrroction."

viul Calvary

il transeend-

)ses on "Ne-

)n<l our Jor-

iceording to

u that mas-

^regational

ho circle of

ppn's: and

V come into

are drawn

(S'lrly every

't>r go down

with God

not a vvord

)r this little

century of

have jour-

irs. Many
ost of them
I for them.

Some clnirclu's W(re planted in rank sectarianism, and they dit-d:
thev de.served to die. Others originated in a mistaken,
mi.-:;guided zeal, and they are also dead. The New Testa-
ment says: "Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not
phuited shall be rooted up." You have not been rooted up; yon
were of (rod's own [>lanting. One of the saddest maps I ever
saw was one showing the hjcation, names and number of deid
Ba[)tist churches in the State of Vermont, but the Abbott's Cor-
ner was not on that map, and so God has engraven over your
doorway, ''Fear not, little flock, it is your Father's pleasure to
give you the kingdom." God has and does perpetuate ycjur
church life because it means souuthing to Hini. The fig tree
that stands not for fruitage is cut down. There must be fruit or
the tree will [lerish; — you have not perished.

Second — You have done somethint; worthy of yourself and
your o[)[)ortunities. God knows your gifts, your ability, and the
[»r(jductivenes3 of your field. You have had, all told, about 500
meud)ers during the hundred years, at the average rate of five
additions a year. I recently read of a Inrge, wealthy, influential
city church, with a large salaried pastor, a paid choir and all the
accompaniments of such a church, which reported but one
added to its membership by conversion last year, and the ndigious
[ia[iers are asking, does it pay?" During these hundr<?d years
this little Abbott's Corner church has added, we trust, five hun-
dred names to the Lamb's Book of Life; five hundred stars to the
crown of Jesus' rejoicing, and five hundred divinely attuned
voices to the heavenly choir. You have sent ten men into the
gos[)el ministry, one out of every fifty, and that is a large pro-
[)ortion, one which most churches do not equal. None of
theae men, so far as I ever knew, claimed to be great men, but
they have done sonu'thing. Some thirty years ago I baptized
one Sunday two ordinary young men; both became ministers, and
are in the ministry today, and one told me a f«'W weeks ago
he had baj)tised over eleven hundred converts. I taught school
out on "Coniac slreet" in 1852-03, and my uncle Charles Hib-
bard wrote me from Burma to do my best, as I did not know
what my pu[)ils might become. Pastor W. G. Scofield of Rich-
ford was one of those pupils, as full of life and mischief then as
he is of grace and good works now; the life and mischeif of his
boyhood was the promise and prophecy of the Christian life and

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Hervite oi his liiieTied manhood, and he grows better every year.

Then this chureh has given B[)irilnal l)irth and training to
some noble men. who have served here and elsevrhere as God's
laymen- -[)i!larrt in the churches wh.ere they live. Their nanu'S
are not on your list today, though (t(kI knows them well, but they
were c(jnvi'rted here, and when God '•mnk^^th up his jewels'" he
will say of this and that one, "He was l)eg(j(ten in Christ unto
God in Abbott's Corner church." Thev stand li) voiir credit: no
one can measure tlie good they have done as your children. Be-
sides, there have been nobh? women not a Hvw. They have not
been i)ul)lic speakers, mn- wrib'rs for tlu' }>ress, nor yet leaders of
1em[H>rance, or sidfrage or other crusades, but they were women
of sterling moral worth, of gr»'at, g<jod common sense, and sanc-
tiiitnl Christian lives. This has been a clean, pure church. I
have read ciirefully every writleii w<jrd of ils records, and scan-
dals and quarrels are not there. I re[>eat, it has ])e(m a clean,
untaintetl church, which God has guarded as the a[)ple of his
eve.

But beyond all this, the church has stood here a hundred
years, and let its light shine out in all directions for nnles
around, lifting u[) th(» public tone of this community, enobling
men's lives, securing better homes, inspiring higlnu' social and
political ideals. The stantlard of lif(> and character of this
church was high — it was decidedly Puritanic, as the records show
This church has htdped to give Abbott's Corner and vicinity its
high type of Christian civilization,

1 am sometimes told there are lots of g<jod men outside tlu;
churches. Of course there are — a ju'oof of the vital power of
the church its(df. You can't have results without causes. If
tyi)h(iid fever breaks out. your skilled physician knows there is a
[)olluted, poisoned well s<imewhere. Good men are nuide such
bv ii'ood ciiuses. and a Christian civilization is createtl and sus-
tained by Chrisiiau forces. I do not remember to have ever
heard any profanity or seen an intoxicated person at Abb(jtt's
Corner. You don't have saloons, Sunday horse races. Sunday
bnseball games and kindred vices, because these Christi.m
churches duriiig tlie last hundred years have created a })ublic
moral tone and sentiment which wdll not allow them. I remem-
ber the experinu'ut was tried once in or near Frelighsburg, when
George Ayer. Horace and Harlow Clnuidler, Rodman Whitman,

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er ovin-y year.
11(1 trauiHig lo
hero (IS God's

Their iiaineK
well, but they
lis jewels" he
a Christ unto
Diir credit; no
hihlreu. Be-
'hey have not
yet leacU^rs (jf
,' were women
use. and sanc-
•<; church, I
■ds, and scan-
been a clean,

apple of his

re n hundred
US for miles
iiV- enoblinir
u" social and
cter of this
ecords show
|tl vicinity its

outside tlu)

ral [);)\ver of

eaus(,^s. If

[vs there is a

nuide such

\n[ and sus-

have ever

|at Abbott's

;es. Sunday

Christian

led a pul)lic

1 re mem -

Iburg, when

I Whitman,

Chauncey Abbott, Johnson Hibbard, Casper Miner, Dea Janes,
and I know not how many others, joined with my father in sol-
emn protest against it, and it was abandoned. The word of God
says it is the "holy seed," not your rich men, or your successful
business men, or your smart politicians that create and preserve
the moral tone of the community, Nay, but the "holy seed
shall be the substance thereof." What keeps the pork in your
barrel month after month ? The breed of the pig, because he
was a White Suffolk, or Berkshire, or Poland China? — or be-
cause the barrel is made of ash or oak or hickory ? Nay, nay,
but the salt. If that be good, and enough of it, the pork will
keep irrespective of the breed or barrel timber. Hence Christ
said of Christian people, "Ye are the salt of the earth." These
Christian churches have been the moral salt of this community
for a hundred years; may they abide a century more.

Third, — Your Duty to Live. Eighteen years ago I s[x>ke to
you of the value of country towns and country churches to the
world, and showed you how the men who make the history of
each generation come from country homes as a rule; that these
country homes, country towns and country churches are the
birth-places and nurseries, in the great majority of cases, of the
world's great men. I have given the matter much attention since
that former celebration in 1881, and the importance and truth-
fulness of the position then taken has become more clear and
cogent every year. I have called your attention briefly today to
the decline of the country towns, the country churches and the
country homes, and the massing of the people in cities. Mar-
shall Field and Philip D. Armour, millionaires in Chicago; John
D. Rockefeller, America's (perhaps the world's) richest man:
Joseph Cook, the great lecturer; Thomas Baldwin and Adoniram
J. Gordon, the peerless Baptist preachers of Boston — were all
born and bred in country homes, in country towns, and had their
early moral training and religious life in country churches. I
might mention scores and hundreds of others like them in these
respects. Now, if the country homes and towns and churches
perish from off the earth, where will the great, strong, successful
and wise leaders come from ? Pessimists tell us there are no such
men in our public life today as were Webster, and Clay, and
Calhoun, and Seward, and Sumner, and Chase and Lincoln. Are
the fountains drying up? The same is true of the British Par-

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linment. These men were those who, as the brillinnt historinii,
John Lothrop Motley, said, "discovered that the great intellec-
tual law prescribed by the Creator is the science of history. To
induce mankind to conform to that law is the science of polities."
No distribution of offices as party s[)oiIs and consequent corrup-
tion of the public conscience in that. Oliver Goldsmith wrote
some things the world will not let die. Here are half a dozen
lines:

"III fares the land to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates and men decay.
Princes and lords may l!(iurisli, or fade,
A breath can make them, as a breath hath made;
Hut a bold peasantry, their country's pride.
When once destroyed can never be supplied."

The massing of populations in large cities removes the "bold
peasantry" from the country farms, towns and churches — those
birth and training places of the young men and women whom
the world must have. As these country farms supply bread and
food for the cities, so they furnish the young men to build and
perpetuate the business and the church life of these cities.
When God wants men for great deeds, for bold, heroic services,
where does he go for them? When the time came to begin in
earnest the systematic work of exploration, evangelization and
redemption of South Africa; did he go to great cities of B^din-
burg, or Glasgow or to the Universities ? Nay, he went to a busy
woolen mill where, in its heated, stifling atmosphere was a poor
country lad who entered that mill when only ten years old, work-
ing for a few shillings a week, and laying his hand on him said:
"David Livingstone, to Africa."

Ah, my brethren, if the little Bethlehems and Nazareths
perish from off the earth, where will the world look for its
Christs and Redeemers ? Abbot's Corner is one of these little
Bethlehems and Nazareths; it must not perish ! Hence, your
duty to live — "Quit you like men." This, brethren, is my mes-
sage to you to-day. Farewell. May the God who inspired,
guided and kept the fathers, be your God for the next hundred
years.

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nnt historinii,
^reat intt'llec-

history. To
e of |)f)litic8."
quent corrup-
Idsmith v.rotf

half a dozen

>ve8 the "bold

urches — those

women whom

ply bread and

I to build and

these cities.

eroic services,

e to begin in

felization and

ties of Edin-

A'ent to a busy

e was a poor

ars old, work-

on him said:

id Nazareths
look for its
)f these little
Hence, your
, is my mes-

I'ho inspired,
lext hundred

ORDER OF SERVICES.

The day dawn«Hl all that couhl be desired for an early autumn
day. and at 10:(IO o'clock A. M., the large assembly was called to
order by the venerable pastor. Rev. Arnold, L. Arms, and Rev.
W, (t. Scotield. of Richford, Vt., made chairman of the day.
"Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow" was sung with
vigor and deep tVeling by a well-trained choir, led by Student
Pastor Baker, who also presided at the organ. My old Fairfax
(•lassmate. ISdl, Rev. Joseph (jr. L(jrimer of G»^rgia, Vt., offered
an excellent prayer. Student Pastor A. G. Baker delivered a
timely

Address of Welcome.

You need no formal address to make you feel at home here
today. Man}' come back to the home of your childhocjd, where
you will see many a familiar face and greet many a familiar
friend of earlier years. This old church is not a stranger to you;
it may bear the marks of time, but it has done its work, though
many of its sons and daughters have wandered the wide world
(>v»'r. Its doors are thrown wide open, and we bid you enter. Sit
again in the old family pew and live over again in your hearts the
happy scenes of the past. We welcome you, therefore, to your
old church home and the church home of your fathers.

You have come from Freleighsburg, and Franklin, and Berk-
shire, and Bakersfield, and St. Albans, and Georgia, and from all
this community round about us, as well as from Montreal, and
Bo.ston, and New York, and Chicago, and Minneapolis. We wel-
come you also to our homes, and best of all, to our hearts. We
are all one, and belong to the same great family of God, and all
rejoice with this old church celebrating its hundredth birthday.

We must today also do honor to the memory of the men and
the women who wer^i loyal to God, through prosperity and adver-
sity alike. We all admire their sturdy Christian characters and
lives, and will scik to imitate their noble conduct that we, too,
may be worthy of imitation by those who shall follow us, for what
better legacy can we leave our successors ? In our reunion today
we see another evidence of God's preserving care. A hundred
years ago God planted a little church in this community; it had

at the outset only seven members. The little grain of mustard
seed began to grow and throw out branches and, notwithstanding
losses by death, removal, etc., it is alive and vigorous today, and
is growing yet. God does ^)re8e^^'e his church, and he does work
through it. The greater the difficulty encountered the greater
the blessing received, and today this church is a living monu-
ment of the power and preserving care of our covenant keeping
God.

Today our prayer is, that your meeting with us may stimilate
to greater devotion and zeal as we enter upon the second century
of this church's history; that the second may be better than the
first century, and far more abundant in fruitfulness. Again, on
behalf of this church and community, I extend to you all our
honest, hearty. Christian greeting and welcome.

Rev. W. G. Scofield made a brief response; rejoiced in the
"student pastor," and the prosperity of the church. This day has
been talked of, planned for and prayed over these many months.
Eigteen years ago our motto was "Hitherto the Lord hath helped
us," and it is our motto still.

The choir sang with expression "I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord,"
and Rev. W. G. Scofield read Pastor Arms' historical discourse,
after which Student Pastor A. G. Baker read the supplementary
history from 1881 to date. Lewis B. Hibbard of Highland Park,
Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, then delivered the Centennial
Discourse, and, notwithstanding its length, the large audience, to
their honor be it said, listened attentively to the end, though
many were standing in the aisles and vestibule. The choir sang
"How Firm a Foundation;" Rev. Whitman Hibbard Stanley
pronounced the benediction, and the people adjourned for dinner.

Afternoon.

The congregation re-assembled at 2 o'clock P. M., larger if
possible than in the forenoon, opening with an admirable, delight-
ful Praise Service, led by Rev, J. W. Humphrey, pastor of the
Methodist churches in Frelighsburg and Abbotts Corner. Ex-

1 of niUBtnnl
witliBtniiding
lis today, nnd
he docs work
d the greater
living uionu-
nant keeping

tuny stimilnte
cond century
tter than the
1. Again, on
you all our

joiced in the
This day has
aany months.
I hath helped

^dom, Lord,"

al discourse,

pplementary

ghland Park,

Centennial

audience, to

end, though

e choir sang

jard Stanley

d for dinner.

Vf., larger if
ble, delight -
astor of the
Ex-

'orner.

tracts from letters of former [wistors and members were read.
[Kjrtions of which are herewith given:

Ithaca, N. Y., August 27th, IHW).
Friends at Abbotts Corner :

I pen a few thoughts suggested by the Centemiial, regretting
that University duties preclude my presence. Ninety -eight years
ago my father's grandfather, Jedediah Hibbard, was installed as
pastor of the Abbotts Corner Baptist Church. It was there that
my father, Charles Hibbard, began his Christian life of useful-
ness as missionary in India and pastor in Vermont. At yonder
green place of peace, guarded by the lofty Pinnacle pile, reposes
his earthly temple until the day of rising, where also do other
loved ones. Memories are dear when you and I revisit the con-
secrated spot. Is it any wonder then, that Abbotts Cf)rner sees,
gathered from far and near, the many whose past can tell like, yet
ditferent tales, and that its surroundings and scenes and church
are the mecca of many a remembrance as the years roll on ?

Another thought comes to the country-bred, who have settled
in the larger centers of ix)pulation; the thought of country influ-
ence in molding and directing national affairs. The sober student
of society; reflecting upon the moving powers in business and
professional life, is forced to concede to the villages a power out
of all proportion to their size.

One has but to look about the circle of his city acquaintances,
and to read not carelessly the names in the daily and periodical
literature in order to recognize the influence of men who once
were boys of the farm and village. Parents who are rearing their
children amidst city difliculties realize with anxious care that their
surroundings are not conducive to a vigorous, sturdy independ-
ent, innocent childhood and youth. As I remember my father's
belief that missionaries in India must send their children home
to be brought up, so the city father wishes that, for his children's
sake, he were living in the country. Happy is the boy and girl
whose life is made up of brooks and trees, meadow and garden,
farm and household duties, with mates who, like himself are liv-
ing and growing as God meant for youth.

After the foundation, comes the structure; after the prepara-
tion, the achievements. It is often said that the city takes the
best from the country; at least is it true that the city offers the
larger opportunity for wide success. But the opportunity is solely

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f(jr tilt' nmu who is most completely j)rH[)are(l by nature and by
self. The intense ooni[)etition of city life will make the man of
little above average ability — a failure. There are vastly more
laborers than contractors; more clerks than merchants: more
pettifoggers than statesmcni. If there are boys to hear this word,
who have it in mind to go to the city, let me urge you not to do
so unless you feel within you an uncotHjuevable persistence, a
fadeless enthusiasm, a boundless energy, that can com[)el success
out of delayed advancv'ment; that can beat down unfair op^xjsi-
tion. that can wring recognition frojn envious com[)etitors. An 1
to thene (juidities, if you are perfectly sure that you have them,
add the best education whieh you can get. Of village scho )1 V
Oh, no — nion* than that. Have yon the money with which to get
an educati<->n '? Many and ni;ni\ a young man has gone to school
on his own resour/es; my o.vn father, f om tie Pi ni-le farm,
among them. And yot, a boy coui[) • 1 'd to work during his
school coarse too hard, t(i sui)port himself, loses much. Par nts,
have you a b yy or girl who longs for an education with an int- ne
ity wlii'.rh shtr.ild iqipeal to you j* Let him not go unheeded. D s
not value your adding laiuls and growing bank account beyond
your Son's future success in his [lursuit. Make sacrilices and
emlure [)rivations even to give him the start. I say. tli<'n, let
country youth be joined with fullest preparation, and the world
offers its highest rewards.

It is not alone through the boys it has sent to the city that
the country iutiuonces national affairs. Todav the ijreat force of
conservatism rests in tiie farming couiuiunitii>s. Occasionally
they are h>d astray by shallow and transient crazes, perhaps more
in the West; but, on the w'hole, the nation is safer because of the
common sense. intelligen<*e and unswerving uprightness which
are conspicuously attributes of country life.

Let it be one feeling, then, of those who are assembled at the
Centennial of a ci>untry c-hurch; that hearts be thankful for a jiure
cliildhv)od; grateful for physical, mentid and moral preparation
for life work; and. while rem.Mub.'ring that tlu' cities* and
nation's greU'>st in-.ui were oftenest c>)nntry bred, let us be
a[)[)reciative yet tjf the b:dan.*i'-wheel influence still emanating
from thos-,' wlios > lives are always to be •.-ountrv. the controlling

V ft rr*

or regulating [lower which, through (rod's help, keeps the land in
peace. il. Wade Hibuard.

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lature and by
ke the man of

vastly more
bants: more
jar this word,
'ou not to do
persistence, a
)m[»el suecess
tnfair o[)[)(5si-
I'titors. An 1
11 have Ihem.
\h\^e scho )l Y

which to iret
one t(j school

n i'de farm,
: during his
:h. Par nts,
ith an int- ne
heeded. D -•
ount beyond
iicriiices and

av. tht'n. h^t

I the W(3rUl

he city that

r-.'at force of

)ccasionallv

'rhaps more

a line of the

ness which

ibled at the
id for a })ure
preparation
cities' and
let us be
emanating
controlling
the land in

IBHARI).

Fleshgrtox. Aug. :}Oth. lsl»0.
Dear BREniiJEX and Sisters :

It is with joy that I congratulate you o>i this, your ha;i Ir >dth
anniversary. I congratulate myself also thit I have had the
honor of serving a church so venerable. Pleasant memories
crowd my heart as I recall the two happy summers spent in your
midst. The kiml rece[)tion and entertainment received in y<nir
respective homes, and your patient and respectful hearing on
Lord's Day are yet fragrant in my mind. I am sure I wish you,
as a church, for days to come, peace and prosperity and the bless-
ing of the Lord. As thy days so may thy strength be. May
vou renew your vouth as the eagles, and at a hundred years be
like a young man ready to run a race. May the lij'ht at Abbotts
Corner n.'ver g(j out till the Light of Heaven himself comes. It
is a gracious privilegt? to be the salt of a neighborln^od for a hun-
dred years, to sweeten its life, to preserve it from corruption and
make it a healthful and pleasing place in which to live. May the
salt of this church nev(r lose its Saviour.

Dear brethren, remember that our Savior said: '"As my
Father hath sent me into the world, even so send I yc^u into the
W(_)rld." You are charged with the same mission as Christ. "I
am the light of the world."' "I am not of this world." ''Ye are
not of this world." "He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he
that receiveth me, receiveth Him that sent me." God is light,
and God is love; ye being made partakers of the Divine nature
are light and live in the Lord. Yours, A. J. Darrock.

Kenmore, Ont., Aug. 8th, IHW.
Dear Brethren:

It is with peculiar interest, and feelings of mingled gladness
and sadness that I remember the Abbotts Corner Ba[)tist Church,
and the few months I spent in its fellowshij) and service, eleven
yejirs ago, summer of INSS. I feel glad of the acquaintance and
connection I have had with a church having so a)icient and hon-
orable a history. I thank my God upon everv remeud)rance of
its worthy Pastor Arms, and many of its mendiers I ficl sad
when I think of the dear old ciiurch being enfeebled by the
removal of so many of its members — some to other earthly scenes,
and some to the eternal world. I [)ray that the golden candle-
stick may not be removed, but that it may remain as a light that

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fihineth in a dark place niitil the day dawns, until the Savior
shall appear. I pray also that the Centennial celebration may be
a blessed occasion; and that it may mark the beginning of a new
period of holy usefulness. Yours sincerely,

J. R. Jackson.

Ceompton, R. I., Aug. yth, 1809.
M¥ Dear Brethren:

So your anniversary- at Abbotts Corner is going to be cele-
brated in reality ! How I should enjoy being with you. For
perhaps no other as well as myself could say Amen to all the good
things which are said about the folks of Abbott's Corner and a
radius including the Berkshires and East Franklin; and I'm sure
no one ever appreciated quite as heartily as I did their hos-
pitality, their liberal gifts, their words of cheer and their sym-
pathetic prayers.

I shall ever remember my three summers at the Corner as
endless days. When, without any friction whatever, Baptists,
Methodists, Episcopalians, Unitarians and Atheists united in
worship of Almighty God.

Had I time to go to the celebration of the dear old church's
struggles and victories and shake hands with you all and look in
the eyes of those I love; could I let my heart speak to your
hearts in prayer and testimonial meetings; could we once more
gather around the baptismal waters; could we kneel together
a little while in prayer and let our souls speak with God, and
mingle in each other's joys and sorrows.

My experience at Abbotts Corner, though brief, was unique.
It gave me, as nothing else ever could, glimpses of Heavan
through gr'^en graves. May the dear Lord bless you all,

York. A. King.

R<iV. W. G. Sct^field, father of the author, read tlie following

^ CENTENNIAL POEM ^

BY MRS. BERTHA SCOFIELD-MASSE.

Men of this Ki^nenition !
Dwellers in this fair land !
Know that yonr fathers have l)nil(led
A structure not made l}y hands.

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until the Savior
-'lebratioii may be
ginning of a new

. R. Jackson.

ig. yth, 1891).

oing to be celo-
with yon. For
EN to all the good
tt's Corner and a
in ; and I'm sure
[ did their hos-
and their sym-

it the Corner as
itever, Baptists,
leists united in

-^ar old church's
all and look in

t speak to your
we once more

kneel together

i with God, and

ef, was unique.
ses of Heavan
yon all,
K. A. Kino.

d the following

[tiRAND LlU.NE. Ql
Al'G, 20. 1800.

This

E..

iMrnin/ckwo.H it.s fotinrJation,
'Notyit'kliiitrsaiidv j,!:,!,,

;Tim-Hocu!.sa,ui..vi,ul,sc-o'ns,;ia.,Itc,
O t-rtlin-M- it 'luasin vain.

Its form hath rit^tii luitv
And fU-.Md f(,r a hundred vc-ar-i '
|eari„f,thevv„r!d-.ste,.„>tatH.ns,
iH'aniiR- i!s in.-iny fears.

Itsn,on-butnsn.all.w<akI^-u,dfnl.
Hilt brav<.„fi,earttlH.iijrh few

Have stu.Hl lor the -rand ..I.UruspH
And patient liuv<.- bc-en, aiul true.

And wlien has fallen a leader,
A Moses from ,,ut the liaiid

I iH.-n.onrnins in deep dejection,
»i-'t LP. and possess the lan.l '••
lias ever l>een the watch word:

<>'". Thou«:h the xvayb;. dark;
i instill the L<,rd Jehovah

And press toward the mark.

AfewwiththeLordaren.i-htv.
"ithoiJtlJiMiahostisweak "
I|cstronn:a,idofgo..dcoura.ret
His f,MiidinH: presence see':

<Jl'serve to keep ills counsels

^tndvthronKh all thy, lavs

Jjou-toseeklirstHisriKhteousness
HowtosJiosv forth His praise.

Hispro/iiise is unfailinj.:,
'f ye your part fuUill

Jn the pa.st He hath sustained you
<'Oon to do His will.

TlK'n, shall your way be prosperous.
«. church of an hundred vears '
> our (iod.s great and niiuhty;
l"ress on. yield not to fears.
And wh.en another cent i^y
>Shall have rolled its train of ve.-.rs

^re,«hte<l with human lives and loves
Hc-yond earth's smdes and tears;

«till shall the light be shiniuR
steady and pure and true,
Hecause you did your duty
Vnu. ofthefaitlifid few.

And wlu-n round U,s throne siudl gather
<'(•<!•« faithful under the sun

i;;;;;';';"^^'"^;'^'"^'""'! at His right hand

*vithlifecverla.sting won.

was followed by brief speeches by

the full.

MVlUiT

ill!

il I

jfcrsoiis ill tlK' order givt'ii, each Bpcakin' h^-iiig calk'd out lu a
wry fVlicitor.H maimer by Rev. W. (t. Srofield, the [>ri'sideiit of
the (hiy.

Rev. Edwin Prciity. of East Franklin. Vermont, facetiously
expressed his (ielight in l)eing !imon<.^ so many good "' hard-shell*'
IJaptists, He sj)oke of that revival in the old storio schocjl-housi'
on Whitney hill, niv hovhooil home, amoii'; tin? converts of
v.'hich wert' Eleanor and Jane Carty, (reorge O. Pratt, L.nvis B,
and Salmon P. Hibbard and some others. He saiil he never
sn{)[)osed Lewis B would turn out such a *" boy"" as he found him
today. He spoke of the fathers, wlioin he nuiiembered, and
bade tlie church go on and l)e encouraged.

Rev. .lose[)h (t. Lorimer, of Georgia, Vermont, said his ex-
cellent dinner in the '"Tent ElKuiezer," oppressed him too much
for a s[)eech. H.e said in former times Rev. T. M. Merriman
and other theological stutleuts used to make Abbott's Corner a
sort of half-wav house on their wav to and from their homes in
].)i'rl)y. Staiiste;ul and other fa.r eastern t(nvnshi[)S an! the Bajitist
(*olli'ge in ^Montreal. He mentioned Rev. Charles Hibbaril and
his vsork a.t home and in India and his <>'rave here. The vouiiii:
people of our day have a w«)nderful future, a great trust is re-
posed in tluin bv God. Mav the next century show nobl"
records for this church.

Rev. Whitman P. Stanley, pastor of the Methodist church in
West Berkshire, Xi.. said he began to feel proud of his Hibbard
auci'stry, th.ough he was a Methodist. He congratulated the
cliurch oil its history, and said he and his brethren were hand in
hand with us coinpiering sin. The fathers look (hjwn ttjday on this
scene and are haj)py. Let us go on lio[)efui and victorious.

Deacon C C. Manuel, a Cijugregationalist of Richford, Vt..
said s(»nK'tinu's lu> could hardly tell whether he was a ]ja[)tist,
?vlethodist or Congregationalist; he had good times with them
all. I had su[)[)osed you sent all your good material once to
Richford u'lien you sent pastor Scotield and his family, but I see
you have [)le!ity left. May (rotl bless and [)rosper yon.

Deacon Sa'mon P. Hibbaril said: I am glad to be with you
todav; it i-i rii»iit and iust that we i)ay honor to the founder of
tlii.-- churcii. Tile nation, the community or the church that does
not pay honor and res[)eet to its founders is not worthy of a
[ilacc in history; the iiion who "blazed" their way dirough the

18-

•allt'd out ill a
10 presuleiit of

unit. fact>ti()iisly
ad " hiird-shoU"
)iiO scluKtl-hoiiso
li{» converts of
Pratt, L-.nvls B.
saul lu; lu'vt'r
as he fouii'l liini
■uiembered, and

lit. said his ex-
1 lum too much
l\ M. Merrimau
.bbott's Corner u
their liouies in
»s an^'. the Baptist
les Hibbanl and
re. The young
reat trust is re-
urv show noble

[hodist church in
of his Hibbard
lUgratuhitiHl the
leu were hand in
)Wii today on this
victorious.
If Richford, Vt.,

was a Baptist,
ines with them
iiaterial once to
Ifannlv, but, I see
>er you.

to be with you

the founder of
Ichurch that does
lot worthy of a

ay dirough the

fonsts to the pioneer setlK'tneiits of till.-; country ai'.d found, ti
these hill-top anil valley churches, are worthy of all respect aiMi
iioiiov. For loo years this churcji has stood as a bt^acoi) light
helplui; on those early settlers to a sturdv. virtuous and u|)ri<.!;lit
life. It never will be knov.'ii this side of eternily the good this
church has done this community alone, neither ^\ill ever l)e
known the hardshi[)S endured by t!u> flr.st [)astor. the s;irriiic»'s
madi'. ••?Ie budded better than lie knew." Tlie founila.l ions of
this church were laid broad and dee[) in tlie everlasting [)r()niIsi'S
i;f (t(x1. and for lOO years. I am <Ai\d that it e.-m be said to the
credit of this church, no uncertain sound has come from it-"*
])ulpit. its doors have never been clost^d, A receiii arlii-le in one
of the leadinj; mai'azines in New KuLrland told of the sad condi-
tion of uuiuv of our country towns. The sabiect of the article
was •"Inipending Paganism in New England," itvul tlu' author
Wi'ut on to state that in the r(jund of his own knowhMlge and
recijllection, there were towns that twenty-live to tifty and
seventy-iivi' years ago had two or thr<'e Evangelical churches,
and some four, while now the doors wer-' all closi-d and in their

[)Iace. [»erha[is a Catholic churcdi or no worshi[) at al

certainlv is a sr.d state of atfj

ur.-

and should be r

euu.H

lied. Our
We sur-

best men from the cities oome from country churches
mise the founder of this church would r>'joice could he look
down through this century. Ministers and missionaries not a
few have gonf> out from its v.'alls and done noble servic(\ It has
becui my [)rivilege since I went to Boston to be associated in
cliurah work with one of the grandest [)astors that ever lived; a
man known far and wide for his fidelity to truth and his Evan-
gelical [)rinoiples; for his missiojiary //,» d; ardvMit for thes[)reid-
ing of the gospel; his nanu' and (diurch have become known the
World over; "He budded better than he knew." He entered
into his rest some live years ago. but truly his labors follow him;
the church goes on in all the departments of the work. lie
fountlod the Grordon Missionary Training S-;ho:j!. fur tin' training
of young nitni and women for [)astors. pastor's assistants and
missionaries; the church is knijwn far and near for its missionary
zeal, liayiui; missionaries and Evan<'e!ists on almost every Held
in the known world; I refer to the Rev. A. J. (fordan. D, D.,
pastor of the Clarendon Street Church, Boston. He was a
country lad. born and bred amonj; the hills of New Ham])shire,

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■\ '

: ii i

■'III

of goodly parents nnd pariianical principle. In his boyhood
was laid the foundation for a broad education, deep spiritual life,
and a consecrated service.

Maintain y(jnr country churches and mav the record of this
church be the record of all country churches, fidelity to truth,
fidelity to the Evangelical truths of the Bible, and always its
jral[)it ev(^ry Sabbath in the year proclaim the gospel of the
Lord Jesus Clirist. I have said the founders of these country
churches, particularly this one, builded bett(>r than they knew, c(j-
teinporaueoj.s vrith the whoop of tlie Indian or the hovrl
of the wiUl beast was heard the admonishing words of the
niinisUr; ''Peace on Earth; Good Will to Men," and as
the snujke from the many stone chimneys of the log cabins of
the early ' icius ascended heavenward, so went upward as a
a swe(4 im cuH' i; nrayers from many a family altar, and today
chiklreu's cl;i! Ireu nve reaping the benefits if tliose early prayers,
and g^'ueration after generation will rise up and call the founders
of these ch\u ' /s "blesprd." This community has always been
noted for its high mf^rn! ' idard, largely due to a fidelity of
these early pastors. Let sis cherish their names, and wish that
their followers may build as broad, as deep and as well as they
builded. I an» glad to be with you today, to renew old friend-
ships and wish you God speed for the next hundred years, the
second cimtennifd. when I hope to be with you.

Deacon xVlbert A. Ayer. of Montreal, said yesterday he vis-
ited the old school-house site between the Horace and Harlow
Chandler homes, where he attended school fifty years ago, taught
by a noble ''old maid," whose influence on his life he felt still,
So of us, it is our influence that tells, and wlu^n thirty years old
charact(^rs are formed. What kind of lives are we living, and
what is and shall be our influence on others. What has this
churcli done for me. If I am not better in all respects from its
influence there is failure somewhere.

One of the guiding, molding influences of my early life was
the reading of the Bible. My mother never failed to read the
Bible, and I read it because she did and wished me to read it,
and its influence on my life and character was very great. We
had but few books, and before I was ten years old I had read the
Bible through.

Our success in life is seizing opportunities. Our natural in-

— do-

ll his boyhood
p spiritual life,

record of this

delity to truth,

and always its

gospel of the

these country

[1 they knew,co-

or the howl

i> words of the

Men," an<l as

log cabins of

it upward as a

iltar, and today

se early prayers.

^aW the founders

as always been

to a fidelity of

and wish that

s well as they

lew old friend-

Idred years, the

sterday he vis-
ce and Harlow
■ars ixgo, taught
Ife he felt still,
thirty years old
jwe living, and
What has this
[spects from its

early life was
}d to read the
ne to read it,
|»ry great. We

I had read the

t)ur natural in-

clination is to seize things that are easy, but we only get the
best of things bv struij>jjles. and I want those who negh'ct the
churcli. and its ]^rivileges and blessings, to turn from that
course, even though it may cost an eit'ort. Many young men go
to the cities to get into business, but my early home was in the
country, and I love it still, and this church. Mr. Ayer's was an
excellent speech, and I wish I had it in full, instead of tlie few
notes I was able to take as he spoke.

Kev. John Currie, the Scotch Evangelist of Montreal, de-
livered one of the most unique, interesting and scriptural
speeches to which I have listened. It was founded on Psalm,
ll'.):ll. "Thy words have I hid in my heart that I might not
sin against thee," which he ap[)lied as "a good thing, in a good
place, and for a good pur[)os(.\" There are many sacred books in
the world, but none like the Bible. Dr. Gordon was like a ri[)e
peach, he was so full of the Bible. Liberal churches die, be-
cause they lay aside the Bible. I was deligiited with Brother
Ayer's speecii, because he so emjihasized the Bible. This is no
a({e(juate re[)ort of a rare speech; I found when I came to write
it out that I had no notes of it.

Rev. W. G. Scotield, of Richford, said: This centennial
celebration helps me to realize more than ever how great is my
obligation to this church. Unlike our visiting brethren here to-
day, whose early homes were in this vicinity, and who were
ba[)tized into the membership of this church, and then early in
life removed to other places, — my early life and on till I had
reached the age of forty-seven years were spent here. The
(piestion has often been in mind, as I have thought of this occa-
sion, what w'ould my life have been but for the constraining and
hallowed influences of this church. Although my conversion
was at Fairfax, and that church will always have a warm place
in my heart, — this has been my training ground: here I was
baptized and given a place and standing with God's people; here
the responsibilities of Christian service were laid on my shoul-
ders; here was accorded me the privilege of doing something to
help in the great work for which we were organized; here my
children were early taught the way of life, and two of them
giving their hearts to the Lord were baptized into the member-
ship of this church; one at thirteen, and the other at twelve years
<jf age, and now one of them lives to tell the story of Jesus and

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;.!l

:i!l

His love to the young students of Grande Ligne Mission, nnd
the other, including the youngest,' who came into the church at
Richford, are swelling the glad anthems of victory in the church
triumphant. God bless the children who are sheltered in this
fold today. Bear with me in this personal talk while I tell you
a little more of my experience. For many years I was leader of
the choir, and because of the exacting responsibility of this po-
sition, I was the more careful to be present at all the regular and
special services, many of wiiich I otherwise would have missed.
This demand on mv time and the sacrifice it often cost uu% I
used to sometimes think was a loss, but now I can see that it was
a gain. Once when there was to be held a two days' meeting, my
uncle, Columbus Scofield, came to see if I would attend, and I
told him I would some of the time, but my farm work pressed so
I could not spare two days that week. He told me to attend all
the time and help the church, and he would send a man to work
on my place, which he did, I did not understand then as now
what a blessing it is to a church to have some one who is ready
to make sacrifices for its good.

As superintt.'ident of the Sunday school for many years, I
was compelled to stand before the school and say a fe^v words
and offer prayer, which at first was a heavy cross, but wliich was
the means God used in leading mo into a more active Christian
life and eventually into the ministry. I am confident of this,
had I never been a Sunday school superintendent for years, I
had never been a minister. Then the work of general collector
* and financial agent of the church and filling the offices of clerk
and deacon, all were instrumental in developing my untrained
powers of mind and fitting me for the work the Lord has given
me to do, these last seventeen years. This church has been my
Alma Mater, and I may say with equal truthfulness that Rev. A.
L. Arms has been my Gamaliel, at whose feet I have been
brought up and whose faithful ministrations have gone far to
make me what I am. Well do I remember that special meeting
in 1875, when Rev. Jonathan Tilson and Rev. Charles Hibbard
came to us, sent of God, as it seemed to me, for the church did
not call them. (Charles Hibbard once told me the plan origin-
ated with him, and Albert A. Ayer, of Montreal, became re-
sponsible for the expenses, — L. B. H.) It was a joyously thrill-
ing experience to see those we had so long prayed for coming

— i7-

Misslon, find

tlio cliurcli at
y iu tlu-cliurch
?ltered in this
lilo I tell you
[ wns leatU^r of
ity of this po-
he regular and
1 have missed.
ten cost me, I

see that it was
s' nieetirii', my
attend, and I
'ork pressed so
e to attend all
I man to work
I then as now

who is readv

iiany years, I
y a few words
jut wliicli was
ive Christian
dent of this,
or years. I
leral collector
ices of clerk
my untrained
d has given
has been my
that Rev. A.
I have been
gone far to
»ecial meeting
rles Hibbard
le church did
plan origin-
became re-
yously thrill-
for coming

I
I

out on the Lord's side. Then in 18TS Rev. John Currie came, to
our great j(jy, and many more of our ytjung peo[)le were added
unto the Lord.

It was a ditiicult thing ior my good wife and children and
mvsi.'lf to do to sever the relationship existing between us and
liu" church and gt) to another place for our tiekl of labor.
Neighbors and friends, the pnstor and the church, all op})osed it,
juul yet I felt I must do it or nu\ke but very little progress in the
work that was actually demanding all mv time. Do not accuse
nie of ingratitude, rather believe with me that it was God's will,
and let the record of his ap[)roving smile upon my work in
Eieliford these thirteen years strengthen that belief. Country
churches all over the land, and this church in particular, suffer
from nmiovals. S(jme of them have been left desolate by such
losses, and eventually ceased to exist. At one time it looked
probable that such a fate was in store for this church, but by the
grace of God, and faithful, persistent efforts of a few, the work
lifis been carried on; new ones have been brought in, and at this
c()ni[)letion of 100 years tln.'re is good promise of life and en-
t'ouraging prospects ahead. It is said a Ba[)tist church never
dies; it sometimes goes down like a nieadow-raole into the
ground, but like it, comes up again perhaps somewhere else; it
does not die. The fact that this church has lived 100 years has
changed the world into a ditferent world than it otherwise would
have been. Far off India has felt the force of a personality
fnjui this church that has changed the people there, and widened
and increased the light that is now shining upon that darkened
land. We miss today our brother — the late Rev. Charles Hib-
bard; but while we mourn his death, we rejoice in the grand
Work he accomplished and the victory he has gained.

The United States and Canada, this great American conti-
nent stands aifected today in no small degree, because this church
has braved a 100 years of Christian service. Yes, I can go
farther than that and say that all heaven is inspired with sweeter
music Ix'cause of many that have gone up, and are continually
going up to join the grand chorus of the redeemed through the
iutiuence, directly or indirectly of this (diurch. If the good
deed of an individual done for and in the name of Jesus, goes
on and on in its influence in ever widening circles till the end of
time — how much more the influence of a Christian church sus-

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nil

''pi

tnining tho pronchint^ of the G()S[h'1 for a 100 yenrs will go on
in its infliionce, broadoiiing, (IceiM'iiing, wiclcniiig, aiul reat'liiug
out here and there over tlie face of the earth, wherever its uiein-
l)ers and their influence shall be known and felt.

It is indeed a glorious occasion, this coming together a family,
a people to celebrate this centennial day. Although our work is
so great and far reaching, we are not a large family. Probfd)ly
500 names would cover the entire number of its membership
from its organization to the [U'esent time. (Those who art> or
had been members of the church stood up at Bro. Scofield's re-
quest. — L. B. H.) Could all those once members here who have
passed on to higher life, be counted with us today and all who
have been brought into the Christian life in other i)laces through
the direct and indirect influences of all the present and past
members, what a mighty army we should see. Does it pay to
support churches that preach Him crucified; that demand
of their members a r<'formed life, the result of regeneration;
does it pay to be true and faithful in all our relations with the
church, with the world and with our God? Let the history of
the church of God, in her onward progress during the [)ast
century be our answer. Let the influence of the gospel in all its
civilizing and enlightening power over the world, as seen in re-
formed manhood's consecrated lives and Christlike characters, be
our assurance today, that nothing in this world pays so well. And
yet we all believe that the revelations of the eternal future can
alone tell us how richly it pays to serve the true and living God
in all his divinely appointed days.

May the influence of this centennial day be a mighty inspira-
tion to this church and this congrgation, leading every one to
realize better than ever before how glorious is the cause in which
he is enlisted, and how blessed are the fruits of persistent, faith-
ful, consecrated service.

The venerable senior pastor, Rev. A. L. Arms, whose voice
has failed him, stood up, and whispered a few words, of thanks-
giving for this day, the gracious dealings of God in the past,
and an inspiring hope for the future. The large congregation
then stood, and all sang. "God be with you till we meet again,"
and after the benediction, we adjourned at 4:15 o'clock p. m.,
till September Gth, A. D. 1999, and 10 o'clock a. m.

The audience lingered long in the meeting house and out on

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s will fjo on
and rt>ju'liiii«x
I'ver its niem-

'tlicr n fnniilv,
h onr work is
ly. Probably

membership
who are or
Scofield's re-
loro who have
and all who
ilaces throng)]
ent and past
oes it pay to
that demand
regeneration;
ons with the
he history of
ng the past
spel in all its
i seen in re-
-•haracters, be
so well. And
I future can

living God

ghty inspira-

Bvery one to

use in which

istent, faith-

whose voice
of thanks-
Ln the past,
jongregation
meet again,"

'clock p. m.,

and out on

the lawn, ])hot<)grai)hs of th(> assembly grounds taken, ohl friends,
after years of se[)arati()ii, gathen-d in groups for reininlseences,
many knowing they would never meet again ••lhis side the ridge."
Not a few partook of supper, which the good [H'oph' of all s«'cts
and denonnnations at and about Abbott's Corner liad so gen(>r-
ously provi(h'd, ere they drijve to their h(nnes, some many miles
away. There were +f'f;rs in scores of eyes that day that had not
been similarly moistened for a long, long time, and many a warm
hand-siiake, the warmth a/ul vigor of whose grip will long be
remembered,

I cannot close this account without thanking the [)eo[)le of
Abl)ott's Corner and viciiiity for Ihe generous and magnilicent
manner in which they cared for us all, and instead of a few liours
1 want to go and spend tlays, or weeks among lliem nml the
scenes almost sacred to me. Two large tents, t)ne for a kitchen
and one for the "Ebenezer Dining Roou)," were set up on the
<luu\'h lot, where patient and faithful men and women worked
j'.nd served their guests all day till long after daylight. Such
kindness cannot be forgotten, and xVbbotts Ccnwier has a warmer
place in my heart than ever before.

HISTORICAL MEMORANDA.

RoVn-rt, the First, was the founder of the Hibbard
family in America. He was born in Salisbury, England, in
MWI, when Oliver Cromwell was a lad of 18 years, and James
1st was King, He married Joanna Waiilen. and cam(> 1o America
in ](5H(') or '88 with, and at the request of Gov. John Winthro}),
of Massachusetts, as a salt-maker for the young colony. He
proved a valuable and important cilizen; [!ros[>ered in business
jl and held offices of public trust, as the early records of Beverly,
now being published, show. He settled in S vlem. whicli then in-
cluded what is now Beverly. George E. Hil)l)artl. of Chicago,
visited his old home in 181)U, and dug up from his old salt-works
some of the brick Robert put in there 2()(> years ag(j. when he
first built his works. They were members of Pastor Higinson's
Congregational church. They had ten children. He died May
7, 1084, and his wife about twelve years later.

Robert Second was their sixth child, born in Salem, May 7,
1048; married Mary Walden, of Wenham, ■ Mass They had

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v'U'Vf'ii cliildivii, niul he (lied in Wiiullmm. (\)iin., April 2*.>, 1710.
wlu'i'c Ihh older sons sottK'd in 1(508, wliilc he and tlic hMlant'i' of
his ffiniilv went there in 1700. The h'tter (jf diHUiission whieh
he took from Wenliaui in 1700 to the church in Windlwun, wr.s
nmonj; the prized treasures of the hitter church in ISSO, and W, ■
original farm on which the ffimily si'ttled in Windham in 10*'
reiiinined in the successive Hibhard generations till iSSl,
l)eriod of 1S2 years.

Robert Third was born at Wenham, Mass., July 8, 1674;
married Mary R"ed, Dec. H, 1702. They had Uni children. He
was one of the Hrst Hibbards in Connecticut, and died Junt' 20.
1742, and his wife died March 7, 1763, about twelve years before
the Declaration of Independence. ,

John was their oldest child, born at Windham, Conn.. Oct. 3,
1704; uuirried Sarah Durkee, Sept. 22, 172o. and settled near or
on "Little River," Canterbury, Conn. They had thirteen child-
ren. He was a farmer, and died in 17()2.

Jedediah, the founder of this, Abbott's Corner church, was
their eighth child, born in Canterbury, Oct. 4, 1740; died at S'
Armand East, Province of Quebec. Canada, Oct. 4, 1800.
married Mary Porter, in 1762, a daughter oi Col. Porter,
Canterbury. Her family were wealthy, of high social position
and were staunch Congregationalists, and she remained such till
her death in 1813. Soon after their marriagi' it seems thai
Jedediah, his wife's father and brothers [U'ospicted uul located
linds in Lebanon, N, H., for Jedediah's name appears on deed-f
1763-()4, though they did not take their families into that new
country till 1765, as their oldest sou, Roger, was bom in Can-
terbury in 1764. In 1760, Jedediah was elected "tything man;"
he was also public surveyor of lands. The New Hnmpshin^ Sec-
retary of State informs me that their state official records show
that Jedediah enlisted for service on the '• Alarm," about Ticon-
deroga, N. Y., June 27th to July 3, 1777, in Col. Chase's regi-
ment, and also went as Seargent Major, Sept. 22 to Oct. 23, 1777.
under General Gates at the battle of Saratoga, N. Y., where
Gen. Burgjyne capitulated, Oct. 17, 1777, with nearly (),0(IO
British soldiers.

The historian of Lebanon, Rev. A. C. Downs, says Jedediah
was an " enthusiastic Ba[)tist;" he hel[)ed organize churches in
that and other towns about, besides his farming, surveying and

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Ainil 21). 17 U).

I till' bfilmici' of
isinissiou whit'h

WiiuUiMUK wc.s
in 1SN(5. mill \\, '
idliani ill lt'»V
ms till ISSI,

July 8, 1(574;

II ehililri'U. Hi'
tl (lied Juiii' 2*).
,'lvc' yi'ars bet'uri'

11, Conn.. Oct. 'il,
(I si'tt It'll nonv DV
[ tliirti't'ii c'.liilil-

icr I'hurcli, was
7 M); tlieil at S'
pt. 4, 1801). ^
Col. Porter,

social position
inaiued such till
■ it seems that
tetl mil located
ipears on deed-^

into that new

s born in Caii-

"tythiiig man:"

Hampshire Sec-

al records show

' about Tic(jn-
)1. Chase's regi-
to Oct. 23, 1777,
a, N. Y., where
th nearly (),0()0

, says Jedediah
dze churches in
, surveying and

othtT duties. Backus, the Baptist historian of ^liddleboro,
Mass.. signed a certilicate of felhjwshipand recognitifjii June 1 1,
1771. for one of those churches, and says Jedediah was ordained
in Lebanon, in 17S4.

H" came to Abbott's Corner in 171)7, and settled in a home
on the James Lee place. His original farm extended from
the Frelighsliurg and Corner. '"Joy Hill" road south to the
'•line" between Vermont and Canada, and from the west lino of
the old Chandler farms to the east line of the Rodman & Simeon
Whitman farm. They had nine children, and my grandfather,
Xathaniel. the youngest, was twelve year old when they came
here.

It was his habit for many years during his residence in New
Hani[)Hhire. to go olf on horseback on long missionary tours up
through central and northern Vermont, even into Canada. These
trips (K'cupied from one to three uKjiiths each. Sometimes lie
went alone, but more frequently Elisha Ransom, of Woodstock,
John Hibbard, of Royalton, Roswell Mears, of Fairfax, Jo.=ieph
Call, of Cambridge, Gov. Ezra Butler, of Waterbury, or others
accomi)anii'd him. They accepted what the pei)i)le gave them,
which wtis not much, for the jieople were ptjor, but those men of
God did not sutfer or com[)lain. He told Isaac Backus that h<3
had made several of these extended journeys and founded a
ciuirch at ••Caldwell's Manor," and Judge J. D. Farnsworth. of
Fairfax, said he was the s[)iritaal father of very many in all
northern Vermont. From 75,()0() to 1)0.000 people settleil in the
northern half of that state during the dozen years following
171)0, and the demand for missionary work was very urgent. The
New Hampshire records show that he was an ardent patriot, and
not a " loyalist," ns I stated in the Centennial Discourse, He
and his wife were buried near the center of the old parish ceme-
tery, in Frelighsburg, and the stones marking the 8[)ot are in a
good state of preservation.

JEDEDIAH HIBBARD'S CHILDREN.

Deacon Roger Hibbard was born in Canterbury, Conn., in
17()4, and died in East Franklin, Vt., at the home of John K.
Whitney, Nov. 3, 1848, He married Sarah Stickney, of Rowley,
Mass., an aunt, I think, of Jonathan Stickney, so long a leading

member of this church.

Roger had the

Harlow and Horace

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i«ii>.)3

« I

r<«i

I*
I'

Chaiidli'V farms, as vvt^ll as the Whituian pint'.", upon the hill, and
where his sou Roswi-ll lived for a time. Roger's home was the
Harlow Chandler [)lace, and I sn])p(jse he huilt that house, now
the home of Edmuud In<^ails. It was in liof^er's liome that his
father, Jedediah, was installed as pastor of this ehurch, August
27. 1801. and Roger was elected deacon in ISOO. and continued
to serve t\)rty-(wo years till his death. I renu>nd)er him, as one
of the finest tyjus of a genial, dignified, earnest Cliristian unin-
hood 1 ever knew. H<» wtnild walk (jver from '• John K's" to our
home, some two miles, (jf a Saturday forenoon, take dinner with
us, and then go with my father to the (.\)rner to covenant meet-
ing. They had tv.-eive children, and s[)ent their last years with
their sou-in-hiw, John K. Whitney, who nnirried their daughter
Philura.

Martha, a woman of great force and energy of character, was
Jedediah"s second child; she was born in Lebanon, N. H., as were
all the rest of his children, and married Samuel Cleveland, of Roy-
niton, Vt., a markedly able and successful business man. "Aunt
Cleveland" was horn to rule, and did it.

L(jis was histliird, born in 17t)8; married Zadock Rol)inson, and
they lived for some time on the south end of her father's biff
farm, now the Armstrong place. Her descendants are *
west" somewhere,

Samuel Porter, born in 1770; had the farm north of
Armstrong road, later owned by ''Elder" Homer Smith,
and his family wetit to Ohio, and thence to central Illinois where
many of his children and wife died, and he finally went to Ore-
gon, wher(» he died and is buried in Lafayette, near Portland.

Eunice, born in 1777; married Ebenezer White, of Roynlton,
Vt., and I know no more of them.

Jedediah L., their sixth child, was born in 1775; married
Ann Hotchkiss, who died February 5th, 1828, and is buried in
the family lot in Frelighsburg. " Uncle Jed'' lived with his
father; was a commissioned officer in the local militia; was
wt)unded in the battle of Plattsburg; sold his comuussion to
Orren Kemp, of Frelighsburg; went .to Lockport, N. Y., and
spent his last years with his son, Ahira, and was buried there.

Sarah, born in 1778; unirried Dr. Gilbert Jenne, the local
physician. When I knew her fifty years ago she lived with her
Bon, Siuipson, a couple of miles north of the Corner. For many

out

the
He

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he hill, aiul
ne was tlie
house, now
uic that his
ch, August
continued
lim, as one
istian man-
K's" to our
(iimier with

L'Tiaiit nUH't-

years with
ir daughter

firacter, was

H., as were

md, of Roy-

an, "Aunt

hinson. and
big
out

ather's big

are

irth of the
mith. He
inois where
nt to Ore-
ortland.
Royalton,

5; married
buried in
1 with his
lilitia; was
imission to
N. Y., and
ried there,
the local
I with her
For ninnv

'■'4

Vt'ars tliev were active members of the churcl). l)ut became Uni-
verbalists. fShe was a most earnest tMiristian woman till her
death, and she kept me reading "Edwards on the Affections" to
lier all the evenings I s|Hnt there while teaching in the J. M.
ycotield stone school-house. Norman Jenne, of Frelighsburg, is
her grandson.

Mary, or Susannah, was born in 1781; married John Miller,
of Nova Scotia, an older brother of Daniel, who married Deacon
K(jgers" daughter, Sarah. What became vi, John and family I
lu'ver learned.

Nathaniel, my grandfather, was born in ITST). nnd died at
Branchport, N. Y., Nov. 21, 1854; married Eleanor Johnson, of
Ijerkshire, Vt.. in 1S()5. and she also died in 1^54. He owned
and lived for many years on the iirst farm south of his father's,
where Hazard Thomas once lived, now owned by a Mr. (rrice.
He had a large saw mill below the road, on the brook south of
the house. Tlu» last years of his life he spent with his son, B.
Johnson Hibbard. on the farm at the foot of the •' Pinnacle"
mountain. Hi^ was a captain in the militia and S(Je *' commis-
sioiKU'"' tor many years of the Conmiissioner's Court, a local
tribunal <jf great excellence and efficiency and small c(jst. He
was warmly attached to the church, of which he was for two ex-
tended periods the efficient clerk. His memory is precious to
me as to all his grandchildren.

I have thus givt)n a brief account <jf the founder of this
church and his children, for the sake of their many descendants
and the future historian of the chui'ch. But before I pass to
•jther topics I wish to mention one of his grand-children.

Mrs. Martha Hibbard Wier, daughter of Jedediah L.. Rev.
fledediah's son, "Uncle Jed," as I just rt'member him. Slu;
was born Octoiier 1*J, 181(1. at the old original home, the Lee
[)lace, and died in 1889, wanting a few wt'eks only of being \H)
vears old. Soon after her mother died, in 1S2S. slu' went to live
with lu'r "Aunt CMevidand," in Royalton" Not satisfied there,
she Wi'ut to Lowell, Mass., in midwinter on a stage-coach; wt>rked
in the cotton mills, where nearly all the girls wen' native Ameri-
cans; in two or three years she marrit'd James Wier. and went
to western Peiuisylvania. and never saw one of her kindred from
\ho day slu' left "Aunt Cleveland's" till she came, with her
daughter, Mrs. Wilson, to my home in 1888, n pt'riod of sixty

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years. She sat looking at me nearly an hour without saying n
word, then began to tell uie of uiy father and mother as she
knew them before their marriage, and tlu^n of other relatives and
the old residents in and about Abbott's Corner. And thus we
visited for several days, and from her I learned more of the old
times, the old people of all the region Uian I ever knew beside.
She made the iirrit ])lan of the old meeting hons<\ deseribed the
singers, the preachers, the customs, etc. She had the most re-
markable memory; fall, clear, vivid and accurati' of any person
I ever knew. After the death of her husband, and the marriage
or (h'atli of her children, she lived with her daughter, Mrs.
Martha Wier Wilson, of Minneapolis.

PERSONAL SKETCHES.

Dr. Jonas Abbott was one of the early settlers, and a great
frii'nd and helfH^r of this church, though not a member of it.
He was either the originator or one of tlnMii. of the first Sunday
scIkjoI in connection v.'ith the church; btjught its sup{)lies. —
larijelv verse cards for the children in learning their verses, He
lived in the large house, known in my day, as the Injuie of
Chauncey C. Abbott, his grand-son. whose father, Lieut. C(il.
Jonas Abbott, built the house for his father, the doctor. Th(?
Colonel lived up on the hill near the old meeting house, where
Mason Abbott lived many years, and is now the home of George
Salisbury, and was an active Sunday-school man. Col. Abbott
was a member of the church, and very intimate with Rev Jede-
diali Hibbard's family, as Mrs. Wier told me. He died A})ril 28,
18;J4, and his grave is near the center of the parish cemetery at
Frellghsburg.

Dr. Allen Miner; born in New Hampshire in 1760, was the
father of Casper and Maro, and grandfather of Allen Miner,
Abbott's Coiner's present merchant and postmaster. He was an
early settler, and long a prominent member of the church;
married Sarah Flint and had seven children. For years he was
one of the most influential and highly esteemed citizens of that
region. Several of his children and grand-children, as the list
ehowB, were members of the church. He died Mav 29, 184)3,

rhtor. Mrs,

nirt'il 7<) years. His wife, Sarah Flint Miiu-r. ilicil July 17.
iNlo. Mfjed 4'') yt'art'.

Elias Truax. born in Albany. N. Y., July 1, 1772; died in
Franklin. Vt., February 4. IS7-"). aged 102 yt>ars. 7 months;
married Anna Whitman, who died in iSiJS, a<^ed (it) years. It
Mas in his home, a mile north of Cook's Corner, or St. Armaiul
Center, that Key. Jedt-diah and his family spent their tirst ni<^ht
in movin;"^ from Leiianon to St. Armand. As I remember him
iie was a lovely Christiaji man aiid of remarkable vitality.

Rev. William (lalnsha. born July "2, 1775: dieil about ISoO.
Probably one of the constituent meud)ers. was licensed to preach
:»Iay 24. ISOb; called to the church as second pastor, July, IS 10,
and iilled the office for iifte<>n years. He lived on Deacon
Roller Hibbard's •'u[)[)er place," tlu' Simeon Whiiman farm,
durin<( most of his [wistorate. or till Roswell. Ro;j^er's son.
married and wanted it about 1S20. He lived also in Franklin,
nnd attended more funerals, probalsly. tlian any other man in
northern Vermont. He was strongly opposed to the Miller tyiK*
of Secoiid Adventism. which iixed upon A[iril 14, 1S4;}, as tlie
tiuu' "when the world would come to an end."' as they styled it.
Ca[>t. A. Leland Clalusha, of East Franklin, told me the snow
was four feet (kH^[) that day. and he was comforted because the
.^now would j»ut out the tire. I was ho[)eful th<> "Bowker." or
I'ike river, would (]Uench the llamcii. child tliiit 1 was. My
brother, S. P. and I failed to till th(> wood-box and cut the
turnips for the calves, as the coniin*^ end of the world made it
\uinecessary. Ehh'r Galusha had two wives, with thirteen child-
ren by the tirst and six hv the second wife. His tirst wife,
{'Esther Lawtt)n. died March It. LS2;). aj^inl 4(5 yt'ars.

Wesley (Talusha. his S'.'coiid chiM, \vh I) »r!i Jaly l<». 170S;
died in Sutton. April 21. l'->7'.>: married ]3a[>Iiiie Tolman, who
<lied February 22, 1S4S. All mv b(t\l!ood he was the boot and
shoe man of l•'reli^^hsV)ur^^ A be;iuti!'d siii^t r. :^iiti(l in [»rayer
and rennirk, a frecjuent visitor at my fatluTS. He ori^anized
and was the tirst su[)erintendent of a Sunday school in East
Franklin, in the old school house, up where the road turns uj) to
the Leonard Ford, now John Wilson, farm. He was a frerjuent
exhorter in early christian life, and leader of the old chiuvdi
choir for years.

The Seotiehls wer«' numerous; came fr«im Canaan with or

— so-

soon after Rev. Jedediah, who was the founder and j)nstor of the
Canaan church before coniin*^ to Abbott's Corner. The original.^
were Capt. John, who died Jan. 2, IS42, aged 8() years, and
Lydia Chirk Scofiekl, who died April 1<S. ism. The'ir chihhvn
were as follows, according to my motlier's family record. Sarah,
born in 1779: Miriam in llHO, John Bunyan in I7sl, Lucinda
in 17S4, James in 1780, Jessie in 17S1), Lydia in 17U1, Lewis in
171J1-, and Betsey in 1797. Of most of these I know little or
nothing. John B. married Welthyana Basford and had children
Lorenzo D., Julia and Olive, and lived on the Lorenzo farm.
He died Se[)tember 21, 181-1-, aged 3l-3 years. His wife marrietl
Nathan Stevens and had two more children, Hiram and Paulina.
She died December 24, 1804, aged 82. Lucinda married ]\[r.
Tyler, and among their children were Major, a long time West
Berkshire merchant, and two daughl(>rs, Harriet. Mrs. Collier, vt
Whitehall, N. Y., and Esther, Mrs. Phelps, of Stanbridge. mem-
bers of the old choir. James married Olive Basford, sister of
J. B's wife, and lived on the Columbus Scojield farm. Their
children were Columbus, who g.'ive in 18 10 the land for this brick
meeting house, and in 1858 ten acres (jf valuable huul for the
parsonage lot, and united with the church June 17, 187(), died
October 10, 1881, aged 75. I remember him as a man of rare in-
tellectual ability and strength of character, an unhewn boulder
from God's quarry of good, strong men. His widow. Mrs. Ellis
Deming Scofiekl. was with us at the Centennial. James' other
children were Marvin G., father of our associate pastor. Rev.
Wellington G. Scotield, of Richford, Vt. He died August <>.
1841; aged 89. Also Welthy, Lydia, J. Mason, near whose
home in Dunham I taught my first school in 1852-58, John B.
and Emeline. Jesse, for some years a deacon of this church,
married Eliza Martin, wlio nf+er his do.ith maxiied Robert No'hle.
of East Franklin, Vt., and died September 24, 18(5('). aged 72.
Lydia, my maternal grandmother, married first Solomon Baker,
who died A[)ril 1828, leaving her, my mother and two sons, Henry
drowned in 1850, and Solomon R., who wnn with us at the 1881
celebration, and died Jan. 12, 18U1, She then married David F.
Car[)enter, and they lived for years in the brick Innise ilow the
home of Arnold E. Bridge and family. She died July 2, 18r)0.
and he Decemb«>r 27, ISIiO. His chiUlren by a"* former wife, were
one son, Edwin, father of Mrs. Deacon Hanson H. Hibbard, of

o <

stor (»f the
e originals
'ears, niul
r children
[1. Sarah,
, Luciiuhi
, Lewis in
,v little or
(1 children
■nzo farn).
Pe married
d Paulina,
irried ]\[r.
inie West
Collier, (jf
nieni-

sister of

in. Thi'ir

I- this brick

md for the

187(), died

of rare in-

n boulder

Mrs. Ellis

nies' other

stor, Rev.

August (*>.

ear whose

John B.
IS church.
3ert Noi)ie.

aged 72.
Ml Baki'r,
ms, Henrv
[ the 18.S1
I David F.
e now the
y 2, 1S(U).
wife, wt're
[ibbard, of

this churcli. now of Dunham, also, ^Irs. Harvey D. Smith, ^[rs.
L'.ii'enzo D. ScoHcId and Mrs. Chauncey C. Abbott, all of whom,
save 31rs. Smith of this church, were v.orthy nieudjers. and with
iheir families, pillars for years of the Abbott's Corner Methodist
(••iiircli. Lewis Scotleld eungrated to '"UpixT Canada" in early
lit"', and Betsey married Joiin Ingalls, and died Octt^ber L'},
is.")!. Nearly all these ScoHelds were UKMubers of this church.
Tae Ayers were a prominent family in the church, though
less known to me. I am indebted t(^ Deacon A. A. Ayer. of
Montreal, for the facts. The family originated in James, born
in Enghuid and died in America. His son, William was l)orn in
Haverhill, Mass.. and died in Plaisfow. N. H. His son William,
Jr.. was born in Plaistow. Mav. 174:3, three years after the birth
of Rev. Jrdediah. and died in St. Armand. Que., ^ilay 2;}rd,
IS'JO. His children, all b(jrn hert". were Mary, in 177*). and
married Danicd Chandler, the fatln'r of Horace M. and Harlow
Chandler. Jiunes. older than Mary. I think born in 1.7(j^. was
the father of our Abbott's C(jrner James, children Henry, my
old schoohnate oiie seasoii, now of Columbus, Ohio, and Abigail.
Then there was Bela. v>-;io lived in a s(|uare house, a little e;!st of
the Geo. W. Ayer place, on tlu' Frelighsburg road; born in 17<S;3,
find father (jf Mrs. Geo. W.. and grandfather of Albert A., of
I\l()ntre;d. Al)igail, bcjrn in 17SS; married Henry Baker, who
used to live west of Frelij^hsburg in that big half brick and
half stone house, a most hos[)itable home. Then there was a
John. '* Uncle John," as he was known, of Stanbridge. Also
Daniel, born about 177t'). whose children were Zoa, born in lS()2,
and married Deacon Isaac Jan(>s: John, who went to Texas, a
daughter. Mrs. Boondiower. whose descendants live in Platts-
burj;, N. Y.: another, Mv^. C. Tree, ;;f Striubiidge, ilu-n George
\V.. Albert A's father, and Daniel, who went to Massachusetts
and l)uilt " Ayer City," near Lijwell, and one or two otiiers who
died voun-'. Bela Aver, al)t)ve menticnied. married Susan
Rogers, a lineal descendant of John Rogers, burned at the stake
in England for his faith, and allied to the Roger Williams fam-
ily, the founder of Providence, R. I. J^(jth were lifelong mem-
hers of this church, and nil their children became ]3a[)tists.
They were Mary, Mrs. Geo. W., and an octogenarian and with
us at the Centennial, living now with her son, Deacon Albert A.,
in ^Montreal: William, of Berkshire, whose two sons are now in

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Richford; Roger, who went to Minnesotn, niul Horace, of Loili,
Wisconsin.

Deacon Isaac Janes, so many years a pillar in tliis church,
all of whose nine children followed their parents into the church.
He was born in Berkshire, Vt., October It), 1804; married Zoa
Ayer, December, 1820, and both united with this church soon
after. He died September '2, 1882, one of tlie most quiet ex-
emplary and faithful Christian men I ever knew. Of his child-
ren, Horace, my school '• chum" at Fairfax, a very bri<^ht and
l)romising young man, died in Beloit. Wis.. March 22, 18()().
Newton lives in Richford; Addison in Berkley, California, while
AdehvVtle died February 4, 1887, leaving several chililnii in Berk-
shire, and Pruella, now Mrs. C, T. Maynard, of Bakersfield, Vt.
Deacon James' was a fine family, but afflicted with fatal tubercu-
losis, and several of his children died of it.

Rev. Arnold L. Arms, for so many years the faithful, patient
pastor and historian of the church, was born in St. Armand,
Que., Nov. 11, 1822; son of Wdliam, a Vemionter, and Abigail
Woodworth Arms, of New Hampshire. He was converted in
1838, baptized into the Richford church by Rev. William
Rogers, its pastor, August 11. 1831); licensed to [)reach De-
cember, 1850; was educated in the public schools, and Enosburg,
Bakerstield and Derby academies. In my boyhood he was
widely known as one of the very best teachers in all that region.
He married Maria Ruey Hurlbut, Nov. 8, 1848. Th'^y had two
children — a son and daughter; the latter died, aged It) years.
He was ordained in Richford, February 17, 1853. He has as-
sisted in !)rdaining some fifteeti other pastors, k rare record, and
helped settle not a few church troubles and other public work,
and has preached in all the towns about, acting as pastor in
Richford, Montgomery tmd Berkshire, Vt., Potton, Sutton Flats,
and this church in Canada. His pastorate here covers about
thirty years, and has been fruitful of very mucli good. He has
spent nearly his entire life near the place of his birth in the
southeast corner of St. Armand East near the Richford line. His
Canadian records are as follows: Marriages 231; ba[)tisms 185;
funerals 20t); birth records 203. And all these years he lived on
and managed his farm. Venerable in years and service; loved
and honored by all, he was with us at the Centennial, a "shock
of corn," ripe for the garner of his Lord.

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ad two
years.
IRS ns-
''.1, p.ii'-l
; work,
itoT in
I Flnts,
about
[\(- has
in the
no. His
ns IS5;
ived on
loved
shock

Rev. Wellington G. Seofield, nssoeinte pastor of the church,
was Vjorn in Sutton. Que., March 12, 1S89, and liis father,
Marvin, died when he was a year and n half old. His mother,
Laura Parker, two years later married Seth Westover. with whom
W. G, spent his minijritv. He was converted while attendiiiir
the New Hampton Institution at Fairfax. Vt., I)a[)tized into this
church by jiastor Rev. Abrain Bedell, March 17, iS^Wi, and tor
twenty years he served it as Sunday-school superintendent, clerk,
c(jllector. treasurer, chorister and deacon, a service of inestimable
vjilue to the church, and of great value in training him for future
influ(Mice. He was licensed to preach in 18S3, and ordained to
the ministry June 24, iSSo; accepted a call to the [)astorate of
the Bfiptist church in Richford, Vt., began his work there Sept.
1st, I'SHC), and has during those nearly fifteen years, proved him-
self a workman that needeth not to be ashamed. He married
Miss Mary Margaret Ingalls, and of their children, only one,
Bertha, wife of Prof. A. E. Masse, of the Grand Ligne Mission,
survives. Her beautiful Centennial poem appears elsewhere in
these pages. His daughter Mary, who died several years ago,
was the wife of Prof. H. Wade Hibbard, second son of Rev.
Charles Hibbard. and now Principal of the new Post-Graduate
school of Railroad ^Engineering of CornellUniversity, Ithaca, N.Y.

Rev. Charles Hibbard. youngest son of Nathaniel, and grand-
son of Rev. Jedediah, was born near Abbott's Corner, Dec. 21,
1828; entered Worcester Academy, Mass., in 1843; in three
years fitted for college. Entered Brown University; had 14, Hojjc
College, a room subsequently occupied by his two sons, Dr. Na-
tlinnic!, of Provideiue, ami Prof. H. Wade, of Corned. Gradu-
ated in 1850; at Rochester Theological Seminary same year;
graduated Juiu\ 1852; married Susan A. Rol)inson, of Provi-
dence, July 27: ordained Sept. 14, and sailed for Burma, as a
missionary, Sept. 18, 1852 in ship "Edward;" returned from
Burma, June 8, 18r)(). Was several years a successful pastor in
Chester, Vt.. then in Vergennes and Middlebury, building up
two new and weak churches. His failing health compelled him
to retire. He died in Providence, R. I., Sept. 80, 1887, and his
remains lie in the Abbott's Corner cemetery, by his own re(|uest.
He was not a great man. as the busy world measures greatness;
but he was a zealous, faithful Christian and pastor, and one of
the best and truest men I ever knew: All loved him.

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I want to sny a word of my father. Deacon Caspir 13., an
elder brother of Charles; J)orn Dee. 2*.), ISOS; converted in Nov.,
1S30; elected Deaccni in 1S4;5, and served till his death. He
married Eleanor M. Baker, April -1, ls;]'i. and they had lliree
children, L(>wis B., Salmon P., and Mrs. Lydia II. Pomeroy, who
died in Franklin, Vt., Jan. 2'.>, 1ST8, Of his attachment de-
votion and service to this church, it is not mine to write. ]My
mother died Nov. 7, ISC)?, and inv father Julv 7, \SX~). and their
j]fraves are in the beautiful cemetery at East Franklin, Vt. Our
lifelong lujuie was on " Whitney Hill." two miles south of
Frelighsburg, now owned by T. (x, Campbidl.

NOTES OF SPEAKERS AND OTHERS.

Rev. Jose[)h Gr. Lorimer, of Georgia, Vt., my classmate at
Fairfax, ^^as born at Beebe Plain, Que., Feb. -k IS;};-). His
parents were natives of Scotland, and deeply religions: converted
while at the Derby Academy in 1S4.S; baptized May P.*. ls!'.»:
licensed to jyreach in IS.j-I; entered the New Hampton Institu-
tion at Fairfax in lsr>.5; graduated from the theological de[>art-
ment July, 1S()1, and was ordained pastor of the Din-by. Vt,,
Baptist church, October of the same year; married Almira A.
Hale, Se[)t. H. ISO'J, and became pa.stor of the Georgia IMrdn
Baptist church, Jan. 1, 1S77. Let me add that Bro. Lorimer
was the model Christian student in all his schooldays, as tlie
faithful pastor since.

Rev. Edwin Pre)uty, of Franklin, Vt., is very dear to my
heart, as I was converted under his preaching. He was born in
that town, Dec. llth, 1^20; converied Nuv, 13, ISI-JS, at ^:Hi) p.
m. in a revival meeting in the old Olmstead schoolhouse which
stood very near the present brick one at East Franklin; was
ba[)tized by inmiersion. May 12, iSHlt. and united with the church
in 1S4(), [)romising God he would always speak for t^hrist when
op{)ortunity otVered. Married Mary A. Stimson, graml-daughter
of Deacon Roger Hibbard, May 11, Isil, and they set up the
family altar of prayer the day of their marriage, and it was
never taken dowji, and onutted but twice during all their married
lives, when he was at hom(\ She died May 10, 181M). He was
licensed to preach Nov. 2."), ISol, and served as a lay loca 1

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Saratot^'a. N. Y.. and thi'ii ordained Elder at Moiit|udi('r, April
22, ISJit). One year lie tilled tlie nj)|)oinlineiit at (ieory^ia and
North Fairfax, inakin*^ tlie round trip of 70 miles from his
Fra.nklin farm and nev(>r missed a Sunday. He has held mei't-
int^s with cojiversions in prol)a])ly every town within a radius of
fifty mi!(s of his honje. mostly <:fratuitons work. That tirst
school-house revisal, on Whifm^y Hill, in ISo'i. in whieh T was
converted, was a tyju' of all his work -his converts held t)at. and
lu'aven only knows how many hundri'ds of convt-rsions have re-
sulted from his labors. His life and work should i'e written to
sliow what a <r()(llv consecrated farmer can do. 'J'here is no worldlv
wise. s[)irituality enervfitiuf^ new theolojL^y or hi>^lier criticism in
his |;reachii;<.,'. hut tlie word of God just as he found it in the
Bible, and the Cicjd of tlie bible honored li's faitli and labors in
salvation of men.

Deacon All.'ert A. Ayer. of ]\iontreal. wa.s born at the (leo,
W. Aver houiesie? d: married C'arrie R., daui'hter of .lolmson
and jSlary Ann Hibbard. Sei)t. '.>. ]8()7. tliev lia.ve livid all these
Years in I\Iontrea.l. Both v.ere nu-mbers (jf this church, as will
be seen from the list. They tirst joined tlu^ old First Baptist
(dmrch: was elected a deacon v.h.en oidy 2H years old They
went with the eiirhtv who swarmed from tlie old First and fornu'd
the "Olivet," of which he has been a deacoii from the first. He
has been secretary, treasur(>r and pnsident of tlie Missionary
Convention, over twentv vears one of the (Iranil Lii^ne iTission
Directors, S(jme yi> irs ju'esident of its bostrd and now Chairnnui
of its PlxiM'utive Committt'i>. In business mailers he has biM-n
(lurini^ all his Montreal life in the butter and clu-.'se trade. Ea.rly
became an exporter, and his firm. I suppoH<\ is now the lari^'esl
of the kind in tin' Dominion. He is [;resident of tiie lai'i^e
Merchants' Cotton (N>., the Laurie Engine Co.. the Lajirairie
Brick Co.. the Whilham Shoe Co.

Deacon Salmon P. Hibbard. mv oidv brother, passed Ids
youth on our home farm: was converted with me und<'r Jvlwin
Prouty's [ireaching; united with this church; went to Bostoji. in
iSC).'}. United tirst with the L'remont Tem[tle cluirch. with Justin
D. Fult(jn, pastor; in ISO'.I went to the Chireiuhjn Street Church,
the late A. J. (Jt)rdon, pastor; has been for snany veai's one of
its deacons; was itrominent in Y. A[. C. A. work for manv ^ears;

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on the board of niaufs^^tTS oi tlu' Ni'wtou TlieoloLfical Insfitutioii;
Ode or two tcruis l^ri-.sidrnt Bost(Ui Baptist S>)cial Union: in the
city council; one of Di . (ior(h)n"s ri«jfht hand n>en in liis varied
evangelical enter|)ri8eH. Has l)een in the butter, cheese and bean
trade all his Boston life; Secretary and Treasurer of iheCliicaj'o,
Ntnv York & Boston Refrigerator Co., ovvnin<^, buildinif and
operating lines of refrigerator cars, and I know not what other
similar enterprises. He married Harriet iSturtevant in IHIJS,
and they have always lived in Boston.

Rev. Whitney P. Stanley, [)astor of the Mr'thodist church in
West Berkshire, Vt., is a great-great grandson of Rev. Jedediah.
His mother, Mary J. Hibbard Stanley, was a daughter of Jesse,
and grand-daughter of Deacon Roger. Rev. Mr. Stanley was
born in Franklin, Vt., March 12, IHIJI. Educated at the Mont-
j)elier Seminary, and Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.;
married Carrie M. Allen, of Enosburg, Si'[)t. 2(>, 181)4, and has
been n successful pastor at Johnson, Swanton and West Berk-
shire. He is a young man of ability and promise, a worthy de-
scendant of the founder of this church, though never connected
with the church.

Omri Ford Hibbard, Esq., of New York, was not called upon
to speak, but he was at the Centennial. He is the oldest son of
the late Capt. Edward L., who was a son of Jesse, and grand-son
of Roger. Omri F., was born in East Franklin, Vt., July 11.
18G1; fitted for college at Goddard and Williston; graduated at
Harvard University in 1884, and the Law school in 188(5, and
established himself in New York city, where he has a large and
successful practice. He is a vestryman in an Episcopal church
in the city of his residence, Brooklyn, N. Y. Though never a
member of this church, he was and is apparently as interested in
its history and its success as any of its children, and none en-
tered moye heartily into the spirit of the Centeimial than he,
though only a silent listener that day.

Mrs. Eleanor M. Hibbard Truax, of Franklin, one of my
father's sisters and Rev. Jedediah 's only grandchild present, was
born in St. Armand, Feb. 18, 1819; baptized into this church
Nov., 1839; married Elias Truax, Jr., April 4, 1852, and has
since lived in Franklin. She remembers the old church, and told
me where her father, Nathaniel's two pews were. She was a
successful school-teacher for some years before her marriage. I
was a pupil in her first and last school.

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Mrs. Mnrv Aim. and Mrs. Susnu A. R. Hiblmrd, widow.s of
two of Rev. Jt'dcdinh's j^rand-sous, viz: B. Joliiisoii, of Ab-
bott's CoriuT, and Rev. Charles of Providence, R. I., sons of
Nathaniel, were pn^sent also »it the C«Mjtennial. "Annt Mary
Ann" unitetl with the eluneh by baptism tiie same day as njy
father, Nov., 1<S;J1). "Annt Snsan" was never a meud)er of this
chnrch, thonjijh ''Uncle Charles" was converted here; Imptized
into tliis church and is buried in your beautiful cemetery.

B. Johnson Hibbard, a youn<^<'r brother of my father, died
June 13, 1871; his widow was with ns at the Centennial, and his
oldest son, Hanson H.. has been for many years a deacon of this
church. He "never wanted any office in church or state, only to
know and do his duty towaril God and his fellow men. He was
one of the meek of the earth who bear its burcU-ns without com-
plaint. Wouhl to God there wi-re mori' such.

There are many older meudjers and friends of this church of
whom I wanted to make luAv, but I know n(jthin<^ about, especi-
ally such men as Rev. Homer and Johnson Snuth, Jonathan
Stickney, Casper Miner and many others. I just remember the
elder, Simeon Whitman, who had the square [)ew in this house,
now the choir iilatform, built esi)ecially for his use, after the style

brought over from England by the Puritans, nnd found in Jiearly
all the old meeting houses in New Englanil. Then outsiders, as
Harvey D., son of pastor Homer Suulh; David Sunth, that
"sweet singer," and the leader of the choir, wi^h Reuben, his
brother: the Chandler "vouuir folks;" Emma ami Martha;
daughters of Jesse Hibbard, and others whom I do not re-
member of that choir of my boyhood fifty years ago. I would
like to write of them all, and more besides.

REV. JEDEDIAH^ S DE SCENDANTS,

The following is a list, so far as I could remember or get
them, of his deseendnnts who were [)resent at the Centennial,
Sept. (), 1891). I give the descendants of each of his children in
their order, beginning with his oldest.

ROGER.

Mary, Roger's oldest child, was the mother of Mrs. Rev.
Edwin Prouty, whoso (biughter, Florinda, Mrs. Asa Wilson, and
perhaps one of hn' ' vn, I think, were there from East

Franklin, Vt.

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(liin<;Iit('r. Mr:^. Knmi.i H. Siuilli, HiT.Ult'ixii-o. \'t., Imt s'-Ucr. .Mrs.
]\rarll:;'. IT, Ilnz'/iud. Si, Ailxuis. \'l.. luid licr (Iniiiflilcr. Mrs.
!Miirtha Brill mikI liiisluiiul. Friinkliu: C'jspl. I'Mlwdul 1^. TliM-rird's
widow. ]\r.rs. Cii.'irlottf F.. Fraiddiii. Vt.. niid t'.H-ir sen. Omri F.,
of X«'\v York city, nnd liis dauLfhtcr. Justina. Tlicti .Mrs. .^^ary
Jane Sifiiily and liiisl;aiid. Pliilo H. Fraiddiii. Ilicir sou ] •' ii l.i.rtl
Sfnidy, wife find foii Holiart: also son Kcv. Wliidiiaii T'. Slaidv,
v.ifc and dauijlitiT Marjorii' West TJorksljir*': also .Mrs, Lydia P.,
Wliitniaii Iiil)l)ar<r.s widow,

Philuni Ro<,^('r"s ik'xI child married John K, Whilni-y. of
Frankiii). Her (hu!ii;liter. Mrs, Helen Holden. St. Arniand Center,
and her two sons. Homer and Ed^ar. Then John L, Whitney
and wife, of Rtcld'ord. Also Ca[)t. Orloil" H. ^Vhitney's (wlio
died June 2. 1S(');5. in the Union arniv). only dan.%diter H"len.
A[rs. Col. Olin Merrill. Enoslniro- Falls, Also Heheeca Whitney
Ford's i^rand-dau<;'hter, Marion Ct., Richford. Vt.

Olive Porter, Roj^er's youn;,rest dan^hter. wife of Harlow
Chandler: her son. Malcolm L. Chandler. St. Albans, and Wini-
fred C, danirhti'r of Mary Chandler Inindls. Enosbnr-r Falls. Vt.

Jli;DEI)I.\H L.

Was Rey, Jedediali's sixth child, and Ids G^reat <^randson. Eliel
Wilson, of Minneapolis, a student in the I\I.innesota State Fni-
vTTsity went with me to the Centennial, a journey of 1,100 nules
for that day; a grand-sou of Mrs. Wier.

SARAH H, .lEXNE,

wife of Dr. Gilbert Jenne, was re[)resented by lu^r grandson,
Norman Jenne, of Freliglisburg, and also Sim[)son Jenne, of
Berkshire, Vt.

NATHANIEL

was Rey. Jedediali's youngest child and my grandfather. Of
his children, Eleanor H. Tructx, Fraidilin. was the oidy grand-
child pres(uit. Mary Ann, widow f)f his son, Johnson, and
Susan, widow of his son Rey. Charles, were there.

Nathaniel's son, Casper B.. had two sons, Lewis B..FIighlan(l
Park, 111., and Salmon P., Boston, Mass., and the two children of
his daugther, Lydia H. Pomeroy, Franklin, Vt., Luna and Hib-
bard, with their father. George E. Pomeroy.

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oldest Hoii, D'ncou Hanson TI.. wife and daui^htor Grnco. of
Duiilinm, Que: }>Iyh. Hattic TI. Campbell, witli her son William,
St., Armatid. Then his voiuiijer (lan«;liter. ^Ers. Carrie H. Aver.
and her husband. Deacon All»ert A., with their daughter (Irace,
of Montreal, Que. Also Johnson's youngest son William P.
Hibbard and wif«', Abbott's Corner.

Nathaniel's daughter. Arabella H. Traey, had her only
daughter, Mrs. Ella T. Wood, of East St. Johnsbury. Vt.; also
one son, Harvey Traey and wife, Abbott's Cornier.

This list is im[)erfeet, but it is the best I could do a thousand
miles awny. I wish any one who tinds ern^rs would send me
corrections at once.

CONCLUDING NOTES.

I am sorry to find, as I look over the sixty and more [)i:gi'S
already printed, some errors too late for correction. The names
were sot and stereotyi)ed in Chicago, hence some errors there.

I am sorry, also, that some to whom I wrote for information,
did not rejily. For exam[)le, I wrote to the rector of the [jarish
church in Frelighsburg, enclosing a stauiped envelop for re[)ly,
but not a line came. I»lrs. Wier thought her father, Jedediah
L., united with the parish church; I asktd the rcct(^r to tell me,

Mrs. Wier told me many things of the old -times people,
customs, etc. One that Rev. Jedediah took up large tracts of
land on "Dunn's Patten," which sold at a good j)rofit, and so
gave each of his children a farm, or a good "setting out." Ho
wrote a very clear, round hand, and was a great student. Tho
family was very strict observers of Sunday; no cooking or even
washing dishes, so her "Aunt Patty" Cleveland told lier. He
^ i a journal, in which the passing events were recordeil; he
led it his "Register." and Mrs. Cleveland took it. The Sco-
lds, she also said, were high up socially; they, the Abbotts
(d Rev. Jedediah's children were very intimate, and most of the
men were Free Masons. She remembered her mother going uj)
with her to the Sunday school in the old school-house at 3
o'clock p. ni. all summer in 1818. Said everybody loved Deacon
Roger; h' as so good a man. Jedediah's oldest child, Mary,

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lunrrled Nat Clintrt'e, who kt-pt n hotfl jnst across tlio ''Lino/'
south of the Loronzo D. Scoficld plnot*. After his death she
marrit'd Mr. Stinison. and their (hm<fhler was the wife of Rev.
Edwin Prouty. ller son Charh's Stiuison. hnnted nu' u[) and
niacK' himself known, when I was General Manaj^rr of the Mln-
neaptjlis Kx[)osition in ISSJ). Ah a pieee of j)ersonal vanity, for
the entertainnu'ut of my friends, let me say that Exijosition was
o[>en six weeks; our gate reeei[)ts were nearly §S'.M)()U — and we
elosed with a net [)rofi(, after paying every cent of ex[)ense, of
over 821,000. Of this money, I made over S2,N00 one .Saturday
evening with a double "Exposition Wedding." with ahout]'20.000
guests, and my exhibitors gave m«' a tine gold wateh and chain
costing S250.

The early ministers wore a surplie<' as Mr. Wier remembered
them, very like the Episcopal clergy.

When the choir sang one verse, the udnister "lined olf,"
that is. read the tirst line of the next verse, ami so on through
the hymn. There were two hymns before the sermon, and one
after it.

Rev. Charles Hibbard had, at the time of his death, the
Bible used for many years l)y Rev. Jedediah. and it traveled
hundreds of miles in his knapsack on his missio .ary tours
through central and northern Vermont and Canada, as well as
New Hampshire.

George Salisbury, who now owns tiie Mason Abbott farm
where the old meeting-house stood, plowed up soui" of the brick
from its chimney and gave me n })iece. the day after tin' Cen-
tennial,

Finally, brethren and friends, farewell. "God be with you

till we meet airain.

LEWIS 13. HIBBARD.

HuiULANu Park. 111., June 11, lUOO.

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LIST OF MEMBERS.

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In litter yi'Mi-s 1) mc.-nis hjiptisni. d died. rtc. [ wislifd I
jpvo tlu- lini',^ of flic drnth could I sivurt' tii.' cxru-t dates, hut to
iV.uiidsotVw that the nlteuij)! was alwudoiied. save f(.r .som(> of
the earlier asid nion* proniiiieut nii'nd)ers. as well as thos(> (jf
later years, so far as I know the time (jf death, the year only
heini,' .riven, thus. '-Haima Harris. IS^T. »).")," means" that she
died durino- that year and was Tio years old.

I am prej-arini,' a manuseript vcjliune of the eidire •• List of
Mem))ers;" with the exact dat.' of I)ap(ism. marrinijo, death and
other historical data, so far as I can secure it. for the use of the
H Htorian and JCditor at the Second (V'liti'nnial in IKU'J,

THi;: •• OHIUINAL SliVEN."

1 have speii! jnucli time and s(»me corres[>ondence tryin<' to
learn who weiv (he (.ri,i,'inal seven c(.nstiluent mend)er.s' of^thi'
church. Pastor Hil)l)ard had hern on \ho field about two years
before the clM-reh was or^'aidzed. and there were, of ccMirse.
many more than se\en Haptists in all this communitv at that
tinu>. thou--h only seviMi happened to be present on t!ie day of
()r<rani>:ation. As ne.ir as I can learn and -^riu'ss." the ori-^inal
seven were: "

Uev. .iL'tlfdi.ili lliiiliiinl. Ai tinul'a.-tnr.

I»('a. W«>„'.T llil.lini-.l.

U"v. Wiiliiiin lJ(»;,'i'r.s.

i'liiis Triiiix.

I>r. .Mil n .Miner.

iv'i'V. WilPllil (JiiiiisliH.

Williinii .}. Aver.

171M1 1S20.
.Iiiincs Ayer. Sr., l^.".(i, S7.
'riiiiiiiii>( .\riiis.
Mrs. Mil ri 111) Arms.
V.'llliaiii .\riiis.
WiMi;M;i .J. Ay.T. lSi;t.
.Mr.s, S;tr:ili CIiikIw;,!; .VvtT. ISIli
Mol-i AytT. 1.SIL'.
Mis. Siisiituiiili .Vycr, IKi'.i;,
Johii .\vt'r.
Mrs. Mcrtlihi Ay. r.
Airiitsii .\iistlli.
Mrs. Iliun'illi .Viistlli.

<"!. .I;'!i;!s Al.lmit. IH.'fJ, «H. 'f->-^-)^*'f^Tj

Mrs. .Mary Alx.tt. 1S«4. -LIa^- ^ ■'^■^'^

iiy.v. .M. nuiiAi.v. jL^->-^ '^i \

Mrs. Cliirihsu liritiilii.

S.iimn'l l!ri<l!,'i'. Sr . 1.^.4!» ,•-•!

Mr.s. M:iry UvU]^r. I.s;;:; ,;:!,

i!<-za!fi-l l;r;<iuf

Kcsi'iia !;:irl.>T.

Mary l{iir!),M'.

Aiiiiis linrbcr.

•JllStliS I'.illiliL'S.

Jt»i'! Ilradford.

Mr.s. Try|.;.,.!.a I!r)i.lf.)r(I.

Ilnsi'a Mradinrd.

A.-ia liraiifdid.

Tryi)liciia Uu/m-U.

Salira nisliop

iJciir).'.' I'.Ldiu|i.

•Mis ."^ 'sni.f.ali l!:sli(ii(,

.'•dm r.akcr.

i;i.v niiKley.

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John Blake.

Mrs. Kxperience Blake.

Otis W. Buab.

John Brigham.

Jesse Bruwn.

James Bates.

Seba Buttolph.

Mrs. Thankful Buttolph. 1820, 61.

Kbenezer Clark.

Mrs. Jemima Clark.

Daniel Clark, 1868, 83.

B,?t8ey Wright Clark, 1865, 74.

Calvin Clark.

Bartlett B. Clnrk.

Bnrtholomow Clark.

Mrs. Laura Clark.

Itlchard Clark.

Mrs. Lucy Clark.

Mrs. Olive Ilibbard Chandler.

Mrs. Anne Hlbbard Clark.

Wesly Clark.

lOlizabeth Chambers.

Debora Churchill.

Mrs. Lucy Joy Carpenter. 1830. 42.

Mrs, Lydia Scotield Baker Carpenter,

1860, 08.
llufus Carpenter.
Mrs. Itufus Carpenter.
Asa Carpenter.
Mrs. lOliznbeth Carpenter.
Amos Carloton.
Mrs. Mary Carleton.
Samuel Campbell.
Mrs. (Jrace Campbell.
Harriet Tyler Collier.
John Capron.
Lncy Chaflfee.

Aaron Chaffee. ■ • '

Mrs. Tolly Chaffee.
Smteley Caesar, 1866.
Kbenezer Dust In. ,

Jonathan Davis.
Mrs. Mary Davis.
Abram Davis.
Mrs. Mary Davis.
VVIlliam Davis.
Mrs. Sarah Davis.
Kllsha Davis.
Mrs. Anne Davis.
Allen Davis.
Mrs. Elizabeth Davis.
Salome Demlng. *

Mrs. Amy Dunning.
Noah Dewey. • '

Mary Drew.
Daniel Dean.
Sarah Kldrldge.
Martha Kldrldge.
Jonathan Fuller.
Mrs. Rhoda Fuller.
Josiah I. Fay.

Apolios Finney. '

Abigail Flint.
I'oiiy Flint.
Betsey Folsom.
Polly Richards Fobs.
Rev. William Oaiushn.
William Calusha, Jr.
Weslev Oalusha, 1870.
Mrs. Daphne Tolman Oalusba, 1848.

Joshua Glbbs. ' . . *

Anne Gibbs. ' j' "

Harris Uibbs. /. »

David Croat.

Henry Oroat. . :

John Oroat.
Abial Groat.
Henry Groat, Jr.
Anna Groat.
Lewis Grlnnell.
Matilda Garland.
M. Giddlngs.
"Dorcas Glover.
Rev. Jedediati Hihbard.
Dea. Roger Hibbard. 1848. 84.
Sarah Stickney Hi bbard, 1850, 03.
Dea. Asabel Hulburt.
Mrs. Sarah Hulburt.
Amy Huliiurt.
Electa Hulburt.
Luther Hilliard.
Hannah Harris, 184"'.
Marian Harris.
Israel Harris.
Nathaniel Hibbard, 13.%4.
Mrs. Eleanor Johnson Hibbard, 1854.
Samuel Porter Hibbard.
Miss Sarah Hii)bard, 1816. 24.
Mrs. Harriet Hibbard Higgins.
Jesse Hibbard, 1848.
Mrs. Martha Whitman Hibbard. 1861, 51.
Silas N. Hemin.
Mrs. Mary Hedlin.
Clnrissa Hunter.
Elizabeth Hill.
Eliza Hodges.
Solomon Hinds.
Mrs. Lucy Hinds.
Jacob House.
Ezeklai Howe.
Mrs. Mary Howe.
Andrew ilawley.
Mrs. I'ranla Hawley. 186.%,
Mrs. Betsey Scofield Ingalls, 18.58. 61.
Daniel Iiigalls.
Mrs. Polly Ingalls.
Paulina Ingalls.
Hasen Ingalls.
Moses Tngails. Jr.
Jnmes Ingalls, \STtl.
Peleg Johnson.
Mrs. Abiiigaii Johnson.
ICsek Johnson. •'

Mrs. Sally Varney Johnson.
Dr. Gilbert Jenne.
Mrs. .Sarah Hibbard Jenne.
Mary Jenne.

Mary Jacobs. ,

Miriam Jones.
Harriet Jefforda
Elizabeth Knox.
Ephralm Knights.

Mrs. Betsey Knights. f

Louis Kimball.
Mrs. .Susannah Kimball.
Obadlah Kimball.
Mrs. Sabrtna Kimball.
Mary Leonard.
Polly Larrlbee.
Amy Larrlbee.

51.

Kllznbeth Lewis.

Dr. Allen Miner.

Tlionias Miner.

Mr.s. Saraii Miner.

Sarali Miner.

i'iiarlotte Mott.

Jnnas Morse.

Mrs. I^ucy Morse.

Kllzobetli Munson.

.lames Martlndale.

Mrs. Anne Martlndale.

Aaron Martlndale.

Mrs. Until Martlndale.

Kunlce Morrill.

David Nutting.

Mrs. Paulina Nutting.

David Nutting, Jr.

i:!y Nolile.

Mrs. iOiinlce Noble.

i:!»'ni>zor Olmstead.

(•fis I'ldge. .

Mrs. Jemima IMdge.

Amos I'lielps. ^ ;

Mrs. Dindama Phelps.

Mrs. K.sther Tyler Phelps.

riarls lleyuolds.

Mrs. Ilnnnnh Iteynolds.

John IN'ynoIds.

.MrAi:ilz!il)eth Reynolds.

Itev~Wllliiim Kogers.

Susannah HoKers.

Den. Joshua Smith.

Homer Smith. Oct. 12. 1."s;i7, .".'.

M,-s. ('lUDline Itush Smith. 1.s;{'J. 4!>.

Mrs. AhlKJill Ayor Smith, 1S48, 412.

I'rn Smith.

\YilIlara Johnson Smith.

Mrs. Diana Smith.

Mrs. Olu'dience Smith.

Miss Irene Smith.

Miss Chloe Smith.

Miss Jane Smith.

Miss Obedlenee Smith.

Miss ("hnrlofte Smith.

I.i'.ther Smith.

Jnl)'.>z SiifTorfi.

Mrs. A/iil)a SnfTord.

Wiliinm SiiHiUon.

Mrti. Itorcns Srninton.

Kliziiheth Scrnnton.

Ji>shiin Scranton.

'ri-niitrrnnce Scriintoti.

Mis. I.yrtia Sli>ne, Jr.

Mrs. .Nin-.cy HII)tMird Storrs.

Jninc's Scolli>l(i, lH4!t. t'.'J.

Mrs. f»ilve Itnsford Scotleld. IStU. 77

Dea. Jesse Scotleld. 1824.

Mrs. I'.li/.a Martin Scolieid (Noble), iwm,

72.
Lewis Scotleld.
Mra. Kllza Scofleld.
J'lhn Hunyan Scolieid.
Weltliynrea linsford

l.Sfrl. 82.

Viiihnn Stevens.
BL-nnintj W. Scliiield.
.Nathan Scotleld.
Kleaser S»'ollel«l.
Mrs Temperonce Scofleld.
Martha Stickney.

1814, .'ifi

Scolieid Stevens.

riannah Stone. •♦

Cooley Sumner.

Kiecta Stevens, 180.3.

Ellphalet Spafford.

David Sweet.

Mrs. Klizabeth Sweet.

Zeeiiah Southworth.

Caleb Tree.

Mrs. Dorcas Tree.

Klias Trua-T, IHl't, 102.

Mrs. Anna Whitman Truax, 1838, 00.

Sarah Tolman.

lOrastus Temple.

Mrs. Olivia Shaw Temple.

TA)da Aim Ira Varuey.

Knssell Welch.

Simeon M. Welch.

Martin Welch.

Mrs. Sarah Welch.

Mrs. Philura Hibl)ard Wliitney, 1880, 76.

John Whitney, 1S04.

Mrs. Lucy Leonard Whitney, 1803.

Ira Waters.

John Wallace.

William Whitman.

Mrs. Ciarisaa Whitman.

Polly Walker.

Samuel Wood.

Mrs. Hetsoy Wood.

({ideon Wood.

Mrs. Mary Wood. ^

Asoula Wheeler.

I.ynMui White. . >

.\l>ii;all Woodworth. .,

Sarah Woodworth.

Abl Watrous.

1820-183.';.

Horace M. Ayer. "

Henry Ayer.

Mrs. Achsah Smith .\yer, \Ki7.

Hiixana liarber.

Ueeman Barrett.
Mrs, Witty Harrett.

.Mrs. Sally Parnes.

.Iiihn W. Corey.

Ilenjaniin It. bunnlng, 1807.

-Mrs. .Mary DuiuiIuk.

.Mrs. Anna (Hnisteud Kay, 187.'>, 80.

Mrs. .\niia Kay Koi;er8.

.Mrs Hill.

Dea. Isaac N. Janes. 18,H2, 82.

.Mrs. /oa Ayer Janes.

cilve Janes.

Miro .Miner.

Mis. Desire .Miner.

Casper .Miiii'r.

.Mrs. Soplidtila Miner. 1H73. 00.

Kol.crt .\iil)le, Sr., 1S40.

Harriet .\. Stow.

.Miiiira Smith.

Pnrton Shaw.

Mrs. Irene Shaw. 18.'1.

K Miriam Scotleld.

Ci'orRe .VrnislronK.

Samuel Prid^'e. Jr.

Aliiyail Harber Krldge.

Charles llibbfird. Sept. 30, 1887, 04.

Wm. Phllo Hibltard. 1872. 00.

-Mrs. Arnli.'lla lilbbard Traiy, 181)5.

Mrs. Kleanor lilbbard Trnax.

— 70—

B. Jubnsoii Ilibbard, 1871.

Mrs. Mary Ann lllbbnrd, November.

Dea. Casper IS. Ilibbard, November,

188.-). i«.
Mrs. I'ileanor Haker Ilibbard, 18(57, 54.
Hiram Stevens
Miss I'erlina Stevens.
Mrs. (,'aroline Smith Stow.
Mrs. Sarah Smith Ciark.
Mrs. Ksther Smith Lee.

1840-18r>(>.
Samuel L. <'halTee.
John 1). Krelelyh.
Uebecca Wliltiiey lOllesworth.
Lucy Ann Whitney Slaight, 184'.».
Jesse Mitbon Scolield. November. 1842.
Laura \\ . S(()iipld. .Nov. ;!(». 1841.
Itanlei Stearns. September, 1842.
Any Hrown Johnson. Nov. JJO. 1811.
Sitrnh M. Smilli. I'\>bruary, 184L
Lueina Janes. 18tJ4, 3.->.
i'riiella Jnnea Mayjiard, February, 184.'<.
Lorinda Miner, February. 184.1.
Uochei Miner Sea I on. Fi'l)ruary. 1N48.
Norris M. Ayer. April, 184;{.
Sarah Whitnev Chadbourne, April. 184:?.
Solomon K. Itaker. April. 184:<, d. 18!»1.
Martha IIibt)aril Hazssard. April, 184.1.
Kmrna Ilibbard Smith. April. 184.1.
Jeannette Wiley. April, 1843.

18.'(t-18()0.
Lewis U. Hibbard. May. 18.52.
Salmon 1'. Ilibbard, May 18.->2.
FnA.NCi.s N. Jkksky, June, LS.");?.
Mrs. Kuth Jersey, June. LS.'i.l.
.Mary Jersey Brdard. June. 18.->.1.
Miss Kveline Ilibbard. d. 1878.
Iloraee N. Janes, 181)0. 25.
Fuller K. Janes, b. .Fune, 18,-)4.
(lariijsa Janes, b. June, 1854.
AnR.\.M liKUKi.t.. b. February, 1858.
Mrs. Mary Hedell, d. February, 1858.
Mary F. Hedell. February. 1858, d.

April 8. 1.Sfi4.
Alexander (Jllleland, Februarv, 1858.
Charlotte InjraMH, b. April 1858.
Sherman I'. Seolield, b. April, 1858.
Kmily J. Scotlild. b. April, 1858.
Charlotte ShuttU, b. April, 1858.
Lydia Ilibbard I'omeroy, b. April. 1858,

d. Jan. 2!». 187s
Harmon Davis, b. April, 1858.
lOmeline Srolieid I (avis, April, 1858.
Mary Powers, b. AuRUSt. 1858. d. 1878.
William II. Davis, b. November, 185!).

18(!1— Aug. 25.
.\ddi8ou M. Janes.
Miss .\delaide M. Janes.
MIhs Margaret Ciileland.
Miss rran!;; Leonard.

18(5.1— May 17.
D aeon AII)ert A. Ayer.i
.\lrs. Mary J. Ayer Tree.
WelliiiKlon <;. Scolleld.
Ilnttie IIibl)ard Campbell.

18(14- June 24.
Fdward ItridRe.
MIhs Mary Jane BrUlKe.

1805.
KHua Ann Carpenter Smith.

Carrie Ilibbard Ayer. ' J

Margaret M. Srolieid. j

Melinda Johnson. ;

18(50.
Frances McLaughlin.
Sarah I'ooke. ;

18«J>.
Mrs. Cook, May 2"J. ;

Hev. Morriil Howard. May 2!).
Mrs. Lucretia Howard, May 2U.
Ji'mes Tracy, June 13.
Sarah J. Hangs, June 13.

1872.
Arnold 1^. Bridge. May 27.
Cynthia 1>. Janes. .May 27.
Lydia 1"racy, May 27.
Newton 1. Janes. May 27.
Amanda Ives. b. Nov. 17.

1873.
Marv Chandler Ingalls. b. June 21, d.

"Oct. 7. 1878.
Mrs. Warren H. (irice. b. June 2.
I'hoebe Sargent, b. Nov. 8.
Kodney Uovce. b. Noveml)er. 1874.

187(5— June 17.
Dea. John Broe.
.Mr.s. Jane Hope Broe.
(•oluml)U8 C. Scotield. 1881. 7.5.
Warren B. (Irice.
Deacon Hanson H. Hibbard.
Lucy Carpenter Hibbard.
Btriha Scolleld .Masse,
diandler C. Abl)ott. <

rii.ra Whitman Ablxitt.
Anna .M. \\iiitmaa.
Mrs. (;eorge W. Ayer.
Cisviia Chaffee.
Ada Hil)l.ard Crewe.
K!la K. Tracv Wood. b. Nov. 4.

1877.
Kdnuind H. Ingalls. exp. Jan. 27.
Sarah Smith. Julv 28.
Ada Sniltli, Aug. 2(5.
Mrs. Dora Cook. exp. Aug. 2(5.
I'atience Johnson, exp. Aug. 2(5, d. 1878.

1878 — June 8.
Henry L. Ilibbard.
Nettle C. Hibbard.
William P. Hibl)ard.
Kmily Deining.
KIwin (Jriee.
Kstella lanes.
.Vgnes !•;. (irioe.

(Jeorge Kogers. *

Jami'S Young. J

Oscar Broe. '

Kdgar S. 1"racy. d. 1880.
lamest J. Bowers.

William Fcott. 1

-Mbert Jenne. *

Loren/.o 'rhomni!
Kdnn Thomas.
• hnrlotte Wlllard.
John S. Morse. J

June 2!>.
William Powers.
Luther H. Smith.
Mary P. Scotield.
(Jeoige Chadbourne.

1870.

•

71-

Mrs. AihiMt JciiTip, June 28.
riuiiinci'.v .lolii.snn. .Inly 2(\.
I-aiira V.Vstov(>r.cxj). Jiily 2f$

iHHd- July.
Hllzii rowi'i-H.
Mis. KIlis I>. K<oll('ld, exp.
Allip S^'olicld Ciirpcntpr.

\HS2.
Mr.s. l.ycVia II. H.ikfr You'.il'.

1 ss;i.
.lolm ilollnuil.

1 S85.
Mary A. Smith.
Nt'tti" Smith.

1887.
AiiNui.K LiTiiin! Akm.s. I.
Mrs. Mtuiii it. Iluilliut Arms, I

1888.
.Mis.s Julia Ann Hridfrc
18!i;{.
William CraiR.
Marsart-t M. CrniK.
J<).si'i)li IJnj^ford.
Alfird Kmerv.

18!tr).
I".. Spoor.

18!>6.
Ilnrvcy A. Chnffeo, exp.

o;jp.

Mrs. Mnrvi'y A. ClialTci
Juliii J. M'Ciuty, txp.
M"H. i;y;ii;ka McCartv.
_ 18!t7.

Mi'^^MWrflTf^^oiicld I (avis. roRt.

Harri(-i Tracy.

I'reeniaii l{o;jn'r.s.

Mis. I'rofinan Kojjcis.

I^■a ItridfTi'.

SiUiio Hrid^re.

I.ydia Turner.

Harriet Udders.

<:iadis MrCarly. ;

Lila J.sHid,

<'ari-ie .\rmstronK.

Mr.s. JJi'.rdner Arni.'ilr.iiig, exp.

1M»8.
Mrs. i;. Drayton. I.
Mrs. <r. T. Taxman, I.
Mrs. Otis Kennedy.

is'tit.
(Jeo. T. Taxman, I.
May i'axman.
C. Taxman.

Anliur Slaiiiiiford.
Kva Mullen.

PASTORS.

Ilepan

ISdl Jedediah IIil)bard

INK) William <;alusha

ISL'tJ Daniel Sabiii . . . .

ISl'H Mr. — Clark. . . .

IS.'.U) Homer Smith. . . .

18:!!» M. Hritain

IMl T.'tcr Chase ....

1841i I'raneis Hosworth

No. Years.

l.-|

... 2

... 7

... 1

.. . 1

!.'e;;!lii

1S4:{
IS.-, 7
1 sc.-i

ISf.S

r';7t>
1 Hsr,

S M-

I'raiics .V. .'.■
A bra 111 T...deil

Khcii M. Kid' '

Merrill Howard

Ariidld I,. Aini8

WeliiiiKion (;. Seon<'ld
( .V.ssociate Taslor. )

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ills.
14

CLERKS.

Names.

KoRer IHIil.ard . . .

Allen Miner

NalhaninI Hil»!)nrd
'tilliert Jennie . . . .
Iloiaor Smith . . . ,
Nathanl(>l llilihard

Elected.
.180(1
.1810
.1810
.1821'
. 1 82;-|

, I8;i3

Xaiiies.

H'lraee \. Jaiie.s

Sherman T. ScDdeld. .
Wellin>.'ton <;. Sci.lield.
i:ila i:. Tracy \V<,<,d. .
.lane Hope Hroe

Kiccted.
... 1 8.">.-»
... 1 .s.^,,s
. . .1874
. . . 1 88.1
. . .18!I7

DEACOiNS.

N/'lJies. Klected.

\> illiam Holers isoo

Asahel Ilnrlbut 1 801

JoNhun Smith istn

KoRer llihbard iHott

Allen Miner 180<l

•lesse Scolleld . . . 1822

Casper B. Hihbard ." " ." .1843

vi.o'i"'\. , Klected.

Isaac N. Janes 184'{

Wellington (J. Scotield 1H7(!

Hanson H. Hibbard 'l87!»

John Hroe 1 s.s',

I.uther K. Snrlth. . . ..'.'.".'.' .' ." i«8.%

Harvey A. Chaffee .' .' .'iSiMS

72--

LICENTIATES.

Names. >'^ »^|"

VVIlllam Rogers i»J l

William Galusha Jo""

Homer Smith 1»>»«/

Charles Ilibbard l^^,-*

Charles Smith lo4.>

Namc8. . ^ When-

John I). Frnleigh 18^;>

Arnold L. Arras !»•>"

Lewis 11. Ilibbard 18*^"

Ernest J. Towers. . • •

Wellington <;. Scotleld lo»»

1840
1866

18C7

1888

William G. rorterfleld, Montreal
College. . ^ ,

James C. Yule, Woodstock Col
lege.

Kev. Joshua Donovan, Scotland.

J. 11. Jackson, MacMaster I Di-
versity.

"STUDENT PASTORS."

1802

1804
1896
1808

J. 1'. Mclntyre, M. P., MacMaster
University. „ ,

A. J. Darrock, MacMaster Unl-
vcrslty.

York A. King, MacMaster Unl-
Ycrsity.

A. «. Baker, MacMaster Uni-
versity.

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CoLJonas Abbott

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OLD MEETING HOUSE, 1802

Tliis plan w.is drawn tnr mo by Mrs. Wier, at my home, mi 1888. It was
huilt in 1802. and torn down in 1855. It was a wood frame huildinv;. "<> p.iinl on
it anywhere; liad tiiree outside doors, pulpit in nortii end. It was on the very
top of the hill, west of the mad, about fifty rods north of where the road turns
up to the old Johnson Hibbard farm. The partition between the pews did not
Ko below the se.its. and no doors to the pews. Mrs Wier and Mrs. Ele.anor
Hibbard Truax told me w ho owned the pews I h.ive named. The sin>^ers sat in
their f.amily pews all over the meeting-house, and when the minister yave out the
hymn they ■.a.rne out and stood at the east side of the pulpit, san« the hymn .and
then went back to their pews till the next hymn. The members of the old choir

of 1820 as j;iven mc bs- Mrs. Wier were, Wesley Galuslia, leader. He used no
tuiiinj; fork; (iccasinnally they liad a hass viol. Tiic other singers were Major
Tyler; Jesse Hibhard, his u ite. Martha Whitman, and his sisters Harriet and
Olive; Esther Sniitli. Harriet and Esther Tyler, Major's sisters. Mrs. Wier said
the Tylers were "splendid singers." Esther Galusha was also in the choir, a
sister, 1 presume, o! Wesle\.

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BRICK MEETING HOUSE, 1841.

It is about 46x38 feet, no spire; has ^8 slips beside the singers' space. In my
boyhood the choir occupied the " ^jallery." David Smith, that " sweet sinj!;er,"
was the leader and his brother Reuben, all the Chandlers, some of the Abbotts,
and 1 have forgotten the others, were members of the choir.

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bUITOR I.HWIS BAKtR HIBBARU.

LEWIS B. HIBBARD.

1834- Born Nov. 20, in llic l.oren/.o Scot'ield liouse.

1852 -Baptized into tiie Al'bott's Corner cinirch.

185c;— Liecensed to preach.

185Q— Graduated from Classical Department, Fairfax, Vt.

1861— f Graduated from TheoloKical CJepartment, Fairfax, Vt.

1864— Ordained at Waterlniry Center, Vt.

1867— Pastor Baptist Church, Somerville, Mass.

1868— Pastor at Grafton, Vt

1872— Pastor Adams, Mass.

1874— Spent three years on farm regaininj^ health

1876— Edited Vermont Farmer, St. Johnsbury.

i877~Pastor at Cavendish, Vt.

1878— Chaplain Vermont Senate, Montpelier.

1879— Publisher and Editor " Vermont Tribune."

1881— Supply, Baptist Churcli at Ludlow, Vt.

1882— Pastor Baptist Church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Health failed and retired from pastorates
1883— Editor "Farmer's Review," Chicago.

1884— Supt. Agricultural Machinery at World's Fair at New Orleans.
1885— Asst. Director-General American Exposition, New Orleans
1886— General Manager Exposition, Minneapolis.
.1886— Elected President Leiand University, New Orleans.

Health prevented taking up the work.
1 889-1900— Pol ice Judge City Court, Highland Park, ill.
1890-92— Editor "Lake County Post."