Doings of the Vermont Conference.
OcT. 5, the Conference met to transact business. Meeting was opened by prayer by Bro. Hutchins. The members of the Conference were called for, and the churches of Wolcott, Roxbury, Johnson, Bakersfield, Troy, Irasburgh, and Sutton, were represented by delegates according to a resolution passed at the last Vermont Conference. Bro. S. Pierce was appointed chairman, and D. T. Bourdeau, secretary. Brn. A. S. Hutchins, A. C. Bourdeau, and D. T. Bourdeau, were also chosen a Conference Committee for the coming year; after which the following resolutions were adopted by the Conference: Resolved, That we invite the organized churches of Canada East to unite with us in Conference. Resolved, That the eastern tent be manned and sent into new fields the next tent season. Resolved, That Brn. L. Bean, S. Pierce, A. Stone, A. C. Bourdeau, and H. W. Barrows, be the Tent Committee. Resolved, That the Tent Committee, in harmony with Bro. White, will decide who shall labor with the tent the coming tent season. Resolved, That the different churches belonging to this Conference raise a Conference Fund, from the different Systematic Benevolence funds, and by donations, to support the tent enterprise and those preachers who shall labor according to the mind of the church. Resolved, That Bro. A. C. Bourdeau be the treasurer of the Conference Fund. Resolved, That this Conference recommend to the different churches in Vermont and Canada East, to look up the worthy poor (not those who use tea and tobacco and seek their own interest) among them, who receive the Review free, or at half price, and encourage and help them to pay at least half price for the same. Resolved, That in the judgment of this Conference, it would greatly promote order and union in our midst, for the churches of the different States to so appoint their general Conferences that Bro. and Sr. White can attend them in making direct tours from State to State. Resolved, That the next session of the Vermont Conference be held at Wolcott. STEPHEN PIERCE, Chairman. D. T. BOURDEAU, Secretary.