Miles  Grant  was  pastor,  and  which,  through  its  pastor  and
a  committee  of  five  called  a  General  Conference  to  com-
mence on  Tuesday  eveiiing,  Feb.  10,  in  Chapman  Hall,
and  hold  over  the  Lord's  Day.  At  this  conference  there
was  preaching  by  Elds.  Edwin  Burnham,  A.  Ross,  S.  G.
Matthewson,  H.  L.  Hastings,  J.  Couch,  and  M.  Batchelor.
This  was  a  season  of  deep  and  wide  interest,  greatly  aiding
and  encouraging  this  church,  and  gaining' the  attendance
of  niany  new  hearers.
Another  like  conference  was  called  for  March,  1858.
These  early  efforts  of  this  church  were  quite  similar  to  the
present  Mid-Winter  Conventions  which  are  held  by  the
Publication  Society  with  the  church  at  160  Warren  St.,
Boston.
A  church  Avas  early  organized  in  Rutland,  Vt.  In  May,
1858  it  numbered  forty-seven  members,  with  others  soon
to  be  baptized,  there  being  a  revival  interest.  Meetings
were  held  and  churches  or  societies  organized  in  many
other  cities  and  towns,  such  as  Philadelphia,  New  York


210  ADVENT  CHRISTIAN   HISTORY

City,  Albany,  and  Rochester,  N.  Y. ;  Hartford  and  New
Haven,  Conn.;  Springfield,  Worcester,  Salem,  Lowell,
Haverhill,  Lawrence,  Lynn,  New  Bedford,  Mass.;  Provi-
dence, R.  I.;  Castleton,  Poultney,  Vt. ;  Portland  and  several
other  places  in  Maine,  and  in  other  States,  both  East
and  West.
