Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-07-04
RELIGIOUS SUMMARY.

.efrtrrmE Grrr or GoD."-In the
,h;r,eeulh volume Of Mn. Sherwood's
Works. published by the Harpers, in the
story Of The Infants Grave" the author
remarks that . laith 10 the gin OF God
This 4 "a error, which other writers ano
m;Sissets have sometimes fallen into. ln
Enk<-ians Il. 8. Il Is stated that grace
L shs rif Of God. bot the Bible nowhere
. ysakat faisb 10 = Zion's Herald.
AnrnscAn AND FoREIos BIBLE So
crfrr I'VE have received the First An.
maj Rsport Of this important and flourish
inr Insiiipuon. Its annual meeting was
held Thursday, April 20, in the meeting
house 81 the Oliyer-slreet Baptist Church,
New. York. This Report was then read,
and business OF very interesting nature
was then transacted. A resolution was
adopted, by which the Society was author
lied 10 engage in the work Of distributing
the Bible 10 az lands OF course including
distribution in our own land. Thus the
world has become is field Of labor. We
hone that lis exertions may be commensu-
rate with It's sphere of action and OF USE
fitness. One hundred and forty ssacn del
eQaies were present, iron Ia Slates,l about
hall OF whom were from the State OF New
York. The very large sum Of e3S, 7l4 90
were received by the treasurer, $4,000 Of
which were appropriated 70 the Bap-
tist board Of Foreign Missions. Since
the annual meeting, $1,000 more have
been added. making the whole amount
contributed ia aid OF the Baptist General
Convention, through the fundamentally
of he American and Foreign Bible Soci'
ely, e25.5O0.
BkPTIsns IN CHELsEA.---One Of the
most solemn and impressive baplisma
scenes took place on last Sabbath al Chel
/ sea. Eight individuals, upon profess.
ian Of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, wer,
led down into Jordan's stream by th'
Rev Mr.. Fish, pastor OF the Baptls
church in that place. as .4 .s>...
The whole scene was one well calcu
lated to produce deep Impression uPoI
the thoughtless and gay youth as we'll a
those In more advanced life, who crowde'
the sacred spot. Among the interesting
anu MMNItAuk NCAnmNhS AAdAC Ol bhO PASAS
was. that we read that in primitive times
frequently whole households were 4baE
tized toge,her. On leading the SIKH can
didafs into the water, he observed. that
was the last Of four from The same famil
y which were 10 be immersed at this time
On.hearing this. a deep feeling seemed I
pervads the whole assembly. May ID
Lord continue TO send showers of grac
until that beautiful village shall become
garden Of the Lord.-CA WatehmaA-
REvivAL IN BLuEHILL.-We lear
BY letter from Bro. James Gilpatric tn,
the revival Of the work Of God in Blu,
hin j. still happily progressing. On Il
Tuesday previous to the date Of our brot
0r's letter. be had the happy privilege ,
burying Eve willing and obedient discipl,
in the likeness Of the Savior's dealt
These, together with those previously bal
tired during the revival, make eighty pr
eion souls who have been immersed ar
!. added to the Baptist church since the goo
work commenced. Bro. Fitzpatrick al:
Informs Us that about twenty candidate
soon expect TO hollow the Savior in the o
cinance Of imnersion.-E asterG Bd
iisk ..@ '. -'.'
CAEToN, CoNN-By an interesting l.
ter publnhed in the Hartford Christie
Secretary. we learn that the Lord b
greatly revived bis work in the town,
Canton. Within eight or ten weeks pa
6Ay-ono have been baptized and added
the Baptist church in that place.-r Eal
err Baptist as ea1ao2 d