The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1853-07-16
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

OKDINATIoN.-Mr Caleb NJ Winch was
ordained as pastor Of the Congregational
Church at Worcester, Vt, on the 29th of
June
~ \ correspondent of the Christian Adj
vorate mentions a plan entertained by ''HAR-
RY HILL" a wealthy cotton merchant, and
liberal hearted Methodist. for building a
Methodist Tabernacle in New Orleans. in an
eligible position, at cost of $50, 900. The
writer says: 1T is to he capable of seating
three thousand persons, and occupied by
preaching alone. He proposes to deed it to
the bishops, placing it under their control
and that of the General Conference Once
in four wears, programme is to be made out,
setting forth the appointments to this arena,
on this plan: the greatest men of each Con-
ference are to be detailed for one, two or
three months service The strangers. thronc-
ing our hotels and boarding houses by thou
sands in the winter, will have an opportuni-
ty to hear the great guns" of the Church
ORDINATION AT LYME. n H-Mr Jas
per " Ball. late of the Union Theological
Seminary, y. u. was ordained on the 30th
ult., as missionary to Armenia. The exer-
cl>eS were as follows:
Invocation and Reading of the Scriptures.
Rev A. H. Cutter of East Hanover; intro
ductorv PRAYER, Rev. 7. F. Clary, of Thet-
ford Sermon, Rev. VIM. Goodcll. missiona-
~ at Constantinoplc Orlainng PRAYER.
Rev. l.. Conant. Hebron: Charge to the mis-
sionarv. Rev William Clark. District Score
tary OF the \. b. c. F. NJ; Fellowship of the
Churches Rev. Isaac &. Bliss of the Armeni-
an mission; Address to the people, RevWm
Clark Concluding PRAYER. R"v. Ira Case.
of Oxford Bcnediction, Rev. l. y. Ball
Cironicte.
METHoDI>rS N LIBERIA 4 note from
III" Methodist Mission Rooms at New York
has the following statement:
There are in our missions in Liberia lls5
roloniSt>, members of our churches 10 ma
tives, do do, ll5 candidates or practitioners
IL local preachers or lirrntiateS; IL Sunday
schools; 7S9 coIonist children pupils in do
- officers and teachers; 20 week lav schools
5l3 scholars; schools among the natives.
- do; - Bible classes S2.573 10 collected
for missionary purposes, We have - mis-
>ionarie> employed, all coIorrd men, and cx-
I''t ~ avn 'tt LtdSt + " NV IuiltI ilIt cur
rent year.
CHURCH ACCOMMODATIONS IN PHI1A-
pEIPHIA.-A strong effort is now being made
among the PrcsbvteriauS of Philadelphia to
promote the cause Of Church extension with
in the County limits. From 4 report in the
Presbyterian, OF a meeting recently held on
the subject. We gather tia; i the County .hav-
inc by recent census a population Of ioG.-
oo0 the church accommodation Of all kinds
is 800 sitting> thus lravin. balance of
22l 600 vet unprovidcd for, if every church
III the city were crowded. Surprising 100
600 Of these to be aged, invalilS, infants and
others who could not attend, there is bal
ance unproyided for of III 500 persons for
whom no place OF worship Is provided. The
Old School Presbyterian> have now twenty
three church or aaizationS, and propose to
raise twenty thousand dollars during the cur
rent year for the purpose of adding to the
number. The church extension committee
now consists OF thirty gentlemen, mostly Law
men, selected by the Prcshytery from the
various churches. 1t meets twice a month
for the transaction OF business. and is suhdi-
vIded into As many subcommittee as there
are points OF effort, each sub committee hay
ing particular charge of one point.