Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-04-28
Religious Intelligence.

or are now in progress,at ROCKVILLE ana Man
chester, Conn, in which latter place nearly
all the female members of the Center Acado
my have become converts also IN Rowley,
Mass, in Waldo, Me, in Allegheny City,
and in Louisville, Ky, where eighty have re-
Gently made profession in three churches.
4 Baptist Church consisting of thirty-two
members, was recognized ut Bellows Falls on
the 18th inst, with the following exercises
Introductory Prayer by Rev R. Wheeler of
Grafton Sermon, by Rev. r. NJ. Ely of
Cavendish Reading of Articles of Faith,
Rev. II. Fletcher of Townshend Prayer of
Recognition, Rev. j. C.. Foster of Brattle-
boro Hand of Fellowship, Rev. l.. Hayden
of Saxton's River Address of Church. Rev.
l. Persons of Ludlow Concluding Prayer,
Rev. A. Jones of Burlington
The Romanists in Bellows Falls have, as We
learn from the Argus, purchased the school
house in that village for $3.50, to use for
their services for the present, intending to
erect a church on the spot at some future
day.
In February last, meeting was held in
Philadelphia, when very large number of
the clergy of the various evangelical demo-
limitations, and others, met to hear the Rev.
DR.. Duff, of Calcutta. This eloquent and de-
voted missionary of the cross brought before
the meeting the necessity. of sending into the
missionary field greater number Of faithful
servants of Christ, to preach the living word
and a committee was appointed to call
general missionary conference to confer to-
gether on the best means to be adopted for
the promotion of the work. The committee
have now announced to the brethren of all
evangelical denominations, that a public
meeting will be held in the city of New York
early in May, of which due notice will be
given in the daily papers, to learn the result
of a Conference composed chiefly of Missiona-
res, and the officers and managers of the
various National Missionary Associations,
which is to be held on the previous day. All
the friends of missions are respectfully and
earnestly invited to attend this public meet
ing, for which tickets will be issued, and due
notice given where they may obtained.
The discussion of the question Of "Do the
Holy Scriptures teach the Final Salvation of
man. was concluded at the Broadway Tab
ernacle, New York, the Nth inst No deci,-
ion was made.
A gentleman in New York city (says the
Erongelst) while visiting in Cherry-street
for an Industrial School, went into a room
where were little company of Chinese offer
ing sacrifice to an idol. a Chinaman was
kneelng in front of the idol, burning some
sweet-smelling substance in little cup float
ing in water. The gentleman apologized for
the intrusion on their worship, but they did
not seem much troubled by it.
The Episcopal Recorder states that while
in 1851 thirty-eight of their clergy went over
to Popery, during last year there were only
thirteen.
Every eighth person in the State of Della
ware is connected with the Methodist Epsco-
pal church.
Considerable feeling is reported to exist at
Ellsworth, Me-, between the Catholics and
Protestants. The Catholics have sued the
experimenting School Committee for compel
ling their children to read the Protestant
Bible in the common schools.
In 1880 Professionalism was unknown in
Turkey. In 1854, IN Constantinople, there
are 10 Protestant clergymen 26 evangelical
sermons are preached every Sabbath in different
languages. and IA Protestant schools are es
tablshed. There are at this time in the
Turkish empire, not less than 65 Protestant
preachers, of several different branches of the
Protestant church ; and in more than fifty
towns and villages of the empire, there are
Protestant assemblies for Divine worship or
every Lords day.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A CLERoyMAS.-The
Rev. John +. Russell, a Baptist Clergyman a
Jackson, Miss, died IN that city on the 9th
On the evening of his death, he was present a
the meeting of the Jackson Bible Society, de
hverng very eloquent and imprisoned ad
dress. He dwelt on the fact that the Bible
was tried book he said millions who ar,
"now around the throne Of God, singing tn,
song of Moses and the Lamb, had been savet
by the blessed influence ofthis book" Whil
he uttered this sentiment, he looked up, as i
he had VISION of what he described he ther
paused moment and said, 81 have done"-
These were his last words He sat down, bu
sank Immediately into apopexy, from which tn,
skill of experienced physicians could no, arouse
him.
A droll minister sends the name of new
subscriber a recently baptsed convert, to thu
Western Watchuan (Baptlst) and remarks
81 erred in letting his head get dry before i'm
pressed upon him the duty of subscribing 70
the Waterman, and of paying for it always II
advance"
"DIRfcr PRAYiNG."-A Maine couespon
dent of the Green Mountain Herald gives tn
following MS the form of prayer by a class q
people called NEW lights, and who behev
both in direct preaching and dir ct praying
Lord, have mercy on sister Kelly, who get
up cuffs the cat. kicks the dog, scolds her hrls
band all the morning, and then goes to meeting
and gets up and talks right on top of IT,
n "Dear me !" exclaimed Mrs Cubbldre, .
she returned from church last Sunday "Dea
me this is an age Of conventions When
was a girl. Origins were In their Infancy
torefunner used to turn the crank, and it'll
monkey take the pennies But now an organ
lLer provides over the Instmate, while the dea
con takes up Il constitution. Oh! you shout
hear The fellow perform one of his closing W