Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-10-20
Religious Intelligence.


The Council called to consider the request
of Rev. j. H. Worcester of Burlington for
dismisson from his present charge, decided
that his request should be granted. Mr..
Worcester will however retain his pastoral.
charge until January next
An interesting scene was witnessed In the
NJ. +. Church in Williamstown, Vt, Sunday
the oath ult. band of thirty-one of the
youth and middle aged people were baptized
and took upon themselves the vows of the
Christian Church.
The 9Th anniversary of the American Bible
Union, new vcrsionists, was held Thursday
at the LIST Baptist Church in Broome street.
New York, and Rev DR.. Cone was chosen
president, with numerous other officers and
managers. The treasurcr's report showed
the receipts Of the year to have been $36,O5l,
and the expenses S35,379. An interesting
address was delivered by DR.. Cone, on the
propriety of n new and more correct trans
lation of the Bible.
The managers announced that versions Of
the scriptures under their supervsions were
begun or finished in six different languages.
A gentleman of the city of Philadelph who
anonymously contributed the sum of 5000 for
the missionary service of the American Sun
day School Union, received n letter of ac-
acknowledgement from Mr.. a. W. Cary, their
agent at st. Louis, from which it appears
that the society have organized five hundred
Sunday schools since last February, and four
thousand in the last nine years, in his
district. including Missouri, and parts of
ILLINOIS and Iowa
We learn from an abstract of the annual
reports that the Protestant Episcopal Tract
Society of New York city has, during the
past year, gratuitously distributed 200 900
pages. and sold Sic 900 more, making a total
of IL 10000 pages distributed. The receipts
were by legacy to the permanent fund, 81,
OOO from life members, &c, 2,l40.
During the same period, the New York
Bible and Common Prayer Book Society dis
tributed gratuitously 1858 Bibles. 1872 Tesla
ments, 1884 prayer books, and sold D.
Bibles, CPS Testamcnts, 4, l25 prayer books,
IL
10000 volumes. Over the previous year, the
gratuitous donations show an increase of
1000 books. The receipts from legacies of
deceased friends were S22lG from life mem
bcrs, &c, j9S-making S2,S24 added to the
stereotype fund. The receipts from church
collection. and annual subscribers, amounted
to $4,000,
A Society has been formed by members of
the Episcopal Church, says the New Haven
journal, for the purpose Of raising money to
purchase Western lands, which may serve in
future for building cites for churches, or
grow into town lots at $50 per foot. Bishop
Kcmhir il President Of the Association r.
Il. Mir!urn, Of y. Y, Treasurer; and Rev.
A. y. Littlcjohn, of New Haven, one of the
Secretaries. The idea of the Society was
suggested during the recent Rock Island cx-
cursion. probably by the fortunate pecuniary
result attending the early purchased land Of
the Episcopal Church at St. Paul's Minneso-
ia, when $500 wisely invested a few years
ago, has now produced 900, 900 or more
The Society desires to raise $4,000, and
particularly solcts twenty contributions Of
$500 each, which will make up that amount
GRAND LGNE MrssGoy During the frs
five years of its existence, this mission numt
bcred only one missionary and two teachers
Within tile second five years, three othci
ministers engaged in the work, two of whom
We're fruits of the mission, There are now
in service six ordliued ministers, two licen
tiates, ten teachers and three colporteurs
There are four churches, into which - U con
verified Canadians have been received and
notwithstanding the losses occasioned by
death, exclusion aud emigration to the Uni
ted States, the number embraced in them il
now 200 Many others have been brought tt
saving knowledge Of Christ, and as man!
as 1000 have abandoned the errors of popery
and come under the influence of the Gospel
N Y. Rec.
SOMETHING WORTHY OF THE DARK ACES.
correspondent of.the -Semeur Cdnd9ien write
to that paper, from Christieville, under dat
of Sept. ID On Sunday last, the 2Sth o
August, person by the name of Chamber
land VERY poor) attended mass in the X, {
church, in this village, when the ceremon
for kneellng arrived, he immediately knelt o
one knee, nut feeling strong enough to pu
both knees down on ace unit OF weakness froI
recent Illness, the person employed to kec
order in the church came up to him and It
quested of him in peremptory manner t
get down on both his knees, he made answe
that he was too feeble TODD so. He was i
one Of the aislcs and nothing to support hin
self with but the knee lie kept up, The elr
ployee took great umbrage at the refusal t
obey his order and summoned the poor ma
before a magistrate court. The evidence civ
en- WAS, that Chamberlain did kneel but O
nd wh cd 70 lpo IL,
both, refused ; in other respects he behave
himself dccorously in church. The ..Inagi'
trates condemned the man to pay a fine of
and costs, the latter of which will not be LEI
than l5s.
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