Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-06-16

Religions Intelligence.
We find in the Messen ger, the proceedings
Of the Vermont conference Of the NJ. E.
Church, which met at Putney, June LIST.
Bishop James presided. An arrangement was
made for satisfying the pccuniary liabilities
OF the Summaries at Newbury and Springfield
Vt, the Springfield District agreeing to can
eel the entire Indebtedness of the Springfield
Seminary excepting one thousand dollars ,
and the Montpelier and Danville districts
agreeing to pay the remaining one thousand
dollars and the two thousand five hun lred
dollars needed to repair the Newbury Semi
nary boarding house.
The following having completed there term
of trial were elected Elders, viz, 5. &. Kcl-
logg S. Tarbell, J, f. King, W. u. Malcom,
Aaron Ball, Robert Brown and j. /. Roberts.
Bishop James presented the financial report
of the Wesleyan University which was refer
red to the committee on Education. From
this report it appears that the total property
of the University is Sl02, 81 The total
receipts for the present year are Sl2,673,s0
of which sl,7S4 90 is for tuition. The total
expenditures for the year are Sl2,779 20,
leaving a balance ofexpcnditures over receipts
of Sl05,40
The anniversaries Of the Vermont Confer
ence Tract Society, the Conference Sunday
School Union, and the Conference Missionary
Society were held in connection. Addresses
and sermons by Rev. j +. Peck Rev Mcssrs.
Feeble and Smith Of New Hampshire, Magee
of Boston, Professor Vail of Concord, y II
Bishop James. and others. The Conference
Love Feast, and the funeral services Of the
late Rev z. Twitchcll were held on Sunday,
June 4th.
We learn also from the Messengers that the
meeting house in Mortified belonging to the
estate of the late FIX Gov Paine. and which
has been occupied by the Methodist society
for the last ten years, was sold at public auc-
tion on Thursday last, to Z. A. Webb, Esq,
of that place for S3,4OO Gov. Paine gave
the Society the free use of the Church, be-
sides paying yearly FOR seat IN it and max
ing many liberal donations to its benevolent
enterprises. The society have selected
location and intend to erect Il commodious
house before the LIST of January next
The latest accounts from the American
missionaries at Constantinople are to April
10Th. Mr.. Goodell says
There are wars and rumors of wars
and nation is rising against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom, and the nations
are angry and perhaps will be still more SO
before ell these political agitations shall he
greater tranquility, or had greater external
prosperity in our mission, than we have at
present, Our enemies forget us, for they
have enough else to think Of and the Lord
remembers u.s.
Among other arrangements for improving
this connection among the nations of the
earth, thousands of Bibles and Testaments in
the various languages, spoken by all the bel
ligerent armies engaged in the great conflict
in the East, are on their way to Constantine
pie. large provision is making for supply
ing Russian soldiers who may be brought
there with tie New Testament. Colrortcurs
are already diligently at work. and two more
are soon to arrive from England. An evan.
gelical influence is said to be concentrating
in the Turkish Empire, such as has not been
witnessed for centuries.
At Ooria, the supposed birthplace of the
patriarch Abraham, an unusual degree of re-
ligous interest has been recently awakened.
The Christian population Of tie city is about
~ 900, Of whom little short OF 5000 are
ArmeuIans
The Established Church of England has
within the last twenty years. without the as
sistancc Of the State, built 1000 churches, at
a cost of IS SEQ 600 or S27 600 900 The
Church Of England also receives enormous
revenues from the State.
The receipt, Of the British and Foreign BIZ
bic Society for the last year, as given hv the
London Watchman, are 1920 G59, or upwards
Of one milon doiarS The issues uf the So
ciety have been nearly 200 eco over those Of
tho former year, the number bong ,3G7 .52S
copies the total from the societys commence
ment is now q ,25S 63l copies. Among the
most interesting grants of the society is one
Of ~ 500 Iestaments placed for distribution
in the hand. Of tie Naval and Military Bible
Society.