Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-02-10
Religious Intelligence.

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DR.. Pcinercy said the Board sustains be-
tween COO and 700 Missionaries and helpers.
natives and foreign and has in its lO3 mission
Churches between "a 900 and % 900 members.
The expenses Of the year will probably
reach S340 900. The Churches in India do
not tolerate caste among. their members, and
n:rcr did. There is now no case of polygamy.
though long since an old man with two wives
was II member, who said one was as much
his wife us the other, and he didn't know
which to put away. As to Slavery, there are
now II few members Of the Choctaw and Che
has no right to interfere with the internal
discipline OF these churches. 1t however in
F.ructs its missionaries to strive to abolish the
evil. In the Sandwich Islands the Board has
effected the cmanci patton Of loo 600 slaves in
80 years being, the whole population except
the C!.ieGs. Rev. j. II. Worcester said that
his brother, who is a missionary to the
Cherokecs Informed him that the continuance
Of slavery among the Cherokccs depended on
whether the Bard Withdrew it's missionaries
or not. Ifthcy sustained them, then Slavery
in time would disappear.
An interesting revival has been in progress
IN the Burlington Female Seminary under the
care of Rev j. X. Converse and Rev. b. W.
Smith, with is conversions. \ revival is
Also, we understand enjoyed by the Methodist
Church in this place. In Grafton, VT, the
number Of baptism, within S weeks has been
. and about 1870 it is thought have shared in
the revival. Revivals have sprung ur in the
Baptist Churches of Mt. Holly, Vt, and
keescvillc, y. Y. In Nashua. South Mcrri-
mack, Lempstcr and Northwood, y. H., there
have been REVEALS, also in lawrence and
Cheshire. Mass.
The Metho list Preachers y s",ciation of
tie district Of st. Adams, meets at Fairfax,
On Tuesday. the l4th inst. and closes the
following Tuesday. E.stvs AMI discourscs
viii be deliv rcd ny the Rev. MeSsrs. d. p.
Hubbard, K. Washhurn. \. Champlin. j. L.
clemens, D.. b Mckenzie, A. Osborn. A..
Carroll, \. Johnson, VIM. \. Miller, b..
Eaton, S. Gar liner, W. l.. llpseltinc, II.
Warner, ana others.
One hundred and fifty Unitarian clcrgvmen
and laymen assembled in Boston on Wednes-
day last, to confer together in regard to the
manner in which they might best address
themselves to the great work which they
were called upon to perform as members of a
liberal, but fcrvcnt, earnest, and regenerating
Christianity" y communication was read by
Rev. DR.. Lothrop, President of the American
ITnifor;np iOv,,; ,t;,,, ,ro,,;., $40, "a ,,a.l-l
of extending more widely the principles of
Cnitarian'sm and difusing more generally the
good scod of the tree Of life, that measures be
adopted to promote the circulation of Cnita-
rian books-thc works ofChanning and other
eminent writer's Of the denomination \
resolution providing for the establishment of
a permanent fund, which should be devoted
to the purpose of diTusing Unitarian %litera-
ture, was adopted.
Mrs. Rose of the Baptist mission in
Burmah, and Mrs. Shcrmer and Mrs. Crock, r
ofthe Baptist mission Of West Africa have
recently died, within the first year of their
residence.
Rev. DR.. Smiths Church (Preshytcrian)
of n. Y, has contributed $lS 900 for bencvo-
lent purposes the past year.
The PRESBYTERIAN Church of Canada had
only % Ministers at the disruption; it has
now upwards of 90. 1t has IA Theological
College in Toronto, which has already sent
forth about 80 Ministers to labor in Canada
besides contributing to the French Canadian
Missions. 1t supports a Mission to the
rn1nrn1 ,o,nlnti,p II, Pr1ninb and also ~
the Red River settlement. Each Presbytrry
also supports Missions within IT'S own bounds
A discussion is going on in Philadelphia
between Rev. DIR. Berg. the able champion o.
the divine origin OF the Bible, OH the one side
md Mr.. Joseph Barker, who asserts tina
volume to be a mere human production, OF
the other, which attracts much attention
there.
RE Dublin Nation, makes the follow
Is 1olDaI~ahic admission -
Tho Irish nation is fast dissolying, a. tn,
Jewish nation dissolved before the curse o
GOd-as the CdrtIHEiiian nation dissolve,
before the sword OF Romc-as the red Indian
race silently dissolvos before the face of tn
white man. Ircland IS ccdstag to be a Roma,
Coiho|ic nation. Priest Fitzgerald, in Il re
cent Speech, admits, Our nation anu gu
church are r"ris!.ing.' An organ of Roman
ism says. Shall the sou; ers ana tract distrib
utors accomplish the work which all the force
OF England for three hundred years has beer
unable to- effect"
y correspondent Of the Christidn ht'Hi
Cenccr gives the following sample of llai,
preaching which he heard from the lips of
Catholic priest - Numbers srrupuluusl
refrain from eating meat on Friday, who &c
scarIalously drunk on sundays. Now, yoI
. had better eat meat every Friday Of y%ourliye
than get drunk once :" Such talk as this
worth volumes Of sentimental twaddlc or din
putatious dogma.
SrLECT PoETRY.-The Lincoln Dcmocra
publishes two lines Of the great epic upo
Gen jackson, written by "A western bard
"When you see their eyes s%listcn. then my men fiji
Were the last dying words Of A. Jackson, Esquire.
Also %relives d lament for Alexander Han