Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-05-04

pcr VI Eeccht Hopelul conNerslous Cuhiot ~
less than fifty, of which twenty are of
students in the University
The various religious and benevolent So
cicties which have their headquarters in
New York, are preparing for their onniycrsa-
ries on the 9Th, 9th, 10th of May, in the
broadway Tabernacle. 1t is said that nearly
or quite every one of the principal societies
will show falling off in receipts. Tie
American Bible Society has fallen of Sl7,-
600 this year from the sum received last year.
The Baptist Anniversary meetings are to be
held In Chicago early in May, and the Gene
raj Assembly Of the Presbyterian Church as
sembles at ST. Louis about the same time.
new and very handsome Methodist
Church, costing $4,000, was dedicated in
Rutland on Wednesday last. The defeating
prayer was offered by Rev. Mr.. Howe of1roy,
n. Y. The sermon was preached by Rev.
Mr.. Wells, of Keeseville, n. Y. Rev. Leland
Howard, Rev. d. Canoll, and Rev. A. Camp
bell of Rutland took part in the services.
Much of the cost of the structure is borne by
few individuals at Centre and West Rut-
land. The building Committee are in debt
about $l700.
The strength of the Episcopal Church in
Maine is IL clergy and SCI members in New
Hampshire 10 clergy and ST. members in
Vermont 25 clergy and ,450 members. In
New Brunswick, the clergy number 81, and
the members 2,94I, or to every $50 of the
inhabitants--a number which is only ex-
.aaJol h., .aro- ,l;ooosos or thh nj; al FOO
premium was offered in December last
by Thomas Bordman, Of Fall River, for the
best tract upon " The Scriptural and Politi-
cal Remedy for the North in the Present
Crisis on Slavery" The committee of award
having examined some scores of manuscripts
from eight or ten different states, announce
that they have awarded the premium of
5000 equally to three successful COMPETE
tors, Rev. Samuel Harris, of Pittsdeld Rev.
S. B. Goodenow, of Warwick, r. l., and Rev.
Edward E Hale, of Worcester,
At the late Methodist Conference in Chel-
sea. Mass, a resolution requesting the next
General Conference to so alter the general
rule Oh slavery that it may forbid the buy
ing, selling or holding a human being as a
slave, was passed by nearly unanimous
vote. On the other hand, the Baltimore
Methodist Conference took unanimous and
decided action against antislavery rcsou-
tions sent by the conferences Of Ohio and
Wisconsin. They even voted that the reso-
lutions should not he allowed the courtesy of
q reading. The rejected resolutions prohib-
tied the buying OF men, women and children
with the intention to enslave them, and
require the emancipation of slaves when it
can be accomplished without injury to them.
Two Baptist papers at the West are dis
cussing the duties of Baptists towards Pedo-
bnptists, ranging themselves as High Church
and Low Church. Both parties consider
that the Pcdo societies are not gospel church
es that all Pedo ministers are unordaincd
and unauthorized to preach officially, or to
administer ordinances. The only question
is, ought Baptist ministers to invite into
their pulpits persons who are unbaptised,
unordained, and members of no gospel
church
A Depository for Bibles and other religious
books, in various languages, is about to be
opcHeu III tie Tuuh quarter { NOHstuHti'
nople, as branch Of the similar establish
ment existing in Stamboul. The American
missionaries in Turkey now occupy 10 differ
ent stations, and II out stations, the number
Of missionaries being 81. They not only
preach the gospel, but they have medical
men, school-masters and printer, forming
as it were, II little colony, When they went
there upwards of twenty years ago, their
services were attended by not more than ten
persons. Now they have forty services a
week, and schools which are attended by
hundreds Of Americans, Greeks and Jews.
A new objection to the use of wine at COM
munon tables is raised by the ST. Adams
Tribune, which makes the estimate that COM
munion wine in the United States costs the
churches $4,000 per year, and asks how
many missionaries this sum would maintain.
Everything is judged by the money standard,
even in religion.
The \. Y. Courier chronicles u beautiful
act Of delicate inunifcence ; it says that on
Sunday last, among the contributions at the
Church of the Holy Communion, to the funds
u @s' A@NhS iipeIitsNi, Nu' a IOii VI NV Olic
thousand dollar bills. They were dropped so
quietly into the plate that lot even the gen
tlemnn who received them knew from whom
they came
The Providence journal says There isno
orthodoxy left. y Bal fist magazine, the
Christian Reric,c, is arguing against the flood,
or at least that it was not universal, only
partial deluge. The limited size of the ark,
certain vegetable and geological facts, and
other arguments nre adduccd III support Of
The theory"
The BrBLE PERVERTED The Roman Cath
olc Bishop Of Toronto, in a recent address to
his clergy, Gays that " Mary offered for our
s'ns her only son, the light of the world, to
he our priest and victim On the cross"
Henry the Eighth made d law that ali men
might read the Scriptures except servants; but
no women, except ladies who had leisure, and
might ask somebody the meaning, This law
was repealed in Edward the Sixths day
Lorenzo Dow used to say, death bed re-
pentance was " burning out the candle Of life
in the service OF the devil and blowing the
snuff in the Lords face"
%" At social party one evening, the
question was put g What is religion - " Re-
ligion," replied one of the party, " religion
is an insurance against fire in the next world
for which honesty is the best policy,
RULES FOR ELT-GovERNMENT.-Bya P,u-
dent Old Gentleman Always sit next to the
carver, if you can, at dinner,
Ask no woman her age.