Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-08-10
Religious Intelligence.

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one fourth part of the receipts Of the Yer
mont branch of the Home Missionary Society
/. appropriated to the West, whether our
own wants are supplied or not 1.-The result
j.. that the wants Of our feeble churches are
not fully supplied The whole amount con-
tributed annually in Vermont for Home Mis-
.ions might be ndvantageously employed in
aiding Congregational churches among our
selves But instead of that, we send one
quarter of all we raise. to be used for the
more destitute regions OF the West, and with
out inquiring whether it is appropriated to
Congregational or Presbyterian churches
Such according to the y. Y. Evangelist, is
not the practice Of the other New England
Auziliurics Of the Home Missionary Society.
4 change ty which the feeble churches Of our
own State should be aided first, and then the
surplus, if any remain, be sent to the general
treasury, seems to be desirable
Roy J. Hunt, formerly settled in Rich
mond, y. H., has accepted the call of the
Baptist Church in Guiliord, Vt
Mr. Bancroft, in his newly published
volume pays a high tribute to Calvin. tn"
thcologian and rctormcr. He says.
1T is intolerance only which would limit
the praise Of Calvin to single sect, ur re-
fuse to reverence his virtues and regret his
iaiinr. lie lived in the time when nations
were shaken to their centre by the excitement
ofthe reformation when the fields of Holland
and France were wet with the carnage Of per
sccution when vndictiye mOnarchs on the
one side threatened all Protestants with out
lhwry and death, and the Vatican on the
other sent forth its anathemas and its cry
for blood
,lr. Bancroft rclrobates the rrformcr',
detcn Of the use Of the sword in exirrating
hcresy bat finds some excuse for him in the
influence Of an ancient, long established,
hardly disputed error, the intense desire t.
secure union among the antagonists ofpopery
and engrossing consciousness that his strug-
gle was for the emancipation OF the Christian
world.
DR.. Smith, Of the Beirut mission, Syria,
has been engaged for the last seven or eight
years in transating the Bible into Arabic in
n manner which snail be true 70 the orici-
nal, and at the same time command the re-
.pect OF the Arabs by its perfect grammar
and classic style. The Pentateuch and New
Testament are already completed, and pass
in, through the press. in IN edition Of 5000
copies. The value Of this work may be esti-
mated from the fact that forty millions ofpeo-
pie speak the Arabic language. The mission
aries also contemplate newspaper in the
same language
correspondent Of the London Waterman
writing from Canton, April 18TH announces
the death Of the native evangelist, Lean2
Ala He was of the first fruit Of Protestant
missionary labor in those regions aud from
his association with Morrison and Milne
has always been regarded with peculiar in
terest. as forming a connecting link between
the missionaries of this generation and thos'
honored servants Of God
At the recent annual meeting of the Alumni
Of Audover Theological Seminary the record 0
deaths was read. An unusually large nuInbc
Of graduates, viz, lG, had deceased durinl
the year. These sixtcenrepresent fifteen dit
forcnt classes. They were all born in four o
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connec
ticut. Ten Of them were buried in New Eng
land four in the valley of the Mississippi
one in Turkey, and one in Indiana. Thei
ages ranged from 2s to II, averaging IL. tn
average Of their ministerial life was about
years. Only three of these, at their dcceas'
were not actively engaged in the ministry
or in some work intimately associated wit
the ministry The graduating class tn
year numbered about 80.
The following resolutions were adopted {
large Parish meetingat St, Georges churcl
in tho city Of st, Louis
Rssoip,d, That in the person Of the Re
Theo \. Hopkins, we see blended the quail
ties Of Il kind and atfectionate pastor al
teacher, rs well as an earnest preacher who
heart and hands are in the work OF h
Master.
RcsOired That we approve of the action
the Vestry in extending to Mr. Hopkins
call to the Pastorship Of this church, a
hope ho will find it consistent with his
clinations and sense of duty to accept t
same.
Resoircd, That we hereby pledge oursel'
to cooperate heartily aud earnestly with
Ministry and Nestry Of our beloved Chur,
in all efforts to promote its best interests a
greatest usefulness
The Methodist Protestant church
northern Illinois hold a convention on
l7th of August to agree upon some plan
separating said church from its criminal O.
nection with slavery