Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-11-23
Religions Intelligence.

Religious Intelligence.
The Baptist Church in Bratteboro, is en-
loving a season of reyival-relgious meetings
have been held for some tine, every evening.
and many hopeful conversions made.
The American and Foreign Bible Society .
issued over seventeen hundred copies of the |
Scriptures the las. month, besides those of
tho society's publications in foreign lands. /
Ten thousand copies Of the New Testament |
were recently voted for distribution among |
the slaves of the South. Eleven thousand
dollars have been expended during the last
month.
The Missionary Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, located in New York,
have, as we learn from the Commercial, re-
Gently made an appropriation of S7S,50o for
the foreign missions of the church, which
missions are thus enumerated Africa, China,
India, Turkey, Germany, France, Norway,
Sweden, Denmark, South America, Central
America, and Sandwich Islands. The fol-
lowing appropriations were also made
Missions to the German population Of
the United States, SIS eco
Missions to the foreign population,
other than Germans, and to the
Jews, t2U2j
Missions to the Indians, I5,2jO
Domestic missions, including soLmen, lOl, 500
Contingencies and for administration, G,12j
Slsl.5O
Add appropriations for foreign mis-,
sions. - 900
500 900
The Churches of New York STATE, accord
ing to the Census lately taken, number mall
4Q4l. The Socts having the greatest mum
Der of Churches are, first, the Methodist
Episcopal l ,353 second, the lose Conn
munion Baptist, T2i thirt. th" rro' lyt'-
rian old and new school, 6O5 tourta, Pro-
testant Episcopal, $40; Con.resalion,d,'
3Ol sixth, Roman Catholic 2JJ; ANA
seventh, Reformed Protestant Dutch, 2l&.
Anew Universalist Church, with cushioned
seats and carpetcd ,isles, at liartlmd, VI,
was dedicated by appropriate religious scr
vices on Thursday o! last Meek Rev -. q.
Woodbury. is the pastor.
private letter from Alton, H., to the
n. Y. Commercial, says - We have been
engaged this afternoon In Almost extraordinary
y
work, the fruit OF a strange, unszpec ted re-
,;n;or. ;pa,onca in tbo nor;tenti,rv p, s.,+o
prison in this city, (AIton). 1t contains ABS
conyicts. Dr. McMasters has been for some
time chaplain, and by his ciforts 80 We're pre-
scented to Bishop Wbitchouse Tor conhrul-
ton. This afternoon - were baptized the
Bishop invited the cony ntion to attend in a
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~ scene hro'her eyewitness "'s'' ca
tins remarkaole scene at i''lo"
Inc canal' ates Tor c)r rnd''yih ! RHYME
III. ~ n LuoLas " nror ,,,b r t,,r
meals: wien the Bishop PROJECTED to- Inv is
hands, with the custom ny inoclti'n, ul'n
each oil them succeSshtIy
.,.o R;sbon oddrossna IVA rocin;T1ts FAR H. 4.
.pacc of perhaps fifteen or twenty minutes.
in one of the most powerful ana eloquent
exhertatlons which, We are persutded' r"n
never pe ,?iSo.eon y i,n n,. ~,
.li1ht sketch
Suffice it to observe, that the strong walls
and barred windows OF the hail IN winch the
rue was PcrlorueuI' H.; II,,,'s
and sympathetic emotion visible in the coun.
tenances oil the members oi tue convention
1 n U.nv, ,Ia H. onI ,h,. ',,',' t
If his Voice. as he briefly alluded to the rlst
lives, the present condition, and the future
destiny oil the persons 70 "hom ne was speak
ing, altogether formed scene such as prob
ably never before has been witnessed in tie
United States, or perhaps any other country:
and which, we think, cannot fan 70 make a
most salutary IMPRESSION not onIy upon
those most interested IN II out also upon every
pehoider'
Pope Plus Ninth has recently turned il
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o''en'ion W iieiahu' ""u - ""'"' l" H''"'
duce stricter system Of discipline into the
Cburcb in that countrv Ia oc.,,,,,iIyb iii.
nurnose the pronagand, has given ,i. no....
sary powers 10 d. Oui'eh' Afc"NN"ol "'
Dublin, and that prelato has been ar
pointed Apostolic Lcgate in ireland \ let.
ter from Rome in the Lonlon Times .t,,...