Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-04-13
Religious Intelligence.

Religious Intelligence.
Fast day, which was also Good Friday,
was observed as usual in Burlington. The
Churches were all open for religious services,
and were well filled with worshippcrs and
attentive listeners, the attendance being no.
ticeably larger than is usual on such occa-
sions. Some, of course, celebrated the day in
ball playing and fast riding, and have strained
and sore muscles to remember it by.
The revival continues both in the churches
and in College.
We see notices of over forty powerful rc,i-
vlls in different parts of the North and West.
Protractcd meetings, have been held IN the
Hudson street NJ. Z. Church, in Albany, near
ly three months, during which time over two
hundred persons have professcd religion, and
been received into the church. The meetin''
are still kept up with interest, and the
large edifcc is filed every evening.
The jewish festival of the Passover com
mcncod on Tuesday. The modern Jews, as Il
general thing, observe the same ceremonies
as their ancestors, with the exception Of
sacrificing the paschal lamb that has not
been done since the destruction Of the Temple
at Jerusalem by Titus, where alone 50 criiiccs
were accepted. The ceremonies last eight days,
the first two commemorate ting the going forth
from Egypt, and the last two, the passage Of
the Rcd Sea, are deemed especially holy. ard
services are held in all the synagogucs.
According to the report of the Treasurer Of
the American Sunday School Union, the
children of one hundred and lorty-seycn Sab
bath Schools contributed, during the lost
year, 94,373 % for missionaries, 81 ,GS3 %
for libraries, hfty-six Of these schools being
ont Of the Union. The Secretary erort
showed that there were 6,0O0, eco. children
in the United States, 4,5OO,O 900 of whom
were yet unreachcd by Sabbath Schools.
Archbishop Hughes preached l. at the Cathc-
dral in New York on sunday last Gan c,abo-
rate discourse, III regard to the now dogma Of
the Immaculate Conception. Ihe New York
papers report the sermon in full. The pc
late assumed that the belief in tie doctrine
Il ia, %sinless conception Of the Virgin Mary
had been always believed by the Church {;
and that the object o. the great meeting Of
p~rclatcs at Rome, was not to help the Pul {
make a new doctrine for the Cbulch, but
simply to helr him define one (which though
for $500 years finding a place in the heart of
the Church, had never before received the Of
fetal seal Of Il proposed doctrine.
CuGNA.-Thank God, says Rev. ". c.
Milne, that, amid the confusion and anarchy
IN certain parts OF China, our Protestant
missionaries are carrying on their labors
without interruption, and the Spirit app ears
to he blessing them in their work. Letters
from Shanghai and Hong Kong give accounts
OF conversions from darkness into light.
CoNsTANTINorLE.-A letter from Mr.. Ever
ctt speaks Of the demand for evangelical
books, as very great and incesslnt. ORDERS,
lie says. are constantly coming from every
part Of Turkey, more than twenty boxes of
books had been sent to Arabkir within
eighteen months and boxes were constant
ly being despatched for all the principal
points of the missionary field. The London
Religious Tract Society had recently given
$3.50 to distributc works in the Armenian
and Armeno-Turkish languages. la Adli-
anorlc several hundred riastcrs worth Of
Testaments had been recently sold, and the
demand was still active for religious books.
There was n prospect Of there being Il
Protestant church formed there shortly.
The Missionary Magazine for April COZ
tuins a long account orun interview hctwccu
the King Of Prussia and two ministers Of tie
BAPTIST Church. These gentlemen complain
ni Of recent nprsccuLiOns. The KING rcnlirl