The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-11-15
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

Drpic,rIoN AT LANCASTER i hr new
N..,,u, House Of the tnltarIan Sor'ttv a'
Lancaster. y II was dedicated to the wOr-
.br o, God the Father. On the 2ifh ''>t. -
The s,rvire> were rondur'rd "y 'hr ">''''
Paw " Rice. H,y. JOHN B'it'an of West
r,r,ord Y, G,,,. " Briggs ID ID. ot "a
,,u. Ma, aud Rev Nm. l.. G"se OF Man
chester. The afternoon sermon was Ir'a'h-
.d hv Rev. DR. Bry.>. the sermon Ill the
,yr,,n. t> Rev Mr. Gage.
Tn. church -ditire is elegant and comfort
able. and vas designed hy the architect Tea
body, of Chicago. The Society is strong anu
unit,d. and enter, upon rev epoch IN us
history with h,ch hopes OF usefulness
The fortv->even,h meeting OF the Amer
lean Board of Foreign Missions commenced
at Newark. y. j., on Tuesday. Oct. 2S Inc
Tr.asurer's report shows the receipts OF th'
mas, wear S3o7 .3IS. less bv S3,lo9 than those
of the previous wear. The expenditures were
Sa23 600. leaving a d, ,iic,rn,y OF sl'.'S2
which added to the previous debt. leaves fht
trI r,v -3b 800 II, d,t, six memhrr
ofthr board, four MISSIONARIES and three IL
male. assistant, have died during the year. =
'Tbcr,. have been sent ont i6 missionary Ia
bor.rs. ~ males and - females. The n" IN
her of ordained missionaries has never beel
.xcced,a in az, ore wear since the hoard eX
listed. though the number OF assistant mission
aries ha, in two or three instances been great
or The. number Of members corporate an
honorary in attendance. was more than 1o
more. il is supposed than at any Pre,Io"
u,,,tinr: and SO many of them being Clergy
men. it w,> probably the largest mr"''n! o.
the ministers OF Christ ever convened III AZ
ar. or country Many grntl'mer OF high di
tendance. and earnestly engaged IN this gre;
wurs o.. our time The very large churc
was crowded during the whole meeting. ev'
r, seat and standing ularr being orcup'ed.
4 colporteur of the Bible Socrfv con
nurncat,> a most striking instance OF the Po'
cr or 'he " ord of God upon the mind. III
co.port-ur was passing through the camp q
the Allie, when he was met bv a young SC
s.i,r. who asked hlm for "A New Tr>tam nj.
lis orders being to give the sacred volun
vixen II was a>.rrialned the soldier had u
.hr means Of pa,,ng. he ~ last gave him q
book NJ, seemed seriously TO wish tor. Is
no sooner was IT in his hands than the soldl
truan 10 laugh AT the cOIportrur, saving
ony intention wa, 10 see whether he cOu
get II. "Iluwe,er," he added, ">ince "
gave it me, Won will not get it back ; it W
do 70 light my pipe"
Deeply aillr ted at this pro'ane lightnp
the ,olpori,ur addressed few serious wOr
70 the ,oun. man before leaving him.
tout 4 year after. the same colporteur entt
ed an inn tar distant from the scene OF II
occurrence. Ill. found IT'S owners in gre
sorrow bv IN" utath Ot tntlr son, NOuny -
der, wounded in the Crlnta. and who b
only come home to die. lie entered into &C
ver>a'ion with the bereaved parents, VIII
the mother told hun there was thing viii
comiorted h-r-;t was that her son had dl
IN peace. produced bv sentiments OF PIE
which he had found in little book he h
brought ba, from the army, AMI in which
had advised h.r 10 seek her cOn.ulafiOn ,
acrordIn-!, proinr-d little book. which
rolpofteur r-co.nzrd AZ New Tcstame
lou may Judge OF the joy and emotion OF
pious 60 Olrorttnr when. on opening The DO
OF which the first leaves had been torn aw;
he read on the cover leaf, Received
-. the -" the very day which
remembered so we'll and on the first enti