Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-01-25
Religious Intelligence .

Rev c. N. Ransom. formerly of Ohio, and
late of Maine. has received and accepted a
unanimous call from tho Congregational
church and society of Poultney, VT. aud
was installed as their pastor, January To-
Rev. L. 5. Pratt, Of Winfield n. Y, has
received and accepted call from the Con.
EDUCATIONAL Church, of Dorset, Vt.
Rev John Richardson, late of Kingston,
accepts the call of the Unitarian society of
East Brooklyn y. "a new Uniyersalist
church at llayerhill Mass was dedicated on
Thursday, 10th, aud Rev. Calvin Damon in
stalled as rlstor.-Mr. George 4. Carnes,
late OF Cambridge divinity school declines
the call Of the Unitarian Society Of Dover.
y H.-ruc Onitnti4n and Universalist So
CLOTHES at Albany, y. Y. have united and
giytn call to Rev. \ d. Mayo, Universal
ist, to become choir plstor--Thc Unitlrians
arc building church in Lawrence, Kansas
Territory Tile Univcrsalists Of Nincarolis.
Iowa, it is said form largo proposition Of
tho inabitauts Of the place They design
erecting church next spring Rev G. T.
Flanders, has accepted au imitation to the
pastoral charge Of the Uuiycrsalst Society in
New llavcn.-A new Uni,crsalist church at
Canton Mills Ne, WAS dedicated to the wor-
ship Of God ON tho lst inst a l'n,ycrsali-
Church in Brown,illc, y, T. has Just been
comrlctcd, aud was dedicated on the 10th
The Baptist churcha, Of this country, in
addition to about 80 900 converts annually,
receive an average CT 1000 annual rroscl,tcs
from the 9th Z denominations, aud the clcr-
fvmSu that go over to hem fr,m other ao,ts
a,orsg, one for each week IN tie ,o,r. So
10y the Eilti., Christian Review.
the Boston rhri,ti1u Witness distru.'s
the general -'pain'-- The Epl'copal cIor,v
l. tlye thai although the doctrine of the
Trinity J, more c'nrhat',llly taught IN tic
Book VI Common Prayer than any other, It's
yet spoken OF III conversation aud in sermon,
in such way that lti5 really difficult TO
draw any marked distinction between Trlpl.
tlrops aud trj,iri,.s'
Mrs Mary Mgorn+ del t.coutly at Abor.
l,cn Scotland, in her hundred aud tenth
year, having been h,.n FIR eighty years a
member Of ia. N.t'oJist church. Slo VAS
probably at IA. tirH Of her death. the Oldest
Methodist 10 III, world
The ezpons, OF maintaining a fashionable
church ip Boston i about 500 yer S,Jta,h.
~ Nqv lora it is not far from five times that
amount Some Of ,hc items that make ~
tbs sum ar', rlstyr'@ salary $1,000 per year.
music $1,000, iutcles. ,u church property
$1,000.
The vell-bo.rn Jewish rl1Ji, DR.. Raphael
If New York thus expresses his views Of
Christ .-'' u, Jew do say that it appears
70 II that Jesus became the victim Of tanat
icism combined with Jealousy anl last Of
r'wer in Jcwi-l hierlrci,, ven, as in later
ages, lluss and Jerome Of Prague, Lltim
and Ridley, became the victims Of lAnaticis.n,
combined with JEALOUSY and lust Of power in
Christian hiclar.hr aul whig |, and the
jew, Of t., present day. protest against be-
ing identified with the zallJts who were CON-
ccrued in the proceedings against Jesus f
Nazareth, we arc far from royilin; his char
actor or derilins his proccpts.
The Uniyers, published At Paris, tho ah.st
Roman Catholic paper Of Eurgpe, or the
world, l. openly ad,ocatin. the persecution
ofProtestants, iustifyinc The inquistion tho
St. Bartholomew massacre and other atroci-
ties u the SORT. - ylllan. is it, tons that
several French bishops have become alarmed
and issued pastoral letters against il
In an argument h,f)re the court of sessions