The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-08-16
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

KELI(sIOlS lNIELI.lS CNCEs
THE DIOCESE OF NERMUNT-The Sixth
Annual Convention of the Protestant ErIs
copal Church WAS held at Burlington on the
lth of JuEc Tie work OF establishing a
Theological Seminary and Church School by
the Vermont Institute is progressing rapidly.
and the enterprise is secure. A detail OF
subscription shows, contributed from persons
in Philadelphia, $500; Baltimore, $4Ol;
Pittsburg, Sl.15j so; New York, S3,l9j;
st. Louis and New Orleans, $500; which,
with other contributions and the legacy OF
DR.. Willonghby Tor Protcssorshir, 1000,
gives over $50, 900, already available for the
prosecution of the work.
\. b. e. F. M-Thc next annual meeting
of the American Board OF Commissioners
tor Foreign Missions has been fixed on the
last Tuesday Of October. The place OF meet
ing is Newark. y. j.
/ Rev Cyrus lIamin, for eighteen years
missionary at Constantnople. is now in this
country on visit, and his addresses are ev-
erywhere heard with much interest lie
seems TO have conducted his mission in an
rminentiy practical and energetic manner
For instance: In order 20 provide oppor'u-
nifty for labor and support for converted Ar
lncnians, who were tahooed by the pre- udi
ces OF Mahomctans and nominal Christians.
about three wears since, at the suggestion
and by the management Of Mr. flamln,
steam fiDurinS mill was set up and put in OPP
Grafton at Constantinople, he acting for some
time as its engineer. 1t was predicted that
it would be a miserable failure Shortly al
forwards the Eastern war broke out, and, as
is well known, Con>tan'inople was the most
important point in the commis.ary depart
ment, and everything was put into rcqni>i
rior for the supply of the troops. An ex.cn
sive take-house was then established in con
ncrton with the Touring mill, which en-
ploved about forty mer day and night. The
net profits of this cstabi -hment were not less
than S25 900, which have gone into the mis-
siohary treasury.
Rev. Leonard Swain and eight other
clersymen Of the Rhode Island Congrega-
tional Conservation. publish a card in which
they declare certain statements of TIE \. I.
Observer about the aEtislavery action of
their association unqualified calum;v," and
arragn the editor of the Observer as "an ac-
crstr and tratlucer of the brethren" The
statement of the Observer was in substance
that the nti-sIavtrv clergymen ignored the
word of God and abandoned prayer-mcc:-
ings.
= The Chicago Christian Times finls that
it has recorded within nine months, as the
fruit of rcvivals at the Northwest, about lit
teen hundred conversions.
p There is great demand for Universal
list preachers in the Western States
The only affair now disturbing the re-
. pose of religious circles is the controvcrs,
, between the Baptist Bible Union (ncw yer
/, sion) and its late president, DR.. Macay-
. Rev. DIR. Breckenridge of Kentucky. with
D several other clersymen Of that region, have
: ges OF DR.. Maclay against the Union, and &c
' cuSing the new versionists in plain terms of
e an attempt to put down the venerable Doc
D tor. The officers Of the Union have pub
lished an elaborate reply to DIR. Maclay'
), pamphlet was not written by himself, but by
Z Rev. .. b. Judd, member Of the board, who
had been dismissed as a reviscr, and much i
made Of this, Of which we cannot see tn,
force, SO long as DR.. Maclav assumes and en-
dorses the document Indeed he avows him
self the sole author. As to the objectionable
liberties taken with passages of scripture
the board say that these have not vet been
published. are still in their hands and oper
to amendment, and that DR.. Maclay shout,
not have made them public. The most ser
Gus barge, that Of squanderng the funds of
0 the association in enormous salaries for small
! services. is denied, and the transactions Of
the society are given in detail to show tina,
DR.. MAclay Is mistaken in thi. matter. The
venerable DIR. promises a rejoinler to this
y document. and :he controversy is likely 10 be
prolonged and tedious I:s effect thus far
$ seems to be to increase the conviction amonc
I the Bap lists, as well as others, that the i'm.
portant undertaking of re t.anslatins the
scriptures is unfortunately managed and will
not produce any valuable result. If the dis.
:inguish-d biblical scholars Of the whole
world would give in popular form the Joint
result Of their study Of the few difficult and
doubtful passages Of the bible, it would b. of
infinitely more value than ANYTHING likely to
come from tins small scctar,an attempt to re-
wise the sacred book. And it would supp!v
all that is really needed in connection with