Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-02-01
Religious qntelIternre.

the purpose VI i'i7''is5 iS4iN4' ioi tue adj
voncement of the cause of Protestan,
ism in Ireland, has been very successful
In Boston and vicinity $4,000 we,s
raised: in Philadelphia $4,000 have been
subscribed, and $4,000 pledged; in Bal.
timore $4,000 have been raised and
$4,000 confidently expected; in New
York about $4,000 have been raised
and the total thus far viii be about
$4,000. Mr.. Arthur willleave for Eng.
land on the 18th inst.
G Rev. c. n. Ransom, formerly Of
Ohio, and late of Maine, has received
and accepted unanimous call from the
Congregational church and society," Of
Poultney, Vt, and was installed as their
pastor on the 10th nit.
EPISCOPAL THEOLOGICAL SEMlNA-
RY.-A committee has been appointed OF
leading Episeopalians in Massachusetts
for the purpose of collecting the add
tional sum necessary for the establish
ment of the diocesan theological semi
nary. Hon. VIM. Appleton is at the
head of the committee, and it is thought
the required amount will be subscribed.
Forty thousand dollars is the sum dona-
ted by one individual, to be made availa
bic as soon as $4,000 additional ere
raised.
An INVASION OF IRELAND-oF nv
RIGHT SoRr.-Upwards of $4,000 have
already been subscribed in Boston and
its vicinity, for the spread Of Protestant
ism in ireland, in response 10 the appeals
of the Reys. Messrs. Arthur and Sco.;,
the Wesleyan depu.ation from there.
This is-we deferentially submit
better invasion than that proposed by the
Astor House Convention. What tie
Irish want is not cannon balls aud oh
muskets, but Bibles and school-master5,
free schools and chances of instruction
from which they are now kept. Give
them these and we have no doubt that
the revolution would be permanent and
lasting Cleans Falls Repuditcan.
gzy The New York Express states
that the ladies of that city who have Ia
ken in hand the matter OF building a
monument to the late Bishop wainwright
in the form of church with seats per
petually free, are gradually but surely
succeeding in their pious endeayors.--
Sufficient funds have been procured 10
purchase lot for the proposed church
), which is TO be called the Z" Church Of ST
John the Evangelist.
CHURCH PRoPERTY.-Tigein quisitiYe
public having gotten the church property
! law, yesting the title of all real estate be
! longing to churches in the trustees Of the
, same, has begun to look around for il
fractions on that wholesome statute. One
adventurous gentleman has thrown dowr
4 the gauntlet in regard TO the EpiseoI q
q Methodists, the clergy of which denomi
Y nation, it is maintained, actually contro
the property of the church, and that
though it is nominally held by trustees
the latter are, in fact, appointed by anC
; subject to The will of the pastor in Office
J at the time.-P0St.
CANADA SUNDAY SCHooL UNION
The annual report, given in the Montreal
o Transcript, states that the schools con
l, nected with the Union are in hi GILL
IS fiourishing condition. There have beer
o 23,072 books distributed from the depoz
g itory during the year, and the expense
have been f40J.
D ca The New York Evening Post u
q derstands that Rev. Horace Bushnell, tbt
lie distinguished Connecticut clergyman, COZ
y templates q trip 10 Kansas, in COMPANY
at with colony forming in New Haven, io
sc permanent settlement in the new terri
ig tory. The Doctor will undertake th
O. journey in hopes of curing broncbia
affection, from which he is a sufferer
TO Gy1 The charges of seduction agains
at Bishop Hamhne, of the Methodist Fps
a copal church, Cincinnati, appear 10 have
C. originated with Rev. L. D. Harlan,
o. member of the Cincinnati conference
u who, after three days trial, has been eA
PEELED therefrom, by a vote of two
q nearly two hundred, and his charges TIL
-, dismissed as false.
To- CHURCHES In PARIs.-According
- official reports, published in the beginnli
al of 1855, the capital of France, with
"a population of 100000 souls, has on
ID, 46 churches, or one church to 32,O0O
he habitants. hesides they are most ~