Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-03-13
Religious sEiicIlIgenCe e..

The Rev. S W Bush has resigned the
pastoral charge Of the Unitarian society at
Brartleb5ro.' His connection will cease on
the first Of April
Eey.L Kinney was ordained to the work Of
the ministry in the Baptist meeting house
in Derby VI, on the 9Th ult,
Mr.. James L. Virgins, late of the theolo,
sicll school at Ftirfax, Vt, was ordained,
on Tuesday eyening, as pastor of the Bap
list Church at Ware, Mass.
Rev @. b Hitchcock, Of the last gradu
ating class at Anloyer has been called to the
Tastorlto Of the Congregational Church at
White Riyer.Nt. but it is feared that deli.
cate health will prevent his acceptance. -
The Rev. Amos Foster late of Ludlow,
VI, was installed Pastor of Church and
Society, in Acworth, MI on the 18th ult
Prot. Henry, Of the Smithsonian institu-
tion at Washington, stated, n few days since,
that he knew Of but one among the scientific
men Of the United States who professed in
fdel principles Fifty years ago science
and inidelity were nearly synonymous.
There have been from thirty to forty con-
versions among the young ladies of Mount
llolyoke seminary, within few months
Some eight or ten students Of Amherst col
lege have recently professed conversion.
The Rev, Theodore A. Hopkins of St.
Georges parish, Of St, Louis has introduced
systematic plan Of operations for those
objects to which every church in the land
Jugit to contribute. During the season Of
Epiphany two sermons on the duty of giving
the fihe were preached. Blank pledges
were scattered in every pew, and the con-
sregation were asked to subscribe to every
object specified in them, or to such among
them as they most sympathized with. The
resGlt .was subscription of $3.50 IS. A
few weeks ago collection of $50 was
made, also for Domestic Missions Add
this to the above, and the amount of the
contribution is SG4j, (S432 2j being for
Missions, the rest for the orphans) Last
year this church gave, by collection, Sl9 to
Foreign Missions, and SD 2S to Domestic.
Within a year and three weeks, - have
been confirmed in this church.
Mr.. lleckerthe proprietor OF the Church
man, Episcopal paper published in New
York. recently sued Mr.. John IL. Hopkins,
the proprietor of the Church Journal, & ri
val paper in the same city, for libel lsy-
ing damages at $1,000, hecker owns also
four mills. The Church journal said -
"When the slander of the Churchman is
found to proceed only from an uneducated
dealer in cereals and an English layman,
yet fresh from his mother country, whose
opinions are those of his employer, the SON
orous noise, powerless as stage thunder and
the sweet yelling of kline, will never curdle
the milk of human kindness in the breast
of any reasonable man. We understand
that in order to replace in some measure
the funds so largely sunk in carrying on the
Churchnan, the proprietor, Mr.. IIecker, is
entering upon new field of action in the
backing business
For this the Jury gave a verdict for Mr..
llecker of cents
The season of Lent commenced on the
25th ult. The Catholic bishop of Boston
has issued regulations for the fast, allowing,
by dispensaton, the use of flesh meat on all
Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays in Lent,
once in the day; on Sundays without res
friction as to the number Of times; lard may
be used on all the days; eggs, fish, butter,
cheese and milk may be used at q .''"lng
collation.