The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-05-02
Religious Intelligence.

Key. j. r. Rankin. tor the past Nv
years pastor Of the Presbyterian church
Pot>da,n. " Y, has been invited by \
Cong. society of St. AIhans to become
their pastor He has resigned his pastor
ship at Pot>dam, and it is understood vii
accept the call
-Kev. Samuel Smith has resigned hi
pastoral charge of the Baptist church at Eas
, HarIwick. Vt.
! The Rev. A. H. Stearns has removed
from Jamaica, w., to Claremont, Mass.
having accepted call from the Bapti.
church in the latter place.
Rev. James T. HYDE, who supplied tht
pulpit of Rev. Dr. Bushnell during his ab
senre in California. has received unani
nous cali from the Congregational Churcl
and Society in Middle6ury. w.
The parishioners of Rev Mr. KaIloch
Of fremont Temple, Boston, made him do
nation visit, Wednesday evening, and con
tributed about 81 900 toward the expense.
of his recent defense in the adultery case
Mr.. kalloch made a speech expressing pride
and JOY at the support he was receiving from
his people. and denoun cling those who die
not stand by him as false friends whose re-
spect was of no value.
| The wealthy merchant of New York. in
order to induce an increase of students fol
the ministry, offers to Iav $500 a
year, from one to four years, towards the
support of every man of suitable quahica
'ons, who will agree to drvote himself to the
work Of The gospel ministry. at the end of
the stipulated time, without reference to
creed or sect.
Amos. Lawrence, Of Boston. has Offered.
the American Sunday School Union $1,000 a
year for an indefinite period, if theUnion
will immediately send Sunday school mis-.
>ionary to labor in Kansas.
| "A toliiiIt'tc VI CHIIStldH gentlemen IN
Liverpool, ENGLAND, several wears 400, offer
I'd prize of so for the able>t essay on the
stvle OF architecture best Suted to simple
Protestant worship. All the writers but one
proposed some form of the Gothic, and that
one suggested a glass house after the stvle
| Of the CRYSTAL Palace An architecture suit,
el to The cheerful simplicity and socia'ity of
! Protestant wor,hrp is yet to be created.
The new Broadway Tabernacle. New
York, is to have 2oo ppws on the floor. and
seats are to be let at such rates as to place
them within the means of the poor
The New York. East Methodist Confer.
encr was in session AT B,ookI, " las: week.
Resolutions against slavery were introduced
and passed. after a very lively discussion II
is noIireablt that The party hostile to prog.
rc<S grows smaller and weaker in all the
northern and western ecclesiastical bodies -
/ The rIergy NAV now be said to be very near
~ unlf On the slavery question: Joan l.
liIdreth. a la, m-mbrr sent in 4 memorial
against the use of tobacco bv the clergy, in
which there We're harl hits mal, upon zen
tlrmrn of the cloth who used The weed The
petition WAS considered di>rr>pec,iul, and
brother llrls,rrth had leave TO Withdraw. but
he publishes his dornm.nt, to show that if
the clergv Of the conference were hit it was
their own fault. The conference reports
show religion to be generally tlourishny.
The Jews at Baltimore have recently
been holding their religious services on the
Christian Sabbath, and contemplate making
it permanently their sacred day.
The missionaries Of the Care of Good
Hope found. on investigation, that the earpr-
ness of the Cailir> TO obtain religious tracts
was that they considered them th. best wad
ding for their rifles Have not others besides
the CallrS a r"t>on for their rt!iyious likes
and dl>ikcs that has direct reference to the
ma in chance.