Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-05-08
Religious 1nirIliernts.

really better informed concerning II,
spiritual wants of Africa and Asia, Ia.
of many parts of our own land, even q
our own New England. lie gives. .
specimens Of the Missionary ground
which lies at our own door, the follow;n.
statistics gathered in the towns Of Charl.s
town, Langdon, Alstead and Gilsun
H., lying on or near the Connection, .sa
he thinks the state Of things is probabty
no more encouraging in many parts of
Vermont, which is doubtless so,
The aggregate population Of the sOu,
towns (a5oye named, is 4,3lO Aver.
age attendance on public worship, Al an
places of such worship in the town,
$50: of whom $50 may hear scrip,ur,l
Preaching. Double this number fore
tasional attendants, and 500 may hear
4" ruth as it is in Jesus" This numb,
deducted from the aggregate population
| (4,310,) there remain 2,Sl0 who seldom.
if ever, hear iuculcated Repentance n
ward God and faith toward the Lord
Jesus Christ" Taxable property In the
four towns is S2,0O6,756. Rateable pro-
perty in the six Congregational churches
and societies in them, $4,000; on which
is annually paid for the support of The
gospel. s1,450, l 1-2 per cent Paid
by New Hampshire Missionary SOcisty
for the support of preaching in said
towns, s675. Average salary of six
ministers in the same, $362,50. Of the
six churches, five are missionary. That
at Centre Alstead has a fund yielding
$50 per annum; the salary Of the mi
mister is $500. Three of these churches,
Langdon, Paper-Mill Village and Centre
Alstead, are now destitute and have no
preaching, but hope to have soon. Il
: should be stated that the Methodists In
= North Charlestown, and the Baptists,
= Methodists and Chriaians in Gilsum,
= pay probably, in the two towns, 5000 for
. the maintenance of gospel ordinances,
A letter in the Church journal gives
- the following particulars concerning the
At Vermont Episcopal Institute.
10 The property of the Institute Is now
=" entirely free from all incumbranse.--
u This property consists chiefly of tract
&c of land, containing one hundred acres,
pS living about mile and half North Of
'e the village of Burlington, and in full
y view of it. together with the buildings
C thereon. Here, for the last sixteen or
seventeen years, the Bishop and bis ia
mily have resided, and it would be diff
. cult to find spot Of more varied and
- picturesque scenery, or more enchanting
" views than this affords of Lake Cham
% plain, and the country bordering ,uben it.
The land estate in question, was puchas-
- ed about two years since, for the price Of
~ $4,000, as the location of the Vermont
t0 Episcopal Institute then to be. The
" whole of this amount has now. been paid,
!, and thereby mortgage on the place, n
$4,000, has been cancelled, and all the
:, old claims, remaining from the former
enterprise of the Bishop, have been Ii
quidated for the sum of $1,000. The
result is, that the Church in Vermont nov
possesses, in perpetuity, a residence for
as the present and all future Bishops of the
. Diocese, together with an admirable D.
van cation for the Episcopal and Theological
~ Institute.
Besides the $4,000, by which these
-, most desirable objects just mentioned
:. have been effected, there remains in the
e. treasury and of subscriptions unpaid,
but now due, the sum of $500. Viii
80 this amount it is proposed TO commence,
IT, as soon as possible, the erection Of 8
suitable building for the Institute. The
80. Bishop laid before the Board plan for
al this edifce, which was accepted. II IS
-, to be built of stone, OF which there is an
abundance on the ground. The length
and ''- '''0 y 0''
with the house Of the Professor at the
=. one end, and the library and chaPelsi
-. che other. The height viii be three
90 stories including the basement, but The
- chapel will be distinguished by tower
49, The style proposed is the collegiate
:, gothic, and when completed, it will pre-
80 sent very impressive exterior, and be
-. in every way eommodious for the PuF-
ar poses of the Institute. The estimated
cost is $4,000, but the work will be car
,ero ried no further, and proceed no faster
the than the funds actually in hand will JUS
., = tify. The Executive Committee were
,ova authorized to 60 on without delay in me
,ra., erection of the building, and il Is esiimA-
ted that the amount now secured by SUD