Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-01-09
RELIGIOUS NsTTERS.

Rev. Geo. +. Sanborn was ordained as pas.
tor Of the Congregational church and society
in Georgia, Vt, last Thursday.
We learn Of rcviva,s in n number of tie
Baptist and Methodist churches in this State
In Essex Rev. j. Gray, of the Baptist
church, has recently baptized twenty-f con.
vcrts. \ number of heads OF families ha7,
also been added to the Methodist church in
that place In Winooski under the labors
Of Rev. 5. W. Clemens, some twenty conycr.
sions have recently occurred.-At Fairfax Rev.
Mr.. Dunn baptized, on 4 late Sabbath, eight
rcrsOns.-From the Christian Advocate we
learn also that rcvivals have been experier-
cel, or are now in progress, in Pittsford.
Leicester. Starksboro, Watcrvillc, and Bran.
don.-ln Pittsiord there have been some
twenty conversions; in Brandon about forty.
during the past year; and in Leicester about.
twenty-five conversions.
Recently, Rev. Paul $ Adams, late Of
Newport, y. H., was recognized pastor Of
the Baptist church in Brattleboro'.
It is stated that no communion season has
passed for year and half without adli,
tions to the Congregational church Of Spring
field, Vt. On one occasion, not long ago
there were Il added by profession. A large
number Of the young people Of the place arc
embraced in the church, which numbers some
300 members
The members Of the old school Presbyteri-
an church in the United States give on an
average $50 each to religious charities
annually, which is said to be $500 moro
than the average ofany other denomination in
the country.
The Tennessee Bapasi has a note from a
home learned that brother Fortinberry. tho
missionary Of the Pearl River Association.
baptized an entire Methodist Society. with
two exceptions, and constituted those bap-
tized into a Baptist Church.
Rev. NJ. d, Conway, late of Washington,
D. c.. has received and accepted a unani-
nous invitation of the Unitarian Society N
Cincinnati to become their pastor.
The Springfield Rpu"ran is responsible
for the following
Tho names of FIVE of tho leading Unitarian cl.r.
gymen in and about New York are rather ominous
for superstitious mind,-turness, Coles. Bellovs.
Blease and Burrap. The only antidotc they ever
had was Dewey, who came amer Sparks and lie ha.
passed through this fiery ordeal and evsporstel.
enough ought not to forget, that he has left
successor quite osgo't.
4 Correspondent Of the New York Ird,-
rcndHt gives the following statistics Of
the Canadian Churches The Church of
England claims in Canada soma $50 chapels
the Roman Church exceeds these by about
$50. The Mothodsts nave so chapels tho
Presbyterian- 2lO the Bartists go. the
lutherars 40. In Lower Canada, there ara
- Congregational churches, ! Jewish Syua-
cogue, Quaker Meeting Houses, and Uni
ycrsalist Chapel The Roman Church IN
the Church Of England has scarcely third
Of that number Methodism has some go, GOA
attached members presbvterianism some
oiO, 600 the Baptists claim some SO GOO
members of their persuasion the Lutherans
with their 40 chapels, have not mora
than 5000 members In Upper Cana6s;
7ongregationalism douIishes. 1t has 50
,hapels, The Free Church Of Scotland has
here 100 churches Upper Canada is esti-
mated by the census to have place of wor-
hlp for every Gl2 Of its population and
lower Canada has l place Of worship
or every l,i6) of its people
\ London paper of Nov. 22th says
The movement towards protestanism in Bohemia
Noraya and Austrian Silesier, is becoming daily
more immense and overwhelming whole families,
II all their branches, simultaneously embracing the
lutheran creed, and leading others to the sane
quite. II appears that the recent concordst With
he Pope which disguise the more intelligent iuhsh
tauts Of these countries Is the dominant cause Of
hi' movement -