The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-08-29
Religious Intelligence.

In Coos county. y. H.. embracing twcnt,
six towns and about 10000 inhabitants. there
are six Congregational churches, viz: one
each in Shclburnc. Whitcicld, Dalton, Ian
caster, Coicbrook and Stcwartstown. and ONLY
two congregational ministers. In all the six
churches are a little short of two hundred
members. That at Shclburnc is reduced to
three females. The number in Whitcfield is
not known. as no report from that chnrch
has been made for years, and for years it has
had no preaching. Not single Congrcga-
tional church in the county can sustain precl-
ing independently of missionary aid. 1t
would be cause for dcvout gratitude, SAYS
the Christian Mirror, were other evangelical
denominations in the county in hcalthful
pecuniary and religious state but they are
all weaker than are those of our own dencm-
ination. \ missionary in that region who
writes to the Congregational Journal, SAYS
that morality is proportionably low. This
depressed condition of religion and morality.
cannot probably be attributed to political
preaching
Mccormick, the inventor of the rcapcr,
has offered to give $4,000 per wear towards
the support of Presbyterian church at
Chicago. if they will secure Rev. DIR. Rice of
st. Louis as pastor. The object of the move
ment Is to counteract the anti-slavcry tend
encles of the Christianity that prevails in that
city and state. and if possible to secure the
preponderance of pro-slayery opinions in the
now Hyde Park theological school about to
be established at Chicago 1t is not believed
that any machine Mr. Mccormick can make
will reap much fruit from this effort.
The London Morning. Post attributes
the rebellion in India in part to the Catholic
Jesuits, who have been sent there in lcyions
for the last twenty-five years, and possess
colleges and establishments in the prc,idcn-
cles, and even up the country.
The people of Dover. " II. are enjoy
ing in religious revival. Twcntv-four per
sons have recently been baptised by Rev. Mr..
Dursin of the FrecWill Baptist Church.
The church of the Epiphany at Philadel-
phia, which dismissed Rev Mr.. Tyns because
of his dislike to slavery. has procured as rec
tor. Rev. Mr.. Prcntiss. stakeholder from
South Carolina. Mr.. Tynss parish is erect
ing new church. The Congregational
church at Shclburne, y. H.. is reduced to
three members. all femaics.-Rcv. VI. Bake
we'll, formerly an Episcopal clergyman in
Gcnesec. y. y. who joined the Roman Gath
olic church few years since. has returned to
the Episcopal "h".c!,
QUAEREIING AMONG TIE RELIGIor>
NEwSrAPERS.-A discussion is going on be-
tween the Independent on one side and the
Puritan Recorder and Evangelist on the
other. as to the influence Of the Independent
upon religion. The Recorder and EVANGELIST
hold that the decay Of Congrcgationaism is
owing in good part to the independents and
the latter rctorts upon the Evangelist. by
showing that the New School Prcsbytcrilns.
of which it is the organ, are also in a decay
ing condition. they having lost two churches
and 9o2 members within eight years. The
| Independent also carries on the war bv al
lusion to the success of its assailants 1t
says:
I'VE are crcdibly informed that the sub
scrption list Of that journal has declined from
fourteen thousand to nine. Our ncighbor
can give the exact figures. and if the Puritan
Recorder would also give the figures of its
subscription list as compared with that of
The independent in its own ncighborhood
the affection of both those journals toward
this. and their strange sympathy with each
other over the decay of Congrcgationaisn
here will be more readily understood by the
public"
1t closes by sayins:-
Instead of the paltry carping about sta
t>tics which the Evangelist has introduced
without surveying its own ground. it were
better for Christians of both these dcnomina
tonS to look honestly in the face their owl
dclinqucnceS. and the claims of Christ upol
their property and enterprise, for the evan
gelization of this great city
The Independent also notices a statement
in the Recorder attributing to one of its. 9TH,
Independence publishers, CNr. Bowen,) til,
following remarks -
at Is astonishing to see how the indie
pendent goes ahead We have now 10000
subscribers. and they are rapidly increasing
| got up this paper to put these benevocn
societies right. We have already put thu
American Board and the Home Missionary
Society right; and we have taken in hand thu
Tract Society. and shall straightcn that Fo
as long as dry goods will sell. this paper shal
go" I'VE replied, 'Mr. b.. there is some tall
abroad of making YOU Bishop of the Congrc
gationalists' TO this he made no answer l,
WORDS
The Independent denies the above.