The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-05-15
RELIGIous INrKILIaEKcE.

~ n religious Interest AZ Wells River
OF which We have heretofore spoken, has not
abated. bot il on The increase. The prayer
meetings ar crowded with thoughtful and
anslou, hearers, and the spirit OF God seems
10 be- broodlng over the place Ths pastor
of the Congregational Church, Rev. 5. NJ.
P!impton, Is earnest and constant in his e.
forts
Thirteen PERSONS sBited u.th tho congre-
gntional Church ~ NcWbury, on Sunday last.
seven Of whom wers baptized. Most Of
those baptized we're young men.
buTiM-The ordinance Of baptism WIS
extended to some thirty persons ia Dcnuiog,.
ton, ON Sunday last Nine Of the Baptist
Church. four Of the Congregational, two Of
the Episcopal, and eighteen OF the Methodist
Fourteen Of these we're baptized by INNER
sion.
AZ the close Of the last term At Amherst
College, the usual Junior Exhibition was
omitted on account Of the deep religious in
terest. Among all the students Of this
College but seventeen remain uneonVerted,
aud nearly all Of these are more or less inter
ested.
The Home MssioHaBy for May givea cheer
ing accounts Of reyivAls throughout the North
West, In connection with churches which are
benciieiaries Of that society. The same pub
LEGATION says that there is pretty sure pros
pret now that on the opening Of navigation
next spring, there will be nine important
Congregational and Presbyterian Churches
in Minnesota seeking pastors. These Iuo
denominations have At least 6f,y'three ehUr-
ches in the Territory.
Abe 7r1imJef Of Boston claims shat the
present rcyia al which has spread all over the
United States begun among the UnNersalists,
They had the earliest drops Of the shower
Uuiyersalisis began 10 feel increased painting
after the slfrtual lie as long ngo as the time
at the l.. s. Convention 81 our faith az Chi
eaFo. The New England brethren came
home renee cd In spirit. and resolsrd to com
mcuee a scii.s Of spiritual meetings. The
first was holden'on the lith Of October, IN
RoNbury. 4 great elect allcnd,d that mect'
ing, and like meetings have continued until
the presen, day"
There were added 10 Eve Congregational
-sknIehs1 IN NeM-An City and Rrooklyn
last sunday, three hundred arrl ffy persons.
These were not the 'shole results Of the re,i-
val since last fall, but simply the fruits gath.
-lze1 IN iLe internal recurring b,iyeen one
communion aud another. An these churches
have had recent Ia fgo acecssionsi while in
some instances sull greater numbers, even,
than on last Sabbath. arc TO be received ~
the mex, following celebration Of the Lords
Supper. Among tho sixty who united With
the Congregational Church in Simsbury, Con-
nerticut, last Sabbath, there Wcro two or
three instances Of whole families, and one
oase Of three generations, viz. a man, his
mother. wife, daughter aud two sisters. To
the churches in NewburyPort there were add
ed last Sabbath $50 Ear as repor,ed) one hun
drcd and twenty.
The Prudential Committee Of the Amcri-
can Board az Commissioners e,r Foreign
Missions have issued n circular 20 the chur-
chcs, enlling upon them for aid TO relieve the
Board from ia present embarrassed eondiliCn
They say that "eight months of the Boards
financial year has passed. and for every month
,fs NJ, average. the receipts have fallen ftccIrc
hoHsdHd dollars short Of the necessary cx-
penditure. The uggregme deficiency is nolo
one hundred thousand doRrrs. Commercial
distress accounts for the deficiency in the su-
tumn but not entirely FOR tho falling of OF
the monthly receipts from forty to twenty
thousand dollars, since January of the mes
ont year This must be owing, in pat AT
least, TO other engrossing influences, however
excellent in themselves, upon the thought
and fccling OF the ehurches."