Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-05-21
Religious Intelligent.

As the result of great da.,
md considerable expense the
'onoiist of this week has coIl.s,.3 ,',''
90 cities and towns-Q5l Of W.,
n New England and i25 in NJ
'etts)-reliable statistics as to tss
Der OF additions TO the CoDvr..a
churches in those cities and toS,n. s''s
first Sabbath in May and also =. nj
Der of hopeful conversions in COM. =
W 18th those churches. The RETURN a''e
over seven columns in the oouo,..I a
aSs'' (Which we take pleasure n '' -
is one of the ablest religious pans,, wy
country9 The total number or ~, %
slons recorded in these column,
ll,OoO' Deducting the numb, 49,
are mentioned as having occur,sa .'s
"es' 'lere remains about $500 ia, \
England alone, and not far from 7so a''
Massachusetts 1t is thought l I,'' !,
versions connected with n. ~ CO..
churches in Boston are over 5oo 'Doaa
one hundred pastors to whom ci,, U's
were sent have not yet made .nv r,aI'a
In the figures given less than ~. ,,''.'
towns in M'''"sho'e'', are reDr rs. u
The full returns would swell tie t ssla..
given above very largely. P,n nS'' :
most every place the Conor.co,; '1 a.
says, " it is gratifying to hear ,ba
appended intelligence, the work Gin
on with almost unabated power,
following returns from the o.,,
churches in Boston will be read 1,
terest. At the Bowdoin Strps n
there have been twelve Or fftes,n,
sions. In the Central Chur5saL,
been from fifteen to twenty.
In the Essex Street Churchng
to fifty have been hopefully u,,-,
and the interest still CONTINUES IA
Mariners church about fifty in al h,
been converted. In Mount V.,,
Church there have been abou. one /,
dred conversions. In the Nn+
Church, East Boston, without d,
there have been about twelve Conyg5r
four Of whom are heads Of famfis / I
| the Old South Church new cases ID
quiry and conversion are occurring ga
week. About thirty have been COMA.
ed among the stated worshippers, bsls
a number Of wayfaring persons whohn
dropped in accidentally. The con7s
sions among the Park street people vii
probably number about one hundnl,
but many others from the country md
other churches in the city of diferen! &.
nominations have been converted at Ii.
meetings or under the influence Of III
preaching at tnat place. In Pine stree
the converts will number over sixty.
the Phillips Church, South Boston, The
one-third of whom are adults. In d
Salem Church, Rev. Mr.. Field paste
there have been over twenty conversiol
In the Shawmut Church, Rev. Mr.. SHi
pastor, some thirty or forty have be-
converted.
= We notice that the stewards Of 4
: Boston and Lynn districts of the Msth
dist Episcopal Church have RESPONDED
, the invitation rendered to them byi
r New England Conference to appoint b
delegates. Other districts will dOubls
pursue the same course.
Intelligence has recently been reci
2 ed of the death of Rev. Hubert ?. HI
;. rick, on the 26th of December, and ID
t Of DR.. Henry A. Ford at Barokana
4 End of February-both CONNECTED ND
: the Gaboon mission, West I1a-
e These missionaries returned b &
: fields of Intoxicating their TIsA
n this country to more fully recruit a
n health-the latter about two years aS
, and the former a little less than a 70
! ago. An earnest call is made iPl
n stefan TO take the place of Dr. Ford
e In regard to the state of religious '',
l. ing in this city the Puritan R''"'
says: God is still carrying on Dis wv
as in weeks past. From all the lOlo'-
Is ton that we can obtain, the ToFS y
ct extending, within and without
y Church. Many within the Cnn''l
d being greatly quickened, and many W.
d out the Church are converted
n The Salem Register says thal '"''
1T gational singing has recently O''- 4
q troduced into the South Cb0''D ~ -
i city "with good success thus l''' -
at ing with the appreciation Of a lA's :
ton of the congregation. Inc '1a'
% be sung is announced by the nliD'
a previous to the reading Of the hylD'
The tune is played by the Orsa'',9
Is the congregation then rise anu j'~'
singing--the organ accomPa"y"'
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