Worcester daily spy., 1859-01-22
RELIGIOUS SUMMARY.

ing great good. A case has recently occurred
in which Catholic family of three have been
brought into these meetings, and two of them
converted.
An Episcopal church has recently been Or
ganzed in West Brookfield through the spe-
cial labors of DR.. Penniman, formerly Uuita-
rlan clergyman, now homeopathic physician
and Episcopal clergy man. The church con-
slsts OF twelve members, one-third of whom be-
long to the family of the pastor
The Baptist church at Putnam, Conn, un-
der the efficient iabors of the pastor, Rev Mr.
Meeker, are enjoying very pleasant state OF
religious prosperity. During the last year
more than fifty connected with the Sabbath
school were baptized and united with the
church, together with large number of adults
The fortieth anniversary of the Missionary
Society Of the Methodist Episcopal Church was
held at Providence, on Sunday, the 9th inst,
continuing through Monday afternoon and
evening, Bishop James presiding. The Soci-
ETY. appropriated for the year 1859 the sum of
$261 900.
The High Street Church (Rev. Mr.. VOL
cotts,) Providence, have unanimously voted to
contribute to the American Tract Society. Bos
ton; the society at New York have heretofore
collected in this field. There have been added
to this church eighty three members the past
| yeal-seNehty py profession.
Prayer meetings for the revival of religion
are now being held in most of the towns
throughout Scotland and we learn that they
are IN general well attended and that they are
| OF a thoroughly catholic character, parties be-
longing to various religious denominations tax
ing part in them
The Lord continues to bless the Evangelical
church and congregation in Athol The meet
ings are very full and solemn, and within
few weeks there have been eight or ten cases
of hopeful conversion. Six of these are young
men.
AT recent meeting held at the Seamen's
Home in Purchase street, Boston, where thir-
ty-elght seamen were present, it was found
that thirty OF them were protesting Christians
quite number being recent converts
A daily prayer meeting is now held at Phil.
adephia, i'll Sansom Street Church, with some
two thousand in attendance The Diligent
Hose Company daily prayer meeting is at
tended by about seven hundred persons.
The minutes of the New Jersey Baptist
State Convention, just published, give the fol-
lowing particulars Churches, Ia; pastors
30; preachers, l37 ; membership, 1924 Sab
bath schools, l23; scholars, 9497 2571 addi-
tons were made to the church, by baptism,
during the year.
| The annual report of the Baptist Missionary
| Convention of the State of New York shows
that there are 43 associations in the State, 839
churches, $50 ministers, lis licentiates and
that the whole number added to the church by
baptism the past year was 10, 193-making the
present membership of the churches 80, ,253
The East New Jersey Baptist Association
has 40 churches, with Al pastors and GO preach
ers.
There has been revival in Duquoin, ILL.,.
where since November 10th, AZ have been ad-
ded to the church, 80 of them by baptism
also that have been baptised at Chatfield,
Min, and at Darlington, Ill.
Rev. d. II. Miller of Me1iden, Ct, in his
second annual Pastoral Letter, states the ad-
dition to the church in Meriden for the year
by baptism to have been thirty y-seven.
Rev. Eli Corwin, formerly of San Jose,
California, was installed pastor of the Fort
street Congregational church, Honolulu, Sand
wlch Islands, on Sunday evening, Dec. 5.
Rev. W. L. Gage, formerly of Manchester
N. H., pastor of the Unitarian church at Mar.
ietta, Ohio, has publically renounced Unitar-
ianism.
Rev a, F. Snanafelt, writes January II:
l have just closed most interesting meeting
OF twelve days at Lardsville, Lycoming Coun-
ty, Penn, the result of which, under the divine
ty-tour persons, ten Of whom are heads of
families. baptized twelve on the day of clos
ing the meetings others are awaiting the or
dinance.
Rev. A, d. Bullock, of the Baptist church,
Palmer Depot, has been appointed Chaplain of
the Monson State Almshouse, in place of Rev
Il. Is. Wright, (Con., resigned Mr.. Bullock
Will continue his connection with his church
and society in Palmer
The oldestactlve clergyman in Massachusetts
is probably Rev. Charles Cleveland of Boston,
who, though he has arrived at the age of eigltg-
eight, is still laboring efficiently as an indepen-
dent city missionary.
The Baptist church at Palmer, Three Riv-
ers, Mass recently made their pastor, Rev E.
H. Watrous, donation visit, leaving goods
and cash to the amount of seventy-fiye dollars
Rev. DR.. Wayland, of Providence, speaks
earnestly against the building of expensive
churches and the payment of high salaries to
ministers, by which he says the masses are ex-
cluded from the church practically. If we keep
on IN this way, he says that the common peo-
pie Will soon become heathens.
Seven spiritualists were excommunicated
from the Congregational church in Lee, on
Sunday, the 9th inst.
Preaching has been commenced, on Sabbath
afternoons, in the theater at Newark.
The o. S. Synod of Mississippi, at its late
session, adopted the following
"lnasmuch as no Catechism for servants, now
eXtant seems to give general satisfaction
"Kesolyed, That a committee, consisting of
two ministers and one elder, be appointed to
prepare such Catechism and present it for
inspection at the next meeting of Synod"
The contributions of the Payson Church and
Society, at Easthampton, last year, for benevo-
lent OBJECTS were about 81 200.
We have further accounts of the recent
great revival in Sweden, Rev. DIR. Stone
says - was told by trustworthy informants
that there is scarcely parish, if there be one,
III which some persons have not been reused
to an earnest concern about their salvation. -
The awakening takes place among all classes.
Not few of the nobility have felt its power.
Instances of sudden conversion are not un-
| common, as sudden, and in their crcumstan-
ces, as remarkable, as any of those related in
the New Testament.
Rev. II. M. Field writes to the N. Y Evan
| gelist OF which he is one of the editors, that
at present, Professionalism in Bohemia may be
said to be almost exterminated. In the city
OF John Huss, there are now but two Protes-
tant churches while there are 55 Catholic
churches and chapels, IL monasteries, nun
neries, and 10 synagogues.
Intelligence has been received from Ava, o f
magnificent reception given to Rev. Mr.
hincald and Rev. DR.. Dawson, Baptist mis-
sionaries, by the King of Burmah Mr.. Kin
cad, it will be remembered, was the bearer of
a letter from the President of the United States
to the King.
There was not single Protestant minister
IN Belgium, twenty-four years ago. Now there
| aud AZ.