Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-05-13
Religious intelligence.

y correspondent OF the thrOHtCle says that
the religious interest in and around New
York City is still great. The daily prayer
Sixty seven converts were admitted to one of
the Presbyterian Churches at its last COM
munion and sixty more were admitted April
24th, to Rev. Dr. Tyngs Church At East
Hampton on Long Island powerful revival
commenced n few W cks ago and already
more than 100 have been converted In
several other places much religious interest
is manifested.
A correspondent Of the Boston Watehman
d Reflector speaking of the revival On board
the receiving ship NortA Crolina at New
York, says that one hundred and fifty scamen
have been converted during the last twelve
months. Last week most Of them wore
drafted into active service on board other
vessels and within year some Of them will
probably be in every American squadron in
the world, carrying with them the new prin-
cipes and practice which they have learned
The annual session of the Troy Conference
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church will be
hel1 at Saratoga Springs on the l8t Of May.
Bishops James and Simpson are expected to
be present.
Rev. Mark Carpenter, Of Holyokc, Mass,
assumes the charge Of the lst Baptist church
at Brattleboro.
1t is estimated that 10000 persons went
away from the Academy Of Music. on Sab
bath evening April 24th, unable to get seats
Rev. w II. Milburn, the blind preacher,
oficiated.
DR.. Halves, of Hartford, Conn, cstima tes
the whole number Of Sabbath School teach
crs in Great Britain and the United States
at one million. And the number of scholars
at seven millions. OF fseven million scholars
four millions are in Great Britain and three
millions in the United States.
An English missionary, DR.. Mcgowan
| long resident at Shanghue, China, has re-
Gently undertaken 4 mission to NIgasaki
Japan, taking with him tracts and copies o
c Scriptures in Chimes, for distribution
and Bibles in English and Dutch for the us
Of the ma i've interpreters.
Three col,red men were ordained in vii
mington, Del, recently rs Missionaries tC
| Africa. They are graduates of the Ashmur
! Institute, near Oxford, Pa, II college fol
colornd men. They go ont under the direc
ton of the Presbyterian Board Of Aissions
The Protcstants in Ireland, by circulating
freely the Christian Scriptures, nave aroused
the Romanists thens lives who within the las
few years, have put in circulation above a.
hundred thousand copies of the Catholi
version. The Protestants, rather than tina
no Bible should be circulated, have joinc
in scattering abroad the same yersion-be
lieving that, though defective, 1t neverthe
less contains the words of salvation, an
will open the way of life which had bee
closed. Forty-two congregations, withi
the last nine years, have renounccd the error
of Papacy, and were added to the FELLOWSHIP
of the Protestant Church. There has neve
been greater encouragement in the work {
causing pure Christianity to be widely e,
tended in that country.
Frank j. Bakewell, the youngest son OF
former Episcopal minister in Genesec, \
y, who several years ago joined the Roma
Catholic Church, has returned to the com
munion Of the Protestant Episcopal Church