The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-04-18

RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

Rev. Humphrey Moore, ID. D., Of
Milford, is the oldest orddine Conyrcga-
tional minister in New Hampshire, having
been ordained October, 1902. Rev. DR..
Lord, ordained in 1916, is the next old
est, AMI Rev Enoch Corscr, cf Boscawen,
third.
Rev. David Curtis, of Stoningion, is 81
years old, and has been in the ministry fer
sixty years, during which time his salary
has averaged SlG6 per year He has
lived til his wife So years, and has had
thirteen children
The Second church in Westfeld, Mss :,
has voted TO call Rev. Harry Hopkins,
son Of the President of Will ms College.
Rev. Rnfus NJ. Sawyer has accepted u
unanimous cali to the First Congregational
church in Middlcborough.
The Trustees OF Trinity College, Hart
ford. have elected to the presidency Of
that institution the Rev. DR.. Payne,
rector Of 81. Georges church, Science
lady.
The Rev. John f. Potter has entered
upon his duties as assistant minister of St.
Georges, Ncwburgh, n. Y.
-Four Protestant churches will be built
in Houston, Texas, this year.
A writer in the Western Rec order says.
in neighborng State learn there is one
preacher who has charge of four churches
edits Il newspaper, is president of Fee
male College, runs several peddlcr wag-
ons, keeps farm, and owns several
patent rights which he farms out.
a young American lady. brought up
in the Christian faith, joined the Jewish
Church at Chicago a few days ago.
The Christian Inquirer, speaking of
unlversalists, says: "They seem to think
that whoever believes anyone will be
damned, deserves 20 be damned for lis
belief; and whoever does not believe that
all men will be saved is himself in danger
Of being lost"
The Baptist Church has more members
South than North, although this denom-
lnalion is not enthusiastically united and
governed as the sectS which the war has
sundered.
The Barre Baptist Association will hold
IFS annual meeting with the Baptist
church in Groton, Wednesday and Thurs
day, the 18Th and 18th days of June,
commencing at 10 o'clock, A. NJ. Rev.
t. Smith is appointed to preach the an
nual sermon, Rev. A. G. Woodruff, sub
stitute.
Bishop Hopkins of Vermont confirmed
large class Of candidates of the congre-
CATION of st. Johns Church, in Washing.
ton, d. c., recently.
Rev. John L. jenkins of Vermont, has
accepted call from the Congregational
church at Gainesville, N. Y.
Cornwall contributed 1888 TO the
American Board of Foreign Missions in
1865, Midllebury, 1858, Orwell, $3.50,
Vergennes, $40, Shoreham, $50, and
Weyhridge, $40.
ALEXANDRIA SEMINARY. "A CORES
pondent of the Connecticut Cluchn.an
says, Alexandria Seminary has nine or
ten students now on its rolls, and seems to
he reasscriing its old life 1t suffer,
greatly yet from the loss of property du
ring the war A large part of its library
was saved by being packed up, and stored
in Alexandria, but many volumes had
been previously ab,tracted and some val
cable sets spoiled by the loss of single
volumes. The Semin Try has not yet OBJ
tanned the Naturalization asked for from
the War Department, or had not at last
accounts
The Christian Times, of this city, last
week made the following announcement
ITO day we M to our readers with ]
what is probably the last number Of The
Christian Times. In its stead, they will