Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-02-09

- aPtst Churcb IN North Springfield. VT.
" 4 revival Is in progress ii Newport Cen.
tire, Vt under the auspices OF the Advent
Methodist and Freewill Baptist denomina-
tions Sixteen have been already baptized.
There is very powerful revival Of re-
iision in progress in the Wesleyan Uniyer-
si'y, MiddIetown, Ct. Religious meetings
arc held daily.
Rev. G. L. Gleason, was ordained Pastor
Of the Congregational church in Bristol.
Feb. lst.
Rev. 6. W. Porter has resigned the rec.
torship Of St. Michael's church Brattleboro.
Rev. 5. +. Drew closed the sixth year Of
his labor with the Congregational church in
Cabot, On the first Sabbath Of last month.
Rev. Amos Poster, pastor of the Conpre
gational church in Acworth, y. H., has
closed his labJrs there, and has received an
unanimous Teques. TO resume hls pastoral L.
bors in Pulney, Vt, sfter IN abseree Of over
twelve years. Should he d. 50, he viii thea
be one o, the ol1cs, pastors in this STATE.
Ills ministry ia Vermont and New lamp /
shire extends over period Of go years.
The recognition Of the ars. Baptist church
o. $. Adams, took pIac, Jan. 3Is., IN tie
congregational church in ST. Albaas. Ser
mon By Rev. DR.. Upham Of ,he New lamp
sLifc institute, Fairfax.
At the dedication ., the church Of the
Messiah, in Montpelier las; week. 4 hne
Silver Communion Service appeared as The
giil OF the church ia Boston Of which the
Rev. DR.. uanuett Is Pastor. Also Silver
BaI;is'ual Font, the gift Of Rev. Nj. Wa
terstJn. Of Boston 1 he Unitarian church
Of Darlington also presented a very elegant
Bible ior the PGlpi,
of llj churches in Vermont, which It.
port the amount of salaries paid their min
listers, Il pay $1,000 or over; 81 pay $500
to $1,000 AMI IL pay less than $500. q
We have heretofore mentioned the install =
.ation Of Rev. J. D. Kinssbury. late Of j
Winooski, over the Congregational church =
in Bradford, Mass, The Boston Recorder :
tays IN its notice Of the occasion:
Rev. Mr.. hiugsbury comes TO his uev charge
inIer circumstances highly auspicious The T.
al both from the church AMI society VS. unan- d
nous, anu al the people, young AMI Old gave L
nm most cordial welcome. His salary is I.
: 1000, payable monthly in alyance ''
The church 10 Bradford is an ancient one.
lay.ns been organized il 1Gs2, since which a
ime i- has hal succession Of evangelical pas
oIs. bradford Academy, now sixty years old, y
Ni1Ain the bounds Of the parish, and with It's "a
eachers and pupils constitutes an important q
art ci the minis ers charge. There is 10 other :,
nurch IN the town, the population Of which is II
ooHt seventeen or eighteen huuirei. 10
The following resolution was unanimously co
ased at the Montpelier Association Of Con ~ ~
rcgatioual churches, Jan. 80. We under
,and that other associations in the Safe .,
ave adopted similar measures: n
R.soIrei. That the Committee On the Cbrou- Of.
lie are requested 70 make immediate arrange / =,
tents to establish another paper which shall be IL
ie organ OF the Congregational church Of this VI
tate, and we pledge ourselves % use our in
lence and efforts in all Of the enterprise. and
do all in our power to extend its circulation -
cur parishes, and 10 respond 10 any call Of u
lie Committee to this end. Of
Walton's Journal SAYS 1T is not pro- ar
lscd, We learn, to remove the Chronicle CO
ON Windsor, but to establish a new paper sic
hieh will be under Congregational control, Of
the Chronicle Is not now tic
The trustees o f the Congregational church gu
hiding fund, have returns Of about SIG an
70, contributed from about 1000 churches. III
aying nearly 2000 churches from which no :,
turns have been received. Probably the
ost Of these have, for enc reason Or an sol
her, taken up no collection The trustees Co
c very much gratiied with the success of Po
e movement thus far. and are confident ~
at the whole SUN, 100000, can be rais-
The Catholic World says that nowhere W.
IS the Catholic Church increased 20 pros pal
rously within the last fifty years as in the az,
nlted States Of America About two =.
ousand churches and chapels built: an
crease Of one thousand eight hundred cler- 'o-
men (mosiIy from abroad); one hundred an'
d sixty schools established for the Catholic dis
aiming IF eighteen thousand boys AMI foo
irty-fOur thousand girls.
The Presidents Of tie United States are -.
.>scd denominatiJnally as follows Wash A-'
g,Cn, Madison. Monroe. IIarri- ol
n, Tyler and Taylor, were Episcopalians in
iiers0n, John Adams and John Quincy D,
iams, Unitarians jackson, Polk and Lin
In, Presbyterians; Van Burcn was Of the the
iteh Reformed church The surviving mel
csidents are Fillmore, Unitarian: Pierce,
Unitarian COngregationaliSt, all recently 7
has joincd the Episcopal churtl Buchan- a.
, an EpiscopalIan during his term Of Office, wa
L Is said to have ilinej the Prcsbyterians say
Is year; and johnson Is a Presbyterian. wit