Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-12-07

The following letter received day or TWO .
since BY Dea Fuller, from Rev. Mr. Earle the .
Evangelist. will be Of interest to his many /
friends:
Sax Francisco. Cal, Nov. 9th, 1866.
Nh Dear Brother-As your people often
asked ne for NY sermon on the Onpafionaoe
Sin, send you a copy as reported mere az
preached to nearly 1000 hearers 51O have re- .
ouested prayer at a time here, and trust 9Vo /
have found Jesus precious. preach twice each
dsy. The whole Pacific coast seems open to
such meetings. California, Oregon, Nevada, &c
o for more lsborers
I shall have 10 20 over the coast some anu
hold from three 10 seven days meetings All
denominations are united. fear cannot gel
home in January, calls are 80 urgent nope
all Vermont will be redeemed this year; no"
should Ike 10 be in your State now OUT jesus
knows best am working very hard dlon
love TO yourself and each one o. your cnuisI
and the young converts snd the young le'p's'
Yours fraternslly,
Dea. E 4. Fuller.
The Vermont Methodist Conference viii
meet Aprll 18th, Bishop Scot; presiding
The Baptist church at Townshend has
been blessed with a revival OF religion which
has added thirtY-nine persons to It's number.
In East Dover, where revival Of religion is
progressing, Rev. o. Smith has blpused
fourteen The Baptist church 10 Arlington
is ENJOYING an unusual degroe of religious
interest.
The Cong. church and Secretly of Whining
ton have given Rev. J. B. Perry. 5rmeTly
of Swanton. a unanimous cali 90 bee me the
s,ttl,d pastor Of their church. at a salary OF
$1,000 per year, and he has accepted.
Rev. J. Williams, graduate OF And
over in the last clas-, Was ordained and IN
stalled ,astor OF the Cousr,g ,uoual church
at Brnoard. Nov. 22d, with a salary Of
$1,000. Rev. Dr. Sila= Mrk,cn, the former
1as,cr If tie church, Cferod tie ogdaining
rray,r. DR.. M,Koen Was released from has
charge O. tie church at his own urgent re-
quest, by the same council which ordained ms
successor. He Is still 60 reside at Bradford,
several members Of his society having pre-
scented tim with liie-lcase Of the residence
be fret occupied when he began bis ministry
there ftiy-flro years ago, in a house pro-
yided for him by members Of the parish.
At present he supplies the chu-ch in Fairlee.
Marcus p. Norton Of Troy. y. Y, has
given the Congregational church in I'm
mouth fine bell, and other donations
amounting to about $1,000.
Bishop De Goesbriand administered the
rite Of confirmation 10 large number OF
children at the Catholic Church in Rutland
on Saturday last, and preached there last
Sunday. giving detailed accounts Of his recent
Welt to Rome, and also OF tie proceedings
of the late Catholic Council az Baltimore.
From every portion Of the country come
fresh reports Of the eommencmgo Of Teyiyals,
in all denominations. though tie Methodist
church seems to be especially favored.
Catholic revival is going on at Taunton,
Mass which has resulted in The conversion
to Catholicism Of Fix OF seven young protes-
tant men and women.
Guribaldr the other day shouted TO tie
people from the top Of a balcony in
Florence: Tel your wives not TO 60 to
confession; bring up your children to dis
trust tie priesthood.
4 convention Of Episcopal clergy was
recently held in New York, the principal
object being, as stated, ''tO promote and de-
fcnd evangelical truth against its enemies
in the Episcopal Church. especially frlm
the injurious effects Of High Church ritual
ism
Rev. DR. John Cotton Smith remarked
that bishop Of the church had Published
book advocating the ritual;.m of the jew
ish host. and the rector of a church had
introduced prayers for the dead. The use
Of candles upon the Altar, and tie practice
of comics sion, were also mentioned as among
the recent innovations.
Rev. Or. Tying, Bishop Johns Of Virginia,
and other prominent clergymon took part in
the discussion.