Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-03-01
DIsABLsD.-Thev Vermont Central Rail-
road has had about so engines disabled
by recent collisions and accidents,
Reiigious Intelligence.

h~hshOus fnteIifgeuCe,
The report that Rev, @. W. Flanders,
d. D, OF Concord N. H.. has been called
to the psstorate of the Baptist Church
in Burlington, is contradIcted. He has
preached for the Society few sabbaths
with great acceptance.
-Revivals are reported in the Baptist
Church in Ira, and in the Methodist
CHURCHES in Middebury and West Rut-
land,
The Baptists in New England are
making efforts 10 raise 100000 for the
endowment Of Brown University at
Providence.
The sabbath,school. an institution
especially adapted to the masses, was
originated by an English Methodist,
Robert Rakes, who was ridiculed for
1.-THE absurdity of taking poor, ragged
children to church" The Methodsts of
this country now issue more than a mil
lion of sabbath school books annually.
They have at this time three hundred
and fifty men preaching in the German
and Scandinavian languages and have
fairly earned the title of Missionary
Church"
Rev. S. e Root, late chaplain OF the
9th Michigan Infantry Veterans, has &C.
Cepted a call to settle with the LIST Free
will Baptist church in North Tunbridge,
Vermont, This church has been revived
under the labOrs Of the pastor elect, aud
is now one of strongest f. ". B. church
es in Vermont.
The Seminary at Castlcton, Vt, has
been blessed with special outpouring
of the Spirit. The work Is free from all
excitement. Each scholar attends to
her school duties faithfully and earnest
ly. But under it all there Is deep
thoughtful, interest, All but five or six
belonging to the boarding department
have expressed their hope in Christ as
their Saviour Cosgreqa$SoHalSt
-"P, Il. w" furnishes the following
Vermont religious items to the Boston
Congregationalist
The church at Weathersdeld Bow
which has hitherto maintained worship
only half the time, is now attempting to
maintain it all the time, and has raised
the necessary funds Rev MI White
4 returned missionary, mas been invited
to supply the pulpit.
Within the last year, fifteen Of the
leading citizens Of Wilmington have
united with the Congregational Church
and, within three years, the congrega-
ton has increased from eighty to one
hundred and forty.
Rev. George l.. Gleason was ordained
Feb. lst, pastor of the church In Bris.
tol. This church has been without a
pastor nearly q years.
The proposition to procure col,
league for Henry Ward Beecher of Brook
lyn N. Y, has been abandoned, he hav-
ing stated that he neither needed nor de-
sired one.
Rev A. II. Burlingame, D. D.. is the
newly appointed pastor of the American
Chapel in Paris, France.
"A National Unitarian Conference is
to be held at Buffalo, April 18th; 0peu
ing Sermon 10y Rev. F. H. Hdegc, D, D..
Of Brooklinc
An tplscopaI church has inst been
completed at Windsor, CT, at a cost Of
$4,000.
Two meeting houses are in process
OF erection at Springfield, and three
more are in immediate contemplation,
RELIGIOUS CONDITION OF COLLEGES
The following report is furnished to
the COngregationalist: The efforts to OBJ
tain statistics have met with their usual
success. A few Of the circulars ad-
dressed to the different colleges, brought
back carefully prepared statements
more very vague and general replies
moot Of them 40 response whatever.