Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-04-05
Religious Intelligence.


A million ofpeople in London new
er see the inside of church or chapel.
They are as much heather as the
jewellers in Timbuctoo.
A London letter in the Boston
Journal says:
Without question Mr.. Sturgeon is
the most popular preacher in Lon
don to-day. His church will seat
comfortably 5000. 1t is always full.
All the seats in the vast edifice are
rented. The chapel is rented by
seats. The party who takes pew
receives as many tickets as there are
seats in it. These hold good for six
months. Each person to occupy that
pew presents tick get at the gate and
is admitted. Without such ticket no
one enters till ten minutes before SER
vices commence. Then the gates are
opened and the throng rush in and
take all unoccupied seats. Mr.. Spur
geon's church is an old one. 1t was
formed in 1850. 1t was ministered
to by DR.. Gill Rippon, and other dis
tinguished men. 1t now numbers
$500 members, every one of which has
to report himself at the monthly COM
munion or he is subject to discipline.
Mr.. Spurgeon is an open communion
Baptist, but allows no members but
those who have been immersed
Other Baptist churches are more lib
eral than his. Some of the most i'm
portant and prominent allow persons
not immersed to become members of
the church, and also deacons. Indeed
some Of the churches, should they be-
come vacant, without any change of
articles or covenant, could as well
settle Congregatioualist as a Bap-
fist pastor. The communion is cele-
brated in Mr.. Spurgeon's church eve
ry Sunday night, but only by a part
of his church who believe in a weekly
celebration. The regular communion
is monthly.
His Sunday School is very large.
and would be larger if there were
room for the children. One of the
Bible classes for young men has 200
members. A ladies Bible class has
100 III attendance, and 900 on the
roll. Six hundred young men go out
every Sunday to preach among the
poor and destitute parts of London.
The college connected with this chap
ell has SO students, every one of whom
goes out every Sunday to preach in
some neglected and destitute part of
London. From this statement you
may judge somewhat of the power of
Mr.. Surgeons ministry in London.
Nearly two hundred recent CONVEX
slons are reported in New Bedford,
Mass.
Rhode Island has seldom had such
an awakening Of religious interest as
now. In the st. Charles Congrega-
tlonal church in Providence, it is said
there IS scarcely a member of the
congregation who is not convert or
an inquirer.
From Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, re-
ports OF similar religious awakening
are received. As the result of the
late revival in Philadelphia it is said
that IN six churches about five hun
dred conversions are reported. At
Tcrre Haute, Ind, a great revival is
IN progress. Union prayer meetings
from 3 to 10 A. NJ, with evening ser
vices at the various churches. have
been held for eight weeks, and it is
estimated that over two hundred souls
nave been converted.
A great work is in progress in
Sunderland, Eng, among the United
Methodist Free Church and the Yves
Ieyan Times says between two and
three thousand persons have pro-
feSSed conversion.
The Pope of Rome has recently
canonizcd 2O5 japanese MARTYRS who
were put to death between 1917 and
1852, 1t must be pleasing to their
relatives.