Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-05-22
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

The Congregational church at Georgia ad
mitted nine persons to membership on tn
10th
The Congregational Society of Hydepark ha
voted to build neG church.
Rev j. X. Chase of Canaan, n. H., ha
accepted call from the Baptist church il
yershire, Vt.
Rev. f. 5. Foster of Middletown, Ct, ha,
removed to this State to take charge of the
Uniyersalist church at Chester
Father Samarius who has been conducting
the Roman Catholic meetings here for some
time past, closed his lnbors lastFriday and be-
gun Sunday, " mission" in St. Adams.
Five hundred and thirteen additions to the
membership of Congregational churches in
Vermont have been published, since Janu-
ary lst
One Of the NY religious journals has with
in three months recorded $50 reyiyals Of re-
ligion, in connection with which about 90
600 conversions are reported.
Asa NJ. Dickeya lawyer of Bradford is
holding religious services every other Sabbath
in North Thetford
There are now four thousand members in
the Brooklyn Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation.
The American Unitarian Association expect
to expend 100000 this year for missionary
purposes.
In the Methodist Episcopal Conference at
Chicago, the quadrennial report of the gener
al missionary Committee shows aggregate
contributions Of $2,51I, 1859. OF which
there have been dsbursed for American do
nestle missions, 81, ,lS2 200; ; Missions, third
class, including missions in the Southern ter
ritory, $423, ,64G.17; and for Foreign Mis-
sions, including foreigners and Indians in the
United States, about one million the bal
ance being charged to Sc Miscellaneous appro-
priations"
\ memorial was presented to the Methodist
General Conference at Chicago, Wednesday,
for union Of the Methodist and Protestant
Episcopal Churches
At the 43rd Annual Meeting Of the Ameri-
can Tract Society, at New York, Wednesday.
Pres. Stearns Of amherst College was elected
q Director. The Society has employed 273 |
colporteurs the last year The issue of pub
licatious bad cost $956,jIO Of: c5lportage
expenses, including labors for freedmen.
amounted to $lol,92+34 appropriations for
foreign and pagan lands, 10000 all other
S49,j4j 80. Total. $5I7.97g s., |
leaving a balance in the Treasury Of 81
63j 10.
friend of the Boston Theological semi
uary,who not long since gave it S5O.0OO,yery |
quietly called on the Treasurer last week |
Wednesday and increased the beneiaction To /
100000.
Mr. Laharee, a -Jn Of President Labaree
formerly of Nlidllebury College. writes from
oro,miab, January l3, that he had just re-
TUNED from tour among the Nestoria village,
during the .' Week IF Prayer" the first
week in January He says
can truly say never passed this inter
csting season more delightfully."-. In each of |
the five villages laborei in there were cheer
ing evidences Of the special presence of the
Iorl, in the quickening Of the Christian ,
brethren and sisters They seem to bcawak
cuyi to pray and labor earnestly for the out
p1urinss cf the Holy Sp1it On the multi
tudes OF the unc1nyerted about them. In /
each village two meetings were held every |
day, and were attended by considerable mum
bers outside Of the church, several Of whom
eyinced deep personal interest in the great
subject of their soul, eternal salvation.