Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-11-04
Religious Intelligence.

WV W IL NliDeft, mas Resigned H.;
position. as Principal Of the English and N, us
steal School at Norwich, and he will now , 5
vote himself entirely to the work Of tho w 1v'
mont Bible Society, Of which he has boo,' ,''
some years the acceptable Corresponding ~ w
rotary and Agent
Rev. John G. Houghton. reoenn,
Chelsea has been engaged as acting p5.,o.
at Middeiown
REV. NJ. A. Gates, recently Of Perm
engaged to preach for the new Coneregntion1
Church at North Londonderry.
-Rcv. G. NJ. Winch Of PhnGeld h.
been employed by the Vermont Domo.ga
Missionary Society as a county missionary "a,
Orange County.
Special religious interest is rcportod ~.
East Enosburgh, East Burke, Wbiipgb,a
and Guidhall-wth more or less converse,
at each place.
During the past summer, nineteen ,..
sons have been added to the church nt \,
Johnsbury Center, all but one by profes.ior
"A preliminary meeting was held IN
Windsor ON Monday evening, 26th. for h1
formation Of Y. NJ G. Association. Itva
understood that the officers should be laymon
and that membership of church should M,
be essential to connection with the Assoc.
ton Adjourned for one week
- Seventy-fvc children and. adult. w...
confirmed ia the Catholic Church, Vorr.np'
last Sabbath, by Bishop Gocsbriand OF B9,.
liugton.
-A season of remarkable religion. ip,.,.
est Is enjoyed in the Normal School n,
johnson, and is spreading in that commute
About thirty conversions have taken pls1.
the most 81 them ia the School Ab5uiGn,
ffhs of the students are now prole.ql
Christians. or directly interested in the GOOD
work
-- The Rev Herman G. Riggs, having as.
ceptcd the call Of the Congregational Church
in st. Albaus, will commence his mmi.tcraI
labors there next Sabbath.
Roy. Newman Hall says that h.r,
thousand church members are eycommunie.
tod yearly from the English Church ford
cause of intcmpcrance.
- The American Missionary Assocnt.a,
closed lis annual meeting at Springfield
: Thursday night The array of facts presented
show that o. new civilization has begun n. ca.
istouce at the South The association b,.
had 10000 children in liz schools, and $780,.
I 600 are ia other Christian schools.
The most important action Of the Pc.
testaut Episcopal Convention at New York.
before It's adjournment, was its rejection D.,
To- very heavy majority, of au amendment 3
the canon under which Mr. Tying was tried
But the end of that matter is not yet. as hs
following shows;-
Rev. Stephen \. Tying, ir whose ro,-,
preaching ia New Jersey resulted ia bis TIA.
/ by an ecclesiastical court and admon,ion by
the Bishop, is announced 70 preach on Sun.
day next in " the Wh,wam" at Jeray City,
This announcement has called forth protest
from Rev $. W. Rice. Rector OF Grace
Church Of that city, who accuses Mr. rue
: nsglectng the poor and sick of hi, ao.A
aud wonder. how when he suffers Dos
brethren 20 Doe called upon 20 visit BIS .i.i
and bury his dead he can find time 20 20
away from home 90 preach He says how.
ever, If Mr. Tying will come Jersey City 10
preach, he viii not be interierod with by ths
local clergy, who will be too busy 10 giyt
any heed to the waywarluess and eccentric.
tie. Of which he would thus become guilty
- There was quite an earnest debate .n
the Massachusetts Baptist Convention az
Springfield, on Wednesday, upon q resolution
virtually declaring that the unimmerscd have
no right 20 pariake Of the communion aud
that the Baptist order Of baptism and com.
muuion is Of divine appointment. Rev Dr..
lde Of Springfield deprecated the agitation
Of the question of close communion, and said
that those who brought il up were not awsre
Of the harm they were doing. It man 10
his church was an open communionist b,
would not disturb him, and the denomination
must come up to this point or eventually b
divided Rev. DR.. Warren said that thl
Baptists must be a radical denomination. aud
for himself he would not gvo dollar &,
send an open communion Baptist as a mission
airy to the heather The resolution wa
amended slightly and adopted withou, di.
senting voice