Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-03-05

hotel, which is such q marvel that hi
friends gave him leycc at his own nous,
Feb. Goth,
"A singing convention is 10 open a
Fclehyillc, March s,h, under the direction
of 4, H. ierkins Of Woodstock, assisted
by Geo, 5, Cheney of Boston,
The Young Mems Total Abstinence,
Society of Enoshurgh held its thnty-eightl
anniversary Feb, 2ath, and Was addressed
by Rev, }, IL, Woodward of lrasburgh,
Religious Intelligence.
-Jerusalcm has only about 22,Ooo in
hahitauts.
Roy, $, W, Dixie is to supply the Con
gregational Church in West Randolph
one year,
a minister is wanted Tor the Free vii
Baptist Society at West jamaica,
There is stated To be considerable re-
ligious interest among. the bays in the
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But one-eleyenih of the membership
of the Evangelical churches Of Vermont
consists of males under forty,
. Rev. e, NJ. Wiley of Ryegate, has re,
eeived a call from Hebron. y. Y. with an
offer of $1,000 per annum.
Rev, Joseph Fuller has engaged tc
preach at a Hall in Vcrshire, to the Con,
grcgational church and society. until
May next,
--One hundred ana twenty .tive persons
joined the church at billiard, Franklin
County Ohio, during fourteen days re.
vival recently.
Having discussed for two days pro.
position to allow churches To put organ,
in their houses of Worship, general
preshytory at Montreal has declined u
grant the request
Since last May the Congregational
chuIah in Chester, Rev Chas d, Lord,
pastor, has received forty-fve new mem
bers, thirty-thrce Of whom came ON pro-
fossion.
Rev. j d. Cross, Free Win Baptist
and Rev. Joseph Fuller, lecture Sabbath
evenings at the new school house at the
centre OF Vershire. The attendance is
larg.s and good results are hoped for.
Extra meetings are being held in the
Methodist church in Burlington. The
Trny prAxin., Ranl hana Loo. ail:n-. l..
the work.
John Bunyan was confined twelve
years in Jail, his crime being " Dissent
ing Preacher" All this time he had but
two books, the Bible and Fox's Book OF
Martyrs. While thus in prison he wrote
his beautiful Allegory of Pilgrims
Progress"
The Evangelist says; If good mini
listers and private Christians. forget to pray
for the President, the heads of Depart.
ments, and Congress, after the lesson as
to its necessity, the sin of neglect Of obyi-
Jus duty. will be against them
Among the oldest settled pastors in
the State are Rev {. A. Thomas. pastor
Of the Baptist church. Brandon. who was
settled in 1925, and Rev IL Fletcher.
pastor OF the Baptist church, Townshend.
settled in ls21 Rev 4. sab,n. who has
recently removed from Georgia, was the
pastor OF the Baptist church there for for
ty-throe years; having been settled in
1924, and retiring in 1851,
The Wesleyan Meth6dists are erecting
a fine stone church at Stanstead Plain
that viii cost from thirty to thirty-five
thousand dollars,
An imperfect copy OF John Eliot's
Indian Bible recently sold i'll Boston at
auction, Tor $500, and Mr.. Trunbull OF
Connecticut, who bought it, can read it
perfectly.
The rector Of the St Stephens Epis-
copal Church, Pittsford, notifies the con-
grrgation that hereafter he will decline
receiving any fixed salary, but will de-
pend upon voluntary offerings, to be made
on the second Sunday of each month
and evening.
Bishop Clark says of Methodi-m and
secession: Secession carried off fifteen
annual conferences, LAOS travelling and
1894 local preachers and $4,000 mem
beers, with churches. academies, etc, be-
longing to the common family. No loyal
could live ON the soil Now, ten
of these conferences, more than one-third
of the lost preachers, and over 100000 OF
the members are nestled under the wing
of the old church again"