Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-04-22


There are AZ Baptist churches IN
California with 1901 members, and 30 in
Oregon, with /, 4S1 members
in 1860, Philadelphia counted "
Baptist churches with 7,445 members,
now the rcity has 40 churches with 14.sl
members.
in Lowell, Vt, in Rev. A. A. Smiths
church, nearly twenty have INDUCED hope
in Christ; others are coming, and the in
terest Is increasing.
The Ladies Baptist Homo Society,
lately incorporated for the founding OF a
free home for aged and infrm Baptists,
held public meeting in New York city
the 1st inst, and $4,000 was raised in
aid of their object.
-Spurgeon's church in London gave
$500 toward the support of young men
studying for the ministry last year; $685.
600 for almshouses for the aged, and $780,
600 for an orphanage.
The Baptist anniversaries will be
held this year in Boston, each society be-
ing limited to a day. The Foreign Mis-
sion is to have Tuesday, May Goth; the
Home Mission Wednesday, and Thursday
I will be given to the Publication and Bi.
| BILE Societies.
The eighteenth 'annual'session of the
Vermont State Baptist Convention was
held at Hinesburgh in 1S43, Rev. Joseph
w: Sawyer, moderator, Rev. VIM M
Guilford, preacher. Baptisms the year
previous, go. Membership, 1876.
-Rev. Z. NJ Haynes, late of Palmer,
Mass, and formerly of Wallingford, Vt,
writes to the Waterman from Lewiston,
Ne: II have accepted call from the
First Baptist Church at this place, and
entered upon my duties the first Sabbath
in April There are now among us man
fest tokens of the Spirits presence"
Quite a religious interest has been
awakened i'll Vershire some ten or more
hopeful conversions mostly heads of fam
lilies being reported. There is no preach
ing in town except Baptist, but the inter
est is mostly among the Congregational
people who attend the Baptist church.
Nearly all the Baptist church are report,
ed to be in favor of open Communion.
Tho second or East Baptist church
in Salisbury, was organized June 30
1880 it is located in the northeast part
of the town, and was Familiarity called
the Rhode Island church, as the inhabi.
: tants in its vicinity came largely from
Rhode Island The church was never
very large, and never had a meeting
house-its services being held i'll a school
house. 1t lost its visibility about 1910
and was dropped from the minutes ii
1Sil a part of the membership ha'
, been absorbed by the church at Center
Salisbury.
The officers of the first Baptist church
Church in Brattleboro, are +. B. Camp
bell, President; George F.. Hogley, su
perintendent; o. b. Douglass, Assistant
Superintendent; a. \. Cheney, Secretary
and Treasurer and 5. NJ Spencer, Ii
braran.
Elder K. +. Parshull, of West Salem
Wis. whose name will be recognized by
the people of the western part OF Rut
land county. ana leading Baptist ligh
) of the West last week recovered ) / .OOt
damages for SANDER from Rev. William
Remington. Baptist preacher at Pontiac
Mich. The trial occupied seven days
and attracted great public attention. tn,
damaging reports against Mr. Parshal
were that he was a thief and libcrtinc
and off these grounds he was last year ex
PEELED from the fellowship Of his dcnomi
nasion,
CONGREGATIONAL.
-RCv Daniel Perry closes his labors a
Worcester on the third Sabbath III April
) The Congregational Church in Bird
port Wa organized June 80, 1890.
The number Of male members con
nectod with the Congregational Churehe
in Rutland County is GS3 Females 1861
total 205l
The Congr, gationalist church il
Charleston, have voted unanimously t,
ask Rev. 4. c. Childs to become thcit
pastor.
Roy stephen Harris, pastor of, III,
Congregational church in Windham. wa
, dismissed from his pastorate in that plac
Il, I'll, Il,
One hundred and sixty-six Congrega
, tional Churches in Vermont with mem
, bcrship of 49, 1872, report that the numbe
in their Churches who are below the Az
of thirty, is 3,262, which is about oue-tittl
, the whole number.
Prom one-seventh 10 ouc-siXth of tn
population If Vermont, are connected
with the audiences in attendance upol
the Congregational Churches, and is abou
, membership.
Rev L. Ii. Byingtou rendered hi
resignation Of the plstorate of the Con
gregational Church in Windsor last Sab
bath, in accordance with notice given
; some time since, that le should ask to b
released from his pastorate at the end o
the tenth year from his settlement.
The first Congregational Church ant
Society of Newbury have accepted tn
; resignation of their pastor, Rev. III. n
Burton, and have rendered him the gra
tuitous use of the parsonage until the.
procure another pastor; and, also hav
, presented him purse of between sever
and eight hundred dollars besides othe
, gifts.
The Congregational Church and so
ciety at Swanton Falls hav
} decided to exnend sorna eiuh