Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-07-07
Religious Intelligence.

An ecclesiastical council assembled ut
sheldon on the Doth ult, voted TO dismiss
Rev. Geo. u. Tolman from the pastorale Of
the Congregational church, on account of in
health.
The public service appointed by the Or
leans Association, in commemoration Of Row
7. II. White, will be held at Coventry, on
Wednesday, July I, at half past one p. M
Sermon by Rev. VIM. A. Robinson.
REV. Il. j. Ransow was ordained, june
23d, by Council Of Congregational churches
assembled in Swanton
The society at East Montpelier and North
Montpelier has engaged the services of Bov.
John Gregory for the ensuing year.
There are 1915 members Of the Meth
odst Church in Vermont.
The American board is in great lack Of
funds as usual, about this time, and calls for
s236,000 before the end Of August, to enable
it to discharge its obligations to the mission
aries and preserve its present scale Of opera
TONS
"A home missionary was asked the cause
Of his poverty. Principally" said he,
with a twinkle of the eye, " because have
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OF the 1,2OO convicts in the Illinois
State Prison, 300 are members Of the Young
Mons Christian Association which has been
started there.
The Congregationalist hopes that the
Peace Jubilee will have the effect to cause
demand for congregational singing
Tho Union Pacific Railway gives to the
Baptist Home Mission Society lands on the
line of their road for the location of mis-
sions.
Mr.. Earle, the revivalist, worked so hard
in favor Of congregational singing, during the
late revival in East Boston, that the evangel-
ical churches have turned out their hired
singers and let the people make their own
music
The Frcewill Baptists in Maine have
three annual conferences, and anticipate form
ing another soon east Of the Penobsoot river.
The total membership in Maine is 1922.
"A New York statistician figures up that
the leading national benevolent and missiona-
ry societies that have their headquarters in
that city, received contributions for the year
ending May last, of s6,243,969 while the
local societies received sl076,Sj5 more
DR. Ever, the high church Episcopalian
at New York, who has gained some notorety |
by preaching that Professionalism is fail |
ure" lately baptized his child after ritual
of his own Omitting as unessential the pro-
cessions, the white and purple stoles, the AGO
lyte, and the dipping of the candle in the |
font, he took the naked infant and immersed |
the screaming child three times.
Sir Henry Rawlnson, the eminent AS
syrian explorer, has discovered in the old |
Babylonian documents traces of the site of
the Garden Of Eden, and what he believes to
to be an exact geographical description Of
that Paradise in which the opening scene of
human history is laid. AT recent meeting
of the Royal Asiatic Society in London, he
also expressed his conviction that the Baby
lonian writings and monuments now in pos
session of the British Museum would turn
out to be intimately connected with the oarli-
est Biblical writings, and that the whole ear
" history given in the book of Genesis would
be found existing in its original form among
hose primitive stone records.
The Boston Young Mems Christian Asso-
'iation has over 1000 members. 1t publishes
he following facts: There are in Boston 40
10 young men, many of them strangers
rom the country There are in the city !
heatres, whose receipts for the six months
'nding July /, 1868, were s490,S5 There
ire 66 billiard saloons, with 242 tables, and
very one Of the public saloons has bar
One evening in December 1867, the librarian
7isited four of these saloons within the space
If twenty minutes, and counted 437 young
men present. Only 10 Of this number were
playing billiards. The others were throwing
dice, playing cards and dominoes for the
drinks, also reciting vulgar stories, aud bring
ing each other many demoralizing influences
The average age, as far as hastily could be
judged, was from II to 25 years The police
reported for 1868, that there were 2,052
places where liquor was sold. There are lis
churches.