Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-01-21


has addressed a pastoral to his clergy and
strongly misunderstanding
practices, as tending to weaken
the Protestant character of the church,
and further expressing his personal re-
pugnance to professional hymns, supplied
choirs, intoned prayers, and flowers on the
table.
LIBERAL CHRISTIAN.
Rev. Mr.. Childs, of Stowe, COM
his labors as pastor of the Advent
church in Stowe, January 1st.
: The free church principle is gaining
ground in Boston. All seats are free in
Jas. Freeman Clarke's, VIM. R. Ayers
and six other churches
The Universalist denomination has
more papers than any other body of its
size in the country.
Rev. Mr. Nye has declined the call to
the Unitarian church in Rrattleboro, Vt,
deeming it his duty to remain in Spring
field, Mass. The call was made with a
view to mite the Unitarian and Univer-
salist societies of that town.
sfETHoDIsr.
A watch meeting was held at the
Methodist Church in Cabot, December 81
Several clergymen from abroad being pres
emit
New Jersey is the most Methodist
State in the Union
The next annual meeting of the
Vermont Conference is to be held at
Waterbury.
Rev. A. L. Pratt is preaching to the
Methodist Society in Windsor
The Methodist Church at Pawlet is
being repaired.
An interesting series of religious
meetings have been held in the NJ. L.
Church at st. Adams Bay. Some twenty
five or thirty persons have profcss6d an
interest in Christ, and still the good
work goes on.
Special'religious interest in Water
vile, and quite revival is going on in
the NJ. E. Church, of which the Rev. A.
Scribner is pastor. Some twelve or f{-
teen have protested an interest in the
Savior, and others were inquiring' what
they must do to be saved"
The Methodist Metropolitan Church
at Washington, DC: which cost 1929. 900,
will be dedicated on the 2Sth Of February.
The General Missionary Committee
Of the Methodist Church call for $s50,000
for their missionary work the present
year.
Rev. Samuel Upper, pastor of the
Methodist Church in Greenfield, once
widely known as one of the most eloquent
pulpit orators in the Methodist Church,
died on Monday morning of consumption.
Philip Embury, a nephew OF the first
Methodist preacher in America, has given
$1,000 to the fund for worn-out Ministers
IF the n. Y Conferences
The Wesleyans of Great Britain, last
year, repaired and built $50 churches at
IN expense of G2S9, S22, or nearly 81, 800
400 in gold.
The first Methodist Church in Mas
was established in 1871, and
there are now 271 churches
MISCELLANEOUS
-7Pittsburg is to have theater meet
ings
-Titusyille, Pa, is to have two Jewish
synagogucs.
Protestant missionaries are not
allowed to operate in Russia.
London has Mormon church with
l 900 members.
The Spiritualists Of Cincinnati, are
talking of building church,
Over eight hundred new churches
were organized or dedicated last year.
"A new Lutheran Synod, consisting of
seven ministers, has been organized in
Kansas.
-Paul's writings are full of Christ. In
the first thirteen verses of Corinthians he
refers to Him thirteen times.
The receipts of the American Board
for the first quarter, show a falling oft
from last year of over $3o000-but it is
mainly in legacics
The ffty-seeond annual meeting III
the American Colonization Society viii Toe
held in Washington on Tuesday, the 18Th
inst.
There are b 900 places OF worship in
this country, but not 100 persons, ON an
average, are found in each on the sab
bath.
The Lutherian church in New Han
over, Pa, is 100 years old. Muhlenberg
was it, pastor 40 years.
-Rev. Mr.. Stet,iirs. u se.t Francisco,
his thanksgiving discourse from
Gen. xiv: 25-"We have both straw
and provender, and room to lodge in"
Christmas was red-letter day for
the Sunday School children OF Cincn-
natl; $500 children OF the Union Bethel
school had a good dinner at the Mer-
chants Exchange.
An interlinear translation of the bible
is in preparation by Dir. Leonard Taftl, of
the Old Testament to be
issued in twenty parts, and the New in
eight.
Union meetings are being held in
Westfeld, with increasing interest in re-
Iigious matters.
Rev. Mr. Paintin, of Westfeld, has
received "a donation of 800 80. 1t ought
to have been made an even 800.
A pleasing incident occurred at the
weekly prayer meeting, Westfeld, on
Christmas eve. The minister, Rev Mr.
had requested all on that night
70 bring Christmas offering to the Lord
Several brought in money, but one lady
brouuht a Mate of honey weiuhipo nor