Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-06-30
Religious Intelligence.

stock, is expected to enter upon his duties as
President of Norwich University at North.
field on the first Of July. Rev. DIR. Bourne
is 20 continue his connection with Norwich
University as Professor Of Languages.
Rev. Charles W. Thompson is to be or
daincd and installed as pastor over the Con.
gregational Church and Society Of Danyilc
on Thursday, July LIST. Ordination sermon
by the Rev. Mr. Lord Of Montpelier.
On the It'll inst, Rev. Il, G. Cummings
again presented his resignation of the pasto-
rate Of the North Church in st. Johnsbury
and the church voted 10 accept the same
Before leaving 81. Johnsbury he received a
purse Of $1,000 besides other testimonials
Of the warm affection Of his friends which
money cannot measure.
The Seventh Day people are building a
new church at East Richford.
Rev G. p. Frenyoar, Baptist, of North
Springfield has removed to Jamaica.
The Baptist Society in Andover have
recently enjoyoda revival in which there have
occurred some twenty or thirty hopeful con-
versions, among which are numbered many
persons in middle life.
An Ecclesiastical Council will meet at
Essex Junction on Tuesday the Goth inst, at
10 O'Clock, A. NJ, to consider the expediency
Of organizing Congregational church. Rev.
G. b. Stafford will preach the sermon, and
Prof Buckham make the address
Fourteen persons united with the Bap-
list church in West Wardsboro on the 18th
inst
Bishop De Goesbriand administered
the sacrament of confirmation to 81 persons
in st. Augustinc's church, Montpelier, on
Sunday last.
The ceremony of laying the corner stone
Of the New Catholic Church in Rutland, will
take place on monday, July 9th.
Interesting religious ceremonies connect
ed with the laying of the corner stone Of the
NJ. 4. church of West Concord, VT, were
held Tuesday.
The Methodists of Glover have employ
cd Rev. Mr.. Tuttle of Nova Scotia to preach
for them the coming year.
Rev NJ. A. Munson isobliged by loss of
health to relinquish hispastorate in Pittsiord.
During the three years in which he has la
bored there, sixty-four persons have been re-
ccived TO the church on profession, making
its present membership 204. The members
assist in sustaining meetings every Sabbath
evening in eight districts of the town and one
in the town Of Chittenden.
Eighty converts were received into the
New School church, indianapolis, the Both
ult., on profession of their faith.
The latest returns from the vote on lay
delegation in the Methodist Episcopal church,
as received by mail and telegraph, up to this
evening, are as follows Number of churches
BIC; churches giving affirmative majorties,
367; churches giving negative majorities,
100. Whole number of votes, 80, 233 num-
Der of votes for lay delegation, 23,6l5 num-
Der Of votes against lay delegation, S,5lS;
majority for lay delegation, 1907.
The Orthodox Friends, at their yearly
meeting in New York, reported an accession
of l,5O0 new members. Their membership
in this country, Great Britain and Canada,
now numbers $4,000.
MIR. Murray, pastor of Park street
church, Boston, starts soon for the Adron-
dacks. We hope he will not find himself
crowded out and persistently bored by the
heir vacation ramblings
"A large number Of the Presbyteries have {
cted upon the plan of reunion lately pro- :
osed by the Old and New School General !,
assemblies, and so far with entire unanimity. y
AT the late Sunday School Convention in y
illinois, Elder Paxson was the lion of the last ~
~. The good lady who sent her little u
lughter to lead him into the loghouse Sun IL
~ school, where he learned to read and was a
inverted, was brought on the stage, and in n
oduced to the audience. Mr.. Moody gave
n account OF the matter, and alluded to the
5 900 scholars brought into Sunday school
" this veteran missionary. After which,
Paxson made one of his thrilling and charac-
ieristic speeches. Thousand of his scholars
were there, and his reception was grand in
deed.
During the revival at Marlborough, |
Mass, says the Congregationalist about for
ty conversions were reported, and among this
number are many of the leading men Of the
town.
The American church in Paris, under
the pastoral care of Rev. DR.. G. S. Robinson,
and conducted on union basis, with Presby-
terians, Baptists, Episcopalians, Oongrcga-
tionalists, Dutch Reformed, among its menu
bers, is in a growing and prosperous condi-
ton.
Bishops Morris, Simpson and Kingsley of
the M. Il. church have declared in favor of
lay delegation. The general vote of the mem
bers Of the churchesis largely in favor, though
many do not vote.
jay Cooke, the eminent Philadelphia
banker while on a fishing excursion among
the Rangeey Lakes, Me-, happening to be in
the town Of Phillips on Sunday, held Sun
day school meeting, and gave 500 toward a
Sunday school library, and engaged to give
$1,000 more to the enterprise in the event of
its being successful.
Rev. Samuel Mott died on the LIST of this
month at Hartford, aged eighty-one. He
will be remembered as one of the first compa-
ny Of missionaries sent from this country by
the American Board in 1872. His companions
then we're Gordon Hall, Adoniram Judson,
Samuel Newell, and Luther Rice.