Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-05-19
Religious Intelligence.

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located in very" central position for non
Catholics IN Rome, just outside the gates
Of the city
Tho Congregational society of Coventry
have invited Rev. Mr.. llougbton, now Of
Morrisvillc, to supply the place made vacant
by the death Of Mr.. White.
-Rcv. II. Herrick has resigned his charge
at Wolcott, and expects soon to remove to
Fclchvillc.
San Francisco has IS churches, compris-
ing good, bad and Indifferent
The annual meeting Of the Central As
ISOLATION Of Univcrsalists will be held at Stowe,
June LIST and "a.
-Rcv. Charles Il. Lord has resigned his
pastoratc at Chester.
The installation of Rev G. A. Chi Is,
over the Congregational church at West
Charleston, will take place on Wednesday,
the 10Th inst.
Eleven persons were added to the Bap-
It's church, at Montgomery Center by hap
tism, on the DIST ult
Prof Wcbber of Midllobury College, is
to supply the pulpit of the Congregational
church in Salisbury this summer.
1t is stated that the Congregations
church at Vergcnnes has determined to have
only morning services on the Sabbath during
the summer and the Methodist church only
in the afternoon.
Rev. George b. Spalding, late pastor Of
the Park Congregational church in Hartford,
Conn, has been presented with purse Of
$500 by the people ofbis recent charge
There are 23s students in the six Con-
gregational Theological Seminaries of this
country, 81 in the Senior classes, 6s in the
Middle, 50 in the Junior and 8 in special
course.
Probably the oldest Sabbath school pu-
pill in this country is Miss Ruth Rose Of Gran
willie Corners, who is % years old, aud some
time since attended the Sabbath school Of the
Baptist church and repeated an entire psalm.
In Manchester, n. H., as was recently
stated the Catholics made much larger cou-
tributions for religious purposes than the
Professionals Somebody has shown that in
Europe aud America together l00,O00OO0
Protestants contributed last year s6,OOO,OOO
while 5000, 600 Catholics contributed on
ly 1000 600, for missionary causes.
The Central Church, Boston, has given
unanimous call to Rev Dr. Storrs, Brook.
lyn--and also presented Rev. j. h. Todd
their late pastor, with $4,000 in parting gifts
The Baptist Anniversaries are to be held
in Boston next week the meeting Of their
Missionary Union on Tuesday the 18TH that
of their Home Missionary Society ON Wedncs.
day, the 10Th, and that of their Publication
Society on Thursday, the 10th each occu
plying an entire day.
dls.-Forty eight members were re-
ceived into the South church in Pittsiield
Mass, on the "a inst, making 81 since JAN
uary; thirty-six adults, among them mel
10 years ofage united with the % Congro
gational church in Palmer, Mass, May .
twenty-five have lately united with the Con-
gational church in Buxton, Me. twenty -thre,
joined the Congregational, and twenty-seyci
the Baptist church, in Cornish, n. H., on tn,
"a inst ten, mostly heads of families, hay,
joined the Congregational church in Gorham
n. H., since Jan | twenty-lour united witt
Park street church, Boston, at last commu
nion one hundred hopeful conversions hav,
taken place in Portsmouth, n. H., since tn
week Of prayer; thirteen united with thu
Beknap church, Dover, n. H., May 9; sew
enteen, mostly heads Of families, joined th
Congregational church in Rockville, Conn.
at the last communion, and eleven at the ON,
preceding nineteen united with the Presby
terrain church in East Boston, last Sabbath
one hundred have been added to the I'd Pres
byteran church 10 Philadelphia since Oct
last.
-Four members of the graduating class o
the Auburn Theological Seminary have beef
ordained AS missionaries to China, viz
Messrs. j. l.. Whiting, d. H. Sheffield, Hen
ry LOOMS, and d. G. Mccoy
AT the Unitarian church in New Bed
ford it has been decided to dispense with tn
bread and wine in commemoration of the Sa
viour's last supper The sacrament will no
be given up, but a suitable memorial servic,
will be held at the usual time, with vocal ex
crcises mainly as before and the time for
merly occupied in the distribution Of the ele
ments will bedevoted to meditation and silen
prayer. The members generally fall in wit
the belief that the memorial service can b
made Just as effective and real without tn
visible emblcms Of the body and blood q
Christ. They think that the change will /
the means Of bringing about more generi
engaging in the exercises, especially anon
the young.
-Congregational churches were organic
in Missouri at Ozark, Jan. 9th, with eeye
members at Springfield, Feb. 18th, vii
eleven members at Lagrange, German
March 2Sth, with twenty-nine members
1t is less than year since Rev. Jam,
A. DAILY entered upon his work in Stockton
Cal, yet on the 10th ult., church was dedici
ted which cost about 1900. Since March
1865 six Conversational churches have bee