Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-05-04
Religious Intelligence.

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Religious Intelligence.
CONGREGATIONAL.
Rev T. r. Perkins. recently OF Missouri is
engaged to preach ut Stowe Colonel Cros.loy, q
% Scotch member Of Parliament, recently gave
$500 to the Congregational church Forty.
six were proposed for admission to the Congrera
tional church at East st. Johnsbury last sabbath
They embraced many heads of families and man,
OF the most influential men in the east part Of tn,
town Forty-iour Of these persons have beer
converted since last January. The revival com
menced with the week Of prayer in january. anc
has progressed quietly hut earnestly ever since
Rev. Mr. Humphrey has bed no help in hi. la
bors, except one evening lecture was delivered
by Rev. Mr.. Luce.-fhe Annual General Conyen
ton of the Congregational Church Of Vermont
IS 10 he holden at Montpelier, Tuesday, June 81
--Twenty-seyen Congregational clergymen il
New Hampshire have had pastoptes Of fifty year
and upwards Henry Ward Beecher thinks their
is no difference between the Congregationalist.
and the Baptsts, except that the Congregational.
lists are dry Baptists and the Baptists very wet
Congregntionalists
METHODIST.
The NJ. 4. church at St. Johnsbury raised the
past year for mission purposes, S30s and for all
purposes, ! ,SsG.--Rev. } +. Metcolr has closed
his labors with the Methodist church in Bristol.
The Methodist Episcopal Society Of Waitsfeld
and tayston have commenced the erection Of a
house Of worship IL the village of Waitsfeld. -
Rev. l.. ). Walker, who has been for three year.
preacher in charge Of the NJ H. church in Mid
dlebury, preached his farewell sermon last sab
hath afternoon.-Rey. l.. Hill closed his mbors
with the Methodist church, Cabot, last sabbath.
The New York Methodist sums up the vote of
the conferences ON hay delegation up to Thursday
al last week, as follows " For, I,5l7 against.
l,3is Total, 1891 This leaves us the requi-
ute three-iourths vote and ll9 to spare While
We rejoice in these indications, we still remind
the friends Of the good cause that it is now pass
ing through grave crisis, Personal effort BY all
its advocates is the chief remaining condition Of
success. Its failure after the mighty vote al
ready given, would be one Of the saddcst events
in our UNCONVENTIONAL history
BAPTIST.
Rev Alyah Sabin returned from the West last
week to his old parish at Georgia Plain, wher,
by unanimous invitation he has again becom,
pastor.-Last year the number of Baptist associa.
tons increased from COL to 72s ofchurches from
l2,0l5 to lj,ll3 Of ordained ministers from
$685. to 6,1s1 of baptisms from 60 7s7 to TO-
l72 and Of members from ,lil ,9ss to ,22l, $40
This shows that the Baptists have 100 600 NOR,
funual.ara IL, fill -.
But 1t must be remembered that the Southerr
bptists are now united with their Northern
brethren, while the more complete ecclesiastical
system Of the Methodists has kept the disseyereC
bodies apart Were the other mmersing church
cs, as the Freewll Baptists, with their G6 go
members the Seventh Day Baptists, with the
1896 members the Disciples (Cnmpbeites)
with their 500, 600 members and the Winnebren
narans, with their 30 900 members, to be counted
in with the regular Baptists it would give a tota
Of ,s26 ,42l members. The Methodist branche
have about 9, 1876 900 membcrs.-At Windsor tn
church has been greatly revived under the labor
of Rev Mr. Dewitt Many have been converted
lie commenced series of meetings in Whining
ton, April 2ith.-Rev William W Nutting /,
preaching to the Freewill Baptist Society al
Mortified Centre.-Rey j. d. Waldron has re
signed the pastoral charge of the Freewill Bap
fist Church at South Strafiord, and assumed tn,
care of the llopkinton and Lawrence Churches
New York. Rev Mark Atwood is preaching L
the South Stanford Church The Freewi Bap
fists at North Tunbrdge intend to build a new
house of worship this season. Rev c. c. Foste
from that place has taken charge of the church a
Fast Williamstown.
EPISCOPAL,
The Rev. A. b. Flanders is Rector OF st. John 4
Ludlow, and st. Luke's, Chester lie has he'll
service at Chester in the morning of each Sab
bath, and in the evening at Ludl1w- hate leg
acy gives 81 5000 to the Episcopal church O
Scotland. OF this sum, two hundred thousan,
builds a cathedral in Edinburgh and fifteen thou
sand annually 60 to aid students of theology -
DR.. Tying, now 20 years old, has concluded ?
years Of his pastorate of ST. George church, Ne,
York. During this time he has had ,O7i con
frmations has made over % 900 pastoral visits
1000 year and has preached to more THAI
100000 persons. Over $1,000 has passe
through his hands in the way of contributions
an average of $1,000 for the first 10 years an
$4,000 for the last Is years sum, he say,
not to be paralleled in the history of churches
Rev. $. II. Tying, jr,s church has nine diiierer
committees of pastoral aid, which take charge ,
various departments of Christian work .-Nearl
four thousand dollars has already been subscribe
to build an Episcopal rectory in Poultney.
CATHOLIC
The Catholics of Arlington are to erect char
el this summer.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Hebrews of Dover, n H., have SYM
gogue which is their only regular place Of wol
ship in the state.-A Union Sunday school ha
been organized in Bennington. The school is d
yided into fourteen classes and teachers hay
volunteered to take charge Of them. The elIoi
has met with encouraging success, thus far
According to the San Francisco Bulletin, the r,
man Catholics Of California have 1876 priests an
100000 population. The state was entirely Catl
Ollie when annexed. The Methodists North
have l2O preachers and 8 300 members til
Methodists (South) 81 minister's and 1876 men
bers the Presbyterians 40 churches and . GO
MEMBERS and the Cumberland Presbyterans /
300 members more the Congregatonalists
churches and 2,l2l members the Baptists
churches and 5000 members, and the Discipl,
1000 members more the Episcopalians :
churches and 1000 members The Unitarian
have congregations and the Swedenborgians
There are 10000 Jews, These figures woul
leave 300, 900 of the population Of California n,
even noIninally connected withany religious bod,
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"TnE NEXT STEP. Under this captio
Senator Wilson sounds new blast ON the br
gle Of moral reform in late issue Of the Ii
dependent The step forward which he woul
have taken il n thnrnnrh md commandment,