Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-02
Religious Intelligence.

Tho Methodists Of Essex are holding a
protrated meeting, in which a number II con-
versions are reported.
The Congregational church in Windsor,
has given Rev. Slus F. Cooke Of Marlboro
n. H., unanimous call to become its pastor
"A series of revival meetings arc being
held in the NJ, f. church, at Thetiord Cen
tire. The meetings are well attended, and
considerable interest prevails.
Tho Methodist Society of Barre held a
fruit festival on the evening of the 18th lust,
at the Town Hall and realized, besides having
a very pleasant gathering, some seyenty-hye
dollars.
Rev. C. b. Hubert, late of New Haven
VI was installed Pastor of Belevlle Avenue
church Newark, N. j :, on Wednesday even
ing of lust week, Rev. DR.. j Il. Rankin
preached.
Since the watch night there has been
special religious interest in the Methodist
Episcopal Church at Brattleboro. Several
persons have been hopefully converted aud
some fifteen were expected to receive Baptism
last Sabbath.
"A union prayer meeting is held at Page,
Corner, Essex, This meeting is conducted
wholly by laymen. Quite a number have
found peace in believing already, and other'
are under conviction, One whole family ar,
rejoicing in hope, aud in one or two other
the family altar has been erected.
Rev. S. Il. Drew, pastor of the Cougre
gational church in Cabot, received a pleasant
visit FROM his parishoners on Thursday after
noon and evening, January goth, who left a.
token Of their kind regards, about $50 il
greenbacks and some other articles. AnC
we understand that on the 10Th he received ,
check from Col Franklin Fairbanks of St
Johnsbury, for $50.
Special religious Interest exists in thu
Congregational Society at Chelsea. The lat,
pastor writes Our last Sabbath evening
prayer meeting was very large, 800 or 30I
people present. The youth in our Sabbath
school are coming to Christ, and some o
those who are older do not know when
shall feel at liberty to leave now God ha
come to revive his work
The Colonization Society, in the pas
four years, has paid the passage to Liberi
Of twonty.four hundred persons and hun
lreds more are now seeking passage to tina
country bat the Society is out Of funds an
cannot help them. 1t will never be in fund
either The mission of the Society was ende
with the abolition of slavery. We give tn
blacks fair chance here now, aud if the,
90 away they ought to pay their own ex
penses.
On Sunday week, in the Congregations
church at Washington, Rev. Dr. Rank
preached on the moral and patriotic teDdenc
Of the Congregational polty. At the concu
sion of the sermon, Gen. Howard and Senate
Pomeroy organized the meeting and took u
collection TO pay of the floating debt Of tn
a church, which realized the very handsom
, sum of six thousand dollars This collectio
is in addition to one Of $4,000 made fou
! months since, before Congress assembled
: The Watchman and Reflector, in crit
: cising the Christian Union, Henry War
q Beecher's paper departs from the appropriat
: field ofcritieism to give this estimate Of NJ
1 Beeeher He is too impulsve, lie is tc
f sentimental. He is too loose He is read
!, to surrender truth" Mr. Beecher meek
), accepts the rebuke and promises amendmen
c in saying in the following number of the u
!. ion +" We shall take il to heart, aud stri,
c henceforth to be slower, dryer, tighter au
!, more obstinate"
}. REV. A. n. Woodruff of East Hardwicl
IT writes to the Christian Watohmaa q. n
Z fector as follows " The statement that thel
= were hundred converts here is not eorrec
i There were not more than seventy. The wor
has been steadily moving forward and III
), number Of converts multiplying almost dali
I. should not over estimate it now, il | Shout
= say there had been an hundred conversion
: not all in this town, for our village is situate
!. near the corner Of four towns, and of cour;
all these shared in this work. We have r,
c ceiyed up to this time twenty-nine addition
II twenty five Of them by baptism. There Al
It more swaiting the ordinance OF the twenty
l. nine we have received, seventeen are heads
l. families