Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-05-12
Religious Intelligence.
BAPTIST.

Baptist Church IN Saratoga Springs, y
Y, is. to accept the call of the First Bar
tiat Church in the city of Detroit, Mich
gan.
| Rev. VIM. W. Nutting is preaching
to the Freewill Baptist Society at North
field Centre.
The Freewill Baptists at North Tun
bridge intend to build new house o
worship this season. Rev. G. G. Foste
from that place has taken charge of tn
church at East Williamstown.
Rev. J. d. Waldron has resigned tn
PASTORAL charge of the Freewill Baptis
Church at South Straford, and assumed
the care of the Hopkinton and Lawrence
Churches, n. Y. Rev. Mark Atwood i
preaching to the South Strafford Church
Rev. r. A. Hodge writes from For
Edward, N. Y: 81 have preached il
North Hebron three years and have bap
tized sixty-three. The whole number o
additions in three years is sixty-nine."
Tho revival at Dummerstown ha
been one of power. Quitea large mum
Der are waiting to follow the Lord il
baptism. At Windsor the church ha
been greatly revived under the labors o
Rev. Mr.. Dewitt. Many have been con
verified. He commenced series of meet
ings in Wilmington, April Gath.
Six persons were received to the fell
lowship of the Baptist Church in Wind
sor, Vt, five by baptism, on Sabbath May
LIST.
Work is begun for the enlargement
of the Baptist house of worship at Bur
lington, Vt. When completed, it will at
ford seats for seven hundred persons.
Three persons united with the Bap
fist Church at Newport, Vt, last Sab
bath.
The Baptist State Convention met at
Providence, r. l., last week. The re-
ceipts of the Convention for the past year
were $500, and the expenses $5066.
The following is a statement of the
receipts of the American Baptist Publica-
ton Society at the close of the fiscal year
There has been an increase in the So
oiety's receipts for the year. The total
receipts, in all departments, amount to
1891, 799 90. This is gain of $49,6 As
over the receipts of last year.
In the business department the receipts
are $254,514 80, being 1914 % more
than was received Ia this department the
previous year.
In the benevolent department, the re-
ceipts from all sources amount to S67 1884
10, which is $22, 207 Al more than was re-
oaived in this department. tho preceding
year.
CONGREGATIONS
There are 2144 children in the Sab
bath schools CONNECTED with the Congre-
gational churches in Rutland county.
The Congregational church in East
Rutland contributed $ee.1o to the Yer
mont Domestic Missionary Society last
year: and the church in West Rutland
$94.
---Dea Barzillia Davenport of Brandon
is life member of the Vermont Domestic
Society.
Rev. George B. Tolman supplies for
time the church at Chelsea, Vt.
Three persons united with the Con-
gregational church at Newport, Vt, last
Sabbath.
REV. w. H. Kingsbury, formerly of
Pomfret, VT, acting pastor Of West
Woodstock for three years past, has re-
signed.
REV. Eben HALEY, pastor of Seventh
Street church, Cincinnati, Ohio, is suffer
ing from close and continuous work in the
revival.
Five persons have recently united, by
profession, with the church in Sharon,
Vt; two at the communion in March,
and three the first of May.
REV. Mr.. Fem, of the High Street
Congregational church, Portland, recently
immersed two young ladies previous to
their admission to the church.
---Thirty-two persons have united with
the Congregational church at Waterbury,
Vt. since January 1st, of which twenty
five were by profession. Rev. J. Copeland
is pastor.
49, The Congregational Quarterly for
April records the organization of twenty
three churches, the ordination of twenty
three ministers, the reception of seven
from other denominations, and the death
Of nineteen.
The seventeenth annual reunion of
the American Congregational Union will
be held Tuesday evening, May 18th, in
the Academy of Music, Brooklyn Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher is expected to pre-
side
REV. Dr. Stone of the First church,
San Francisco, has reached home from his
Eastern trip. His object in coming East
was to secure $4,000 for the endowment
of u professorship in Pacific Theological
Seminary. He goes back with money
and pledges amounting to $4,000.
The church at Traverse City, Michi-
gan, have repudiated the anti-Masonic
passed by their conference as
''inexpedient and uncalled for, and likely
to do harm rather than good" Whereat
the Cyn0sufe accuses their pastor, Rev.
Reuben Hatch, of "forfeiting principle
for pay and popularity"
--Thirty-fve hundred and sixty-seven
visits have been made to the rooms of the
Z. III. G. A. at Fall River, Mass, in the
course of thirty-one weeks. A course of
eight lectures during the winter added to
their funds.
EPISCOPAL.
Trinity Church, New York City, was
crowded on Easter Monday, at the annual
election of Vestrymen, by lobbiests and
others who Were determined through al
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