Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-15
Religious Intelligence.
BAPTIST.


An extensive revival of religion pre-
walls in Elizabethtown, evening meetings
having been held in the Baptist church,
in which the other clergymen of the place
have heartily participated. A consider
able number of conversions are reported,
and the interest is increasing.
AN interesting Christian convention
was recently held in the Baptist church
at Weston.
The Lamoille Ministerial Conference
will convene for it its next meeting with
Rev. M. A. Wilcox, of Burlington, on
Tuesday, Dec. Goth, at 2 o'clock P. m.
The Post Office address of Rev. J.
Peacock, formerly of Vermont, is Amherst.
N. H, where all communications to him
should be directed.
The Reflector says the new house of
worship in Brattlboro is rapidly progress
ing towards completion and will be dedi-
Gated in the course of a very few weeks.
Meanwhile pastor Matteson is not with
out manifest tokens of the Divine pres
ence among his people, whom the Lord
has $50 greatly blessed i'm past months
and years.
Rev. n. Cyr will lecture on Father
Hyaointhe at the Baptist church in Bel
lows Falls, on Tuesday evening, Deem
Der 18th.
CONGREGATIONAL.
The Wesleyan Methodist Society of
Duxbury, Mass, have united with the
Congregationalists of that place by a.
unanimous vote.
The Evangelist says that the Presby-
terrain churches in this country are bur-
dened with an aggregate debt of $4,000
900.
The Rev. Mr.. Stats of the, First Con-
gregational church at Fsirhayen, CT, has
just refused $1,000 call to Boston, bis
society raising his salary to $1,000, with
the use of the parsonage, worth 5000
more.
The Church at st. Cloud, Minnesota,
which were recently upon the point of
giving up under debt of almost $4,000,
have, by the timely aid of the Congrega-
tional Union, been enabled to dedicate
their house free of debt,
Rev. DR.. Rankin, pastor of the First
Church, Washington, is with Gen. How
ard on a trip North to solicit aid to CON-
plete his church. Prof. J. W. Chickerine
supplies the pulpit during DR.. Rankin's
absence.
The Christian luton says that the
highest salary paid to any Congregational
clergyman in Connecticut in 1861 was
$2,4Q0. Last year twenty-eight churches
paid $500; nineteen churches $4,000
twelve churches, $500; five churches,
$4,000; one church, $4,000 and three
churches, $4,000.
There are some indications of the
special Divine favor existing in the con-
gregation that worship at Ascutneyville.
Letters missive have been sent by the
North Church in st. Johnsbury to church
es in the vicinity for a council to dismiss
Rev. E. @. Cummings and ordain, if ex-
pedient, Mr.. Charles nj. Southgate to the
pastorate. The Council meets on Wednes-
day evening, the 14tb, and it is expected
that the ordination will take place on
Thursday. the 10Th.
Rev. DIR. z. S. Barstow of Keene, N.
H., has completed his eightieth year, but
he is still well and strong, and can prerch
three times day, if need be, and enjoy it.
Rev P. Wallingford, who has sup
piled for the past two years the Congre-
gational church at Weathersfield Bow,
has closed his labors there.
LIBERAL. CHRISTIAN.
The Unitarian chapel at Leominster,
Mass, was dedicated on Thursday, ten
clergymen sharing In the exercises.
The sermons of DR.. Deems, of the
Church of the Strangers, are to be pub
lished weekly in very attractive pamph.
let form. DIR. Deems claims that his is
"the first unsectarian church established
in America"
AT the Centenary meeting at the
Universalist church at Woodstock, about
one hundred dollars was added to the
fluid contributed by the society, which
has thus exceeded its quota by about fifty
dollars.
Rev. Mr.. Worthington of Easton,
Mass, breaches at the Universalist church
in Brattleboro next Sabbath.
Last Saturday merning eleven perl
sons were received into the Universslist
church in Brattleboro, ten of whom re-.
ceived the rite of baptism.
"A course of Sunday evening lectures
to young men is being delivered in the
Universalist church at Brattleboro. The
subject next Sabbath evening is, 'Dan.
gere with which young men meet in their
daily lives"
METHODIST.
Bishop Ames says Of the Mormonl
work: "No mission of the Methodi.t Enia.