Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-03-03

Religious intelligence.
BAPTIST.

BAPTIST.
-Rey. william q. Walker preached bis
farewell sermon as pastor of the Baptist
church, st. Adams, on Sunday evening,
goth.
R. T. Joneg, a theological student OF
Hamilton College, II. r., is preaching in
the Baptist church, West Dunmerston,
for limited time.
Tho Freewill Baptist Church in New
port Center, has engaged Rev. s. w. Stiles
to preach for them another year; making
his third year at this place.
Forty persons have been hopefully
converted in the late revival in the Free
will Baptist Church, at Starksboro, also.
nearly forty persons in the recent revival
at Underhill Center.
The Baptist Society in Albany are
being supplied with preaching for the
present by H. s. Archibald, son of Rev
T. I'll. Archibald of Bristol, this state, and
student of Madison University at Ham
ilton, n. Y.
The Baptist church edifice in Pownal
which has been undergoing repairs, is al
last finished. The church was opened
last Sunday week, and the Rev. Mr. Pike
from Hebron, N. Y, preached.
Sunday, February 9th, Rev. L. J.
Matteson, pastor of the Baptist church in
Brattleboro, baptised nine converts and
extended the hand of fellowship to thirty
one. During the month of January this
church added forty-one to its membership.
An effort is being made to have a
theological department connected with
the Colby University at Lewiston, Me.
Newton Theological Seminary has Al
students this year-only two-thirds OF
them college graduates.
Rev. Milan Harris has accepted q
call to the Baptist church at Peterbor-
ough, N. Fl.
Rev. S. Boothby of Lewiston, Me-,
has resigned the agency for the American
and Foreign Bible Society.
Emigration so weakens the churches
in Maine that the Baptists have been COM
PEELED to drop seven churches; and but
half of their two hundred and sixty-three
churches have pastors or stated supplies.
The churches average seyenty-three mem
bers each.
CONGREGATIONAL.
ID l. LII
at Bristol.
Rev. J. T. Ford, recently of Stowe, is
now preaching in Charleston, S. c.
Special religious interest in Orwell
still continues with cheering results.
- The Weybridge Congregational
church and Sabbath school have formed a
temperance society.
Rev. A. J. Samson of st. Adams has
been engaged to supply the pulpit of the
Congregational church at Shelburn.
The Congregational church in Hook
sett, n. H, Rev. A. Durham acting pas
tor, is enjoying an interesting revival.
The Congregational society in Hyde
Park have purchased new four hundred
dollars organ, manufactured by Estey g.
Co, Brattleboro.
Rev. A. R. Gray is to preach every
two weeks at the Congregational church
in Irasburgh, until the arrival of Rev. Mr..
Frasier from Colorado, who it is hoped
will become pastor of the church.
Rev. James Holmes is now acting
pastor at Bennington, n. II.
Fifteen persons have recently in
dulged hope in Rev. W. R. Jewett's par
ish in Baskerville, n. H
The Congregational Society of West
Concord, n. H, have decided to rebuild
their church which was burned some
months since.
Rev. Humphrey Moore of Milford,
n. H, has been an ordained minister
longer than any other man living in the
State, having been ordained in 1902. He
is now about 80 years old.
We understand that the Rev. c. L.
Cushman who has felt it his duty to de-
cline a recall to the 1st Congregational
church in Townshend, was visited on Fri
day evening, Feb. II, by almost his entire
parish, who left large sum of money and
many rich and valuable articles for his
family. This, with previous donations,
amounts to upwards of 5000, during a
pastorate of three years, showing the es-
TEEN and regard for the pastor and family
by his people in Ludlow, Mass
EPISCOPAL.
A new and beautiful stone church is
being built by Trinity parish, Easton,
Nd, of which the late Rev. DR.. Hicks