Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-01-20

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p The Board ole Foreign Missions re.
ports as employed in Afrigs, China, japan,
Greece and Hayti, three Bishops, twenty
four clorgy. with twenty-nsae lay assist.
ants. Expended $4,000.
oooTse P. E. Church has established the
first Protestant Mission IN japan, andothe
first Chrhsian worship in Utah
2ast. Barnabas' House in New York
city is an institution (of the P. E. Church.
ito take care OF Ittleeorphans, and to take
charge, Of little children through the day
while their mothers age at work; also is a
temporary home for poor girls and women
DESTROYS of employment. No. BOA Null
3sberry stfeet. The chaplain of the above,
Rev. G. n. Hilliard, also established, two
years ago, Midnight Mission, to reform
pfallen women. The last report givestotal
number received 1879; Of whom 1QS have
been reg1rnedcto their friends or are Civ
ing hooefnl assurances of better life.
Christian women are there constantly to
greet them and make them welcome. The
Mission depends upon charitable.
tions. o
The Church of thsAdvent in Boston
celebrated its 25th anniversary, or "silver
wedding" as the rectofsterned it, on the
first SUNDAY in Adventss November 2sth.
This church has been supported from the
beginning Slpon the free seat system. In
the twenty-five years 1, 249 baptisms, 5S1
confirmed. > The offerings during the past
single year, onoSundays ssd holidays,
S1GS595.50. Contributions to church
pwQrk quit of the pafish, $4,000. Weekly
communion and daily prayer are the rule,
with supplied choir of men and boys
and the choral service on Sundays.
Bishop Doane of Albany, preached the
] anniversary sermon.
The Bishop White Prayer Book Sc
ciety held its Both anniversary in Phila-
delphia on the 9Th inst and reports 7,134
copies of the prayer book distributed to
nearly every State in the Union, to mill
tary apd navel stations and hospitals, and
Germany and Africa. The American
Prayer Book is largely distributed in the
German, French and Spanish languages,
and portions of f in the italian.
Tho annual meeting of the Hartford
Church City Mission was held on Advent
Sunday. The city missionary, Rev. c. r.
Fisher, reports 72Sbaptsms, - confirmed
65 funerals, Sc marriages.
|. The church q st. Chrysest0m iso a
new mission church oof Trinity parish,
New York city, and was opened onoshe
e14th aalt. This is the fifth chuFch building
of the parish, anSJ with its ITO mission
schools cog 100000. 60
-Tht2Eaev. Mr. Drummond of Ar5ington,
assisted Rev. Mar. johnson ia the services
at the EpiscopA church in Bennington on
Sunday morning, and preached q Supd
and stirriIg sermon to adarge and 9tten-
tive audience in5the evening" o
-Iptelligenoe from ciarement, n II,
states that Right Rev. carleton Chase,
D. D., the Episcopal bishop of NsW Hamp-
shire, is failing, and it is feared that he
will never be able to leave his houss again.
LIBERAL CHRISTIANS q
Rev. Eli BaIIou preashes in ROchess
ter, Jan. %, and in Shoreham, Jan. 300
Rev George s Guernsey preacheein
Shrewsbury Jan. %.
Rev, Kittredge Haven breaches in
Sudbury, Jan. %.
Rev. n. c. Hodgdon will preach at
the Universalist church, Ludlow, Sunday
Jan. 10th, morning and afternoon.
The First Universalist church of
Springfield, Windsor county, was publicly
recognized by solemn and impressive SER
vices the Goth. The roll of membership
contains one hundred and two names, the
Oldest member being Lightweight years of
age and the youngest seventeen.
The Register and other papers an
nounoe the call of Rev. Phete a. Hama
ford by the Universalist society of New
Haven, Conn. She accepts and will take
charge in April. Her salary will be
$4,000.
The Denominational school at Gin
ton, n. Y, is in a prosperous condition
This Institute is free from debt, and has
fund of several thousand dollars. At
the close of the present term, Mrs. Dent
will retire as Principal, but viii be sue
ceeded by Miss Bacon, who has been con-
nected with the school for seven years.
The Murray Chapel in Chicago was
dedicated on Sunday evening last.
.-.. METHODIST.
/ "A religious revival has been progress-
ing at Sandgate, and still continues, IN
the NJ. E. church. Nearly 100-mostly
young men-have been hopefully con-
verted.
The recent donation extended to- Rev.
Mr. Whitney of Sandgate, melted him the
handsome sum of 1927.
"A series of revival meetings have been
progressing at the Methodist church in
East Arlington, for the pas three or four
weeks, with good results, some 20 or 80
having been converted.
The Rev. Thomas Marvin of Alburgh,
died in that place on the 9th ult., in his
ninety-sixth year. He went TO Alburgh
in June, 1887, when the town was an un
; broken wilderness. In 1906 he made 8
public profession of religion, and united
with the Methodist Episcopal church
For many years he was both class-leadel
and steward, but finally, according to the
earnest solicitation of his brethren, he ac'
cepted the license of local preacher. In
this calling he labored earnestly and faith
fully for many years, going down to hi
grave rich in faith.
, ROMAN CATHOLIC.
, The Catholic population of Massa