Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-08-10
Religious Intelligence.


his home in Charleston, W., distance OF 3uO
miles. is noticed in the newspapers rs q re-
markable ovent.--Ira Dean, of Bakersfield,
has Just given 81 900 to the Congregational
church Of that plaoe.-Rev o. W. Merrill,
superintendent of the Congregational missions
in Nebraska, wants another "Andovcr Band. "
He says he could give to ten men each a
county for parish. During the past year the
Congregationalists have employed 5S mis-
sionarics in Northern and n Southern Hi
nois, serving 80 churches and 10 out-stations
The average missionary salary in Illinois this
year has been 1851: in Vermont S5S0.50
in Michigan, s66l.10; Iowa, s6ss; New
Hampshire, s655 Maine, s600.-Mr Oliver
johnson, n native Of Peacham, has offered to
put into their house of worship a church
organ worth 81 200, on condition that they
should harmonize, and thoroughly repair
their edifce, and in due time unite in the set
Element Of another pastor in the place of
Rev. Mr. Fisk late Rev Richard G.
Hand who died on Thursday last, in Brook
lyn, at the age of 6S, was a native Of Shore
ham, VT, and graduate Of Mddlebury
College and Andover Seminary. He had
been settled in Gouverneur, n. Y, Danvile
and Bennington, Vt. His wife was daugh.
ter of Judge Hoyt, Of New Haven, VT aud
sister of the Revs. o. r. and o. S. lloyt, and
died in April last He is spoken Of as a man
commanding presence of liberal culture,
d Of amiable character; an able writer,
.nl an earnest preacher, so long as his health
continued He bore his long seclusion with
Christian serenity, and died in the enjoyment
OF the Christians hopes, lamented by large
circle of friends among whom he had labored
in the Gospel.
Methodist.
Fourteen persons united with the Metho.
dist Episcopal church in Willamstown, July
2ith twelve by profession Camp meeting
at Mortified, August 22d.-Quarterly meet
ings at Brattleboro, Gullord and Albany,
August 9th and 7th.-Rev. DIR. Newman ac-
cepts Brigham Young's invitation to discuss
polygamy at Salt Lake City, and soon goes
on for the battle.-Ira Dean of Bakersfield,
has Just given 81 900 to the Methodist church
in that place, in addition to the same amount
given to the Congregational otwithstand-
ing the difficulty in the Methodist Book
Rooms, the bonds Of the Book Concern have
found ready market at par.-The Methodist
church at Salt Lake City is Hourishing and
proposing to build a house Of worship. The
Fifth National Camp meeting at Darlington,
Maryland, closed on the 21st ult. A very
large number of ministers was present.
baptist.
Seven persons were received into the church
at Pittsford, by baptism, on the 2lst ult -
Rev. William l.. Palmer of West Cornwall
is President Of the Board of Trust of the
Baptist State Convention. Rev. Charles lIib-
bard, Chester, Secretary Dea. Il, A. Fuller
Burlington, Treasurer Mial Davis Auditor
William Lane, graduate Of the Newton
Institute, has accepted call from the Bap.
fist church in Biddeiord, Maine.--Som,
twelve or fifteen persons have recently united
with the Baptist church in Dummerston.-
The early settlers of Sheffield were mostl,
Freewil Baptists In 1900, six years after
the town was first settled, the Baptists of thi
town and Wheelock united, and the frs
church was organized There were seventy
seven members from both towns. In 1929
church was built--The members of the Firs
Baptist society in Manchester, n H., wht
suffered the loss Of their church by the grea
fire, are already taking measures to rebuild
REV. George j. Carleton, after nearly tel
years of service as chaplain of the Massachu
sets State Prison Of Charleston, has resigned
to take effect September lst-The increas
Of the colored Baptist churches in Louisiana
the past year has been 1000 members an,
twenty churches formed. Two of the Bap
tist churches Of Chicago, the first aud second
have each over 900 members.-The amour
required to build the Freewll Baptist meet
ing house in Newport Centre, has been near
all secured by private subscription, and tn
work will be commenced Immediately.
Episcopal.
1t is expected that the Episcopal house @
worship in Chester will be completed i
December next, at cost of about $4,000
Rev. j. Isham Bliss and family, OF s
bans, have returned from their Europea
tour.-AInong the numerous visitors at New
port, r. l., are Rt. Rev. Bishop Potter, Re,
Dr. Irving, Rev. DR.. Muhenburg, Of Me-
York, and Rev. DR.. Bach, of Montrea
There are not less than fifteen Episcopal clel
gymen spending their vacation in the city,
The Convention Of Ogdensburg," or tn
" Frontier Convocation," has Just had il
meeting in Malone.-One of the Episcopi
charitable societies in New York has what
calls Fresh Air Fund" which it devote
10 sending out into the country, for day
sick and poor people who would not Other
wise get snuff Of fresh air through tn
whole summer.-The cornerstone of S
Johns church, Ogdensburg was laid MOI
day, July 25th.
Catholic.
On Tuesday of last week, the first Catho
church at Greenwich, Washington county, \
w. was opened for service. In the course ,
his sermon on the occasion, the pastor thanke
the Protestants for tkeir liberality towarC
their poorer brethren, the Catholics.-Of IL
s74 students in Straight University, Ne
Orleans, five-sixths are from Catholic iamilie
chiefly of French or Spanish descent.-Tl
annual retreat of the Rev. Clergy of Il