Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-07-27


Bradford of Randolph, resigned his pastorate !
in that place last Sabbath, July l7th.-Rcy. |
Russell T. Hall of Obcrln Ohio, has accepted
an invitation to the pastoratc of the church |
at Pttsford, and he expects to enter upon his
work in August.--The Royaton Association
will meet in Rochester, Tuesday, August ID.
&C. w. Oliver of Troy, has received the
contract for building Congregational church
at Manchester. 1t is to cost l5,00O.-Rev.
Newman Hall has declined a Chicago call
with an offer Of $4,000 salary.
Methodist.
Twelve persons have recently united with
the NJ. II. Church in Windsor, ten by profess
sion.-Rev. A. l.. Pratt, formerly pastor Of
the NJ. +. Church in Windsor, and lately in
Colchester, died on Sunday evening the 18th,
at Colchester, after an illness, by fever, for
some three weeks Mr. A. Minard, Of Nor.
ristown, New jersey, has built fine orphans
home, and decided the entire property to the
Methodist Board of Bishops. The value Of
the property is s50,000.-The Methodist pa
pers are discussing the propriety Of the cx-
ception of the general rule by which the col
ored Bishop Roberts resides in Africa, and
has Episcopal supervision nowhere else.-The
Methodist Church has always accorded to its
female members an equal right to participate
in social meetings-Tho French Methodist
Conference reports lSi preaching places, 80
ministers, % cvangclists aud teachers, l0l
local preachers and 2,049 members. There
was great temperance demonstration at the
Methodist campmeeting grounds in Danyille,
New Jersey, July 10th, at which Bishop
james was present.
baptist.
A recently returned Baptist missionary
says there are 5000 to 1000 converts to
Christianity in China, in more than 100 or
ganized churches There are 4S0 native
preachers laboring there, and foreign mission.
aries employed by from ~ to % different
societies.--.Rev. S. X Dexter leaves the
pastorate of the Baptist church in Bcnning.
ton, with which he has labored the past year
Mr. ID. Il. Sakelarois native Greek, who
was educated in this country, was ordained as
Baptist clergymen at Athens. May 90
Chicago, with 4,567 Baptists, has thirteen
doctors of divinity; while the 10000 Baptist'
in Mississippi have not one.-The Bible anc
Publication Society proposes to raise not les
than twenty-five thousand dollars clear Of al
expenses, for Bible work during the present
year.-1he new Baptist church in Westerly
X. l., said to be open communion, was rec
ognzed by council Of ministers and dele
gates selected from three associations. TIT
church publishes a statement that they do no
wish to be considered q" open communion
in the popular use of that term" They sim
ply invite nobody and exclude nobody, an,
their members will not be disciplined 70
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communion win other ehurches' for III
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position IN the Baptist denomination oil TN
country TO churches that sympathMe VIII
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cord il ,be nlace des;onotod NV tho Stondir
Committee of the Diocese Of New Ham
sb;ro for Tho residence of the Bisbon cleo
md .n,,s, oi,h l. ,ho dov annoin,ed Il
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charity which inuulgencvs may pv ''"'ia'eri
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anu e.u1sohoa' P'eaenui ~ ,A'.ehs' "ro :
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Miscellaneous.
An exchange thinks ministers ought not
take vacations because the devil has none
The Congregationalist concludes that st
ular reading" may be admitted into Saba
School libraries with proprety.- of a
families visited by Chicago colporteur, 3
were destitute of Bibes.-lndian tribes nu
bcring 10000 souls are reached by missc
aries. Our whole Indian population is 90
OOO.--The citizens of Eisleben, German
have determined to erect monument
Martin Luther, and solicit subscriptions fro
all Protestant nations.-'fhe Canada Presb
terrain church has 4 synods, IL presbyteri
800 ministers, and seminaries. 1t was {
ganized in 1861. The communicates are 4
1852, an increase Of 1896. The amount &C