Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-09
Religious Intelligence.

Revival meetings are in progress at
Castleton, with encouraging results.
More baptsms are reported at Jamaica,
where the work is still very encouraging.
On Sunday, January 23d, Rev, LII. Mat
teson, of Brattleboro baptised ten converts.
--Rev James Laird Of Guildhall, has re-
signed his charge there, to take effect on the
Both.
Rev. John Wilson was installed pastor Of
the Congregational church at Sa1tons River,
Jan. 18th.
AN interesting state of things exists in the
Baptist church at Wilmington; several per-
sons have been converted.
Rev Royal Parkinson, formerly of Mil
ton, has been installed pastor of the Congre-
gationa church at Temple, N. II.
--Rey. Mr.. Drumm of Arlington has re-
ceived and accepted an invitation to the roc.
torship of st. james Church, Woodstock.
Rev. NJ V. b. Knox, of Barton, who
recently had leg broken, has received a
purse of sls735, from his friends in that
town.
Seventeen person were baptized, and re-
ceived on trial, by the NJ. H. Church ut Brat
tleboro, on the 23d ult. Revival interest
still continues.
Eleven persons united with the Congre-
gational church at Albany, on Sunday the
10th, ten of them by profession and one by
letter. Eight Of them are heads Of families.
Bishop Bissell confirmed in his recent
visitation at Bellows Falls, 4 Springfield, 8;
Chester, 5; Ludlow, 4 : Windsor, 9 Ran
dolph, 2 West Randolph, 2.
1t is stated that the report that the Uni
yersalists are about to erect church in
Fletcher, is without foundation, but the Bap-
fists and Methodists have united for that pur-
pose and have raised a subscription of s2,50O
and already begun their preparations.
The Methodists are making rapid prog
ress in and about Paris.
Rev. Ii. NJ. Chaplin, formerly of Yer.
mont, supplies the Markeson church. Wiscon.
sin.
Rev. Alexander King, a famous Irish
Protestant preacher, is soon to visit this coun.
try.
The Baptists Of Iowa number about 90
OO0, numerical gain Of two thousand over
last year.
The services Of Rev. Mr.. Tarlton have
been engaged by the Congregational Society in
Londonderry.
Rev. j. d. Sands, formerly of Essex, has
some five preaching points in Hancock and
Wright counties, Iowa.
The progress Of Professionalism in Spain
is something wonderful. A new Protestant
church edifice is to be erected in Madrid.
"A Bible Society has been lately founded
in Russia, which has already distributed 50,-
900 copies Of the New Testament in the Rus
sian language.
President Stearns, President Hopkins
and other worthless heartily approve Of having
q celebration of the 250th anniversary Of
Congregationalsm.
Three Baptist ministers in Georgia offer
to pay the expenses of the education, during
one month, of fifty colored Baptist ministers
who shall come for instruction TO Atlanta.
The Christian Adcocate attempts elabo.
rately to prove that it is not probable that the
ministerial vote in the conferences which meet
the coming spring will consummate the move
ment for lay delegation.
The confusion of tongues is so great in
the Council at Rome that the fathers have
been divided into groups according to their
nationalities, to discuss important matters
separately in their native languages They
then each choose two men to discuss the af.
irmatiyc and negative before the Council.