Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-09-07
Religious Intelligence.


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the church of the Rev George NJ. Adams, at
Portsmouth, N. H., recently gave the church
lot of land for a chapel worth $500. The
people at once raised $4,000, and they are
now erecting 6ne large chapel, with ladies
room, kitchen, aud all the modern improve
ments. TO be completed next Jauuary.-Re-
pairs on the church edihce in Thetford have
been completed, and the house reoponed.--
During the vacation Of Rev. A. b. Dascomb,
Rev Il. Southgate supplies at Woodstock
Rev. DIR, Weber, Of NIiddlebury College, is
to supply the New Haven church for q sea-
SON. There are flty-three Congregational
churches in California, and FIVE of these are
in San Francisco. The church of Waltham,
Mass, held farewell service in their old
house of worship, August a. Rev. Sewall
Harding preached from the same text from
which he preached the dedication sermon A
years ago.
baptist.
The Woodstock Baptist Association will
meet with the church in Perkinsville, the
fourth Wednesday in September, per.
sons were baptized at Charleston, Dist ult.--
The theological school Of Bates College, Lew
iston, Maine, will open September 18th, but
the formal opening will occur the 22d. In
the forenoon of the 22d, the chapel will be
dedicated with appropriate services. Rev.
DIR. Cheney will preach the sermon. The fall
term Of the College began on Thursday, with
good attendance of students. The Fresh
man class numbers 81. The Sophomore class
numbers 2S Junior, l6; Senior, s. Prof
Angel, who has just returned from Europe,
has entered on his duties as Professor OF
Modern Languages Freewill Baptist
church in Sutton, was organized in 1893, con.
sisting Of eight or nine members. The meet.
ing house was built in 1872. Rev. j. Wood
man was pastor for over thirty years.-Th'
Shiloh African Baptist Association of Vir
ginia, shows 05 churches,-upwards of 7(
with pastors-and 29,l59 members Bap
tisms last year, 2,s17. This year 80 new
churches were received into the Association
AT the Karen Theological Seminary, under
DR.. Blinney, at Rangoon, India, nearly one
hundred students were in attendance. At the
close of the year five young men entered th'
ministry.
Methodist.
In the Methodist Episcopal church, South
new conference has just been organized fol
the colored Methodists Of South Carolina
The Methodist Episcopate, which normally
consists Of nine members, has been reduced
by the death of two, and the in6rmity of twt
other Of the Bishops, to but FIVE, capable o
dscharging their duties. These, too, hav
become 80 onerous that q permanent increas
in their number is talked Of Among Metho
dist ministers mentioned as likely to be in
cluded in the list of candidates, are the Rev
Drs. Curry, Peck, Il. o. Haven, Eddy, Eos
salaries paid by the Methodist Church in tn
Boston District, which includes the city anC
vicinity, is sl,430.-The great Nationa
Camp-meeting, held at Desplaines Station,
few miles out of Chicago, was largely atten
ded. Besides the great tent, capable ofhold
ing 5000 persons, there were number Q
smaller ones, used for prayer and conferenc
meetings.-Tho NJ. f. Conference of Ger
many and Switzerland, which was opened re
Gently by Bishop Simpson at Carlsruhe, col
tains 1883 members, 80 church-edifces, 8
preachers, $3.50 Sunday school scholars
The Methodists are about to open seminar
for young ladies and gentlemen at Salt LAX
City.
The New York Episcopalians carry on
midnight mission, at a monthly expense
s700.-Rev f. H. Fiske, lately Congrego
tional minister, has accepted call to tn
rectorship of the Episcopal churches at Van
deusenville and Stafford, Mass.-The annua
convention of the Protestant Episcopal churcl
of Maine, will be held at Portland, on tn
9th day Of September. The convention ser
mon will be delivered by Rev DR.. Perry, c
Geneva, N. Y. The first convention of thi
church was held at Brunswick, May Sd, 1896
at which only rectors and delegates from tn
two churches in Portland and Gardner wer
present. the night Of July 18th, St. Ban
nabas church, Omaha, was Frustrated by
tornado The churchmen are not dshearter
ed, but intend TO set about at once the bult
ing Of n new churchill is said that the fy
dioceses within the State of New York wi
be organized into a Province, at the comm
General Convention, with one of the Bishop
as Metropolitan oldest Episcopi
church in New England, and probably in III
United States, is at Wexford, II. l., althoug
it is no longer in use. 1t is called st. PAUL
and was built in 1907. During the Revolt
ton it was used as barracks for America
soldiers.
Catholic.
st. Michaels cathedral, Springfield, Mass
is receiving thorough renovation in prepa
alton for its reception Of the first Roma
Catholic bishop of Western Massachusetts
Nine temperance organizations, conuecte
with the Catholic churches Of New Yorl
held meetings for various purposes last SUI
day night Many of these organizations hay
membership amounting to thousands an
are quite wealthy.--Last Sunday Bishop Ba,
ley preached in st. Patrick Cathedral New
ark, n. j., for the first time since his retuI
from Rome. The church was crowded to G,
cess. He spoke chiefly on subjects connecte
with the Eeumenical Council, and conclude
his discourse by expressing the gratifcatic
he felt at being reunited TO his flock. o
Tuesday night the Catholics of the city hel
torchlight procession in honor of the bishol
The Rev. Thomas A. Reed, assistant pa
tor of the Church of the Assumption Brood
Ign, preached his farewell sermon on Sunda
last. On Wednesday last he said his la
mass, and left the same day for Europe
The services at the Cathedral of the lIo
Gross, Boston, Sunday week, were of the NJ
ture Of welcome home TO the Right Re
Bishop Williams, who was present at ma
for the first time since his return from Rom
The church was crowded.
miscellaneous.
There are in the United States sxty.ol
thousand ministers Of all denominations.
The average salary of ministers in the Unit
States is about seven hundred dollars p
annum.-The annual revenues Of the Engli
Established Church amount to nearly s3C
O0O,000.-The city Council of Lexingto
KY, have granted Roman Catholic prize
$500 year out Of the public funds for d
support of his sectarian school, Episcopa
ans and Presbyterians are organizing church
in Utah NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are ma
ing vigorous efforts TO secure parsonages t
their churches.-In Oregon, Illinois, Il
Roman Catholics have church, but no re,
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