Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-09-15

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| LIBERAL CHRISTIAN.
There has been large increase in membership
Of the Universalist Churches in Vermont during
the past year, being gain of Is per cent.
The total amount of church debts among the
Universalist churches of Vermont is s5,930-and
a. 200 is the Indebtedness of a single society.
The following are the statistics of the Univer-
salist denomination in Vermont
Number OF societies SO; number of families 1884;
number Of adults ,492; net gain for the year IA
number of churches Is; number of members 739
net gain for the year Isl; total value of church
property in the State SOB; total Indebtedness
upon it IS $50; amount raised and expended for
current expenses for the year s23, lo6.
Rev. H. NJ Harris will be ordained as pastor OF
the Universalist Society in Brattleboro on Tues
day, September 18th, at IN pm. Services will
| he held in the afternoon of the same day.
The UniYersalists of West Burke are building
a new church ediice which will be completed
about November lst The church was organized
July 18th with twenty-five members and two have
since Joined. Nine children have been baptized
aud fifteen adults.
The Universalists here settled in the ministry
Miss Hanaford, at New Haven, Miss Brown, at
Bridgeport, and Miss Chaplin, at Grinnell, Iowa.
The United States General Convention of
Universities will be held at Gloucester, Mass,
on the Goth inst.
The state convention OF Q nivers4llsts OF Con-
neeticut, met at Hartford on Wednesday last.
Twelve churches were represented. The trea-
surer's report showed that, during the year, the
IS +6o s+a+a no
900 to the mission, and $4,000 to the Murray or
Centenary fund. In the afternoon a sermon
was preached by Rev. Mr.. Steer, and in the even
ing, Rev j. Smith Dodge, Jr., of Stamford,
preached the occasional discourse.
Rev. w. T. Stowe of New Orleans. will
preach at the Universalist church, in Brattleboro
on Sunday next, also at the ordination of Rev.
Mr.. Harris on Tuesday afternoon following.
The Universalist Society, at Brattleboro,
have been adding to the comfort of their copgre-
CATION by giving the interior OF their church
thorough cleaning, painting and whitewashing.
We are informed that the general attendance at
this house on the Sabbath has been for some time
on the increase, until now all of the seats are
taken and more would be if they to be had.
Rev. Dr. Bellows of New York, breaches at
the Uniterian church in Walpole, N. H, lhis
native place. next Sabbath.
The Universaist Society at Williston are
about settling pastor.
The Vermont Universalists have contributed
$3.50 a to the missionary boxes.
The whole amount contributed throughout
the United States to the missionary boxes, for
the week ending August 20, was $1,84O33.
The Green Mountain Central Institute at
Barre, commenced Wednesday, September eth.
METHODIST.
The 1Iethodsrs are about to open a seminal
ry for young ladies and gentlemen at Salt Lake
City
The average salaries paid by the Methodist
church in the Boston district which includes the
city and vicinity, is $l43O.
In the Methodist Episcopal church, South, a
new conference has just been organized for the
c,lored NJ thodIsrs of South Carolina.
The great National Camp Meeting, held at
Desplaines Station, a few miles out of Chicago,
was largely attended. Besides the great tent. ca
pablp of holding 5000 persons, there were num-
Der Of sm ller ones, used for prayer and confer
ence meetings.
The NJ. E. Conference of Germany and Swift
eraud, which was opened recently by Bishop
church editces, 81 preachers, 1870 Sunday School
scholars.
The Methodist church in Hardwick is under
going borough repairs outside and inside. The
work laid out will require some 800 or $500.
Rev. Isaac s. Cushman, Methodist clergy
man at Winchendon, died on Tuesday. He grad
uated at Bowdoin College, i'll the class of 1914, and
studied IN -..a5fnoI denart rnent OF me same
college from which he graduated in 1917. Soon
afterward he pr pared himself for the ministry,
in which he remained up to his dea'h.
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
Bishop De Goesbriapd lectured in the church
of st. Augustine. in Montpelier, last Sunday
week, on the Ecumenical Council. The ad-
dress was mprehensive and interest ting, the re-
port of it occupying over column in the YER
mont Waterman.
TYPHOID FEVER. correspondent of
the Bellows Falls Times, says 1.-THE rea-
son that typhoid fever prevails and is so
fatal, il because so much fresh meat is
eaten through the hot weather-live with
out and see From one who has had ex-
perience."
MEMBER OF CONGRESS, 1868.-The
following is the official vote for member
of Congress from the first Congressional
District OF Vermont, in 1863
Charles w. Willard, 1899
John Cain, 1896
Scattering, 70