Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-05-18

| michigan Avenue, SSo
North, 23O
Indiana Avenue, 121
University Place, 176
Fifth, 1877
Western Avenue. 107
South 4S
| Ol;vat 443
p,o,;5a,oe 80
The foreign churchs of Chicago are not
reported, and the North Star and Coven'
thy Street churches have been organized
since the anniversaries were held. And
there has also been quite large additions
to the membership of the other churches
The Baptist National Anniversaries
will be held the coming week in Chicago
ILL.,, and the central committee present the
following programme:
American Bible Union Wednesday
evening, 18th, and Thursday morning,
18th.
Baptist Historical Society-Thursday
afternoon and evening, 18th.
Bible and Publication Society-Friday
10Th, and Monday afternoon, 22d.
American Baptist Home Missioz So
ciety-saturday, Goth, and Monday fore
noon, 22d.
American Baptist Missionary Union
Monday evening, 22d. and Tuesday, 23d.
Western Baptist Educational Conven-
vention-Wednesday, Gath, and Thurs
day, 25th.
Rev. E. Mills will attend as the dele
gate of the Church in Rutland.
Father Hyacinthe's appeal to the
Bishops has been printed in French, and
can be mailed to any address at the rate
of 81 per hundred by addressing Rev. N.
Cyr, Rutland.
Rev. Edwin M. Haynes of Lewiston,
Me-, is to read an essay before the Maine
Sabbath School Convention on the DUTY
of the Church to Children"
The Baptist Yearbook for 1871 pre-
sents the condition of the denomination
in an encouraging light. The general
summary of the United States is as fol-
lows Associations, 1893; churches, 49,.
143; ordained ministers, S,7S7 baptims
last year. 70,172; total membership, l.
221, $40. In membership, Georgia leads
off with 1874, 1877; Virginia follows with
1872, 100, and then comes New York with
1OO,616.
CONGRE eATIoNAL.
Rev. s. r. Hall, Ii. d , is preaching
for tho oho.oh ia. AiI~.y- -.. ..-
Rev. c. Clark, late of Charlotte, has
been engaged for year by the church in
Gaysville.
Rev. R. s. Ward is supplying the
church in johnson.
The Congregational society of Fitch
burg, Mass, is not in harmony with the
church, and did not concur with the
church in extending a call to Rev. Ed
ward Hungerford.
Rev. Henry E. Jewett, youngest son
of the late Epbraim Jewett of st. Johns
bury, was installed over the Congregs-
tional church at Redwood, California,
April 18th. Sermon by Rev. I. E. OWN
ell of Sacramento, formerly of Vermont
installing prayer by Rev. A. L. Stone of
San Francisco, formerly of Park street
church, Boston.
The next General Convention of Con-
Ministers and Churches in
Vermont is to be held in Sprinl fl aid, June
Goth, and not at Newport, as announced
in the Minutes. This change is mad e
&c
of the pastor at Newport, and the eonse-
quent inconvenience of making the suit
able arrangements.
The new church at Lyndonvile. Yer
mont, is expected Is Govt $1,000. with 800
sittiugs.
Rev B, zaleel Smith of Hanover
Center has removed to West Hartford,
Vermont
The parsonage built the past wints
at West Dover by the Congregational So
Diety is about ready for occupancy.
The Windham Association meets at
May 10Th.
Rev. L. II. Cobb of Spring field.
preached the sermon at the installation of |
Rev. J. L. Merrill at Marlboro, N. H. on
the ID inst.
During the eleven years of J. P. |
Stones ministry in Greensboro, termi-
mating with 1851. more than 200 of the
of that town were removed by
death, at whose funerals, with but very
few exceptions, be was himself present
and oficiated. The population of the
town during those years was but a trife
over 1000. Was not that greater NOR
sality than the average in other towns in
to population? .s..
Bishop Bissell's appointments for the
coming month are as follows May II,
st. Mary's, Mortified May $685.. Lnke's
Chester, Conservation May 26, ST. Johns
Ludlow May %, Whitsun.Day, Eman-
lei church, Bellows Falls June 4, Trim
ty Sunday, st. Thomas's church, Bran
Ion June 8, Annual Convert ton, ST.
rhomas's, Brandon. -.-.s
+ Bishop Doane visited st. Luke's
church, Cambridge, N. Y, on the 9th
INST, confirmed four persons, one being in
private, and made an appeal for funds to
complete the church tower, so as to receive
he bell lately given. Over SAT were re-
eived at the offertory, but about 800
more will probably be required for the
purpose. The church was crowded. After
ervice there was an informal reception
It the Rector's house. The Bishop and
lis wife were made honorary members Of
IT, Luke's Guild. He has confirmed fif.
cen persons in this missionary parish
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