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RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE


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RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE
BAPTIST
The pastor Of the Baptist church, Montpelier.
Rev WIN. Fi.z, is TO preach in Montpelier but
one Sabbath more.-Iu the church in John
son, the first Sabbath ia October, two put on
Christ by baptism, the second sabbath four, and
the third seven, mixing twenty-five in all since
Angus, four men with their wives, and four
teen heads Of families in all. Two have united
BY letter, making tFenty-ioar additions -
There are f.ty-aine stuien,s ia Newton Thee
logical Seminary. The President, Dr. Hovey,
made the statement AZ the Baptist Anniversaries.
that full frry Of then Sc saould be helped with
in month"; while al q them neei aid -
I spurgeou. tie great Baptis, divine, hiss dropped
tue d" Rev 90 from bis signature. ami now signs
h.m.elf Sc Pastor C. H sp1rgeon."
CONGREGATIONAL
Rev. Eiwerd IT, Griffin, Of the White Street
Congregational church, of this city. gave the
usual Thursday evening lecture. at the chapel Of
the Congregational church OF Rutland, lsst
evening The Rev. DR.. Thompson, Of New
York, whose retirement from the pulpit Of the
Tabernacle, which he has occupied Tor nearly
twenty seven years, Ee n-ticst last week, has
been presented by his people with A testimonial
amounting TO f.ty Two thousand dollars Afec-
lion which takes jht- form Of manifestation
gives such ey.llnse Of being genuine as '' the
csrprs world 50 viii lot ~isn to dispute.
EPISCOPAL
On the vo;e by Orders IN the House Of
Deputies Of the rrienuiai Cooysntion on the
question OF c1ncgrriag with the House Of Bishops
in the adoption Of 4 Cquor Of Ritual, each
d.osess having one clerics and one lay vote, de-
termined by msjori'y Of its deputies. the Gle
rical vote Of Vermont was aye ami the lay vote
lay. The canon was not alopted.--A
delegate fion Illinois in convention sub
mittei a resolution amending the Litany
By the insertion Of the word g" IRE" 50 as 20
make il read, 81 from lightning and tempest.
from plague. pestilsrce, FIRE and famine, etc
This request, begotten Of the Delegates expert
ence with Chicago, was voted down.-Rev.
John Henry Hopkins, writes to the Church
J5urali that after the Convention, oae Of the
Bishops (who calls himseifa High ChurchmSn.
ih0lzh be Is very decidedly opposed TO 81 the
Rtusiis,s y, told bin that tae majority Of the
H0usl Of Bishops hal come to Al undertaking
among themselves that they would never hereaf-
ter consent 10 the conservation Of any Bishop who
agreed in theological opinions with Bishop Doane.
Mr.. Hopkins denounced this understanding
On the spot ss '' sn unheari Of iniquity," and
he siis IN his letter '' The idea Of prOscTib
ing. o. masss. those Of the clergy who carry =
majority OF she constitutional votes Of the Lower
House, and When-so ilr from denying sny arti-
Gle Of the Catholic Creed-their only flult il that
they understand the historical standards Of the
Anglican Reformation more correctly. and hold
them more thoroughly, and teach them more
earues,ly. than sny other among US; the whole
sale prescription of such men, say, whether
with o." sn understanding " or without one, is
,izp.y preposteTous imposs.bllity The an
nusl meeting Il the O-ieusburgh Convection,
comprising the counties Of Essex Clinton. Frank
lin, and 81 lawrence, was held Oct. 81, and
Nov. l. in S.. Johns, Chsmplain. and Christ
Church, Rluses Point Among those present
we're the Rev. Messrs. Ptmsu and Putnam Of
Yermont; and the Rev. Mr. Ellegooi Of alon-
tresl, with several brethren from the mother
Church Of EaglAnd, the Rev. Messrs ElEaris,
Banghsm, lee, Ssiwyn and Wilett, aud the
Right Rev. Lord Bishop Of Litchheid. who thirty
years ago was sent 20 tnlt b5nighte1 land, New
Zsa!and.-Rey. VI. R. S-ickney. formerly Of
theChurch Of the Advent, Boston, hiss become
rector Of Caris.'s Church. Bethel
METHODIST
Wm. P. Natiison, Esq, hss presented the land
on which 10 erect uew Methodist church at
South Salisbury. It's expected ID be ready
for deiic.tion next New Years day. Ii will
cost about - 500, Of which 5 POO has been
raisei--Tgo Methodist churches in Buffalo
on Sunday c1ntrituted $4,000 20 aid the
burnei churches Of their denomination in
ChicaSo.--The committee Of Methodist presch-
ers in New York rzisel : II 400 for the Michi
gan and Wisconsin Sufferers. Of which Daniel
Drew gave 5000.
LIBER L CuRIsTIAS.
Rev. Z. Z. Hale has gone TO Chicago in the
interest Of several benevolent educational IN
stituioas. No ran could be surer Of cordial
welcome.--T The American Unitarian Assoeiz-
ton hsyo arranged FOR a course Of Sunday even
ing lectures. designed as a kind Of Offset TO the
Boston lectures delivered by certain orthodox
gentlemen lsst year sni the year before. And
the L Liberai CbrisfiuH exults IN the idea that
g Boston TheJlosy " il to te " "vindicated.'
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
T~enty professors IN the University Of Rome
have refused TO take the oath Of allegiance to Vic
tor EmanueL-The reform psrty IN Bavaria
has organized with such leaders Dr. Huber.
Professor Of Philosophy at the University Of
Munich DE-. Schultz, Professor Of Law st the
Prague University Professor Reinkeus. Of
Bresleiu Professor Niohelis. and eminent men
Of Austri-. Hungary, SEiizeran1 and elsewhere.
On the 2Zi ind % O.. September, Old Catholic
delegate from ali parts Of tie continent met in
Munich ior the purpose oi laying down plat
form, or confession cf fitA. Ia this the re-
f1rrrarz Ifnfara fAae thew srF1f rpfaiu old
Catboli, faith. il is written IN the Scriptures
and hsudei doxn by tradition, holding to the
Old Catholic fe=m OF w0rshiP, and therefore, con-
sideTiug themselves members Of the great
Catholic church. They 10 act acknowledge the
legality Of the excommunicstious suspended
over then. They repudiste the dognss created
under the present I, pc that are ia contradiction
with the teachings Of the church, especially the
dogma OF infsllibi.ify sEi the supreme jurisdic-
ton Of the Pope The dogma of the immacu-
late conception is Herewith repu5i4ted. They
hold fast to the old constitution Of the Catholic
church. repadia,iHg every attempt to remove the
b shops from the immediate and independent di-
Ieciion Of the single churches. They deny that
the Pope Is the only diviney appointed bearer Of
authority, for according to the Trdentine Canon,
there exists diginely instituted hierarchy Of
bishops, priests, deaeous. They will only rec
ognze the Pope the highest OF bishops. They
leuy tnt power OF the fOpt 10 nakt QOEn3s.
aud demand the right OF testimony and ObJec-
Jion for the Catholic lsity and the clergy.
Great reforms in the church Itself are TO be IN
reduced, and the people to have constitutionslly
regulated participant in church affairs. The
I'm seems TO be the establishment Of national
churches, with national bishops, and service ant
liturgy suited to the people; though all this
without determent 10 the unity Of the great
'ath0lic church. The Oid Catholics, who have
lseady united with the Church Of Utrecht.
ope for reunion with the Greek Oriental and
lGssian Church as well as with the Protestant
nd Episcopal Churches The influence Of the
esuits is to be cut of in Germany. The Old
arholics consider this society as the source Of sll
he difncuities that have arisen within the
ztholic church, aud as the great power back OF
be Papsl throne and Wiil demand their expul-
on from Germany Rev Father BOylsu has
rpended SGj. 900 on the new St. Peters
lurch 81 Rutland. aud it is estimated that an
rpenditure Of S5O0O0 more will be necessary
r its completiou.-lt is rumOrel that the Al
my Diocese will he divided the coming winter,
I'd thst V G.. Wsdhams Of the Albany cathedral
III have charge of the Bishopric at
s;tshurgh.
I; is now the fashion at New York weddings
d all high-dress entertainments. to have
rtable fountain, throwing its Jets under the
a~ing-room gas-iignts. and surrounded by
Sutifal shrubs ami flowers in full bloom