Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-12-14
Religious Intelligence.
ADVENT.

The new BaotiSt church a: CatskIn is to be
built at a cost of s15.5OO.
Rev. s. 3. white, late of Pondvi,Ia. has a.
'ep'ed the unnanimnus call Of the Baptist church
n Vershire, Vt. to become their pa.tor,
Rev A n woodr' f, Evang-li.+. bs. lately
! sisted Rev. J. G. l. rimer in a brief serias fof
evening meetings at Peebe Plain, P @. As
result, Gods people have been quickened. and
-ome sinners, We truss. have baen converted. Tuo
young ladies put on Ch,ist by baptism, Nov. 2s5
they we're baptized in the beautiful waters Of
Lake Memphremag"g g, by Rev, ]. @. Lorimer.
pastor of the Baptist church, Derby, Vt.
"A "battle of boo%s" is now going IN sroonz
The Baptists-.hree d Rerent hyDn-t ooks C an
ing the attention of the der, min4tion a. ouca.
On- has been prepared by Rev Messrs. Caldwell
of Providence and Gordon of Boston. second HI
"r Lowry. with the endorsement Of Drs. Fuller
and Armitage, and the third is edred by Dr,
Weston, and issued from the Publication House.
The substantial meeting house Of The
Baptist church in Brandon has teen
tho puzhly renovated within, and 1urni-hed
with a bapt's'ry, a vestry and INHALER
ROOMS adapted tn the wants Of the church. The
audience room is very c,mmodiou- and attract
i've, and by an addition TO the house ample spare
has ben secured Tor the organ AMI choir in The
rear Of the pulpit. The entire 90 Of these irp-
provemen's has been about s5,OOn end there
seems 10 be no go d reason whv ih- house. being
even better han when II vas NV. NAV not be
s4tHf4c'Ory place of wort hip for h. church forty
years TO come, as it has BE- en- forty years pat
Rev. A. Thomas D. D., now in the thirty-sev-
enth year OF his pasorat~, app-sr- slmnst az
young and quite active ever, eiviI 80 his
people beaten OIL in the uary. II is delight
ful O meet wi pastor 20 young in 'plr't and
yet so old in ,ervice. he house WAS Te-opened
on the 22d If November, by public services N the
afternoon and evening In the afternoon Rev.
Ir Hovey, of Ntwton Theological Institution.
preached AID Rev DR. Goadty If Poutnsy, Of
tered the dedicatory prayer. In III even" Rev.
Mr.. M4tti,on, of Bra't'eboro, preached. The
s-ry ces were listened 70 10y large congregation.
CONGREGATIONAL.
Rev, NJ. Rock wood, Of Boston occupied tls
pulpit of he Cobgr-g ttiond church Al Yer.
GENES, on sn, day Nov. 26lh.
Rev. Fdwa,dP Some is o becoms the actin
p .stor of the Congreg4t OF al Church at Essex
enter and Underhll, Preaching half day at
each plaza.
Rev. A. Chandler cl~sei his labors at Mar
boro ON Sunday, DEC. 50.
The Hammond Street., Portlapd Ne, ChuIcl
has had but three pastors in the 80 years as
its existence.
Prof George n. Weber, Of NiddleAury oil
Isge wit supply for he pre- ent, the Congresa-
1ivnal urch at st. Al1a
-Dea John Smith, Of the Free Church, taking
out 70 hi ..so Audover'~, CNas-,l cont iburisn
o n relief Ind-over S 3,0-m,re than cyl.
lar ach for e, cry II a O., woman COLD in TIE
towu-also K hi- pa tn, Rev, z. s. Williams.
al ug aud ? lid his tx en-ss
Rec Nv. La gaor'h by Il Boston. Mass. t.
cent y found at BRIT ], VI, ana hrs p-es-Ite1 20
he G. mgr ga .rsl ib'ary of Baton clan
AID p IT, C copy o. Roger I. kstraDgeT's C5serra-
tor, pubish.d IL 10 3
Prot p. P. B4,rrws # O'erI'n, t. kes TIE
It's OF Prf c. II. Mead, q. AncoTvr currg
his ab>er Europe.
nv. S d M.rsh. D. D ron ri the 'z's Pre-.
,denr War h OF P-c'fc U'tv rs'tv, his szsr med
IT it, rship OF tie No5 II PgcyFe q Nv W, KY
paper about TO be es zuIsI Cd a. Forest Grove,
Ores"n,
The co. e.. aational Ministers # Wazhirg On.
.. g and NC NY have f Tns-d ~. u G e. ut9
an association, which a ~ number Give men
e 5. ri cen members w-re Re erved ito Ir.
R.nkiu's church a. the las communIors I've up
~ prof. o..
nv. q. C. DieFirton, ui-si~narv fr 'he
W., diam C-,uuty ''cnferenc- 81 Cor pregA'ro2al
Chu~her, pre-e-.t- brs fret Q.s.terly TsIsr's II
the mo, th- OF Sept b =. c-ob=r q No en-
her a. fslliws: Sermons 80 l-rr' RS IS payer
IN. etiu a. + 1ai,,~- vi-tted ass mics tIzve'ed
996; or a t.ral as.rage OF SIX lsious Ii, s'iugs
Tor each Of the thirteen " ess.
EPISCOPAL.
st. Andres s Gay. November 3GtN, wlsa 1t
pr-ced~s the Adv-nt season Is fhr beginning Of
the church year. The Advent se4~on compress
the four Sundays preceding Chri.tulas. , Which
It pr~psIes US Is ervic-s al-o remind u q
the first and SECOND cor.lrg Of the Son o. nsu,-
the f : IN humi'irv, the s.cond IN rossr and
glory 10 ige The Qu'cz AID dad.
st. j. hn's Church Yunser-. y. Y, At one
OF rtoty,save So 300 for an addition to tie pres
ent edlfce.
Gree Church. Newark n. J is to be re-ap-
ed and heau'iae1 at an exleuss Of hon S25,gN
to s3OI0}.
The corner stone Of the new Birth lomsVs
Church. New Yo.k on Madison Ave. and Forty
fourth STREET, b s ben lad b. Bi-to Potter.
The new St Johns hurcb, at Clifton, Flats,
Islaod, has been consecratsf. Five Bib ps
wrr- Vre-ent, including Bishors P"t'tT, sIt
ClaIk Of Rhode Island, who preached tie ri
mon.
The corporation OF Trinity Churol Nes
York. owns sToperty to the value, j: ls said, q.
fifty millions OF dollars.
Tn new mission in JohnsonviTe. R.rssels=E
c7un' y. n. Y, intend soon 20 bu Ia - church 90
the farm Of Mr. Catin, near the dept Of tie
Rutla Id and Washing on R iro4d.
Rev. George s Guernsey vii prearh a. Cav
endish on Sundays Drcem er 10Th an 24tb, AID
at shr-u sbur., Deoembtr 18th an Slst.
-R.v. E. L. Swift, Pastor EJECT OF the Jni-
versalis- church at Wet Concord, will BE- or
dained d. 2ith. Sermon BY Rev. Dr.. Fiber Of
Canton, n. Y.
Rev. N. Glover wi be ord.nsd to the
work of the Unlversalist ministry Al Wiaistor,
Dec II.
Hon. Bose. RotaD, Of Pomfref, hiss given'A7
Univer-alist SUcietV Of Wooks'ock god c.'1E'
which has been put up in the chapel.
TIE venerable R-v Russell Stree er of Wood
stock has recove. ed ITom his long and severe 4l-
ness.
"A church If twenty-five member Was organ
lied the present ar in Narshf-d, Vt, aad r5V
the Iners4 has re4ch che humber Of ttirtF'
Some of thee memb. Is are residents { an scl'-
cent town. At er the church va fnm-o, E~-A-
Iy prayer and Conference meet ing Ezs s'aT'ro'
which has eonti' usd A odly number Fp'SA
and pray in the devotional ga'heurgs 1h'I
pas or is Rev. L. Warren Of NOrlh MoutlsAa'
VT.
The Trustees Of tbs Seminary a. so--
Woodstock, publish the following cs'd refu'4s
certain reports c'rcu alton n ref-Tenee 70 h,'
Z. S. 2, STR IF Che-t-r. They say II s''1S-
as reports have been circul ted in this conH1L'.
ty and elsewhere prcjudrc'al 70 Rev. Z 5. fo's'
in his official relations with the Green houn's'1
Perkins Academy. we, trustees Of that lrfl'.-
ton. hereby certify that Bro. Fos-ers Wofk 'I
the institu- ION has been cIeditsble % hi0' BIZ
highly approved By rs. and N addition - u,