Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-24
RELICIor, INTELLIGENCE.

RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
Tha new NJ Z. house Of worship 10 Wai;sfeld,
Vt, was dedicated February 221 Sermon by
Rev. }. 0 Peck, Of Springfield, Mass
The Catholics Of Massachusetts, are to hold a
State Temperance Convention in Boston on the
Both Of May.
Rev Kinney, the late rector Of Grace church
Al Randolph, Vt, has gone West, AID the parish
il again destitute
A mission las been he'd in St james Catholic
church, in s-,gm. Macs for the past two weeks.
under the care o: the mission fathers Of the
Dominican o9ier.
Rev. James Osr5oi Andrew. b. b., senior
bishop Of the Methods, Episcopal Church, South,
AMI the oldest Methodist bishop IN the world.
iiei at Mobile ca the = inst.
Dey Dr. FLETCHER Of T5wussnl, VI, continues
il POOR health, and being unable to preach, tho
so;e-y hss feclreI the services of Rev. Stephen
Abbott formerly %. Windsor, for them one year.
Archbishop spau'iiug has Issued a circular to
The Roman Catholic clergy and ls.ty Of the Do
cese Of Baltimore appealing for financial aid for
the Pope
There j. an interesting work of grace in the
Baptist and Congregational churches in Lyme,
New Hampshire About one hundred have
pa sel from desth unto life, and the in,sres, is
mil kept up.
The baptist .Hlyl-iae says !; would not be
surprised Il ,ae pr,sent generation should see
De-. Norman Mlc'eol. or Mr.. Newman Hal OF
Mr. Spureeon, in the pulpit Of S.. Paal's or
Westminster Ah5ey.
The most considerable donation which vas
given to the Pope as - Peters Pence, " was that
Of the Empress Marie Anna, the wife Of ez-En-
peror Ferdinand, Of austria, who sent present
Of lol.0 900 forms to Plus X
The Rev Jacob Legare, colorei pastor ofM5uis
street lorel church, Charleston, S G., has
baptized over ] 400 persons since the Wal, snl
mkintains coed discipline in membership Of
1850.
Much evil having resulted from the sale Of
liquor in Westerly, K. l., the Catholic priest Of
that place las absolutely prohibited the members
Of bis church from engaging any Ino-e in The
liquor business
Rev. J. d. Peck Of the Trinity Methodist
church Of Springfield. has declined + call to the
St PAul's Methodist church at Cincinnati, o.,
whose sanctuary, costing $4,000, was recently
dedicated.
Rev. Uci4yius Yiusow, the well-known Bap-
tist minister and author, formerly Of New Yo.k
but for many years pastor Of Baptist church
at Bath, England, has contormei TO the Church
Of England and has been ordained 6 priest in
that church by the Bishop Of Chichester.
4 liberal gentleman Of the Congregational
church in Rutland, subscribed thousand dol
lars towards the new Baptist church edidoe il
that place, and vas Immediately followed ty a
liberal gentleman Of the Baptist church from
abroad with Ike liberal subscription.
Rev Father De Smet, the celebrated Jesuit .
missionary, worn out by his long labors in the
West, is seriously i'll at 81 Louis. Probably 20 .
living man is better acquainted with the Indian
character or speaks ? greater number Of Indian
dialects than this well known Indian missionary
Another scandal about the approaching royal
marriage has arisen in Anglican church cir
cles in England 1t is said that Lorne is to
be " admitted to holy communion without con
fsmation" by a bishop, he being already re-
eognizei Presbyterian communicate in the Is
tablishel Church Of Scotland.
4 correspondent Of the O5ssrrsr writes from
Rome ! think that it can now be truly af-
frmed that Rome is open for The free pro-
mitigation of the Protestant religion. The rot
ed Father Gsvazzi Is now here, preaching in
Italian on the Sabbath and two evenings If
each week. There are no., as yet, any organ
lied Protestant churches here. but there are
several well established preaching ststions,
some Of which are well sustained.
Rev Dr. T NJ Eddy in the lfrt5oiis; pleads
against q" Too Many Sets He cannot see why
there should be two sorts Of Baptists three sorts
OF Presby two sorts Of LutherauE three
or four sorts of NIetholsis and now, as seems
likely, two sorts Of Protestant Episcopal churches.
He calls upon business men to note that It costs
double and triple in church builiing. tina; it
nsures inferior sni ill-paii ministry, and
puts hndrances in the way Of the march Of
Christianity.
The He,fera H'atehmla (Roman Catholic
,tjects to the employment OF paid singers in
.hurches 1t says
Presbytersns. B4ptists, Methodists, Jews and
nfiels introduced into our choirs to sin.
~ in Chorus the Greed. We pay them to sing
olemn moekeries Sc; TO music 70 tickle the ears
4 worldly Christians i Jeg singing - / be-
eye in Jesus Christ - Methodist sol0ing,
snd in one Baptism - Baptist melodously
rotestiug that he believes IN - One Holy Cath
lie aud Apostolic Church - an infdel sounding
nth in mastery cadence the - Titzm FcniLri
rculi." The thing is a mockery to