Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-05-25

building ana enlargement, and Is now one
of the largest and most prosperous
churches OF any denomination in this
State.
CONGREGATIONAL.
The first Westinghouse in Wheelock,
vt, was built in 1897. A curious vote
was taken by the town for the purpose OF
selling off the pews. The record of it
reads as follows: "Voted, that the town
be at the expense of rum for the vendue-
ing of the Westinghouse pews."
Rev. G.. n. Bailey and family OF
Newport, VT, leave for Toledo, Ohio.
Eight members of the junior class OF
the Yale Theological Seminary will spend
their summer vacation, which begins in
two or three weeks, in missien-work in
Vermont and Maine. under the auspices
of the Home Missionary Society.
Rev. @. L. Goodell and wife, Former
ly of st. Johnsbury,) of New Britain, CT,
will take q vacation at the end of the pres
emit month for the purpose of doing the
othodox European tour.
Rev. E. P. Stone has served his con-
nection with the church at Lower Water
ford, Vt.
EPISCOPAL.
The Rev. @. E. Cheney, of Chicago
has now had his second trial, and been
condemned by the court for performing
ministerial acts while suspended from
the ministry. 1t is probable that his de-
position will follow in short time.
The Workingmen's Club and Insti-
tute of st. Marks church, Philadelphis,
(the Rev. DIR. Hoffman rector,) numbers
$50 members and the Beneficial and
bers over 100 members. Their object il
to benefit operatives of the manufactures
in that vicinity, in various ways, by help,
instruction, and healthful amusement.
The Church in Memphis, Tenn, has
bought residence for the Bishop at q
cost of $4,000.
The Brooklyn, n. Y, Seaman's Home
received last year I'll inmates, shipped
TAG distributed 1913 Bibles, 1858 Testa-
ments, 145 Prayer Books, and $500 pam
phlets and tracts.
The churches in Troy united in keep
ing Ascension Day, (the 18th inst.) Bish-
op Doane preached at the Holy Cross, in
~ he HOLY
Communion, and in the evening DR.. Tuck
er preached in the Church of Ascension,
Ida Hill. In the afternoon all the Sunday
schools of Troy and immediate vicinity
met for their annual celebration. The
large edifice was packed with children
whose voices made it resound with their
most jubilant songs. Elegant banners
were spread over the chsncel, which was
also adorned with exquisite flowers of
various designs. With the usual devo-
tions, eloquent addresses were made by
Bishop Doane, who gave the welcome"
and by the Rev. VIM. A. Sniveley, rector
of st. Peters, Albany, who unfolded the
duties of pastors, parents, and sponsors
toward baptized children. He held that
Sunday school scholars should all be con-
sidered as, in some sense, candidates for
confirmation, and the full communion of
the Church. on earth, and so for the COM
munion of saints in Heaven.
LIBERAL CHRISTIAN.
The Unitarians of Eastern New
York have been debating the question
whether they would not be better off if
they were more like the Methodists.
Daring the discussion one reverned gen.
tlemsn said that he would have "a church
that combined the fervor of the Metho-
dists, the piety of the Catholic, the order
and aesthetic worship of the Episcopal,
with the intellectual breath and freedom
of the Unitarian. !
Rev. George S. Guernsey will preach
at Cavendish on Sunday May 2Sth.
METHODIST.
The tendency of the Methodist Epis-
copal church to discourage itinerancy in
large cities affords the journals of the M.
E. church South the text for articles upon
Northern degenerscy.
-Zion's Herald says of the Vermont III.
E Conference: This conference has men
of ability among its elders and juniors.
The senior in years and donors is Rev. A |
Billiard, one of the strong minded sort,
who has done good service for forty years |
He talks of retiring, mud goi=g west. He
He will be missed much by his brethren.
Bros. Merrill, Hitchcock, Kidder. and |
Ray, keep full the front rank of years and |
influence. Bros. M4lcom, Morgan, Dick
insoD, Cooper, McAuu, and such, follow |
close behind while OK, Stevens, Bee |
man. and many other, young in years, |
are filing up that which rem4ineth be- |
bind of th- TAT hers in their fresh strength
The Mont pelier sch ol. under Prot. Wild
err, is fouri-hing T~enty-,evru thous-
and dollars have been lily lett il by
gentleman in or near P9attlehoro. and |
under Bro. Buttons fuanciering, it
promises to take rank with the best of
seminaries. The hills OF Vermont still |
breed horses and men, the brst in the
market. May it's future Methodist his
tory fsr exseed it's past.
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