Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-11-16
Religious Intelligence.
ADVENT.

ADVENT.
Rev. Miles Grant is holding series
of meetings at Springfield, Mass.
BAPTIST.
Rev. William A A. Millerd, of the
Baptist church in Rome, Mass, has ac-
cepted call to become the pastor of the
Baptist church in Brookline, VT.
Rev. E. M. Haynes delivered the
charge to the candidate at the recent Or
dination of Rev. George r. Reed at Lis
bon, Maine.
"A special meeting of the Addison
county association was held at Whiting,
Oct. 18th and 18th The exercises were
all devotional.
We regret to learn that the Rev. Mr.
Fitz, pastor Of the Baptist Church in
Montpelier, has closed his labors with
that church and is to preach far the last
time next Sabbath.
CONGREGATIONAL
Rev. J. E Rankin, D. D., of Wash
in2ton, d. c., is one of the delegates from
the New Jersey conference to the general
council of Congregational churches.
The Presbyterian church at Sandy
Hill, N. Y, is being repaired and fres-
coed. The old roof of pine shingles,
which have been in use forty two yea re, has
e,iva, pIaoa m ono of slate
Three of the two hundred and nine
ty-two Congregational churches in Con
necticut have celebrated their two han-
dred and sixtieth anniversary tbiI year,
and nineteen ministers have died at tsss
average of sixty-eight years.
The centennial of the Congregation
al church in Warren, N. H, will be cele-
brated on the 9th of February.
Rev. G. B. Bacon has been appointed
by the New Jersey conference to attend
the next general convention of Vermont
Congregationalists.
Rev. n. G. Clark, D. D., of Boston,
is to present paper to the National
Council of the Congregational church to
be held at Oberlin, Nov. 18th, on the
New Duties Regarding Foreign Mis-
sions"
The following are the delegates to
the National Council at Oberliu, next
week, and the associations they represent {:
General Conference-Rev. H D. Kitrh-
u II II II T.
lius Converse.
Franklin Conference-Rev.- G. F.
Wright.
Rutland md bennington Conferences
Rev. Aldace Walker. D. D., Joel III. Ha-
ven, E-q.
Orleans Canf~rence--Rev A. W. Wild.
Washington County Conference-Re
J. H Babbitt
Windsor Conference-Rev. A. B. Das-
comb. Dea. Amasa w olson.
WiDdham Conference - Rev. Joseph
Chandler, Dea. Charles F. Thompson.
Caledonia CJnference-Rev S. G. Nor
cross.
Among the list of delegates from other
States TO the National Council, are the
residents Of Vermont: E L. GODDARD,
E-q.. Nv Hampshire: Rev. Ebenezer
Cntler, D D, Massachusetts Rev. Eben
Fl ,lley. Prof. II. Mead, Ohio; Rev J. w.
igsD; Rev. Martin Post, Illinois; Rev
William Cochran, Wisc0usin Rev. Tru-
man NJ. Post, D. D, Missouri Rev. Ros-
well Foster, n b-ssk. Rev. B. Nutting,
Minnesota; R~v. Spencer Fl. Marsh, d.
D., O-eqrn; Rev I-rael E. DwiDnell, d.
d, C4lifarui4.
Among the more prominent members
of the National Council will be, United
States Seuatar J. W Patterson, Ex Gov
William Halle, Rev. Marsk Hopkins.
Chief Justice r. Chapman, Governor elect
VIM. Washburn of Massachusetts, Hon.
A. B. Ely, Rev. John Todd, D. D, Ex-
Governor VIM. Buckingham, Rev. J. P.
Thompson, d. d, Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, Gen. O. o Howard, Hon. G. G.
Hammond, Rev. W. W. Patton, D. D.,
Rev. Edward Beecher, Governor Samuel
Merrill
The excellent choir of the Congrega-
tional Church, at st. Albaps, is to be dis
banded, and congregational singing is
to be the order of the day. Dr.. J. Sher-
ar. for three years pact the popular tenor,
has accepted call to sing in the Unita-
risn Church at Burlington.
"A new Congregational church was
formed on the goth ult, at East Braintree.
Thirty-fve persons were received tc it by
letter and profession. Eleven of these
were heads of famii's.
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