Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-02
WiddIebury.
LOCAL NEWS.


raigned before Justice Knapp by Grand
Juror Piper, charged with purloining
papers of value from IL. A. Sturdiyant,
Esq. A full examination was had, and
the respondent was discharged. Major
Ormsbee of Brandon was counsel for Mr..
Dix.
The grist mill of Benjamin Owen u
Co., in our village was broken into on the
night of the 25th, and small sum of
money stolen therefrom. No trace of the
robbar as yet
Charles Crozier Cowndman, who has
been for several months confined in our
Jail on conviction for assault and battery
in Bristol, was discharged on the 25th
inst, and returned to his home, we hope
wiser from his punishment.
Rev. A. f. Bailey and John L. Barker
are delegates from the III. E. Church to
the State Temperance Meeting at Bur-
lington on the 1st of February.
"A series of religious meetings are to
be holden this week at the M. e. Church
in our village. Rev. Mr.. Bailey is to be
assisted by Rev. Mr.. Nichols, an Evangel-
list, from Boston, Mass. 1t is not expect
ed that there will be any spiritual table
tipping, music playing, fetter breaking
seances in dark room, with all the hocus
poems of modern spiritual iugglerism at
their meetings The truth of the Bible
will be pressed home upon the censciences
and hearts Of the people, and all will be
of the Saviour of sinners. The holy char
acter OF Jesus will not be malignei and
tradnced, as some are wont to do in these
days of infidelity, and modern spiritual
atheism. The great and blessed truths
of Christianity viii be portrayed by faith
full ministers of the Gospel. Men will not
be sala ~s they were a short time since, at
a gathering in our place, that an that was
necessary to make a man mean was for
him to become a Christian" Such lam
guage fittingly became him who uttered
it, and those who SO enthusiastically ap-
plauded it to the echo. The Bible will
not be called book of no more value
thon "an old spelling book"
This modern spiritual am can afford to
say, for the table tippers and dark seanoe
exhibitors are laboring hard to destroy
mans reverence for that sacred book,
that is the power of God to the salvation
of those who will believe and practice it's
blessed truths. 1t is not expected that
our community will be told at these meet
iu1 that Jesus Christ of Nazareth, had
no more virtue or power than Socrates,
Aristotle or Andrew jackson Davis, the
acknowledged modern Christ of infidels,
free lpyeists and atheists of our times.
Such sentiments are peculiar to those
who traduce the Saviour, and pray and
labor to destroy his kingdom in the world,
and who would rend the sky with their
shouts Of victory, could they witness the
overthrow and the destruction Of every
Christian church organization in the
world, and the oblitsration of every edi-
| fee from the face of the earth in which
God is worshipped, and the Saviour of
men loved and adored. 1t is hoped that
these meetings will be conducive of great
good to our community, that Gods bless
| ing will rest upon them, and his saving
power be manifested in them to the sal
walton of sinners and quiekening of be-
levers in our Lord and Saviour jesus
| Christ.
| One of oar oldest citizens, Mrs. Polly
Lawrence, this morning Sunday paid
the debt of nature, having died in fit of
apoplexy. She was the widow of Rulof
Lawrence, who came to Middlebury in
1876, and who was blacksmith by trade.
He lived until 1853, and died at the adj
vanued age of 90 years. Mrs. Lawrence
WAS most excellent woman, member
for many years past, of the NJ E. Church.
She lost son in the late war of the rebel
lion. She died at the residence of her
BOD, Nelson Lawrence, who for years has
most cheerfully administered to the wants
of bis aged mother, Her age YVES about
so years
REPLY TO MRS. sLoGUM,
notice in your daily Of the Goth,
think, letter from one Mrs. Slocum in
reply to my account of the doings of the
late Spiritual Convention at this place, in
which she takes occasion to deny the cor
RICHNESS of that account. Well, Mr.. Edi.
tor, it is the easiest thing in the world to
deny the truth. What I stated in that
communication others heard, and could
have penned much more equally true,
that was said, but which was SO outrage.
Gus and revolving, that was constrained
to forbear giving it to the public. Why
sir, Christianity was assailed with the
cosrsest epithets, and abusive vitupera
tion, and christians classed as a body Of
hypoerites and men unworthy Of public
j confidence. The christian clergy were
assailsd without stint and mercy, as {
mercenary band Of men who were palmine
off upon credulous community the hum
bugs of the christian system for thei,
bread and butter. The Christian churches
were styled as excressences upon the body
polite and that the sooner they wer,
blotted from the face Of the earth the bet
ter. They were styled as enemies to man.
happiness, standing in the way Of all tru'
reformation, curse to the world and til,
lage.
j The Rev. Mr.. Bailey was most grossl,
attacked for his sermon reviewing the ct