Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-01-18
Religious Intelligence.

bath School at Brattleboro, held a Mcmoria
Festival on the 2Sth ult, one feature o
which was the distribution Of 1865 Jubie,
Medals among the teachers and scholars
The First Congregation Society, Of Burlng
ton, at their annual meeting on the 9th inst
passed sundry resolutions highly complement
airy to their excellent Pastor, the Rev. Z. II
Griffin. They also gave him more subsian.
tial evidence Of their regard by increasing hi,
salary, and fixing it at $500 PER annuu
from and after January lst lSIl.-ThC
prayer meetings Of the Second Congregation
Church at Brookfcld, W., for the past few
weeks have been unusually well attended and
interesting. and there are cheering signs oil
the special presence and working Of the Spirit
Eight persons united with the church ir
Newport, and the same number also united
with the church in Derby, and nine persons
united with the church in Danvillo on Janu.
airy lst-Thc new church building for Dr.
stones congregation, San Francisco, is to cost
100000 Il will scat 600 persons, and
the entrance and stairways are so arranged
that the house, even when crowded TO It's ut
most, can be cleared in few seconds.-Wis-
cousin has l72 Congregational churches and
ISL ministers, of whom - are installed pas.
tors lV2 acting pastors ana 90 without
charge For the year closing August LIST, IS
churches report 667 on profession, less num-
Der than for any one Of the FIVE previous
years.-Ninety new members were received
last Sabbath By De- T. Dewitt Talmadgo into
the Tabernacle Presbyterian church, Brook
Ign Of whom fifty were on profession.
Methodist
Twenty-thrco persons joined Trinity church,
in Springfield Massachusetts,, January lst.,
including q whole family Of six.-Ihe Meiho-
dist church in Quincy Michigan is enjoying
o rich ouipouring Of the Spirit. Over sixty
aye INDUCING hope, and the work continues.
There arc soyonty-two Annual Conferences,
a.l Dut three 10 the Ih'tcd states lhey
comprise J., '3'V09 churcn members ana
l9l'oJ2 pro1aiioners' q totai gam during me
year oil oo,l9O.- -Ihe Northern Methodist
Conference 10 Texas has oV travelling preach'
ers ana h'of members In many places So
Gciies have been formed among the Wnlle
populahon'-bisnop Marvin mas iound mem
Defs OF iae Nof.hWesiorh texas conference
guilty OF attending circus ana mas called
them 10 aceoun, before inc conference
SAT- Lake the Me'hod'sts nave a church oil
lUO members, ana IN Ogdcn ana Oorlnhe
churches oil OU members ea'h, ana ihe mum
bers are steadily increasing Methodist
hpiscopal Ohurch mas III institutions OF
learning when employ 10 instructors lnere
are - universities ana colleges ana theo'
logical seminarles one OF which Is mission
institution IN Germany. Inc amount invested
~ buildings Tor these institutions IS SZ,9o2,-
m M "uu Gu ,l', O',o" '''1u' y u
me- az oy il''.1s 's.s g'"'','.l'3 i.'iI
el'''i'les "'.u l J'''9 ''.' es.'os a. oa ooS
Snss' apparatus alu ouao@'ne q. So
Soe ,' ooG
s1"oo'' "'9 80 y'U4s ~. ,"e i 1''
1ou's "0''0'' '''''''s " 'V''' W
Episeopa'.
According 10 statistics gwen IN the Ch"Ic4
Jo"rRat, the Episcopal church IN leoO, be-
fore the Act OF Secession was passed, had
.. bishops LUIS clergy IN SO dloce'es, 49,
oil communicate and ll3'9l2 sunday
school scholars, there are now ~ diocesan
ana missionary bishops, Z,'oU other clergy,
win Z-V,VuO COMMITMENTS and wv, ~
sunday school children Inc contributions
Tor missionary and church purposes Tor last
year amounted to S0,OO2,i22. There have
been Zoo ordinations, ana the deaths oil the
clergy, including two bishops, were 5e.-St.
Paul's church, Springfield, Mass, has voted
against the use OF alcoholic wine Tor sacra-
mental purposes, and the uniermented juice
OF the grape is now used at the communion
serylce.-Blshop Blssell OF Vermont Is doing
double labor, Just now, BY assisting the Bishop
OF Ct., who Is in feeble health.
miscellaneous.
The PRESBYTERIAN Board of Home Missions
report the receipts for November and Deem.
Der amounting to $4,000, which is less by
S27,3S7, or one.third, than the two Boards
now united received in the same months last
year before the reunion. The Joint receipts
for the fiscal year thus far fall short by fifty
thousand dollars of the receipts last wear. -
In lslinrton. England. a "Children's Church "
has lately been established. The service be.
gins at half.past six in the evening and closes
at hafpast seven. The PRAYERS are read. and
the sermon is about 20 minutes in length .-
Chicago has the name of being very wicked
city, but she has some whole-souled Christian
people within her borders. There is no CITY
in the Union which can compare with her il
the extent and thoroughness of her Mission
Sunday School work. or in the activity and
efficiency of her Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION. A new church. the outrrowth o
one of her mission schools. has lust contribut
ed sll 900 towards repairinr its church edi
fee, and the rate of giving for this improve
ment was one-fourth of the income of tn
donors. Young men on n thousand dollar