Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-07-27
Religious Intelligence
BAPTIST.

Key Mr. Small Of Meriden, n. H, breaches
at the Bap'ist church in Fechville.
Ten per ons have recently united with the
Baptist Church in Windsor, VI.
"A Baptist Church of forty members was or
gained in Everett, Mas, last week.
A Southern Baptist University, with an en-
dowment of half million. is pr, posed by con-
vention at Louisville.
Fey. DR. Neal, Of the FIRST Baptist Church,
Poston, Is to have colleague. Rev. John T.
Beckey of Ba tlmore has been called.
The Baptist s-ciety of Sharon commence to
bul.d their Kew church next month, on what is
called the I avid Moore lot
Ten persons were baptised by Rev. NJ G.
Smith and united with thu Baptist Church in st.
Adams, Sunday, 10Th inst.
The Amer can Baptist Year Book for 1871,
gives total of 9I7,4i5 regular Baptist churches,
with sis ordained ministers. (and having 6,622
more churches than Minister'S and / 4lO, 593 mem
bers, averaging nearly 81 members to each
church. There are also about 600, 900 Baptists
separated from the main body, making total of
upwards of , OC0 geo Baptist church members in
this conutry.
The Addison County Baptist Association held
its annual meeting with the Baptist church in
Monkton, June 29th and 29th. The meeting was
organized by the choice Of T. A, Archibald for
moderator, and G. II. Parker, clerk, The annu-
al sermon was preached by G. A. Parker, from
Acts XVI: l6. Other sermons were preached dur
ing the meeting by Rev. ,Messrs. Hodge, Archt-
bald and Smith. Letters from the churches did not
report as large additions by baptisms as in the
past, yet showed they were enjoying good de-
gree of prosperity. Considerable time was spent
in devotional exercises, which added much to the
interest of the meeting and made it spiritually
profitable to all. The exerci es were closed the
second day with free conference.
CONGREGATIONAL.
Rev. Mr.. White, of Sharon, has gone to sar-
atoga Springs on a vacation Ct three weeks.
Rev. A Chandler of Dummerston breaches
at the Congreg ational church, in Marlboro.
1t is stated that the organ which Oliver
johnson proposes to give to the Congregational
Church in Peacham, will cost 81, 900.
Rev. John w. q. Baker, formerly of st.
Johnsbury. but for the last year or two of Tops
ham, Me-, has received call to the pastorate at
Brewer, Me.
Rev. Mr.. Whitman, who is engaged to preach
for the Congreg ationalists, has moved his family
to Lynden.
Rev. P. B. Fisk, Lyndonvie, says that if
there are sufficient mum Der of ministers who
would like an excursion to Montreal, he will
make the necessary arrangements for it, if they
will write to him for that purpose.
AT Thetford on recent Sabbath, Rev. M.
P. Parmelee Of Erzroom, Turkey, gave very in
teresting account of his mission work there. This
is the field where those who were scattered abroad
on the persecution of Stephen went everywhere
preaching the word. He sails with his wife,
anghter Of Deacon Farr, early next month
Rev. DR.. E. A. Buckley, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church in Plattsburgh, N. Y, has
asked for and obtained leave of absence from
public duties for two months. He will leave this
week in search of needed rest and a renewal of
his energies, which have been impaired by long
continued past oral duties, to which has been
ad ed sickness and death in his family. His
church and congreg arion generously provided the
needed funds.
EPISCOPAL:
Bishop Bissell is announced to oficiate to-
morrow, the 23d inst in Trinity church, Rutland,
at morning service and at West Rutland in the
afternoon.
From the late catalogue OF Norwich Univer-
sity, Mortified, we observe that it has twenty
three trustees, nearly all Of whom belong to the