Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-08-03
Religious Intelligence
BAPTIST.

The Baptist churches of Montreal
representing G0O0 worshipers, have no
minister.
The Baptist church at Ballston. n.
Y, w IS constituted in 1896. and the So
ciety organized in 1902 During it's his
tory over 1900 persons have been connect
ed with the church. Its present member
ship numbers 298,
Rev G. P Frenyer, pastor of the
Baptist church in Jamaica, has written a
long letter to the Ludlow Gazette assign
ing the reasons why that church with
draws its fellowship from the Masonic
fraternity, believing that the church pro-
vides every means, and those too of divine
origin, that he needs to enable him fulfill
his obligations TO God and his fellowmen,
and if man united with the Masons he
is neither impelled by the spirit of Christ,
nor guided by his word.
The American Baptist Rhetorical So
ciety is DESTROYS to preserve souvenir of
every Baptist mInister, in the shape of q
sermon or skeleton Of sermon, with the
date of writer's signature. These will be
neatly bound in series of volumes,
with an index to each. For the sake of
uniformity, they should be written on
paper of the size of what is called "ser-
mon paper" 1t would greatly add to the
interest of these volumes, if each author
wonld send his likeness to be placed in
front Of his discourse.
The statistics of the Baptist State
Convention of Kansas, held recently at
Leaven worth, show that thirty-three
churches were organized last year, with a
membership of six hundred, making in all
one hundred and seVenty-nine churches,
and eight thousand members
Rev. Edwin D. Kelley, formerly of
Clarendon, of the last class at the Newton
Thelogecal Seminary, is under appoint
ment of the Foreign Mission Board to the
Shaw Mission in Burmah.
Five persons were baptized into the
fellowship of the Baptist church in H
burgb, Vt, July 10th, MAXIM -hes
teen baptized since Januar . seven
Eight of the seventeen y y l. 1911
man Catholic SOCIAL , al received no
infancy, 'r'"i III 'hei'
Tho Boz ~,
a.u ha.o ton Church Extension Soci
49,. voted 10 raise $4,000 as a fund
which to lend small sums to new
,nd feeble churches wishing to build.
President Chapman led off with sub.
scription of $500, calling for nineteen
Others to follow and complete the fund.
CONGREGATIONAL
"A movement is in progress to consoli.
date the Free Methodists and the Con-
gregationalists in England and Wales. If
accomplished it will carry into the Con-
gregational church three hundred minis.
tiers, three thousand four hundred local
preachers, and sixty-eight thousand lay
memb ers.
Rev. G. c. Torrey has been dismissed
from the Congregational church in Geor.
gla TO accept call at Charlotte at an in
creased salary.
Rev. @. P. Grosvenor has been dis.
missed from the Passionate in Canterbury.
and will supply the pulpit in West Wood.
stock the coming year.
Rev. Jonathan Brace, D. D., of Hart.
ford has given Eve hundred dollars to-
wards scholarship from his class at Am.
herst, that Of 1881.
The Windham Association meets at
Dover. August LIST.
Rev. ]. W. Hough of Michigan, for
meriy OF Wiiiiston, will spend his vaca-
lion among the Rocky Mountains in Col.
orado.