Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-12-29
RELIGIOUS iyrsLLis ENcE.


The General assembly Committee estimated
the wants OF the Boards Of the Pre,b, terian
Church for tire current year a. 40 l66 sc per
month. The receipts for the Boards for the
pas, s'x u5a,hs are uo-s than s350.OOO less
tnaa the estimate.
The pastors o.. the Bapts, churches il Harvard
Street AID Ru--.ss Street, Boston continue to oe
much encouraged By increased st.sudauce on the
[ preaching Of the Word, azd by cases Of osca-
s7nal caa7srsio1.
The 1ea N. Z. Church OF IuIaaapol-s. the
/ hsnisouest CHURCH of hat denomination nov in
The N est, "a, dedicated on the 10th inst, the
/ discourse being delivered by D.. Sims ot.Buti-
more. Nh, the oli pastor. under whom the en-
tsrpriss vas conmencsi.
Miss Susan Spring, OF Browuasld, Ne . bss
built pretty memorial church flr jae Uaiyer-
saiists N Hiram, Me
y, Tbomas's is The zane OF the l4rgest aud
most fashionable Episcopal caGrch up town in
Nss York. l,s present grounds sni bindings
cost nearly ors million Of dollars. snd zre worth
no.e. The congrestrion Is very seathy. Its
rector is the Rev. Or. Morgan, az earnest, able
and eloquent preacher,
The first and oul5 German Episcopal Church
II the UuiIei S,ztes. vas cousecrstsd at Clevel-
and. OHIO, on recent sunday.
Tie new Episcopal Bishop OF Central Penn
sylvanis, Rev Dr.. Howe, is to bo c5usecra,ed
next week.
Last week Taursl lsy, RI Rsy. Bisho0 Conroy,
Roman Catholic, clnsecra-ei IN the church AZ
Keawooi Convent, near Troy. a superb white
marble altar, his oEn personal gif, TO the Con-
vent church, ana estimated 70 be Eorih in the
neighborhooi Of - 600.
Rev. Dr. Guernsey, Congrey,tioua. Of d.
ouQuc, the well-kn1gu Superintendent oi Hlne
Missions for Northern VI, died s. his home on
Friday evening, the Sth inst. after a brief
llaess.
Rev. William Led sick. venerable Baptist
minister Of Adamsvil.e Ohio, died suddenly on
Thanksgiving day. He was IN his eighty second
year
On NJudsy evening q very impressive spects-
Gle Was witnessed 80 ST J0seph's church, (Roman
Cathoiic.) in james Street, New TX, Of which
the Rev Father Faueily is pastor. The occasion
was the closing q the mission which has 5een
held during the pas, four weeks under the di-
rection Of Father G-oss More than : 200 men
crowded into tbe church, literally - packing" &"
the e1idoe. No women were admitted, though
many gathered on the Sidewalk out
side, and waited there patiently during the
services. The altar was el.borstely door
ate1 After the preliminary services. Father
Gross msde an eloquent appeal TO ais bearers to
renouuce the devil and his worzs after which
he called upon the congregation to hold up tueir
caniles tbA5 he might bless them Teen there
was sarging Of the vast mass. shufling Of
paper EIappIngs. sld 1000 white candies stood
relieved sgains; the sea Of hcsis. Arothsr or
te- was given, sud IL an instant toe 900 can
dles were al lighted, the effect being wonder
ful- After receiving 3 81 entorian pledge OF holy
living from the congregation, Father Gfost CON-
msuded the candies 70 be extiuguishei, which
was done with like woodorfl. feet Shortly
atrer this, the impressive service was concluded.
The fitch anniversary of the rectorship Il
ihe Rev. J. 4 WingEsij, D. D . Vas celebrated
in Trinity church, Portsmouth,, Va. on Weinss-
day morning the 29,h Of November. Peasant
memories Of the past dfty years were allied.
and th- AGED rector gave br,ef account OF his
stewardship. 90 far As mere figures could 30 IL.
Frisnds ami brethren gathered with him around
IL table Of their Lord Anl thea he went home
to die Alter an Iilaess f only day, be de-
parted this life Tuesday morning, December
9TH, aged seveuty-iurr yesrs, having served his
Lord in the ministry OF reconciliation more than
fifty years, of ~h.a1 il-- d.iy hat been ps-sed
IN T-ioity e@u Oh, ,i-mou,h.-S1uthsrq
ChuTciu1H-