Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-16
Religious Intelligence.
BAPTIST.


"A donation visit for the benefit OF
Rev. Thomas Gull, formerly of Poultney,
pastor of the Second Baptist church OF
Saltwater, was held Wednesday evening
at Fowler's Hotel. The receipts were
$3.50.
The Rev. DR.. Neale recently cele-
brated the thirty.third anniversary of his
settlement over his church in Boston.
CONGREGATIONAL.
The old Centre Church Society, Rev.
George l.. Walker, D. D., of New Haven,
Conn, has given $4,000 for benevolent
purposes during the last year.
Rev. DR.. W. Fl. Lord of Montpelier,
has just been offered a salary of $6,O0O to
assume the pastorate of the Center church
at Hartford, Ct, but will decline, though
his present salary is only $4,000, satisfied
that it is duty to remain where the affec-
ton and confidence of the people have
been so long and SO fully given to him.
On the 31st of January, the people OF
Putney made Rev. A. Foster and family
second donation amounting to $500.
EPISCOPAL.
Rev. DIR. s. G. Thrall was among the
speakers at the convocation of the Episce-
pal Church of Western Massachusetts,,
last week, at North Adams.
The Rev. Morelle Fowler, who, with
his wife and three children, (his entire
family were victims of the New Ham
burgh horror, was arising, very acceptable
and useful clergyman of the Church. He
was successful in the Lords work, and
much beloved. Lovely in their lives, he
and his family in death were not divided.
In that terrible hour may special help
have been granted from heaven equal to
all their needs, and may all indeed who
then suffered have been prepared for the
realities of eternity. The lesson, how
striking, how irresistible for all, to be
ready at any time for the final summons !!
The late Mrs Diameda Stevens, of
Danbary, Conn, left property valued at
$1,000 to the Connecticut Universalist
Convention, for missionary purposes.
There are in the United States 338
Unitarian societies, of which ia are in
Massachusetts and 26 in Boston, which
city is the headquarters of this sect, and
the place to which DR.. Collyer says all
good Unitarians expect to go when they
die.
The Universalists OF Mortified have
paid the debt on their church, pastors
salary, Sabbath School expenses, which in
all amounts to $4,000.
The Rev. G. W. Emerson leaves the
Universalist church at Mortified on the
first of April.
The centennial anniversary of the
birth of the Rev. Hosea Ballou, the father
of American Universalism, will fall on
Sunday, April 30, of the present year,
and will no doubt be made an occasion
for fitting eulogies on his life and charae-
ter.
Rev. L. w. Brigham breaches at
Shoreham tomorrow, Sunday, Feb. -.
METHODIST.
The Methodist church in Weston has
doubled its membership the past two
years under the labors of Rev. Mr.. Bar
rows, and on the Goth of January his
parishioners gave him liberal donation.
Many have united with the church
at Salem, Mass. Among them is DIR. t.
P. Abel, who was for many years a Uni
versalist minister.
The Methodist Episcopal Church at
Northampton, Mass, once the home of
Jonathan Edwards, is gathering a rich
spiritual harvest.
In the church at Lewiston, Me, there
is good work of grace. Rev. B. Pome-
roy, supernumerary of the Troy Confer
ence, has been laboring here with good
effect Rev. A. G. King is the pastor.
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
The Bishop and clergy of the Cathed-
raj and alec Rev. III. Cardinal of the
French Church, in Burlington, intend to
invite the members of their respective
congregations to bring contributions for
the relief of the sufferers in France, on
Sunday after next, the 10Th inst.