Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-04-19
Religious Intelligence.
IrI.eernI.

Episcopal.
At a convention OF the Episcopal church,
held in Pawlet, in 1898, it was =" Voted to
elect Reverend Doctor Edward Bass, Rector
OF Newburyport, to be Bishop of this State"
This was the first election Of Bishop of
Vermont, yet there was no Bishop consecrated
for Vermont for some forty years afterwards.
The Rev. Benjamin Eaton, first and only
rector of Trinity Episcopal church, Galveston,
Texas was stricken with death while standing
in his pulpit on Sunday week The scene is
thus described Announcing his text, There
syet ROOM all trembling beneath the weight
OF his last message he referred to one after
another Of the friends Of his youth and the
communicates Of his church that had gone
before. lie painted Death entering the
church door, passing up the broad aisle, lay
ing his bony hand to the right and to the
let breathing his cold, clammy breath on
the cheek Of beauty, and waiting the silver
hairs Of age; now touching the father, then
the son; here the mother there the daughter,
as the spectre so plain TO his entranced vision
advanced TO the chauce rail, and as he saw
that his time had come, his words struggled
for utterance. lie fllteged and fell as he
raised his hands to pronounce the benediction. /
As he said his last pulpit words, " To God the
Father" his tongue refused to speak further
his hands dropped. He was carried to his
rectory, where he died.
Congregational.
Rev. VIM S. Smart, formerly of Benson,
has been compelled by i'll health to resign his
pastorate in Albany, NY Rev. NJ. H. Wells,
Of Lyndon Corner, has resigned his pastorate.
REV. W. Warren, District Secretary Of the
A. b. G. f. NJ, and Rev. Alden Grout, late
from the Zulu Mission, South Africa, are
soon to take tour of daily missionary labor
in western New Hampshire aud eastern Yer
mont.-I'he Congregational churches in Rox.
bury. Marshdeld and Hyde Park are to build
houses Of worship the coming summer These
churches have heretofore worshipped in Union
houses.-Rev. Benjamin Sawyer, who died
recently at Salisbury, was the oldest Congre-
gationalst minister in the State. lie had
united over 400 couples in marriage, an at
tended over l,l00 funerals lie celebrated
his golden wedding with his second wife near.
ly two years ago, never used spectacles, and ,
bis hair was as black as ever in his old age
Methodist.
The Troy Conference Of the NJ. Il. Church
commenced its session at the North Second
street church in Troy, on the 18th of April, '
Bishop Simpson presiding. There will be I
change Of pastors at several important points $
The Methodists in New York resolved to
decline oil municipal gifts to the churches and
church institutions. New York Chris.
tian ASrocate nets the Book Concern 0
100000 year. - The several branches (
bearing the Methodist name in the United
States have more than twenty thousand Law
preachers who do secular work on week days
and church work on Sundays.
Baptist.
Rev. 5. 5. White Of the Baptist church in {
Bondvile, VI, resigns his pastorate. The |
Baptist Society in Brandon have made ar
rangements for extensive repairs and additions
to their church edifce Rev A. b. Earle.
the evangelist, commences revival meetings at
Houston, Texas, the 10th inst, and will con-
tinue in that country until the last of June
The new endowment fund of 5000, 900 for
Newton Theological Seminary is completed,
and margin of $4,000 will be raised in ad-
dition to cover any deficit in subscriptions
This makes the entire funds of the Seminary
$3.50, 000.-Rev. John Il. Dame, formerly of
North Danvile, was installed pastor of the
Freewil Baptist Church at Lowell, Mass, last
Saturday.
Liberal Christian.
Rev. Mr.. Bailey preached his farewell SER !
mon at the new church in Stowe last Sabbath.
"A movement is on foot to build Uniyer.
salist church at st. Johnsbury Plain Its
cost will be $40, 000.-Seyen persons were
baptized and received into the Universalist
church in Rraftahoro last Gundav tnnrnipu
Rev. f. f. Hale's Fast day sermon in Bos-
ton, was study of the proposal for museum
Of art.