Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-16
Religious Intelligence.

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Religious Intelligence.
ADVENT.
Nearly one thousand persons wit
messed the immersion of eight candidates
in the Hudson River by Rev. Mr.. Sib-
ley of the Advent church, Sandy Hill, on
Sunday, May 5th.
BAPTIST.
Rev G. A. Wilson, pastor of the
Baptist church in Danbury, n. H., has
resigned to accept pastorate in Mis-
souri,.
The new Baptist church in Sharon
is nearly completed and preparations are
being made for its dedication.
The are 317 members of the Baptist
Sabbath school at Brattleboro.
The Baptist Sabbath school re-or-
ganized at Ludlow, May 9Th, choosing
A. F. Sherman, superintendent G, l.,
Arlington, assistant superintendent !;
J. M. Hull, Secretary III. NJ. Taylor,
treasurer; Harry Stimson, Emma
Howe, librarians.
Thirteen candidates were baptized
in the Hudson River, at Sandy, Hill, n.
Y, by Rev. Mr., Sawyer, on Sunday,
May 9Th.
On Sunday, May 5th, there were
eight baptisms in the Baptist church at
Brattleboro, making 65 since the COM
mencement of the present revival,
The church in East Canaan, n. H.,
Is blessed with reviving influences. Sew.
eral persons have been hopefully con-
Verted.
The receipts of the Baptist Home
Mission Society in the past year, have
been larger by several thousands dollars
than those of any previous year.
The German Baptists are endeavor.
ing to found an aeademloal school at
MOnee, H., for the preparation of stu
dents for the German department in Ro-
chester Seminary.
CONGREGATIONAL,
Six young people united with the
Congregational church in Barre last
Sunday.
-Rev. DR.. Strong, of Pittsfleld, Mass,
who OBLIGATED at ST. Adams recently,
has accepted call in West Roxbury,
Mass.
Rev. Warren c. Fiske is compelled
by i'll health to close his labors with the
church at Wolcott. He goes to Charl-
ton, Mass.
churches and pastors of Addison county
will be held in Middlebury, on Wednes-
day next, under the auspices of the
American Missionary Association, to
devise ways and means for prosecuting
Il educational
among the freedmen. Several eminent
speakers from abroad are expected to be
present.
The German Lutheran synod of
North America, numbering 400 clerical
and 200 lay delegates, is now in triennial
session at st. Louis.
The new Presbyterian church at
Fort Edward will be dedicated on the
18th inst.
Rev. G. II. White has closed his
labors with the Congregational church
at Sharon on account of i'll health.
Rev. Silas Ketchum has withdrawn
his resignation of the pastOrate of the
Congregational church at Bristol, n. H.,
and has engaged to remain five years.
Ten persons united with the Con-
gregatiOnal church in Windsor, on Sun
day, May 9Th.
The Winooski Association meets at
Burlington, May Goth.
Eleven persons recently united with
the Second Congregational church, in
BrOOkfield, on profession of faith.
Five persons from Wentworth. \.
H., united by letter with the church at
Wells River, Vermont.
LIBERAL CHRISTIAN.
-Rev. Hosea Faxon Ballou, of Will
minLton, sent letter, full of interest,
which was read at the commemorative
far. well service of School street church,
Boston, OF which his father, Rev. Hosea
BaliOu, was long and hOnored pastor.
Rev. George 8. Guernsey will preach
at Shrewsbury, May 10Th.
Rev. s. X. LothrOp, D. D., Uni
tartan, has begun a course of lectures on
Congregationalism before the students
of the Divinity School at Harvard Col
lege.
Rev. A A. Miner, D. D., Universal
list, is improving inhealth at Jacksonville,
Florida, where he has gone for needed
rest.
METHODIST.
Five thousand dollars has been
pledged for the erection of a Methodist
church at st. Adams.
The Methodist church in Stamford
is to be dedicated Wednesday, May 29th.
Rev j. f. King. d. D., Fort Edward,
\. Y; Rev c. +. Burdick. Albany;
Rev. J. E. Bowen, Troy, are expected
to participate in the exercises.
The New York Conference passed
strong resolutions against Sunday mails,
Sunday railway trains, and the use of
tobacco.
Quarterly meeting was held Sun
day, May 18th, at South Londonderry
and Bondville.
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
THE Catholic Militant Union of
the Cross" is the full title of the new So
ciety already gaining somewhat formid-
able proportions, which has for its OBJ
ject to reclaim, if possible, for the Pope
his lost temporalities, and to sustain him
in his ''infallible" pretensions.
Father GilmOur was lately coEse-
Grated, with immense ceremony, to the
Bishopric of Cleveland, Ohio. He was
originally a Presbyterian, of Scotch de-
scent, and is forty-seven years old.