Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-04-26
RELIGIoJs INTELLIGENCE.


Rev Dr.. Fraemyn, who mas been supplying
the pulpit Of the Baptist church a. Perki1sville,
since last July, contemplate lesy;1g in May for
Puget Sound, as g missionary Elijah
Hutchinson, Tor twenty years pastor Of the church
in Windsor, del Of pnsamoaia the Eth instant,
ia Windsor, At the age OF sizty-two years. 1870
TIE new Bspt.st church in Ricaf5rd numbers %
members It's to be formally recognized on the
sth of Isy Rev ~ C. Smith, Of St Albsns,
will be the pastor, assi1ted in his l,bors by Rev
H. c. Estes Of Jericho, and by others-Bev
Horace G. Day has tesa pastor CT the Science
tsdy Baptist church for twenty-five years. The
"siiyar wedding" va celebrated THURSDAY
evening in the 5hu5cb. Elder John G. Hook
baptized fifteen mere converts n Horse Shoe
Pond st Concord, p. T., on the 18th instant,
making s. il all since the commencement Of the
Phoenix Hall revival ueeda-s, four weeks ago.
The religious interest bag Been greatly intensified
| by sermons from Rev. Mr. Blake, Congregation
slst, who preached on Thg5siay evening from
the words, % Lord, save me-" snd Rev. Mr..
Lowering, Unitarian, who followed with a dis
course from the text. IS jesus is all Il is es-
timstei that 300 people witnessed the INNER
sion
C0SGRECATIoEAL.
Rev C.. z. Hurlbert, Of Newark, Y j., has
resigned his pastorate, with the purpose Of &C
ceptiug cali to Bennington, Vt. His return to
Vermont will be gladly welcomed.--Ihe nun
Der or conversions in Rev. c. L. Go0deil's con-
creation a New Britain. Conn. since the begin
ming Of the year, has been upwards Of seventy
The attempt to unite Bsptis;s and Congre-
gstioualists in England was seriously made, but
fai.ed.-The Rev. Henry c. Riley, D. D, Of
the American and Foreign Christian Union, re-
Gently administered the Lords Supper N 3 Mexi-
can ex-Pspal church, to four hundred communi- /
9ants. converts from Romanism And was as
sisted in the ordinance b four converted Romish |
priests.
EPIsCoPAL
The Rev John Henry Hopkins mas accepted
call 70 Trinity church, Plsttsturgh, Y Y.
Rev. Hugh Miller Thompson, b. D., has become
part owner and associate editor OF the Church
J0urHal.-Rey. C-S. Hale has resgne the rector
ship OF Unnamed church, Bellows Fals, but his
resignation has no; yet been .ceepted-A few
members Of St. james church, Woodstock, as an
Easter offering, gave $1,000, to be applied upon
the parish debt.-The yes,ry Of St James
church, Woodstock. gave Rev. DR.. Howsrd =
unanimous call TO again become rector Of til
parish but he deolines-St. Clements is now
the most RituSistic church in Philadelphia,
Good Friday it observed the three hour, or
Agony" service for the first time in any Of cur
churches --There seems to be great uneasncss
in England as to the tendency to place more and
more power in the hands of eAch diocesan Bishop
The ChRrch ReUier declsrs that convocation
should have left il with each Bishop TO Uef0 any
uHe OF the "Shorter Services
LIBERAL CHRISTIAN.
On the first Sunday Of the month fifteen were
baptized into the Uniyersslist church in BrAttle-
boro, twelve Of them being young men and
women from the Sunday SchooL--The Rev. C.
c. Thornton has engaged to supply the pulpit of
the UniveFsAlitt chapel At Hartland Corners -
One of the Rev. James Freeman ClSrke's fsvorite
ideas is that UnitsraEism comes " not to destroy,
but to fulfill D." orthodoxy.
METHODIST
At the Vermont Methodist Conference. which
recently met st Chelsea, Rev. l. McAnn, of St.
John,bury, was appointed presiding Elder Of St
Johnsbury District, and J. W Guerntey Pre-. I
sidiug Elder Of Springfield District The fol-
lowing we're the appointments for S. Adams
District: W d Mslcom, ? E st Adams, A L
Cooper; ST Adams Bay to be supplied by NJ Ad-
ans; SwAnton, W Underwood; Highgs;e, to be
supplied by NJ Barney Georgis and North Fair
fax. to be supplied by D P Bragg; Fairfax to be
supplied by F C Kimball; Westford to be sup
piled; Milton, ] d Beemsn; Cambridge and
Fletcher, W R Puffer; johnson and Wstervie,
II H Bement; Essex, W Wilder; Underhill
and West Bolton, J H.lpenny; Colchester, W
II Hyde; Waterbury, d Trusx; Waterbury
Center, c Dickinson; Stowe to be supplied by
NJ D L johnson; Elmore, W II Dean; Wolcott,
Smith; Hydepsrk. Wedgeworth; Morris
town, to be supplied by J Wallis; Sheldon, P P
Ray; Bakersfield, A Scribner; Franklin, Don
sidson; Enosburgh, % NJ Boutwell,; Richford
and East Berkshire, H Bushnell; Montgomery,
Howard; West Berkshire, Il Webster; Al