Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-04-18
BAPTIST.

/ Rev. J. s. GoOdell enters upon pas
toral labor with the church at South
/ Londonderry, Vt.
/ The catalogue of Rochester Tbeolo-
eical Seminary, for the current acade-
mical year records five members Of the
/ Faculty and siXtY-seven students.
Rev. L. A. Dunn, President of the
( Central University, Iowa, in pleading for
/ help. said the question Is not, shall the
/ youth of Iowa be educated. but, who
/ shall educate them. Christians or non
/ Christians.
CONGREG ATIOEAL.
Rev. J. L. Beaman has resigned his
/ pastorate of the Presbyterian church al
/ Mechanicsvillc. Y. Y. and is to remove
/ to Pennsylvania.
Rev. George Strasbnrg of Madrid,
/ \. Y, has been invited 10 preach at
/ Randolph, Vt.
One thousand dollars has been added
to the yearly salary Of the Rev. Mr..
/ Irwin. pastor of the Fifth strecth Pres
! byterian church, Troy, \. Y.
/ Rev. William NJ TAYLOR, was in
stalled pastor of the Broadway Taber-
nacle church, Tuesday evening. Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher preached the ser
mon.
The next General Conference Of the
1 Methodist Episcopal church is 10 be held
/ at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music. As
/ it is the first time in the history Of the
church that laymen have been allowed
/ to participate in legislation affecting the
/ body. the gathering viii doubtless be
/ one Of the most interesting religious con-
/ ventiOns yet held in this country.
The Congregational society of Brad
ford are about erecting a new church
edifice.
EPISCOPAL
st. Georges Church, New York, has
/ contributed 81, 600 for outside objects
/ the past year; Calvary Church, $50. 600
and the Church of the Holy Trinity,
/ S57, 900.
An aged English clergyman near
/ Johannesburg, Y. Y, has given all his
/ property, some S200,000 to the church.
! including a hadsOme sum to the parish
church there. whose rector is the Rev.
/ T. F. Randolph, formerly of Brandon,
/ Vermont.
The Midnight Mission. n Y, has
received during the year 159 fallen wO-
men. Of these 20 were sent home.
40 took situations, % were sent TO other
institutions. 81 received temporary shell
ter. 81 left voluntarily, and % remain
at the Home. The annual contributions
have been SS.j7241. The Mission is
! $1,000 in debt.
Easter offerings have been remarka-
/ bly, large this year. Those al 81. Paul's
/ Church. Boston. were about 5000; at
Immanual's Church, Boston, (of which
/ 5000 was for Bishop Medley Of Maine)
I 81. $50; at st. Peters. Cambridgeport,
/ Mass. $1,000; at st. Mary's Free
! Church, Brooklyn. \. Y. in small SIMS
/ from many persons, $4,000.
/ The Rev. DIR. II. c. Potter. of St
I Mary's Church, n. Y. received from his
people an Easter present Of Sj,025.
The Easter music Of the chimes
Of Trinity Church, Of y. Y. was as
I Acknowledging the changes Oh eight
/ bells: ''Christ is risen :" ''Fill the East
er Font :" Christ the Lord is risen :"
! Let the merry church bells ring; An
Easter hymn"
LIBERAL CHRISTIAN.
/ Rev. George Young entered upon
his duties as pastor of the Unitarian
/ Church. Troy. New York, on Sunday
! last.
The Uniyersalist preachers If Bos-
ton have followed the example Of other
denominations. and organized "a Monday
morning preachers meeting.
+ Rev. Miss Graves has closed her pas
torate with the Unitarian society at
Mansfield. Mass The parish have sold
/ their right and interest in the land
( known as 1.-THE Common" where the
church now stands. They are about 10
remove the ancient cditice 10 new To-
cation purchased 10y them near by.
+ Rev. George :. Guernsey Will preach
at Cayendish April 2Sth and at SLrews-
bury on the same day.
Rev. Warren Skinner has removed
from Waterbury to Burlington.
Rev. Russell Strecter of Woodstock
has not his autobiography in manuscript
a has been reported.
( METHODIST
The Round Lake Camp Meeting As
ISOLATION expect 10 have a grand camp
/ meeting on their grounds, next July.
At the annual session Of the Yer
. mont Conference, recently held at Chel-
sea, Bishop Amcs presiding, Rev J. w.
/ G. Coke. Rev. III. w. Wortben. Rev.
/ Isaac McAnn and Rev. J. 4. SheTbun,
were elected ministerial delegates, and
| Hon. Paul Dillingham; of Waterbury,
I and Hon. II. J. SAKE Of Sheldon were
elected lay delegates to the General
/ Conference.
/ Rev. Stephen ID. Brown, ID. D.. Is
/ delegate 10 the General Conference from
/ the New York Conference.
Among the appointments made in
/ this section are n. w. Wilder. Wood
/ stock; III. w. Worthen, Springfield; G.
/ p, Taplin, Bellows Falls; 5. f. Cush-
man, Proctorsyille i. G. Bass, Brattle-
boro; C. S. Boswell, Putney.
The Methodist General Conference,
which is held once in four years, viii
meet on the 1st of May, in Brooklyn,
\. Y, and continue about four weeks
The approaching General Confer
| ence will have something of an ecumen-
ical character, delegates being sent to il
| by churches in Asia Africa and Europe,
as well as America.
DR. Steele resigns the Nice-Presi-
| dency of the Syracuse University, Civ
| ing as a reason for so doing that 1.-THE
Lord had an0inted him to preach rather
than to teach"
"A. G. Davenport has been elected
| Superintendent of the Methodist Sab
bath School at Brattleboro.
Rev. Mr.. johnson of East Burke,
has been compelled tosuspend preaching
on account OF i'll health.