Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17
Religious Intelligence.
BAPTIST.

BAPTIST.
-Rey David Boyd of Maine has &C
cepted a call from the Free Baptist
! church in Pawtucket.
Newton Theological Seminary has
70 students; 18 seniors 81 middlers, and
80 juniors.
The next annual meeting of the
New Hampshire Baptist Convention will
be held in Nashua. Wednesday, Oct. 10,
at 10 o'clock a. m.
The eighty-third anniversary of the
Meredith Baptist Association was held
with the Baptist church in Woodstock,
| n. r. The attendance was large, and
| the meetings through the entire session
was characterized with a spirit of union
and love which rendered them interest
ing and give promise of future success
and prosperity.
Rev E. H. Wilcox of North Adams,
! Mass, declines to become pastor of the
| Baptist church at Nottingham.
Rev F. L. Wiley of the Free VIII
Baptist church in Sutton, has admins
tered the ordinance of baptism four
/ times since July 14th, and forty-nine
has been received to membership by
this church, "a by baptism and Il by
letter.
Rev J. G. Lorimer and wife of
Derby, celebrated the tenth anniversary
of their marriage Sept 2Sth.
The Baptist church at Eergennes
have given a call to Rev. T. II. Archi-
bald of Bristol to become their pastor.
Rev J. II. Parmalee of Bernards-
town, Mass, is supplying the church at
/ Nottingham.
CONGREGATIONAL.
Rev. F. Tuxbury of Brandon, is re-
covering from a fever.
Rev. T. NJ. May was ordained at
Williamstown, Vt. Sept. 25:h, and will
for the present preach in that place,
-Rey. H. S. Huntington of sWarner,
N. H, accepts his call to Galesburg, III.
The New Hampshire and the Yer
mont Missionary Societies have just re-
! ceivcd 1886 each, from the estate of
the late Mrs. Jane Guild of Munroe,
n. II.
Rev. E. NJ. Kellogg was dismissed
from the pastoral care of the church in
Lyme, n. H., Sept Goth, on account of
the failure of his voice. His address is
Bricksburg, n. y.
Mr.. Rufus c. Flagg, a graduate of
AndOver Seminary in the class of II,
was ordained pastor of the church at
North Andover, Sept. Goth. Sermon by
Rev. R. S. Cushman, D. D., of Man
chester, Vt
Rev. DR.. Hamilton of Boston, is
preaching at the Congregational church
at st. Adams.
Rev. J. r. Williams, formerly of
Bradford, breaches at Vergennes on
Sunday next.
The Congregational church at New
Haven have extended a call to Rev.
Stephen Knowlton of West Midway,
Mass, with a salary of 81, 900 and a par
sonage.
Rev. Allen Ladd, pastor of the Con
gregational church in RoXbury, Mass,
has resigned.
EPISCOPAL.
Twenty thousand have been sub
scribed toward the Troy church home.
Rev. ]. S. Copley Greene left $20,-
900 to the Episcopal Divinity School of
Cambridge, Mass.
Bishops Williams and Doane issued
forms of prayer for the Alt-Katholik
Congress, assembled at Cologne, which
was attended by Bishop Nottingham of
Maryland in behalf of this church.
The choir, numbering 81, of St.
Paul Free Chapel, Troy, lately held a
full choral service at St. Marks Church,
Hoosick Falls, whose chimes gave forth
their welcome
The late Bishop Eastburn, of Massa
Chusetts, was born in England in 1901
He was elected as assistant to Bishop
Griswold, when the latter had jurisdic-
ton over Vermont as we'll as other of
the New England States. Bishop Bissell
of Vermont was one of the Bishops that
attended his funeral. He was buried in
Dedham.
Bishop Coke requests the union of
his readers on Restoration, in daily
prayer with him for Christian Unity.
using the words of st. Paul as found in
Eph. Ill, 1871.
Bishop futile, of Montana, lin
pastoral letter, condemns dancing, grab
bag, postoffices, rafting and lotteries, in
connection with church fairs or festivals,
and holds that the direct giving to the
Lord through the church offertory, is
much better than the other modes. The
church should be too intent on saving
dying souls to have any completely with
the vanities, follies and delusions of the
world.
METHODIST.
Rev. C. J. Fowler of Bristol, N. H.,
is young man and local preacher,
called to labor in the evangelistic field
Rev Ramuel A. Winsor, of the
Providence Conference, has been oblig-
ed to leave his charge on account of i'll
health.
Rev. o. c. Clapp, pastor of the NJ.
E. church in Thetford Center, met with
a warm reception on his return to his
home, with his bride, last week.
Rev. Mr.. McKeown, of the Eastern
British American Conference, is spending
some time in Boston and vicinity. HE'S
brother of Rev. A. McKeown, of the
New England Conference.
LIBERAL CHRISTIANS.
Rev. Carson Parker, former Meth
odist minister in Vermont, has Joined
the Universalist denomination, and
preached before the Winchester, N. H.,
association at its recent session at North
Adams.
The Massachusetts Universalist State
Convention is to be held at South Adams
commencing on Tuesday, October 18th
General Toe Johpston's history IF hia