Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-02-23
RELIGIOUS 1yrELliczN


The H1zle Mission sosieiy have raised the
yearly salary Of their French missionary. Rev
y. Cyr. ozRgtszJ. Vermont, fron 81 200 to
$500
Rev J. C. Drumm e 81 James church. Wood
stock. hss removed Co Central SeH York.
Rev D. Coanell has -cmo7ei from North Troy
to Wes,ioiI. ",
yicc-P-es.ien, Coif-x has accepted tie inyi-
tati5u 60 aii-sss the Young Mems Christian
Association Of Bro f'.n, oa the evening Ct tho
Z2i inst.
Rev Mr. W-se %. Baltimore, has been invited
to the A-.ae,aa street Uaitarian Church
Of B5s.aa. OF va.aa tLe late Dr.. Glnne,t WAS
pastor.
At a recent meeting ofthe American Board Of
Commissioners 70, Fore "a Missions, the veneer
able PrssiIsn: IoFsias declared his resdine,s to
SEM ou- uissoalres al the denominations
eEcep; tie Dar,i.,s srl Egi,cop .lisIs the
former because they would not let him commune
With them. sud the ht;s7 because they would
not let him p7e.la in ;hsir palpi,s. The e1cep-
tons were evidently msic IN s spirit Of humor.
a1d received ~ j5ke but the continent net
with hearty approval
TIE College Society shich is nov distinotively
Cougreea,.1ual, during the Pas. thilty yearr,has
Distributed, rs the agent Of churches and indivi-
dusls CT the East. lot less than $3.50. .OOO-a sum
which has s5curel ue,rly three times So nusa at
the West This money has gone maialy to Coz
gregstionz CT Presbyterian colleges II ten States
which have sent cut in tae aggregate twenty-five
hundred g-slaa,es.lud returned to the churches
as usny IS a ;houssal ministers Not dollar
has heea used 90 buildings. Only frsction
has been a1p'jsl 70 make u? deficits in running
expenses. a El,ls has been expended for libra
res sut apparatus Irs sr9a, bulk las gone
iat1 solid eui3vmsn.s.
N.1isters' sous ami descon's daughters have
been popularity supp sei 20 he the wortt chill
dren IN The word We are glad TO fnd that
this is uat tae case. Rsv ass Guilard finds in
AS ministers sui Gcscons' fsailies in Mass
chusstf- aIi t0ruec;cu;, 2.1Ol children above
fifteen years Of aee. sni Of these he says L.,
4l4 are rr0fesseiiy religious, % are in the min
isiry oc preparing fr D., and only 81 are dis
si2steI A better exhibit could not be m.te,
probably, as 90 he children OF other people.
The Rev. Thee. Cay'er cf Brooklyn. whose
recent ,ria AMI mild ceuIuie 57 his Freabytery
for an " iuU0v4tion - in Inviting Mils
Sni.ay. QIaksress, 90 prelch from his pulpit.
has created quite a s.i-. q s lettec TO the Con-
JrtJ1.i1rGIist says '' au as thoroughly op-
posed 90 a female ministry IN tas Presbyterian
sui Congregational churches ~ [ an to the
Woman Suffrage nuisance sui 20 free-l0veism"
lie sayt he invited MISC Smiley 70 preach in his
I r.r114r Of aru~faav In reuFfar
minister of another demo uiast.cn, recognized by
hin as .- crtleios," On RE same principle that
be would Invite Btp-s; or Msthodist
mj-i1-er.
one ot tus l1s- slcscssfli missions a Africa
IS that O. The Cnuicl Missionary Society on the
Niger. now uuie- tAe Gaze of the coorei & shop
troEj1ar, who iu bis younger days was taken
from the io'l q sisve. saip ard eiucitei in
En-lsni
o. tbs Era sunday OF January the neE lsc
ti7rary OF c1'snlar o. lessons fcc church seT-
vice vss iltrliu .ei into the Caprch or Ergl4ui.
The u't O. thi- rev ta-le ot lessons Is Tor the
present optional The Law will not enforce IL
until lo.4. The dictionary remedies many de-
fec s--same of witch we're SUBJECTS Of debate in
the days Of Queen Elizabeth, hu. which have
remained intact since the set of IN nf1rmity in
1862
The C0Hgrsy syG.i3aaia. says, 10 ls rot III &C
c1rdsnc- with Congregational ussge for females
% v0-s On church matters, except iuformslly,
though exceptional csses csn BE- c.;ei The
Preeby;eIisn ussge = the reverse Of this, as BY
the rules ot that denomination all members Of the
church ara allowed TO vote on the more impor-
tant chuTc5 matters.
Il is expected that ;hs l,yia- o; the corner
stone Il he ncv S. Pstrck's church, wash
instlu, b. c., viii take pisce oH the l7th Of
March next. and Father Ryan, The '' poet priest
Of he South viii preach Ca tie occasion.
The funeral % Archbishop Spalding on Mon
day, IN Baltimore. wss one Of the riost impress
s;ve ecclesiastical spectac.es ever seen IN this
country. Thirteen b shops, representing sees
ranging from Boston 20 savannah, came TO do
honor 20 the dad prelste. \ great number Of
priests and students scc7upsned the funeral
c1rteEe with more marks Of sorroE than are
usut on these occasions Of ottisisl mourning.
The Righ. Rev. Archbishop MsCossey # New
Y1rs preached The funeral s-rmou from the text
.. vii very glaily spend and be spent for
you" The hErign o; The ArchhishOp's dis
course WAs tho greitucss, the executive ability,
the official cip.city Of the late chief priest Of
Baltimore.