Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-07
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

RELIGIOUS INTILIIGENCE.
BAPTIST.
The number of Free Communion Baptist>
IN the nitel States is 100000
The Iowa Baptist Convention reports 81
Baptist churches in the state. with 100 pas
tors; members. 20.505. baptized during the
year, 1873 money raised, Sl0s. sos The
! Convention had twenty missionaries employ
ed during the year.
The late New York State Baptist Mission
airy Convention, held In Rochester, y. y.
/ adopted a resolution calling upon the Bap
lists Of this State for 500. 1000 year for
home and State evange.izati0n.
The First Baptist Church in Worcester.
! Mass. has extended a unanimous call 10
Rev. DR.. d. b. Marshall Of Buffalo. New
York
The Providence Journal says the state
/ ment that Rev. &. W Ray formerly pastor
of the Baptist Church in East Greenwich.
! Conn. was at the insane hospital In Hart
] ford. IN consequence If s1ttenng of the
! brain, Is not true. He breaches and attends
/ % his pastoral duties regularly.
CoNGEEGA1royAL.
Rev. Mr.. Sewau has resigned his pastor
ate at Norwich and Rev. Joseph Chandler
has accepted q call TO Sections River
The announcement hat Rev. W. p. Aiken
Of Rutland had accepted the call of the Con
I gregau0nal society % te7gennes was a
little prema ture. as he decides TO first preach
10 the people ana become better acquainted
before locating there.
The Congregational Club of Boston cele-
breted the first gathering In their new hall
at the Congregational House with a dedi-
catory banquet Thursday evening The
gathering included many men Of mark. and
good speeches We're made By Speaker san
ford, Rev DR.. Webb. Chief Justice Chap
man. and Hon. Chas. Theodore Russell
| GOV. Nashburn and Marshall p Wilder
were also present but didu9i mai speeches
In December last Rev Stephen Knowlton
entered up his duties as pastor of the Con
gregational church in New Haven Under
hi> passionate there has been an awakening
in religious matters, and % steady increase
IN has congregation.
4 religious meeting of few of the Con-
greCational churches was held In Ludlow.
Feb. 18th and 18th with the Rev p Bates
and his congregation The exercises con-
sisted OF songs, prayers, exhortati0us and
sermons. Sermons were preached hy Rev
Mr.. Cobb of Springfield, Rev Mr.. Cook Of
Windsor, Rev Mr.. Samucls of Weston. and
Rev. Mr.. Hale Of Chester. all excellent and
timely di~courSes.
EPISCOPAL.
One Of the latest innovation, Of Ritualism
l. the substitution of wine. water and bis
cults for the usual bread and wine Of the
communion table. This change was lately
introduced into the parish church of St
John, Norwich, England, but out Of hum
dred and fifty persons only twenty vent
urei TO partake OF the ordinance
Sanday-schod teachers everywhere will .
be pleased to learn that the Lord Chancellor I
of England thinks 1t an honor to be counted 4
among them He has L class Of twenty /
young men and lads whom he teaches sun I
day after Sunday. lie keeps up vo- /
luminous correspondence with old scholars. 4
and has always a glance Of remem brance I
and cordial word for all who are OF have
been in his cass.
4 touching inciden, has come to Light in
connection with the martyrdom Of the Eng
ll>h missionary. Gordon. in the New
Hehride>. just before he was killed bv
native. he had been AZ work on the transla-
ton ot the Acts of the Apostles. and the
last portion be vent over was the CHAPTER
on the ~toning of stephen.
Upon a recent Sunday. the pastor Of
Christ Church. ~ St Louis. after the
sermon, announced that the indebtedness of
the church was $4,000 and that il must
be paid Immediately or the property would
pass into the hands Of the creditors. He
made brief appeal for Si9. 900. stating
that the balance could he secured easily
with that amount In hand. After passin-r
. 70 ffsf Q ha
,crpuons, they were found TO amount to
SO. $40.
The Niger Mission of the Church Mission
NY Society, which Is an offshoot of the
W est African Mission. is entirely conduct I
ID by native teachers. priests. &c.. with a ;
native bishop. The principal stations are
Jnitsha, on the Niger river. first occupied
n 1857, and Lokeja. also on the river.
AkasSa, Bras and Benny. on the sea coast. ]
re also stations, the latter having been oc- ]
upled bat few years. Bishop Crowther. ! {
he native bishop. ordained last year. in the !
Jew Bonny church. which the King and I
hlei> have helped 10 build, three ministers.
nj admitted the same day five Young men i
% the church. whom he calls the first fruits
the B0nuy Mission. There we're more :
ban four hundred natives present at the II
ervlceS- who, but a few Years since, were +
One chief and Others Of lower =
lnk were giving up their idols. and King Q
nd chiefs We're alike interested IN the | 7
oarding and day schools, which were in 1
ourishing condition. :
Many Of the clergy. at a recent conven- t
lon OF the Pittsburg diocese advocated the n
abandonment of the Sunday school system i
nd genera return to the contemporaries
religious instruction in the family.
as been purchased by the Episcopalians.
" S3O. 200. Il
In the diocese Of New York. there are 3O7 | n
ergymen. lSs churches and chapels. sos &.
2 communicauts, p. 1863 catechumens. .
ID Sunday school teachers. :
The ritualiStie movement goes on in Eng =
md. In southampton a ruri-decana meet :.
y oi the clergy was lately held. when the ! !,
igect OF ' confession - was discussed. and | :,
was agreed by majority OF 30 TO 5 to I =
remote II IN modified form. The a+tsn- =
on OF Bishop Wherefore has been called =
the matter, and he has promised to make | q
quiry. ..
An amusing scene took place in St. Johns l.
lurch, East Hartford, upon recent Sun y
y evening The choir had lust finished -
lantins the psalter for the day. when a :,
rye corona OF evergreens holding a couple a. .,
N'-eH NaA44'.N- Na> loLnu TO be on 1lre. :
was suspended by wire directly over the z
ancel, and held by large wreat6s of ever y
Gems reaching the ceiling and sides of the o.
cristy. twas impossible at the moment a,
pull these down, and they were -
on on fire, the flames spreading rapidly ol
)ng the heavy ropes Of dry eyergreens. :,
le Rev. NJ. Hobbie, the rector, threw off -
: snrplice, and 50 also did the choristers. "a =.
10, with the males in the audience, rushed ~ ~
OF doors Tor snow, as no water was g.
allable. Then commenced a funny scene. -
OF these men throwing snowballs at the =. =,
rning wreaths. They thus succeeded in 90
tting out the fire, which, but for their ",
ompt efforts, might have proved serious M
Rev. J. Edgar johnson. formerly a Uni di
nan, has become an Episcopaiian, and tri
n ordained to the ministry in the diocese | u
Albany. en-